Enlarge / Pictured: a full set of Office 365 icons on the taskbar. Not pictured, for good reason: “Cortana, play Old Town Road.” Microsoft Today, Microsoft announced a major shift in focus for its personal assistant, Cortana: she’s getting out of the consumer gadget business and focusing on productivity. The new version of Cortana will …
Apple Arcade hasn’t looked too hot lately. It started out well enough, thanks to a starting lineup that included some flashy titles like Sayonara Wild Hearts and a smattering of titles from well-known brands like Lego. In those early days, it was easy to argue that dismissing Apple Arcade as a mere “mobile game service” was …
Microsoft confirmed Friday what PCWorld’s testing has already discovered: Cortana’s transition to an app in the upcoming Windows 10 20H1 release comes with some big, fundamental limitations. That includes a surprisingly basic one: it can’t even perform basic math. Microsoft representatives told PCWorld later that additional skills, such as calculator functions, will be coming with …
If your web server is running on Apache Tomcat, you should immediately install the latest available version of the server application to prevent hackers from taking unauthorized control over it. Yes, that’s possible because all versions (9.x/8.x/7.x/6.x) of the Apache Tomcat released in the past 13 years have been found vulnerable to a new high-severity …
Navi was worth the wait, but it’s still been a rollercoaster few weeks for AMD’s Radeon graphics division. First, the company’s latest graphics card suffered from a disjointed launch that made some Radeon RX 5600 XT models much faster than others. Then Asus tried blaming the high temperatures of its ROG Strix 5700 series graphics …
Sure, 4K and ultrawide-resolution monitors may dominate headlines, but most PC gamers play at 1080p resolution or below, according to the Steam Hardware Survey. And what a time it is to be gaming at HD! You used to have to spend around $250 to $300 to pick up a decent 1080p graphics card. These days, …
The Galaxy Z Flip. Ron Amadeo It’s very bendy. Ron Amadeo Here it is, all flattened out. Ron Amadeo The display might be glass, but there is still a crease. in the center. Ron Amadeo Check out this outrageous color-changing paint job Ron Amadeo The front display is very tiny. Too tiny to do much …
Let’s Encrypt, a free, automated, and open certificate signing authority (CA) from the nonprofit Internet Security Research Group (ISRG), has said it’s issued a billion certificates since its launch in 2015. The CA issued its first certificate in September 2015, before eventually reaching 100 million in June 2017. Since late last year, Let’s Encrypt has …
At the end of last year, rumors began to circulate that Apple was investigating the possibility of developing an iPhone with no ports at all, which could see the light of day as early as 2021. To long-time Apple watchers, this wasn’t out of the blue. The company has made it clear over the past …
Once you outfit your home with smart lighting, it’s hard to go back. “Hey Siri, turn off the living room lights” is a daily utterance in my home. You can make lights turn on automatically when you come home, or at a certain time when you’re away. You can usually control brightness and sometimes color, …