After Take-Two Interactive sent a legal letter to Github referencing a copyright infringement lawsuit against the people behind the popular re3 and reVC Grand Theft Auto fan projects, Github has now removed the repositories for a second time. Take-Two …
Google Maps Can Now Show You the Most Fuel-Efficient Route
Google has introduced a number of new “eco-friendly routing” tools to Google Maps, including the ability to view the route that’s most fuel-efficient, and how much you can save on fuel with a slight detour. Here’s a list of the new features rolling out…
Microsoft Shares Windows 11 TPM Check Bypass For Unsupported PCs
Microsoft has published a new support webpage where they provide an official method to bypass the TPM 2.0 and CPU checks (TPM 1.2 is still required) and have Windows 11 installed on unsupported systems. Bleeping Computer reports: [I]t looks like Micros…
Apple Says Apps Must Offer a Way To Delete Your Account Starting In Early 2022
Apple says that as of January 31st, 2022, all applications will need to offer people a method of deleting their accounts. This applies to all iOS, iPadOS and macOS apps. Engadget reports: The company announced this requirement alongside other App Store…
China PCR Purchases Spiked In Months Before First Known Covid Cases, Firm Says
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: The Chinese province that was the initial epicenter of the Covid-19 outbreak made significant purchases of equipment used to test for infectious diseases months before Beijing notified international a…
Windows 11 Might Tank Ryzen CPU Performance, AMD Warns
AMD said Windows 11 can cut game performance on Ryzen CPUs by 10 to 15 percent, and the operating system may not utilize AMD’s “preferred core” technology, but a fix is in the works. PCWorld reports: A support note on AMD’s web site published this week…
European Parliament Calls For a Ban On Facial Recognition
The European Parliament today called for a ban on police use of facial recognition technology in public places, and on predictive policing, a controversial practice that involves using AI tools in hopes of profiling potential criminals before a crime i…
Navy Facebook Account Hacked To Stream ‘Age of Empires’
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: The U.S. Navy has lost control of the official Facebook page for its destroyer-class warship, the USS Kidd. Someone has hacked the page and, for the past two days, done nothing but stream Age of Emp…
D-Wave Announces New Hardware, Compiler, and Plans For Quantum Computing
On Tuesday, D-Wave released its roadmap for upcoming processors and software for its quantum annealers. The company is also announcing that it’s going to be developing its own gate-based hardware, which it will offer in parallel with the quantum anneal…
Instagram Ditches the IGTV Brand, Combines Everything But Reels Into An ‘Instagram Video’ Format
On Tuesday, Instagram announced that it will now combine IGTV’s long-form video and Instagram Feed videos into a new format called simply “Instagram Video.” TechCrunch reports: These videos, both longer and shorter, will be found on users’ profiles in …