Saturday, April 22, 2017

Chrome 57 restricts background tabs to 1% CPU, prolonging battery life and other top stories.

  • Chrome 57 restricts background tabs to 1% CPU, prolonging battery life

    Chrome 57 restricts background tabs to 1% CPU, prolonging battery life
    Sebastian Anthony reader comments 24 Rejoice, Chrome users! With Chrome 57, released this week, your laptop might soon get more than three hours of battery life when you have multiple tabs open. In September last year, the Chromium team said changes were coming to Chrome's handling of background tabs, but the changes have landed in the stable branch of Chrome a little sooner than expected. Basically, from now on, background tabs will be limited to an average CPU load of just 1 percent on ..
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  • Moto G5 Plus first impressions: The Moto G series in metal

    Moto G5 Plus first impressions: The Moto G series in metal
    The Moto G series has been an important device for the brand. The company returned to the phones business with the smartphone in 2013 when it was still Motorola. It has seen updates over the years and the company (now owned by Lenovo) has managed to improve it with every consecutive year. This year, the Moto G goes metal. The fifth generation of the smartphone sees well needed design update and just like last year, gets two variants, the G5 and the G5 Plus. The smartphones were unveiled at MWC ..
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  • WhatsApp and Telegram accounts could be hijacked by sending malware-laced images

    WhatsApp and Telegram accounts could be hijacked by sending malware-laced images
    Today, researchers at Check Point Security announced a new attack against WhatsApp and Telegram, targeting the way both chat services process images and multimedia files. Check Point was able to craft a malicious image that would appear normal in ...
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  • Optus Blames NBN And Government For Early Disconnections

    Optus Blames NBN And Government For Early Disconnections
    Optus is reportedly switching off the phone and cable broadband connections of its customers without warning, as the telco continues to push customers off its HFC network and onto the NBN. An investigation by Fairfax published in the Sydney Morning Herald also found that, in some cases, Optus was blaming the NBN or the government in general for the disconnections and for the short window given to customers to switch from its own HFC network to a fibre NBN service. Last week, it was reported that..
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  • Here's our first real look at Mass Effect Andromeda's multiplayer

    Here's our first real look at Mass Effect Andromeda's multiplayer
    Bioware has released an all new trailer showcasing the multiplayer in Mass Effect Andromeda. The upcoming space opera’s multiplayer portion will see you and a group of friends team up to take on escalating waves of enemies or complete specific objectives against the clock before evacuating from the battlefield.VIDEOThere will be 25 different characters in the multiplayer at launch, each with their own unique appearance, stats and abilities. Presumably, more will be available in content updates ..
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  • The new tenth anniversary iPhone 8 is rumoured to be called 'Edition'

    The new tenth anniversary iPhone 8 is rumoured to be called 'Edition'
    Iphone 8 Rumours1:10Rumours are ramping up over the much anticipated iPhone 8. Only time will tell how many of them will come true. Artist impression of how augmented reality could work with the iPhone 8 — images Gabor Balogh gaborbalogh.myportfolio.comAPPLE has already named its much anticipated tenth anniversary flagship iPhone 8.The Sun reports the “iPhone Edition” will go on sale after the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus are launched.If true, the flagship phone could follow in the footsteps of t..
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  • Vibrator maker to pay out $4.9 million for spying on users' sexual activity

    Vibrator maker to pay out $4.9 million for spying on users' sexual activity
    A Canadian company has agreed to compensate owners of its Bluetooth-enabled high-end vibrator, We-Vibe, which collected data on how they were using the devices without their consent. SHARE; Share on Facebook SHARE; Share on Twitter TWEET; Link.
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  • This new 'Lego tape' could change how you build with bricks

    This new 'Lego tape' could change how you build with bricks
    If you believe Lego only belongs spread across the floor, you might want to broaden your horizons.A new tape has been developed which will allow builders to place their creations on the walls, the ceiling, furniture and pretty much anywhere else.This will no doubt be depressing news for parents whose homes are already a minefield of tiny plastic bricks.Nimuno Loops is not an official product but is causing a stir among fans.It is a roll of tape which is sticky on one side but has buildable stud..
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  • PHL tops Asia-Pacific in mobile Internet speed; lags in other types of connection

    PHL tops Asia-Pacific in mobile Internet speed; lags in other types of connection
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  • Woman Suffers Burns to Face, Hands When Her Headphones Explode Mid-Flight

    Woman Suffers Burns to Face, Hands When Her Headphones Explode Mid-Flight
    A woman suffered burns to her face and hands after her headphones caught fire during a flight to Australia, officials said Wednesday as they warned about the dangers of battery-operated devices on planes.The passenger was listening to music on her own battery-operated headphones as she dozed on the flight from Beijing to Melbourne on February 19 when there was a loud explosion."As I went to turn around I felt burning on my face," she told the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) which inves..
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