Oculus has been pretty adamant since the Rift launch that they’ve created an “open platform,” but they’re playing a game of semantics here. Yes, it’s open—but not by default. (And I don’t even want to get into the developer side of things.) If you want to taste the fruits of forbidden virtual reality—be it from Steam or from a forum post or some shady website you found—you’ll need to expressly opt in to doing so. Luckily it’s not overly difficult to tear down the walls. In the main Oculus window (on your normal monitor, not in the headset) go to
Google Photos is a fantastic app, but until now it’s been lacking one key feature: non-destructive edits. Without this, Photos would keep the original Now when you make an edit, Google Photos will only show the most updated image. However, you’re able to revert to the previous photo at anytime. The Google Photos will now save all your edits so you can revert to a previous version of an image.
Oil company Total has almost tripled the performance of Pangea, a supercomputer it uses for analyzing subsurface imaging in search of new oilfields. Pangea's performance is now 6.7 petaflops (floating-point operations per second), up from 2.3 petaflops, the French company said Tuesday. That's enough to put it among the 10 fastest supercomputers in the world, according to Total, which based its claim on Total's claim is based on the assumption that no other computer has been similarly upgraded in the meantime, something we won't know for sure until the next edition of the list is published in June.
Microsoft really wants the user account on your Windows 10 PC to match up with your account on the company’s cloud-based service. The company therefore made the Microsoft account the default. But you can decouple the account on your PC from the one on Microsoft’s servers. But should you? With a Microsoft account, settings you change on one computer can carry over to others. You have an immediate, automatic connection to OneDrive. And you don’t have to type in your password every time you download an app from the Microsoft Store.
In March 2015, Facebook introduced its vision to turn Facebook has yet to announce anything, but
Netflix loves to serve its binge-watching customers who view a whole season of First-world problem? Definitely. Something you’d rather not have to deal with? Absolutely. A new Chrome extension called
Cybercriminals are redoubling efforts to steal payment card details from retailers before new defenses are put in place, according to FireEye. More than a dozen types of malware were found last year that target point-of-sale systems, the electronic cash registers the process payments at many retailers. Over the last few years, hackers have successfully breached the systems, targeting weaknesses or software vulnerabilities in order to extract card details to sell on the black market. As of last October, retailers are liable for fraudulent transactions that are not completed using EMV payment cards, which have a microchip and enhanced security defenses that better shield card data.
The FBI hack of an iPhone 5c running iOS 9 may have left the device just a little bit insecure in the eyes of some users, as the agency has not provided details of how it was able to access data on the phone used by the San Bernardino terrorist. On Monday, the FBI told the court that the government had But the FBI did not disclose in the court filing whether it would pass the information on the hack to Apple, raising questions whether there is a vulnerability in the device that Apple may not know about.
The U.S. government has managed to access the iPhone used by San Bernardino gunman Syed Rizwan Farook, bypassing a passcode that had the FBI "The government has now successfully accessed the data stored on Farook’s iPhone and therefore no longer requires the assistance from Apple," the Department of Justice said in a The filing didn’t detail the method used to access the phone, but U.S. Attorney Eileen M. Decker said in a statement that it had been accomplished with the help of a third party.
If you’ve decided that no, you’re never, ever going to upgrade to Windows 10, the free Never10 app might be just what you’re looking for. Steve Gibson, the author of the popular freeware Shields UP! anonymity app, has released
A year ago, Microsoft rolled into its Build developers conference on a wave of momentum. A series of public Windows 10 betas had fans cheering, and Microsoft promised that its platform would save Windows phones and PCs alike. But now it’s 2016, and the confetti has long since blown away. At this week’s Build, which kicks off Wednesday morning, app developers will demand to know how Microsoft plans to deliver on its promises. Specifically, they’ll want the status of tools that port apps from Android and iOS to Windows, along with details on how they can monetize those apps. These are very developer-facing issues, but don’t expect an end to the razzle-dazzle, either, as Microsoft should use Build 2016 to talk up HoloLens in earnest. And behind it all? Microsoft will dig into “Redstone,” the next branch of Windows 10, and the platform upon which everything Microsoft rests.
Apple can't yet boast of significantly longer battery life in devices, but the company is looking to change that. The company is researching new types of batteries that could potentially help Macs, mobile devices, and wearable devices run much longer without a recharge. Job listings posted over the last two months Apple is
