Day to day I use Edge. A while ago there was some drama around it sending the photos you see during browsing to Microsoft for AI “enhancement”[1]. The option to disable this feature was removed[2], so some speculated that the whole feature is removed.
However, I’ve just noticed that one of my photos[3] has crazy artifacts when viewed in Edge, which don't show in Firefox or any native MacOS viewer like Preview or ACDSee (screenshot[4]). The weird thing is I can reproduce the same issue in Chrome (as visible in the screenshot). So I’m wondering if Chrome added a similar “feature” and Edge got it from there again.
(Chrome also lifted the shadows. It's really worrying.)
[4]: <https://yakubin.com/chrome-vs-firefox-tunnel.png> (The version on the left basically has minecraft on the right wall. The version on the right doesn't. The version on the right is pitch black on the left wall. The version on the left shows red bricks.)
Basically the tl:dr is that it's a smartphone that slots into a tablet which can then become the screen of a notebook.
Imagine being able to buy a bundle of hardware (phone+tablet+notebook) which costs under $1000, has permanent net access courtesy of the phones 3g and which you can really use for work (notebook), play (tablet) and communication (phone) and does all of these things well.
It seems to me this could very quickly make Microsoft a major player in the smartphone & tablet space while retaining its existing desktop dominance.
Why is Intel only releasing an EFI rootkit detection tool after the release of Vault 7? Isn't this something users should always have? Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/3179348/security/after-cia-leak-intel-security-releases-detection-tool-for-efi-rootkits.html?sf61342414=1
Just to clarify, I'm referring to the ability to search the Internet for byte patterns inside binary files. A long time ago, Google had something like that[1] and it was super useful. Do we have any alternatives today?
Do you guys have any special recommendations or anecdotes regarding VPN services beyond the various lists you can find that may or may not be accurate, sponsored or up to date?
For reference, some of the lists I've been looking at:
If you wear them, have you found them to help reduce eye-strain and fatigue? Is there any medical research into the benefits of 'computer glasses'?
[1] http://www.pcworld.com/article/258302/gunnar_glasses_help_for_eyes_chained_to_a_monitor.html
[2] http://www.allaboutvision.com/cvs/computer_glasses.htm