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- Why Windows 11 is forcing everyone to use TPM chips
- Google is warning users when its search results might be unreliable
- Here are two podcasts from our Windows 11 coverage
- Amazon acquires encrypted messaging app Wickr
- UK antitrust watchdog investigating Amazon and Google over fake reviews
- Microsoft’s Panos Panay on building Windows 11 during a pandemic, Android, and the leak
- Hybrid work is coming to big tech. Its contractors might not be so lucky
- eBay coupon takes 15 percent off certified refurbished gear
- OMG, BuzzFeed is worth 1.5 billion?? WIN
- OnePlus Nord N200 5G review: T-Mobile’s best phone under $250
| Why Windows 11 is forcing everyone to use TPM chips Posted: 25 Jun 2021 10:10 AM PDT  Microsoft announced yesterday that Windows 11 will require TPM (Trusted Platform Module) chips on existing and new devices. It's a significant hardware change that has been years in the making, but Microsoft's messy way of communicating this has left many confused about whether their hardware is compatible. What is a TPM, and why do you need one for Windows 11 anyway? "The Trusted Platform Modules (TPM) is a chip that is either integrated into your PC's motherboard or added separately into the CPU," explains David Weston, director of enterprise and OS security at Microsoft. "Its purpose is to protect encryption keys, user credentials, and other sensitive data behind a hardware barrier so that malware and attackers can't access or tamper...  |
| Google is warning users when its search results might be unreliable Posted: 25 Jun 2021 09:10 AM PDT  Google will now tell users when search results are rapidly changing around a breaking story. Some searches will now bring up a warning that "it looks like these results are changing quickly," and a subheading will explain that "if this topic is new, it can sometimes take time for results to be added by reliable sources." In a blog post, the company suggests that users might want to check back later when it's found more results. The notice is initially appearing on US-based English-language results "when a topic is rapidly evolving and a range of sources hasn't yet weighed in." Google will expand the tool's presence to other markets in the coming months. "While Google Search will always be there with the most useful results we can...  |
| Here are two podcasts from our Windows 11 coverage Posted: 25 Jun 2021 08:33 AM PDT  On Thursday, we saw the official reveal of Windows 11 at Microsoft's event, which showed off a redesign of the Microsoft operating system — including a replaced Start menu, updated app store, and lots more. This week on The Verge's flagship podcast, The Vergecast, we dedicate a majority of the show to talk about Windows 11. Co-hosts Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn and Verge senior editor Tom Warren discuss the biggest changes from Windows 10 to 11, the complications of bringing Android apps to Windows with Amazon's app store, and how Microsoft's stance on being an open platform has evolved among the other tech giants. We also have a sort of companion piece to this week's show: Nilay spoke with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on our other...  |
| Amazon acquires encrypted messaging app Wickr Posted: 25 Jun 2021 08:22 AM PDT  Wickr, the encrypted messaging app founded in 2012, has been purchased by Amazon, the company announced today. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. "We're excited to share that AWS has acquired Wickr, an innovative company that has developed the industry's most secure, end-to-end encrypted, communication technology," Stephen Schmidt, Amazon Web Services' vice president, wrote. With a nod to the company's ever-deepening relationships with the military, and Washington in general, Schmidt added that Wickr's features give "security conscious enterprises and government agencies the ability to implement important governance and security controls to help them meet their compliance requirements." Schmidt himself has a background in this...  |
| UK antitrust watchdog investigating Amazon and Google over fake reviews Posted: 25 Jun 2021 07:22 AM PDT  The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is probing whether Amazon and Google broke consumer laws by failing to take action against fake reviews on their sites, the agency announced Friday. "We are investigating concerns that Amazon and Google have not been doing enough to prevent or remove fake reviews to protect customers and honest businesses," Andrea Coscelli, the CMA's chief executive, said in a statement. "Our worry is that millions of online shoppers could be misled by reading fake reviews and then spending their money based on those recommendations." She added that it was unfair to businesses that adhere to the rules if other businesses can give their own products fake 5-star reviews. An Amazon spokesperson said in an...  |
| Microsoft’s Panos Panay on building Windows 11 during a pandemic, Android, and the leak Posted: 25 Jun 2021 07:12 AM PDT  The big Windows 11 leak earlier this month was never part of Microsoft's plan. Developers at the company have spent the majority of the pandemic working from home and secretly building a new version of Windows that's designed for a post-pandemic era. "It didn't really leak. It was some early weird build," says Microsoft's Windows and devices chief Panos Panay in an interview with The Verge. "It didn't matter, when something like that gets out incomplete, you're like: okay." Panay describes it as just another test of patience in the distinctive journey of how Windows 11 came to be. Just months before the pandemic began, Panay stood onstage and introduced the world to two new dual-screen devices: the Surface Neo and Surface Duo. These were...  |
| Hybrid work is coming to big tech. Its contractors might not be so lucky Posted: 25 Jun 2021 07:00 AM PDT  In fits and starts, the US is reopening — in many cases to the chagrin of office workers who have settled into work-from-wherever setups they've had the past 16-ish months to perfect. And given the willingness of many of those same workers to quit rather than go back to full-time cubicle life, many companies have offered some form of "hybrid" arrangement as a compromise. It seems that benefit isn't being extended to all workers, though. Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft were short on concrete answers as to which contingent workers — which comprise sizable, sometimes majority portions of their workforce, and perform functions from hospitality and security to content moderation and coding — if any would be allowed to work...  |
| eBay coupon takes 15 percent off certified refurbished gear Posted: 25 Jun 2021 06:27 AM PDT  If you're in the market for a set of headphones, a security camera, phone charger, or other gear and don't mind buying something that's certified refurbished, eBay is taking an additional 15 percent off the price of many items (up to $150) with a coupon code. You can view everything that qualifies here; we've highlighted some of our favorites below. In addition, we've got a selection of new headphones, smart thermostats, smartwatches, and more in today's roundup, so there should be something for almost everyone.
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| OMG, BuzzFeed is worth 1.5 billion?? WIN Posted: 25 Jun 2021 06:02 AM PDT  From surfing Facebook's wake to trying to get big enough for a better deal  |
| OnePlus Nord N200 5G review: T-Mobile’s best phone under $250 Posted: 25 Jun 2021 06:00 AM PDT If you're on the Un-carrier, the N200 offers 5G and a high-quality screen for the right price.  |
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