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It’s a good idea to update your computer. Updates keep you safe from ever-evolving malware and sometimes include cool new features. But updates can break things too. That’s why some users have been annoyed at Microsoft’s stringent update policies with Windows 10, especially considering how frequently the OS is updated. After the last big Windows update caused many users to lose files, Microsoft realized maybe it’s not such a great idea to practically force users to install updates so quickly. Aside from regular security updates and bug fixes, Microsoft releases two major Windows updates per year. It’s a lot. With…
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Spotify tweeted an ad for its new partnership with Hulu, along with a comment about “budgets.” Several people, including one particularly savage songwriter, pointed out the company shouldn’t be the one to talk about money when it offers such a paltry sum to the artists whose music it hosts. The ad itself isn’t anything terribly insensitive. Spotify announced its new bundle a few weeks ago — which gives Premium users a free Hulu subscription — and the ad was promoting this. It shows two different shows and songs for “Payday” and “Rent’s Due,” and then says “Feel more of what you’re feeling.”…
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Xiaomi’s arrival to the UK market wasn’t the slickly-executed affair you’d expect from a company of its stature, but a few months on, that doesn’t really matter. Brits can now get Xiaomi’s awesome tech at its rival-beating prices. And now its phones and gadgets are improbably even cheaper, thanks to Xiaomi’s Mi Fan Festival. Headlining this festival is the Pocophone F1. Almost universally liked by reviewers (including our very own Abhimanyu Ghoshal), this handset packs exceptional specs for its price, and is arguably the best value handset money can buy right now. Under the hood is a Snapdragon 845 platform…
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The Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) is continuing to warn citizens about the associated risks of dealing with cryptocurrencies after identifying seven new scam websites. In today’s warning, FSMA says it has “continued to receive new complaints of consumers who have invested in cryptocurrencies through these trading platforms.” The newly identified websites are as follows: www.bearsmarkets.com www.btckingdom.com www.directco-invest.com www.maisonducoins.net www.novoplacement.com www.ripae-homine.com www.tribelylimited.com The regulator explains the modus operandi of many of these scams, noting how they typically offer prospective customers the opportunity to make “secure, easy, and very lucrative” investments. “They [the scam operators] try to inspire confidence…
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