Amazon Prime Video Is Introducing Individual User Profiles
Amazon Prime Video is rolling out user profiles for family members and friends who share Prime accounts, the business announced today. Each account allows up to six user profiles. One profile will default as the primary account, with five additional profiles allowed. These could be...
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Tests Positive For COVID-19
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has tested positive for COVID-19, he announced today. Bolsonaro himself announced the result, speaking on Brazilian TV channels Tuesday. “Everyone knew that it would reach a considerable part of the population sooner or later. It was positive for me,” he said,...
Energy Company EDP Confirms Ragnar Locker Ransomware Attack
EDP Renewables North America (EDPR NA) confirmed a Ragnar Locker ransomware attack that affected its parent corporation’s systems, the Portuguese multinational energy giant Energias de Portugal (EDP), BleepingComputer reported. In a letter sent to customers (.PDF), the energy company apologized for the incident but insisted that there is...
LG Profit Down 24% In Q2
LG Electronics has posted operating profit of 493 billion won and revenue of 12.8 trillion won in the second quarter of 2020, the company said in its earning guidance on Tuesday, Zdnet reported It is a decline of 24.4% and 18%, respectively, from the same...
Google, Facebook and Twitter Suspend Review of Hong Kong Requests for User Data
Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, Google and Telegram have all said they are “pausing” co-operation with requests for user information from the Hong Kong police. Facebook said on Monday that it would temporarily stop processing Hong Kong government requests for user data as the company reviews a sweeping...
Microsoft Announces Xbox Series X Games Showcase Event For July 23
Microsoft will hold its Xbox Series X games event on July 23rd at 9AM PT / 12PM ET. If you’re an Xbox fan, this is the event that you won’t want to miss, because as was promised back in May, this is the one where...
The Bubonic Plague Is Back Again In China’s Inner Mongolia
Authorities in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia are on high alert after a suspected case of bubonic plague, the disease that caused the Black Death pandemic, according to state-run Xinhua news agency. According to state reports, the Bayannur patient – a herdsman – is in...
Fujitsu Will Close Half Of Its Office In Japan As Pandemic Transforms Work
Fujitsu has announced it will reduce its office space in Japan by 50% and switch completely to a hot desk system by the end of the fiscal year 2022. Fujitsu said the new plans are part of what the company has dubbed as its “work...
What is Web Hosting Bandwidth?
Web hosting bandwidth describes the rate at which data can be transferred between a website and computers connected to it within a specific time. Normally it is the calculated monthly in hosting packages by many website hosts, e.g. 1g bandwidth each month, or 5g bandwidth...
How To Uninstall Network Adapter In Windows 10
If you are having issues connecting to or staying connected to a wired or wireless network, an easy first step at troubleshooting is to uninstall and reinstall the network adapter. This fix will bring the network adapter back to default settings and will resolve issues...
How To Create Windows 10 Bootable USB Drive
There are several methods to create a media to install Windows 10 from USB if you have a newer firmware type. For instance, you can use the Media Creation Tool to download the installation files onto a removable drive with support for both UEFI and...
Canada’s Biggest Banks Join Boycott Of Facebook Platforms
Canada’s biggest lenders confirmed on Friday they had joined a widespread boycott of Facebook Inc (FB.O) begun by U.S. civil rights groups seeking to pressure the world’s largest social media platform to take concrete steps to block hate speech, Reuters reported. More than 400 brands...
Reliance Jio Launches Free Video Conferencing App ‘JioMeet’
Reliance Joi has launched JioMeet, its video-conference service that looks uncannily like Zoom. On Thursday evening, the firm — backed by Mukesh Ambani, India’s richest man — formally launched, and its apps are already available on Google Play and the App Store. Like Zoom and Google Meet, JioMeet...
Intel To Invest $253.5 Million In India’s Reliance Jio Platforms
Intel said on Friday it will invest $253.5 million in Jio Platforms, joining a roster of high-profile investors including Facebook, General Atlantic, and Silver Lake that have backed India’s top telecom operator in recent months, TechCrunch reported The American chipmaker’s investment arm said it is acquiring...
Facebook And Instagram Will Remind People To Wear Masks
The Social media giant Facebook said that it would offer reminders to its users to wear protective masks, responding to the latest surge in US coronavirus cases, which has sparked renewed fears of containing the pandemic. “With the rise in COVID-19 cases in the US,...
Apple Launches Website For Managing ‘Apple Card’ Via Browser
The tech giant company apple launched a new online portal for the Apple Card, letting users manage their cards through a browser, AppleInsider reports Previously, the only way to manage an Apple Card required having a compatible iOS device with the Wallet app installed, which made...
Amazon Prime Video Is Now Available In Windows 10 Desktop App
The streaming giant Amazon announced that Amazon Prime Video’s dedicated app for Windows 10 is now live in the Microsoft Store. It allows you to stream videos and download them for offline viewing. While it’s always been possible to stream Prime Video content through a browser...
Google Is Still Paying $1.5 Billion To Apple To Be The Default Search Engine In Safari
The payments by Alphabet Inc’s Google to Apple Inc to be the default search engine on Apple’s Safari web browser create “a significant barrier to entry and expansion” for Google’s rivals in the search engine market, the UK markets regulator said in a report released...
Apple Re-closes 25 Percent Of Its US Stores Due To COVID-19 Spikes
Apple is closing dozens of its stores shortly after attempting to re-open them as COVID-19 cases resurface across southern and western US states. According to CNBC, Apple has decided to close 30 stores this week which ups the total closures to 77 out of 271 stores...
Microsoft Announces New Windows 10 Start Menu Design And Updated Alt-Tab
Microsoft is introducing a new Windows 10 Start menu design that will de-emphasize its Live Tiles. The software giant first hinted at the refreshed design earlier this year, and it’s arriving for Windows 10 testers today. “We are freshening up the Start menu with a...
