News

1999 Results / Page 21 of 223

Background

Technology

Apple hit with another European class action over throttled iPhones

A third class action lawsuit has been filed in Europe against Apple seeking compensation — for what Italy’s Altroconsumo consumer protection agency dubs “planned obsolescence” of a number of iPhone 6 models. The action relates to performance throttling Apple applied several years ago to affected iPhones when the health of the device’s battery had deteriorated — doing so without clearly informing users. It later apologized. The class action suit in […]

todayJanuary 25, 2021

Music

Genesis release Reunion tour

Genesis have once again delayed the start of their The Last Domino? reunion tour, which was originally supposed to kick off in November 2020 and then was moved to April 2021 because of the pandemic. It is now slated to launch at Dublin’s 3Arena on September 15th and wrap up October 13th after a three-night run at London’s 02 Arena. As of now, there are only dates in the United Kingdom and Ireland, […]

todayJanuary 22, 2021

Music

Metallica Producer Bob Rock Sells Rights to ‘The Black Album’

Longtime Metallica producer Bob Rock has sold his rights to the Black Album, among other pieces of music he helmed in the studio. Hipgnosis Songs Fund, an investment and song management company, acquired a total of 43 songs from Rock, who produced Metallica’s ‘90s discography and 2003’s St. Anger. Bob Rock’s producing credits are amongst rock and metal’s most impressive. His first big gigs came in the late ‘80s with the Cult’s Sonic Temple and Motley Crue’s Dr. Feelgood, but the Black Album broke all […]

todayJanuary 21, 2021

Technology

Google’s new Chrome 88 update improves dark mode, removes FTP and Adobe Flash

Google is releasing a new version of Chrome this week that will improve its dark mode support, alongside removing FTP and Adobe Flash support. The dark mode improvements can be found on both Windows and Chrome OS. There are refinements to both the light and dark modes in Chrome OS, with the themes updated for the app launcher, quick settings, and shelf parts of Chrome OS. How To Geek also reports that […]

todayJanuary 20, 2021

Technology

Samsung wins the wireless earbuds war with retro clamshell cellphone charging cases

It turns out the big news from last week wasn’t that Samsung finally ditched the bizarre bean design for its wireless earbuds, it’s that the company plans to dominate the ‘kids of the late ‘90s’ demographic with a charging case cover that camouflages the Galaxy Buds Pro as a retro clamshell cellphone. Days after a new product category is announced accessories for said products start trickling out, and if you’ve been using a set of […]

todayJanuary 19, 2021

Technology

WhatsApp clarifies privacy changes and Facebook data sharing

WhatsApp is attempting to clarify changes to its privacy policy after immense backlash. The Facebook-owned messaging service has published a new FAQ page to its website, saying that the changes going into effect on February 8 only affect businesses who use WhatsApp, not individual users. Last week, a report suggested that WhatsApp would share user data with Facebook, without giving users a choice. In 2016, WhatsApp began sharing data with Facebook by default, but […]

todayJanuary 14, 2021 2

Music

Shakira becomes latest artist to sell rights to catalogue of hits

The Colombian singer Shakira has become the latest big name artist to cash in on her catalogue of hits, selling the publishing rights to the London-based music royalties investment firm Hipgnosis. The most successful female Latin singer of all-time, with more than 80m album sales to her name, Shakira has sold the rights to her 145-song catalogue for an undisclosed sum. The three-time Grammy award winner’s string of hits, which began with the release […]

todayJanuary 13, 2021

Technology

Apple Glasses could automatically unlock all your Apple devices

An Apple patent granted today shows how Apple Glasses could automatically unlock all your Apple devices, in much the same way that you can use an Apple Watch to unlock your Mac. The patent acknowledges that having to unlock each of your devices individually can be slightly annoying when you are using several of them … Many electronic devices restrict access to various features based on authentication of the identity of the […]

todayJanuary 12, 2021

Entertainment

Mission: Impossible 7 Star Agrees With Message Behind Tom Cruise Rant

Vanessa Kirby, who is reprising her role as White Widow in Mission: Impossible 7, expressed that she agrees with Tom Cruise’s recent rant about on-set COVID safety. In December 2020, a leaked recording of Tom Cruise yelling at the crew of MI7 over breaking safety protocols went viral. There has been a lot of speculation over the audio’s leaking, and Cruise’s very aggressive tone is troubling; however, his concerns about safety on-set have been […]

todayJanuary 12, 2021

[wpens_easy_newsletter firstname="no" lastname="no" button_text="Εγγραφή"]

ΕΠΙΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΑ

0%