IT&Software
Orange weather warning issued as temperatures set to fall to -6C
Donegal experienced freezing temperatures on Saturday night and while there were sunny spells on Sunday, large areas of the county remained under a blanket of frost. Frost will clear, and most places will have a bright start with sunshine, but cloud will increase from the south and west. "Winds light to moderate southeast in direction but fresh to strong and gusty along Atlantic coasts". [Full Article...]
AMD's 12nm Ryzen 2 Pinnacle Ridge chips are officially launching in April
The new Ryzen 2000 series Pinnacle Ridge chips will feature the new Zen + architecture and use the 12nm production process, and they're already sampling out to manufacturers. You'll probably want to hear about 2nd-generation Ryzen desktop CPUs first, which AMD briefly mentioned during their event. The Ryzen 3 2200U has been pared down even further. [Full Article...]
Nokia 6 (2018) units getting Oreo update out of the box
Past year in the form of a comeback, HMD Global unveiled a smartphone under the Nokia name . Nokia 6 owners who want to get firsthand experience of the Google's chocolate-milk cookie flavoured OS, can do so by getting registered at Nokia Beta Labs website (HERE). [Full Article...]
Fired Googler James Damore files a lawsuit claiming "hostility for conservative thought"
The suit doesn't come as a surprise given Damore's hiring of Dhillon in August, when her law firm published a blog post encouraging other Google employees to reach out if they "experienced illegal employment practices". "Not only was the numerical presence of women celebrated at Google exclusively due to their gender, but the presence of Caucasians and males was mocked with "boos" during company... [Full Article...]
Honor View 10 preorders open 8 January
Launch offers have now been detailed Amazon India , and you can find further details below. The Honor View 10 was unveiled today at the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) trade show. The device is powered by the company's own octa-core Kirin 659 processor and it runs Android 8.0 Oreo operating system topped with EMUI 8.0. The smartphone bears a 5.99-inch full-HD+ (1080×2160 pixels) IPS LCD... [Full Article...]
Cherokee Nation to finally recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Commemoration at University Park will begin on Monday, Jan. 15, and will celebrate and honor the life of the late civil rights leader. Civil rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize victor Martin Luther King Jr. All events below are free and open to the public. The culmination of the day's activities will be the evening program at 6 p.m.at the Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Association Center, 801 Ce... [Full Article...]
Apple Releases New Security Updates to Protect Safari Against the Spectre Attack
IOS 11.2.2 contains some critical security fixes for two risky vulnerabilities discovered in a wide range of computer hardware. This is a small, security-focused update, and Apple explains that it includes "security improvements to Safari and WebKit to mitigate the effects of Spectre". [Full Article...]
GeForce NOW Cloud Gaming for Mac
Dubbed GeForce Now , the service will let you stream PC games to your PC or Mac from the cloud, utilizing the power of high-performance GeForce GTX graphics cards. Sadly, you'll have to wait your turn as the list is already backed up - but for the price of free (while the beta is on, of course), it'll certainly be worth your time. [Full Article...]