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A new report suggests Apple was forced to make some comprises on the iPhone X’s facial recognition system to speed production. Bloomberg News reports Cupertino mandated suppliers to reduce the accuracy through the production process. The iPhone X is Apple’s latest flagship and the costliest handset the company has made. It was introduced last month but will not launch until next week. Costing $999, the premium smartphone features a bezel-less design and the Face ID system....

Last August, the European Commission closed a three-year investigation against Apple. The regulatory body found the company had received illegal state aid from Ireland. Specifically, Apple allegedly only paid between 0.005 percent and 1 percent in taxes between 2003 and 2014. For perspective, Ireland usually has a 12.5 percent corporate tax rate. So, the iPhone maker was given a tax break. The EU ordered the company to pay back up to 13 billion euros ($14....

Specifically, mouse and keyboard peripheries across iPad and Mac up to three devices. This means you can drag and drop content across devices easily. Universal Control is part of iPadOS 15 that comes with changes across widgets, Notes, SharePlay, Safari, a new Translate app, and better multitasking. While this is a cool new addition to Apple’s software, Windows 10 has supported similar features for some time. In fact, the Logitech Flow app allows users to control three PCs with a single mouse and copy and paste images and documents....

Moreover, the company has announced the latest version of Android Go, known as Android 13 (Go Edition). If you’re unfamiliar with Android Go, it is for devices with lower memory capacity and lower mobile data abilities. While it is available for anyone, in theory, the platform has become popular in emerging markets like India where modestly spec’d smartphones are common. Google says Android 13 Go Edition takes the benefits of Android 13 to bring more “reliability, usability, and customization” to the Go platform....

How to improve windows 10 performance Note Before performing below steps we recommend create a system restore point first. So that if anything goes wrong while performing the bellow tweaks we can revert back to a previous working state by performing System Restore. 1 How to improve windows 10 performance1.1 Fix Windows 10 slow boot issues1.2 Perform Disk Cleanup1.3 Defragment Your C: Drive1.4 Enable Fast Startup1.5 Disable Programs at Startup1.6 Uninstall Unused Programs1....

Yesterday, CNBC reported the former Microsoft chief and leading philanthropist met with Epstein in 2013. According to the report, Epstein has “unleashed an aggressive lobbying campaign” to score the meeting with Gates. In an interview with WSJ, Gates says he took the meeting simply because Epstein, who committed suicide in his jail cell in August, could connect him with a lot of wealthy people. “I met him,” Gates told the Journal....

The Snap has become as famous in movie history as “Luke, I am your father” and “we’re going to need a bigger boat”. Not content with wiping out half the MCU with The Snap, Thanos is now wiping out half your Google Search results. However, we don’t think it’s much of a spoiler (haven’t seen Avengers Endgame yet myself) to say all the superheroes come back to life. In good movie-land fashion, your Google Search results will also come back to life....

The app, known as Inke, is popular in China. It features good-looking young males who broadcast live doing a variety of things. In-app purchases generate money for the developer, which hosts can get gifts from viewers. It seems Xiao Ya was particularly taken with the men and showed them just how much she like them. The most affordable gift is $0.02 or 0.1 yuan (a flower), while the most expensive priced at about $520 or 3,350 yuan (a paradise island)....

Despite all of the research and spending in data security, the number of data breaches that occur every week demonstrate that protecting secrets is not a solved problem. Most organizations have the basic cyber defenses in place to secure their network; however, in many cases, hackers can still slip by and steal the protected data. Most people, when they think of a data breach, think of a hacker breaking through these defenses to steal an organization’s data....

The idea has roots in the Heartbleed vulnerability, whose discovery in OpenSSL caused a mad scramble and widespread concern. This led to the proposal of the Open Source Software Audit (FOSSA) by Julia Reda. The bounties include popular applications like Filezilla, Notepad++, PuTTy, VLC Media Player, KeePass, and 7-zip. They were chosen by a historical look at application usage in the EC and a public survey by Reda. Of course, while the discovery of the bugs will aid the European Commission, they’ll play a wider role in protecting the public as a whole....

