[ad_1] He’s a little busy elsewhere at the moment.Bill Gates steps down from Microsoft’s board of directors If you checked out of keeping up with the news a little early on Friday, you may have missed Bill Gates’ announcement. The Microsoft co-founder and Engadget reader has been increasingly focused on public health issues (like pandemics, […]
Category: personalcomputing
An improved MacBook Air could debut as early as next week
[ad_1] With that said, there are a few other areas that could get updates. The CPU is the most obvious candidate — 10th-generation low-power Core processors that would work in the Air have been available for a while. The speakers might get a boost as well. And there’s little doubt that the memory and storage […]
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference goes online-only due to coronavirus
[ad_1] The news comes as no surprise, considering the tightening cadence of bad news recently. After the World Health Organization officially declared the widespread novel coronavirus outbreak a pandemic on Wednesday, the California Department of Public Health recommended that “large public gatherings that include 250 people or more” be postponed or cancelled, making a show […]
Microsoft issues emergency Windows 10 patch for leaked vulnerability
[ad_1] The security hole exists in Microsoft’s Server Message block (SMB) protocol on recent 32- and 64-bit versions of Windows 10 both on the client and server sides. Researchers from Microsoft and elsewhere labeled it critical because the compromise of a single machine could compromise others on the same network. Microsoft said that there’s no […]
Microsoft’s Build conference will be a ‘digital’ online-only event for 2020
[ad_1] Microsoft’s big event for developers in Seattle is traditionally where it shows off a lot of things that also impact us as consumers using Windows, Office or its other products, but this year it will be an exclusively virtual one. The company revealed in a statement to The Verge that “…we will deliver our […]
MSI’s PS42 Modern entry-level gaming laptop is on sale for $830
[ad_1] The MSI PS42 is lightweight (2.64 pounds) but powerful. It packs 16GB of RAM, 256GB of storage, a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q GPU and an Intel Core i7-8550U processor. That comes in a brushed aluminum housing with a near bezel-less, 14-inch, 1080p screen. (If you’re looking for a more powerful processor, MSI’s newer […]
‘Guild Wars 2’ defies the odds for online RPGs with a third expansion
[ad_1] ArenaNet is prepping a slew of events in the meantime, including a pair of festivals, another Living World episode with a territory-focused capture mode and the return of the Tournament of Legends in early summer. While it’s not clear exactly how many people are playing GW2 at this stage in its history (estimates pegged […]
The Morning After: BMW will end production of the i8 soon
[ad_1] Cross-platform play from day one is impressive.‘Call of Duty: Warzone’ is a serious contender to Fortnite’s throne Now that Call of Duty Modern Warfare has a free-to-play battle royale add-on, is it really ready to compete with the champs of the genre? According to Matt Brian, yes. With innovative tweaks on the formula like […]
Overwatch League cancels all homestand matches through April
[ad_1] The organizers aim to play matches “when it’s safe and logically feasible,” and wants to keep them as close to the original schedule as possible. It added that it was looking at the “various options available,” although it didn’t say whether that meant online matches or something else altogether. It’s doubtful this will only […]
EU plans to introduce sweeping ‘right to repair’ legislation for electronics
[ad_1] If the European Parliament were to pass legislation, it would extend its eco-design law to cover phones, tablets and computers, and likely force tech companies to completely rethink the designs of their products. The legislation would also require those same companies to provide easy to access information related to the repairability and durability of […]