When the metaverse comes, there are few good options on who will control it
If you think the ad and surveillance economy is out of control, wait until they're able to analyse and A/B test what you see.
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Physical webcam covers not included on big spend for a new MacBook Pro or Dell XPS
It is the year 2021. After approaching two years of endless video conferencing, two of the biggest laptop makers will still make you put tape on a high-end laptop.
Hunker down: The chip shortage and higher prices are set to linger for a while
If your hopes are for semiconductor prices to return to what they used it be, there's nothing but bad news on the horizon.
Apple is bringing client-side scanning mainstream and the genie is out of the bottle
Perhaps Apple's CSAM system will work exactly as intended, but it will be the systems that follow in its wake that will be most egregious.
Blaming China is handy when trying to keep telco infrastructure away from Beijing
Australia is funding the potential purchase of a Pacific telco for only one reason, to ensure China Mobile doesn't get to it first.
If Windows 11 compatibility tool cannot run then my Windows on Arm journey is over
When things go wrong on an Arm device running Windows, they can quickly go very, very wrong...
Prospect of sideloading mandate strikes fear into the heart of Apple
Cupertino is back to continue its claims that allowing apps to be sideloaded on iOS would make everything worse for every one of its users.
Innovation Oz Style: Take a world-leading secure kernel and kick it to the kerb
CSIRO believes a secure kernel has less national benefit than going all in on artificial intelligence.
High-end Chromebooks explain convertible laptops better than anything else
As mobile and desktop OSes borrow from each other, having a touch screen on a laptop and using apps built for touch makes more sense than other offerings.
From Lenovo to Apple, laptops in 2021 need USB-C ports on both sides
Imagine the ability to plug monitors and accessories into both sides of a device. If you can, you're ahead of the current batch of laptop designers.
Technology could make fighting COVID less restrictive but privacy will take a hit
Academics say the western view of individual privacy being supreme has forced the use of lockdowns as a blunt instrument when there might be another way involving the smart use of technology.
If Bing is the answer then Australia is asking the wrong question
Facebook and Google have many sins, but penance should not mean paying for the sins of Australia's media proprietors.
Returning to the 2021 office is anything but normal
Surveillance apps, sanitiser, and space. This is the office environment of 2021.
Using Android with profiles and dual-SIMs is possible but needs work
Upping your smartphone game to have proper work/personal differentiation is possible, but it's far from perfect, especially with Signal.
Living with COVID-19 creates a privacy dilemma for us all
Can a balance be struck between the privacy of citizens and allowing health officials to access any piece of information for helping to track down a cluster of coronavirus cases?
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