Windows 10 is finally receiving the upgrade everyone wanted and desperately needed. Or is it? Because Microsoft has now warned hundreds of millions of users that it is not what they thought. Windows 10 updates are a mess STEVE KOTECKI Having recently promised Windows 10 users full control over updateswith its major 1903 upgrade, Microsoft has ... Read More »
Picked up by the ever-alert Patently Apple, Apple has quietly filed a patent which reveals its ambitious plans to bring Touch ID back to iPhones. And it works in a way, unlike anything iPhone owners have experienced before. Taking inspiration from rivals, Apple has detailed how it will build Touch ID ... Read More »
Windows 7 is approaching the end of its support life, which means it’s time to upgrade. Here are the options. Photograph: Simply Signs/Alamy Microsoft has just started its bombardment about the end of Windows 7 and upgrading to Windows 10, suggesting that a new device is advisable and including links ... Read More »
Windows 10 1903 is coming and it’s essential, but it carries a price. STEVE KOTECKI In a new advisory, Microsoft has warned users that they will need up to twice as much free storage on their PCs to receive Windows 10 1903, the upgrade which finally gives all users control over Windows ... Read More »
Windows 10 has a serious upgrade problem which is getting worse. But now Microsoft has taken decisive action in the most welcome and unexpected of ways… Microsoft is giving all Windows 10 users control over updates STEVE KOTECKI In a new blog post titled “Improving the Windows 10 update experience with control, quality and transparency“, ... Read More »
Apple AAPL -0.78% has some unusual upgrades and controversial design changes planned for its upcoming 2019 iPhones. But now the company has revealed technology which suggests these models will be nothing more than a footnote in iPhone history… Apple is working on a radical upgrade to Face IDAPPLE Uncovered by BGR, Apple has submitted patents detailing a radical new version of ... Read More »
Apple’s ambitious plans for a folding iPhone are starting to take shape, but today the company was also granted extensive patents for similarly radical technology which looks set to hit iPhones a lot sooner… Apple iPhone 11 conceptEVERYTHINGAPPLEPRO Picked up by the ever-effusive AppleInsider, Apple was granted an “unusually technical patent” detailing its work to ... Read More »
If you’re still running an older version of Windows, you really should think about getting on Windows 10. The recent WannaCry ransomware issue highlighted the number of machines out there that are still running now-ancient versions of Microsoft Windows. The holes found within the old OS were used to exploit ... Read More »
Update: An earlier version of this story reported that Capossela was interviewed by Softpedia. While Softpedia was reported elsewhere as originating the story, the actual interview was done by Windows Weekly. ExtremeTech regrets the error. From mid-2015 to 2016, Microsoft ran two simultaneous experiments. First, it made Windows 10 free ... Read More »
This has been a strange week in technology, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s name attached to not one, but two apps that shot up the rankings on app stores. The Narendra Modi app quickly dominated on the App Store, after it was announced that people could use it to give ... Read More »
