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Please write clearer blog posts — Gmail’s new do-it-all interface is thankfully optional. Ron Amadeo – Jun 14, 2021 9:23 pm UTC The new, unified Gmail rolling out to consumers today. In the sidebar, you get buttons for Gmail Inbox, Google Chat chats, Google Chat rooms, and Google Meet. You can also open this split-screen…

This could be the Windows 11 operating system you’ll using before the end of 2021. Adam Patrick Murray/IDG Today’s Best Tech Deals Picked by PCWorld’s Editors Top Deals On Great Products Picked by Techconnect’s Editors We’ve already downloaded and gone hands-on with a leaked early build of Windows 11, or what appears to be Microsoft’s…

A hot potato: It seems there’s no end to this new “trend” of hacking global companies. The latest one to come out publicly to inform that it’s been hacked is Volkswagen, which had one of its vendors hacked, allowing the culprits to access information of over 3.3 million customers from the United States and Canada.…

Adam Patrick Murray/IDG Today’s Best Tech Deals Picked by PCWorld’s Editors Top Deals On Great Products Picked by Techconnect’s Editors Since 2016 PCWorld’s premier PC building podcast, The Full Nerd, has been bringing you news and analysis of the hottest PC topics every week. From reviews of hardware like CPUs and GPUs, to software tips…

There’s no cable, but it requires dongles, batteries and more. Adam Patrick Murray/IDG Today’s Best Tech Deals Picked by PCWorld’s Editors Top Deals On Great Products Picked by Techconnect’s Editors Table of Contents Show More You’re sick and tired of tripping over your USB keyboard’s cable and have decided it’s time to go wireless. Besides…

(withdraw=* consent=cookies) ftw — Explicit privacy communication mechanism can simplify UI and limit user fatigue. Jim Salter – Jun 16, 2021 11:55 pm UTC Cookieyes.com—a site devoted to providing GDPR/CCPA consent solutions—unsurprisingly has an excellent, minimally-invasive cookie banner. The Guardian’s cookie banner is a bit more obnoxious—it uses bolder colors, it’s much wordier, and it…

Interviews — The interview also touched on privacy, AR, health, and future products. Samuel Axon – Jun 16, 2021 11:09 pm UTC Enlarge / Apple CEO Tim Cook being interviewed remotely by Brut.Apple has been under a mountain of scrutiny lately from legislators, developers, judges, and users. Amidst all that, CEO Tim Cook sat with…

Expect them? — “We do not forgive. We do not forget.” But neither do the feds. Nate Anderson – Jun 16, 2021 9:17 pm UTC Enlarge / Chris Doyon, in full “Anonymous mythology” mode, when I met him in Canada.Nate AndersonA decade after Chris “Commander X” Doyon skipped out on a federal hacking charge and…

Throw your Oculus headset downstream — Announcement doubles down on Facebook account requirement for Oculus hardware. Sam Machkovech – Jun 16, 2021 9:05 pm UTC Everything we’ve feared about the Facebookening of Oculus and its virtual reality ecosystem is starting to come true. A Wednesday blog post has confirmed that Oculus, the VR-specific arm of Facebook,…

Fewer people do self-service upgrades than you might expect. Gordon Mah Ung Today’s Best Tech Deals Picked by PCWorld’s Editors Top Deals On Great Products Picked by Techconnect’s Editors Q: Why is soldered RAM so common in laptops? It seems very unfriendly to buyers. To get the amount of memory I want, my options are…