Dell’Oro group issues latest Broadband Access & Home Networking 5-Year Forecast Report Amongst its findings was the focus of Chinese telcos on FTTR (fiber to the room) and 50Gbps PON deployments 50G is a relatively new technology, and I’ve been surprised by the speed at which this is rolling out China is advancing its broadband infrastructure with its rollout of …
Read More »Microsoft Has Quietly Removed Instructions for Updating Your ‘Unsupported’ PC to Windows 11
Windows 11’s minimum system requirements have been controversial from the day Microsoft unveiled the new version of its desktop operating system. The controversy boils down to one single line item: TPM 2.0 support. TPM stands for Trusted Platform Module, which is a chip that protects against malware and ransomware attacks. If your PC doesn’t have TPM version 2.0, then you …
Read More »Microsoft Quietly Deletes Guide on How to Install Windows 11 on Unsupported PCs
Microsoft has quietly deleted its official instructions on how to install Windows 11 on an unsupported Windows 10 machine. The company originally posted the instructions in an October 2021 support article, right as Windows 11 started to roll out. It gave Windows 10 users a manual way to upgrade if their PCs didn’t support the OS’s official specs, which require …
Read More »Samsung just quietly retired its Google Messages rival, and not everyone will be happy about it
The Samsung Galaxy S25 series marks the end of support for Samsung Messages Samsung’s latest flagships come with Google Messages as the default messenger app Samsung Messages has been pulled from digital storefronts Samsung has quietly disabled one of its native apps for users of the Samsung Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25 Plus, and Galaxy S25 Ultra. The company has made …
Read More »Solana traders quietly acquire 1Fuel
Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only. With Solana’s growing momentum, traders are also quietly accumulating 1Fuel for speed, security, and growth potential. Solana (SOL) has been a force to reckon with in the crypto market, riding high on institutional interest and outperforming Ethereum in transaction …
Read More »BioWare has quietly laid off long-time Dragon Age devs as it downsizes the studio and turns its focus to Mass Effect 5
BioWare is being downsized as it focuses its attention on Mass Effect 5 General manager Gary McKay says “We don’t require support from the full studio” Many long-time Dragon Age developers have been laid off EA has announced it is restructuring BioWare as it shifts its full attention to Mass Effect 5. In a blog post published on January 29, …
Read More »Amazon quietly mapped your life through your phone and sold the data, lawsuit alleges
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Amazon is facing a lawsuit accusing it of secretly tracking users through their smartphones and collecting personal data without consent. The lawsuit claims Amazon used its Ads SDK in third-party apps to gain backdoor access to phones, gathering location data that could reveal sensitive details like religious beliefs and health conditions. The lawsuit, filed …
Read More »T-Mobile quietly removes Price Lock promise for fiber customers
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR T-Mobile has silently removed its Price Lock promise for new fiber home internet customers. Thankfully, existing customers are said to keep the benefit. Price Lock removal will enable T-Mobile to increase prices for new users freely. T-Mobile’s Price Lock guarantee was a popular selling point for the carrier, as it allowed users to lock …
Read More »Qualcomm quietly lists a 7-core variant of its flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite chip
C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Qualcomm has listed a new 7-core variant of the Snapdragon 8 Elite. This new variant (SM8750-3-AB) is essentially the same as the flagship chipset with one fewer Performance core. Qualcomm released its latest flagship mobile chipset, the Snapdragon 8 Elite, last October. The octa-core chip has already made its way to the market, …
Read More »Apple’s Latest iOS Beta Quietly Kills AI News Notifications
As someone who is inundated with emails and messages throughout the day, one of the Apple Intelligence features I was most cautiously optimistic about was Notification Summaries. The feature aims to make sorting through the pings on your Lock Screen a neater, faster experience, by grouping multiple notifications from the same app together and quickly summarizing the lot. Unfortunately, it …
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