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Microsoft attempts to steer Windows users away from local accounts ( www.techspot.com )

The Windows ecosystem was traditionally designed to treat users fairly, offering unprecedented openness and software backward compatibility that turned a "simple" OS into a major force in the technology and computing world. However, fairness, compatibility, and openness are now somewhat obsolete concepts, as Big Tech proactively...

Firefox users are unhappy with privacy tweaks in the browser's latest version ( www.techspot.com )

Firefox 127 has introduced privacy tweaks that are causing user dissatisfaction, particularly due to changes like the separation of normal and private windows on the taskbar and the closing of private tabs when the main instance closes on iOS....

Threat actor Intelbroker now claims it hacked Apple along with AMD ( www.techspot.com )

Notorious cybercriminal Intelbroker has made another eyebrow-raising claim on dark web forum BreachForums following its report of breaking into AMD last week. A day later, the group said it also compromised Apple, stealing its source code for internal tools, including AppleConnect-SSO, Apple-HWE-Confluence-Advanced, and...

Palmer Luckey's FPGA Game Boy clone lands just in time for the holidays | TechSpot ( www.techspot.com )

Former Oculus designer and founder of ModRetro, Palmer Luckey, is set to release a new retro handheld gaming device later this year, aiming to compete with the Analogue Pocket. This comes as great news for tech enthusiasts, as it adds another option in the FPGA-based market....

AMD patent unveils multi-chiplet GPU designs for unrivaled flexibility ( www.techspot.com )

The December 2022 patent describes a GPU design split across multiple GPU chiplet sets. Each chiplet has a frontend die paired with several other shader-engine dies. The clever part is that these GPU chiplets can flexibly combine in various configurations.Read Entire Article

Arm lawsuit against Qualcomm could threaten all Copilot+ PCs ( www.techspot.com )

Microsoft, Qualcomm, and several other PC vendors will launch a series of laptops next week that Microsoft is promoting as a new foundation for Windows on Arm and the emerging AI PC trend. However, Arm claims that the inaugural Copilot+ PCs violate its intellectual property rights.Read Entire Article

Instagram's unskippable ads test causes outrage among users ( www.techspot.com )

Instagram has long been accused of stealing features from platforms such as TikTok, Snapchat, and Twitter/X. It appears that the company has looked to YouTube for its latest idea: unskippable ads that you have to watch for a period of time before being able to scroll further....

Pushy Microsoft app wants you to "repair" your PC by switching to Bing ( www.techspot.com )

The PC Manager app has been kicking around the Microsoft Store since late 2022, but it's an optional download and not something that comes pre-installed with Windows 11. As such, it hasn't exactly been a mainstream hit – the app only has around 200 reviews as of writing. But as...Read Entire Article

EA wants to place in-game ads in its full-price AAA games, again ( www.techspot.com )

EA has tried this before, with predictable results. In 2020, EA Sports UFC 4 included full-screen ads for the Amazon Prime series The Boys that would appear during 'Replay' moments. These were absent from the game when it launched, with EA introducing the ads about a month later, thereby preventing them from being highlighted in...

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