Microsoft Edge has overtaken Apple’s Safari to become the world’s second most popular desktop browser, based on data provided by web analytics service StatCounter. According to the data, Microsoft Edge is now used on 10.07 percent of desktop computers worldwide, 0.46 percent ahead of Safari, which stands at 9.61 percent. Read more…
According to the Irish Times, citing new figures from the Central Statistics Office, data centers used up a greater share of electricity consumption than rural homes in the State last year. The overall share of metered electricity consumed by data centers has almost tripled in just six years, from 5 Read more…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) bought access to location data harvested from tens of millions of phones in the United States to perform analysis of compliance with curfews, track patterns of people visiting K-12 schools, and specifically monitor the effectiveness of policy in the Navajo Nation, according Read more…
The Securities and Exchange Commission is vastly expanding its fight against cryptocurrency fraud by hiring more than a dozen new employees to combat cybercrime, the agency said Tuesday. The additional 20 positions will result in almost a doubling in size of the agency’s Cyber Unit, which is also being renamed Read more…
In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, several Hollywood studios announced the immediate suspension of new releases in Russia. Unexpectedly, some Russian theaters are still able to show movies such as The Batman on the big screen but this isn’t down to the studios. The movies are sourced from illegal Read more…
In October 2021, PC World reviewed Windows 11 and labeled it as an “unnecessary replacement” to Windows 10 and did not recommend it for Windows 10 users. PC World noted that it was a “mixed bag of improved features and unnecessary changes.” Six months later they reviewed it again. While Read more…
Meta Platforms is planning to release four virtual reality headsets between now and 2024, according to an internal road map viewed by The Information. The aggressive timeline reflects Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s desire to advance his vision of the metaverse by getting more people to use VR devices. Whether he Read more…