D-Silence

I don’t normally post these upcoming changes, but this looked interesting. Here is just one change Microsoft is freshening up the Start menu with a more streamlined design that removes the solid color backplates behind the logos in the apps list and applies a uniform, partially transparent background to the tiles. This design creates a…

Shortly after canceling one of its most confusing services, Google has now disabled by default an important Google Photos feature relied upon by millions of users. Google has announced that it is changing the way the Google Photos app will perform automatic backups. From now on, images saved onto your device by messaging apps will…

Yep, Creative is still around and have announced their Digital Triple-driver In-ears now come with Headphone Holography. The cream of the features crop is the critically-acclaimed Super X-Fi technology, which is incorporated through an attached in-line SXFI WIRE, which is a 40% smaller version of the already finger-sized SXFI AMP, the first-ever Super X-Fi product…

Windows 10, version 20H2 was includes a new numbering scheme and the hotly debated Edge browser powered by Chrome. We continue to learn and adjust the delivery and overall experience of the Windows Updates based on customer feedback. As a result, we will again deliver Windows 10, version 20H2 using servicing technology (like that used…

That’s pretty close in star distance. Astronomers have discovered at least two, and possibly three, planets orbiting a nearby star – a planetary system so close that a new generation of telescopes should be able to scrutinize it for potential chemical signatures of a living world, according to a report published Thursday in the journal…

Segway, while popular with police and tourists but not most of the public, will be no more. Segway, which boldly claimed its two-wheeled personal transporter would revolutionize the way people get around, is ending production of its namesake vehicle. For more, check out this USA Today story.

There lies a vast continent on the sea floor under New Zealand. Once part of the same land mass as Antarctica and Australia, the lost continent of Zealandia broke off 85 million years ago and eventually sank below the ocean, where it stayed largely hidden for centuries. For more, check out this CNN story.

A group of archaeologists discovered what could be one of the largest prehistoric sites in the United Kingdom near Stonehenge. Researchers led by the University of Bradford discovered a ring of at least 20 “shafts” more than 32 feet in diameter and 16 feet deep that form a circle more than 1.2 miles in diameter….

Folks were none too happy. Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai said the agency would open an investigation into T-Mobile’s Monday network issues that affected voice and data service for many customers. For more, check out this USA Today story.

…until new law is in place. Microsoft will not sell facial recognition technology to U.S. police departments until there is a national law to regulate the technology. For more, check out this USA Today story.