This is what I call bait and switch SlashGear. Lead art for 'Fighter jets you can actually buy' shows MIG-29s, F-15s. Actual jets you can buy, uhh, Corsair II, MIG-21 and A4 Skyhawks. Puts away credit card. slashgear.com/1558536/fighte…

As we used to say in junior high school (middle-school now) 'psych!' pcworld.com/article/230223…

Samsung Galaxy owners: Buy this GAN charger for the fastest charges. Fake Gordon Mah Ung got nerdy on this one! pcworld.com/article/228694… pcworld.com/article/228694…

So Microsoft I wuz thinking if you have a feature you cannot turn back on without a reinstall, that it should not be so easy to flip off especially for people who have been fighting Windows 11 installs until 5 a.m. OK?

The end is nigh: Microsoft plans to charge $61 for Windows 10 security updates after Oct. 2025. PCWorld's Michael Crider has the details: pcworld.com/article/228707…

pcworld.com/article/227859… If only I had a spare $1,100 sitting around....

I just bought this 20TB HDD for a heck of a deal. I backup all previous drives to one drive and put it on a shelf in cold storage. PCWorld's Mark Hachman has the details: pcworld.com/article/228133…

Want to come work at PCWorld with Fake Gordon Mah Ung, Brad Chacos ⌨️🖱🎮, Mark Hachman, Ash 🔮, Michael Crider, and me? We're looking for another senior editor! foundrycareers-idg.icims.com/jobs/5232/sr.-…

For the 4th time, YouTube has taken down UFD Tech. Our video covering how someone got ChatGPT to print out Windows 95 key is 'Harmful and dangerous'.
This is happening after Nintendo gave us a strike for Android on Switch content 4 years ago
Both videos are not in violation.

Watch the Full Nerd Live right now to see Nvidia's ACE in action! NVIDIA GeForce NVIDIAGameDev youtube.com/watch?v=iY1uZV…

AMD Prepping Ryzen 5000XT CPU Refresh For AM4 Budget Platforms, Faster Clocks On Zen 3 wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-5000…

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Ending with link to @techcrunch reporting that Apple officials blame competitors whispering in the G's ear, and warns of 'judges, rather than Apple engineers, designing iOS user experiences.' techcrunch.com/2024/03/21/app…

About the green bubble. U.S. Department of Justice main point is Apple degrades Android messaging and makes its own platform less secure (no encryption) to hurt competitors. I've heard TV questioning why the G even cares about the green bubble, but that's why.

I think U.S. Department of Justice is on thin ice here by saying that Apple can control inferior web apps by forcing all iOS apps to use its WebKit browser engine. iOS and Apple HW is highly optimized for WebKit which translates into faster performance and better battery life.

Et tu MacOS? This one kind of stings. U.S. Department of Justice complaint says Apple is able to maintain secure Macs--yet allows them to be open to third-party apps--which undercuts arguments that iOS must be walled off. TLDR; if MacOS can do it, why can't iOS?

I said that DOJ vs Apple felt like 1990s DOJ vs Microsoft and Apple's alleged fear of 'Super Apps' really echoes that. MS (probably rightly) felt Netscape and Java were an existential threat to Windows. And DOJ sez Apple felt the same way about Super Apps on HTML5 and Javascript

Another example of monopolist behavior cited by U.S. Department of Justice is Apple ONLY allowing Apple Pay to access the iPhone NFC tap-to-pay feature. Why? A piece of $200 billion in transactions (15 basis points while Samsung and Google charge 0) and to protect its monopoly, DOJ sez.

Why fear cloud gaming? It's seen as a direct threat to buying an expensive, and powerful iPhone, according to the DOJ.