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UK Government to Bar Telecoms from Buying Huawei Equipment

The UK government will bar telecom companies from purchasing new equipment made by China's Huawei Technologies Co., The Wall Street Journal reported. The telecom companies have until 2027 to remove Huawei technology from their 5G networks. Senior executives from Vodafone Group PLC and BT Group PLC told a parliamentary committee last week that a five-to-seven-year time frame would be needed

Nextdoor Removed the “Forward to Police” Feature

Nextdoor has removed the “Forward to Police” feature. The site, which people often use to get help finding a lost pet, is removing the feature as part of their anti-racism work. Obviously, people will still be able to use their phone to call the police if they are in danger or if they want to report a crime. We have

More Backgrounds to Hide the Clutter

The lockdown might be easing in your country, but it doesn't look like working from home is going to go away anytime soon: VPNs, Office 365, Microsoft Teams, Zoom and Google Meet are all the new norms for the working day. With all the family at home, flat surfaces are at a premium and the kitchen table is now my

Home servers and media computers, have I become a dinosaur?

Going back about 12 years I built two computers, a media center for the home theater cabinet in the living room and a server to back up all files – that one resided in my home office.  These days those things seem to be gone from our tech landscape, and I miss them. I miss building them myself and setting

Amazon is updating its Fire 8 tablets

It has been a while since Amazon updated its tablets, but that’s about to change. The company sort of snuck this by with no post to the official blog. They have, however, come up with an update to the Fire 8 tablets. In an announcement sent to us the company says it will be releasing new Fire tablets soon. The next generation of its Fire HD 8 tablet

DEF CON and Black Hat are Going Virtual

DEF CON 28 announced their in-person event that was scheduled to take place August 6-9, 2020, has been cancelled. Black Hat also announced that it has cancelled its in-person event, which would have taken place August 1-6, 2020. This is likely not a surprise to most people, considering the number of events that have either cancelled, or postponed, due to

Motorola Returns to the High-End with Edge and Edge+

Motorola's been firmly established as the go-to provided of mid-range phones with its long running g-series of handsets, but the absence of a top-end phone has been noticeable, despite the appearance of a rebooted Razr. Fortunately, Moto have addressed this with the launch today of two new devices, the Edge and Edge+. Motorola reckon these will be the fastest, loudest