If you’ve read anything about technology in the last few years, you may have seen the term “encryption” floating around. It’s a simple concept, but the realities of its use are enormously complicated. If you need a quick 101 on what encryption is and how it’s used on modern devices, you’ve come to the right place. But first, we hav
If your PC includes an Intel processor, it will likely receive a mysterious new security update originally pushed out by the company on Friday.
Three things about this release are somewhat concerning. First, Intel released the new CPU microcode as an “out of band” or unscheduled release. Second, it covers just about everything Intel has on the m
Last Friday, Facebook users discovered a bug that shattered their illusions of privacy—on the mobile app, friend requests were being sent to any profile visited. For people engaged in the timeless habit of looking up other people on the sly, as Facebook typically doesn’t share who has seen a user profile, their browsing habits were suddenly (and in some c
The Brave browser is all about covering your tracks online, and the latest security feature amps up that commitment. “Forgetful Browsing,” introduced in the latest desktop an
Starting and closing a game on a PC is often something of a big to-do — it takes me a solid three minutes to get into Fortnite’s main menu, and the game will hang if I try to put my PC to sleep. This is an area where consoles have a distinct advantage: Xbox, PlayStation, and the Nintendo Switch all have means of going into low-power modes without
The European Union has allowed Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision-Blizzard to move forward, on the grounds that Microsoft has addressed the cloud-gaming concerns that have held up the deal in other jurisdictions. The deal proposes huge benefits for consumers, including a guaranteed right to stream Activision games.