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‘Google is building Add to Wallet function in standard Android QR scanner’
Google appears to be working on the possibility of adding digital boarding passes and other passes to Wallet via the standard scanner for QR codes in Android. This would make adding passes easier.The addition can be found in the Play…
Microsoft fixes Excel function that changed names of genes to data
Microsoft has changed the way Excel's auto-conversion feature works so that it doesn't automatically convert gene names to dates. The names of the genes had already been changed, because Excel continued to see them as data.The fix was…
Rumor: Apple is working on adding generative AI to Siri, Xcode and Keynote
Apple is working to integrate its own major language model into digital assistant Siri, developer program Xcode and programs such as Pages and Keynote, financial news agency Bloomberg claims.The smarter version of Siri should debut next…
Quest 3 users complain about microphone quality, Meta investigates the issues
Meta Quest 3 users report experiencing problems with the microphone of the mixed reality glasses. Meta says she is investigating the problems. The problems may be solved with software. It is not yet known if and when a fix will…
Brave browser installs VPN service without permission, working on fix
Brave's privacy-focused browser installs its VPN service on Windows without user consent. Brave indicates that it will resolve this in a future fix. The VPN service is then only installed when you purchase Brave VPN.On Windows PCs,…
Gmail will now open links and attachments in split screen on tablets and foldables
Links and attachments in Gmail will now open in split-screen mode on tablets and foldable smartphones. When a website or file is opened, a new window opens that no longer takes up the entire screen, but only half of it.When you open a…
Overclockers boost i9-14900K to 8GHz, achieve 1310fps in Counter-Strike 2
A group of Australian overclockers have been able to boost the clock speed of an Intel Core i9-14900K to around 8GHz. This allowed them to run Counter-Strike 2 at a frame rate of around 1310fps.Team Australia Extreme Overclocking used…
Cisco discovers a second actively exploited zeroday in iOS XE and will release a fix on Sunday
Cisco has discovered a second zero-day vulnerability in its iOS XE software. This leak, together with the previously found bug, is actively used to completely take over routers and switches. Cisco says it has found a fix for both…
Remedy announces system requirements for Alan Wake 2: RTX 4080 for 4k with ray tracing
Remedy Entertainment has announced the system requirements for the PC version of Alan Wake 2. To play the game in 4k at 60fps, with ray tracing and path tracing enabled, a GeForce RTX 4080 is required. DLSS 3 or FSR2 is also recommended…
Windows 11 Pro disk encryption could slow SSD performance by 45 percent
The BitLocker disk encryption, which is only available for Windows 11 Pro systems and is often activated by default, can reduce SSD performance by up to 45 percent. Tom's Hardware states this based on its own tests.For his results has…