It is in a European court that Google will defend its positions to avoid paying this record fine.Remember. In 2018, Google was ordered to pay a record fine of 4.34 billion euros by the European Commission in an antitrust case concerning its Android operating system. According to Reuters information, the Mountain View giant is currently preparing to challenge the … [Read more...] about Google to challenge EU antitrust fine of 4.3 billion euros
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NVIDIA: GeForce RTX 30xx SUPER coming to laptop?
As with the Turing generation, NVIDIA is preparing to launch SUPER variants of its mobile GPUs. On a laptop, this would first materialize by adding an RTX 3080 SUPER and another mysterious chip to the existing line-up.A few weeks after the introduction of the RTX 3050 and 3050 Ti, which allow NVIDIA to offer (finally) effective replacements for the GTX 16XXs of the past … [Read more...] about NVIDIA: GeForce RTX 30xx SUPER coming to laptop?
Microsoft buys cybersecurity start-up RiskIQ
The Redmond firm acquired cybersecurity specialist RiskIQ for $ 500 million.Microsoft announced on July 12 that it had acquired cybersecurity startup RiskIQ for $ 500 million. Details of the operation were not disclosed. This agreement aims to help the Redmond firm to "strengthen the cybersecurity of digital transformation and hybrid work," she said.Founded in 2009, … [Read more...] about Microsoft buys cybersecurity start-up RiskIQ
Android 12: you can play games before you even finish downloading
On Android 12, you will be able to launch a game even if its download has not been 100% complete.Google continues to develop Android 12, which is currently being beta tested. And as we approach the launch of this version, which will be the competitor of iOS 15, we gradually discover the novelties that the firm will offer.As a reminder, Google launched the Android 12 … [Read more...] about Android 12: you can play games before you even finish downloading
Cyber defense center opens in New York
Many companies like Amazon and IBM, but also the NYPD, have joined the New York Cyber Defense Center.This is a first for an American metropolis. New York is opening its own cyber defense center in one of Manhattan's skyscrapers, the Wall Street Journal revealed on July 8. Called Cyber Critical Services and Infrastructure (CCSI), it will protect the American economic … [Read more...] about Cyber defense center opens in New York
After Google, Apple could be the next target of US antitrust crackdown
The apple brand would be in the sights of the American antitrust authorities.Across the world, antitrust authorities are attacking GAFA in an attempt to regain control of their overwhelming dominance. In the United States, Google has been the main target in recent months. But the Mountain View giant could soon give up its undesirable place to Apple. Indeed, according to … [Read more...] about After Google, Apple could be the next target of US antitrust crackdown
At 16, this teenager became a millionaire by selling PS5s at a premium
The small business of this young American is particularly lucrative.Scalpers have quickly become the pet peeve of video game fans. Remember that since the releases of the new PS5 or Xbox Series X, it is very difficult to get hold of them because of the shortage of electronic chips.Scalpers are in the sights of British MPsClever kids took advantage of this lack … [Read more...] about At 16, this teenager became a millionaire by selling PS5s at a premium
A derivative of the PS5 architecture will be found in more than 80 system designs
All this through the 4700S Desktop Kit, a very mysterious product that AMD does not seem to want to detail.The source of multiple leaks and other miscellaneous information, the 4700S Desktop Kit is a very strange product that has found its way to some resellers even before AMD does any promotion or any official communication has been made occurred.Already available in … [Read more...] about A derivative of the PS5 architecture will be found in more than 80 system designs
Galaxy Unpacked: all the new Samsung products may have just leaked
Normally, Samsung will give a conference on August 11th. The Korean giant is reportedly planning to present two new folding smartphones, the Galaxy S21 FE, its new connected watches, as well as wireless headphones.While no announcement has been made yet, many sources agree that Samsung's next Galaxy Unpacked event will take place on August 11. In addition, some of these … [Read more...] about Galaxy Unpacked: all the new Samsung products may have just leaked
124-year-old hydropower plant uses its energy to mine Bitcoin
In a nutshell: The Mechanicville Hydroelectric Plant, near Albany NY, is pretty much the oldest renewable power plant still in operation in America. Nowadays, it mainly uses its original equipment from 1897 to power a Bitcoin mining farm.In the 1980s, the National Grid was considering shutting down the defunct plant when Albany Engineering Corp. agreed to operate it … [Read more...] about 124-year-old hydropower plant uses its energy to mine Bitcoin
