Norton 360’s ‘Game Optimizer’ actually looks useful

0
NortonLifeLock unveils Game Optimizer (called GO) as a new feature in the Norton 360 for Gamers pack. This feature helps clear power-hungry applications running in the background to free up computing...

Microsoft’s $100bn purchase of Activision looks like crazy money

0
This week, it was revealed that Microsoft plans to spend just over NZ$100 billion on buying Activision Blizzard — a company that’s been more newsworthy for its alleged unsavoury work culture...

Spatial Audio: The best (and worse) remixed tracks

0
After reporting the announcement regarding Spatial Audio last week I figured it was time to check out what Apple calls “the next generation of sound”. As a music lover I’ve spent countless...

Is Chrome’s latest security update enough to keep you safe?

0
With the launch of Chrome 91, Google will roll out an update which will assist Enhanced Safe Browsing by filtering out harmful extensions and protecting against infected downloads. Since the initial launch...

5 ways Amazon Astro is better than a real butler (and 5 ways it’s...

0
Say what you like about Amazon (and we have), it’s certainly a company that’s full of surprises.  On Tuesday, the company announced Astro the robot assistant would be rolling into select American...
Spatial audio now available on Android – but does anyone care?

Spatial Audio now available on Android… but does anyone care?

0
Android users that subscribe to Apple Music (rare breeds) can now experience spatial audio too.  The format - powered by Dolby Atmos - was touted as “the next generation of sound” when...

Is Facebook even worse than we imagined?

0
Even those of us who follow the travails of Facebook closely were rocked earlier this month by the revelations uncovered by ex-Facebook employee turned whistleblower, Frances Haugen. Her testimony, and the internal...

Facebook is too big to tame or kill

0
Facebook is having a difficult time of it of late. It has weathered storms before — most notably that whole undermining democracy snafu — but this time it’s clearly pretty shaken,...

Pegasus: Why the security Vulnerability Market is booming

0
Pegasus joins a list of ominously-named tools blurring the line between hacking and surveillance for 'lawful intercept' purposes, with other notable examples being from the likes of FinFisher and The Hacking...

Google forcing security on people is the right choice, even if it seems like...

0
Last week, only noticed by the kinds of people that read the company’s Keyword blog posts for fun, Google revealed something pretty incredible. Since last year, the company has been automatically...