“Making available and managing an online platform for sharing copyright-protected works, such as ‘The Pirate Bay,’ may constitute an infringement of copyright,” the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) says. “Even if the works in question are placed online by the users of the online sharing platform, the operators of that platform play an essential role in making those works available.” The ruling is significant. Note least for copyright lawyers, who have fought against websites that curate links to torrents....

The idea is to streamline the rights management process and ensure fast payment of royalties for creators. With it, Microsoft plans to cut out the manual review process by and offer increased trust and transparency. “Deploying this blockchain solution will allow us to efficiently manage high volumes and automate processes, while at the same time improve partner satisfaction and enhance compliance,” said Grace Lao, general manager of finance operations, Microsoft....

That should not really be a surprise to most people considering how the social network has been exploited to influence political movements. Certainly, Facebook’s shaky rules have grabbed headlines before. Moderation tests have previously found the network fails to puck up multiple hate speech items. In the report, the New York Times found Facebook cannot keep up with information through changing political environments. For example, countries like Bosnia and Sri Lanka have shifting political situations, while an extremist group in Myanmar was able to continue using Facebook for months....

“There’s a legit argument that he has too much power,” CBNC reports him saying at the Collision Conference in Toronto. “He needs to give up some of that power. If I was him, I would go hire a new CEO for the company.” Stamos isn’t the only one to voice concern, which has been flooding in both about Zuckerberg and the power of Facebook as a company. In an Op-ed earlier in the month, Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes called for a break up of its assets and spoke to the CEOs plans for domination....

Uses in the United States, Mexico, and Canada can start using Messenger Rooms from today. Other areas around the world will receive the tool starting next week. With Messenger Rooms, users can enter a group video call via a link. In other words, you won’t need a Facebook account to access the chat. When a link is clicked, it will open a guest session for the user through Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge....

Messenger mobile payments functioned as a peer-2-peer (P2P) payment system. Users are able to send and receive money through the app using cards and PayPal. Facebook says the system will be shuttered in the two European nations on June 15. To warn Facebook Messenger users of the change, the company is sending the following email alert for the Payments International team: “We’re contacting you because you have used our payments Peer-to-peer (P2P) service to send and receive money with friends and family on Messenger....

This extends from the introduction of Enhanced Tracking Protection feature rolled out in June. Mozilla says the tool has blocked one trillion tracking requests since it launched. A month ago, with the launch of Firefox 70, users received a privacy report that showed trackers that had been blocked. For Firefox 71, Mozilla is taking it a step further. The browser now sends a notification when it blocks web-based crypto-minters. Behind the shield icon, users can also find a daily running tally of blocked trackers....

Huawei has been a long-time target of regulators around the world. The company is believed to be using its technology to backdoor spy for the Chinese government. There is an ongoing debate around Huawei’s 5G networks and concerns over privacy. Canada could block Huawei 5G and the Chinese government has responded. It seems China suspects Huawei will be blocked, and the country’s ambassador said Ottawa will face repercussions if a bad is imposed....

For the unfamiliar, Relic is responsible for games like Company of Heroes, Warhammer 40k, and Homeworld. The studio will take over the AoE series after Microsoft shut down Ensemble Studios in 2009. So far, all we’ve seen is various concept art and no in-game footage. It shows battles between armies throughout history, from Rome to early Japan and Native Americans: Age of Empires II and III Remasters As a result, we’re expecting it will be a while until the fourth installment actually releases....

The former employee, who remains anonymous, posted the message following last week’s attacks on the US Capitol. After complaints from employees, GitHub’s human resources team warned the users for using the word “Nazi”. However, a few days later the same employee was fired. The company said the reason was changes in behavior beyond the message. Still, it is assumed the action was taken directly because of the message. Considering the current climate and growing vocal minority of emboldened Nazis, the move has been seen as a step backwards....