China will forbid minors from gaming more than three hours most weeks of the year, imposing their strictest controls yet over entertainment for youths in a blow to the world’s largest mobile gaming arena. From a report: Gaming platforms from Tencent to…
Microsoft Won’t Stop You From Installing Windows 11 on Older PCs
Microsoft is announcing today that it won’t block people from installing Windows 11 on most older PCs. While the software maker has recommended hardware requirements for Windows 11 — which it’s largely sticking to — a restriction to install the OS wi…
Emulator Runs PS1 Games in 4K on the New Xboxes
Duckstation, an emulator that allows users to run Playstation games, was recently made available for installation onto the latest generation of Xbox consoles. From a report: It’s time to jog those nostalgia muscles, as the emulator will not only be abl…
EU Set To Launch Formal Probe Into Nvidia’s $54 Billion Takeover of Arm
Brussels is set to launch a formal competition probe early next month into Nvidia’s planned $54 billion takeover of British chip designer Arm, after months of informal discussions between regulators and the US chip company. From a report: The investiga…
Microsoft Warns Thousands of Cloud Customers of Exposed Databases
Microsoft has warned thousands of its cloud computing customers, including some of the world’s largest companies, that intruders could have the ability to read, change or even delete their main databases, according to a copy of the email and a cyber se…
Chinese Authorities Say Overtime ‘996’ Policy is Illegal
China’s Supreme People’s Court said the overtime practice of “996”, working 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. six days a week, is illegal, taking aim at the controversial policy that is common among many Chinese technology firms. From a report: China’s top court and th…
Tesla Files To Become an Electricity Provider in Texas
Tesla wants to sell electricity directly to customers in Texas, according to an application filed by the company this month with the Public Utility Commission there. From a report: The application follows the start of a big battery build out by Tesla i…
Apple Will Now let App Store Developers Talk To Their Customers About Buying Direct
Apple announced today it has reached a proposed settlement in a lawsuit filed against it by developers in the United States. The agreement, which is still pending court approval, includes a few changes, the biggest one being that developers will be abl…
Elizabeth Holmes’s Trial Could Reveal Her Side of Theranos Story
Since Theranos began to unravel in 2016, the blood-testing company’s founder, Elizabeth Holmes, has sought to tell her side of the story, even pursuing the possibility of a lucrative book deal. Now, at her coming criminal fraud trial, Ms. Holmes finall…
China’s Microsoft Hack May Have Had A Bigger Purpose Than Just Spying
An anonymous reader shares a report: Steven Adair hunts hackers for a living. Back in January, in a corner-of-his-eye, peripheral kind of way, he thought he saw one in his customer’s networks — a shadowy presence downloading emails. Adair is the found…