New phone: who dis? Better yet, who’s going to upgrade? Anytime a new iPhone is announced, millions of current iPhone owners wonder: “should I trade in my old one for the latest?” The new operating system is packed with features that will impress some users and frustrate others. The answer depends less on Apple’s…
Wine has released version 10.14 of its popular compatibility layer which makes it easy to run Windows applications on Linux. The update includes an upgraded vkd3d library, now at version 1.17, an updated Mono engine at version 10.2.0, IPv6 ping support, Gitlab CI running on Debian Trixie, and a set of bug fixes. Wine takes…
LONDON — The summer holidays are here and many of us will heading off on trips to hot and sunny destinations, and bringing our electronic devices along. But don’t forget that phones, tablets and other electronics are vulnerable to extreme heat. Southern European nations like Spain, Italy and Greece have been baking under the sun,…
China is requiring its data centres to use more home-grown computing chips in a move that underscores Beijing’s accelerated efforts to cut reliance on foreign technology as the US tightens export controls. Publicly owned computing hubs across the country have been asked to source more than 50 per cent of their chips from domestic producers…
Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Tea and Flo are both still operating and available in major app stores. It’s a good reminder how often we turn over sensitive information to our apps and what little recourse we have when things go wrong. Online…
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Bradley County Schools reminded students and parents of their new cell phone policy late Thursday. Applicable to secondary (high) schools, the policy requires that phones be turned off and be out of sight during the school day, from 8:15am – 3:30pm. The policy applies to wireless devices such as phones, tablets, earbuds, MP3 players. The…
Your smartphone can do much more than text, take photos, and check the weather. In an emergency, it can call 911, notify your family, and share your location, even if you cannot press a single button. But these features must be turned on ahead of time. Here is how to set up Emergency SOS, medical…
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The Huntsville City School Board has approved a new district-wide cell phone policy in response to the recently passed Focus Act, which requires school districts across Alabama to enact regulations that prohibit phones in classrooms. The new policy will take effect at the start of the upcoming school year. It prohibits students from using wireless…