White hat hackers deleted spyware from surveillance victims
76,000 devices liberated
Unnamed hackers reportedly breached the spyware WebDetetive, deleting device information to protect surveillance victims and denying spyware users new data.
Google testing new features for Chrome OS
Autocorrect, improved file search, and adaptive charging
Google has begun testing new features such as autocorrect, improved file search, and adaptive charging within the latest version of Chrome OS.
Terry Gou enters presidential race
Will sort out all these problems with China in four years
Foxconn's billionaire founder, Terry Gou, has announced he intends to enter Taiwan's 2024 presidential race as an independent.
WordPress launches century-long domain registration plan
Not exactly cheap
Hosting platform WordPress has announced a new century-long domain registration plan for users who want to ensure a lifelong digital legacy.
ASUS denies shutting down its Zenfone division
Rumours were just the sound of one hand clapping
The dark satanic rumour mill manufactured a hell-on-earth yarn this week claiming that that ASUS had shut down its Zenfone division responsible for making some of the best compact Android flagships on the market.
Foxconn sells off part of Trump’s eighth wonder of the world
Deal did not pan out
Foxconn has flogged off two US buildings it said would be used for innovation centres and an LCD factory.
GPU market appears to be turning around
AMD and Nvidia doing well
Jon Peddie Research reports the growth of the global PC-based graphics processor unit (GPU) market reached 61.6 million units in Q2’23 and PC CPU shipments decreased by 23 per cent year over year.
Ericsson and Huawei renew patent cross-licensing agreement
Both gain access to each other's tech
While the US fights to keep technology away from China and shutter Huawei's networking influence, Ericsson and Huawei have their renewed a multi-year global patent cross-licensing agreement.
Republicans lose Google election conspiracy case
It turns out the spam filter is not biased
A court has told the US Republican National Committee (RNC) to sling its hook over a conspiracy theory that Google’s spam filter was politically biased.
Veritas Capital wants to buy Blackberry
This could be the end of an era
Private equity firm Veritas Capital has made an offer to buy Canadian software company BlackBerry.