A new report from Verto Analytics claims that a huge swath of the PC market is eager to switch to a Mac PC (desktop or laptop), with 21 percent of laptop owners and 25 percent of desktop owners supposedly willing to make the jump. At the same time, Verto claims …
Read More »Microsoft ‘Autopilot’ Management Tools to Debut in Fall Creators Update
Microsoft has evidently decided to deploy a new strategy for talking about its Fall Creators Update. Instead of revealing all of its information in one go, we’re seeing data trickle out in blog posts and direct communication. The company unveiled a new service, dubbed Autopilot, which can deploy a full …
Read More »Facebook is rolling out its “Find Wi-Fi” feature worldwide
Facebook is expanding one of its newer features designed to help mobile users find accessible Wi-Fi networks. The company had begun testing a “Find Wi-Fi” option last year on mobile, which highlighted free, public Wi-Fi networks nearby. At the time, the option was only available on iOS in select countries, …
Read More »7 SoulCycle Secrets for Proper Form on a Spin Bike
Photo: Courtesy of SoulCycle Your feet press down hard on the pedals, your heart races, and the bass drops on your favorite song. The instructor tells you to sprint and, lost in the moment, the figurative wheels begin to come off. Your hips rattle into earthquake-mode, your knees and elbows …
Read More »Tiger Woods’s extended absence from golf isn’t being felt just on the course.
Woods can bring excitement to a tournament even if he isn’t playing, as he’s shown over the years at the Quicken Loans National, which he hosts. This year, Woods will miss the trophy presentations at both of the PGA Tour events that benefit his foundation. The Quicken Loans National is …
Read More »New CIA Leak Reveals Tool That Can Track Computers via Wi-Fi
A cache of CIA hacking and information gathering tools have been leaking online lately via in infamous WikiLeaks. Many of the documents detail complex and novel methods for infiltrating computer networks and mobile devices. Microsoft even had to patch the aged Windows XP recently in response to a CIA leak. …
Read More »Windows 10 Has Halved Data Collection: Privacy Watchdog
When Microsoft launched Windows 10, one of the major flashpoints of disagreement between the company and its users were Microsoft’s Windows 10 data collection practices. The French data privacy watchdog CNIL (Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés) later announced that it had begun an investigation into Microsoft’s data collection …
Read More »Drug Delivery Implants, Electrical Stimulation Can Manage Chronic Pain
Physicians have long been interested in approaches to chronic pain management that are less prone to abuse than traditionally prescribed medications. But the ongoing opioid crisis in America has shone a light on how a combination of increased heroin use, dubious prescription and pharmaceutical practices, and the increased amount of …
Read More »Brain-Computer Interfaces Could Eliminate Lower Back Pain
If your lower back hurts, you’re in good company. Back pain inflicts itself on almost everyone during their lives. But there are some unlucky folk who get injured, or have a degenerative disorder or neuropathic condition that leaves them in chronic pain. And for people who have pain doctors can’t …
Read More »Google’s new experiment, Triangle, lets you block individual apps from using mobile data
Google recently began testing a new tool for helping people better manage the mobile data used by their smartphones. The new Android app, called Triangle, is currently being tested in the Philippines, and lets you do things like view your data balance, see which apps are accounting for the most …
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