The app allows gamers to talk while playing video games. Microsoft is in negotiations to acquire Discord — a messaging app for gamers — for $10 billion, Bloomberg reported Monday. That followed an earlier report by VentureBeat that the San Francisco-based company had received
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The company announced Monday that it will sell its enterprise security business to a consortium led by Symphony Technology Group in a deal worth $4 billion. McAfee announced Monday that it will sell its enterprise security business to a consortium led by
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Microsoft released a workaround for an error that doesn’t allow you to print from certain apps. Here’s how to do it. Some Windows 10 users have been experiencing a pesky error when trying to print items from certain apps. Microsoft has
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This trick can help you spot scams, fake news and people stealing your photos. Photos sometimes live double lives on the internet. Scammers might steal your social media photos and use them with fake online identities. Or scammers might target
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The search giant says the change is part of its push for privacy. Google on Wednesday said it will stop selling ads based on a person’s individual browsing across websites, a move that could shake up the digital advertising industry as consumers call for more privacy online.
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Researchers detail two new types of ransomware – AlumniLocker and Humble. Both are new and have very different ways of doing things, demonstrating the diversity in a space attackers are keen to get involved in. Two newly discovered forms of
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The test was conducted in Samsung’s 5G lab based in South Korea. Samsung Electronics on Thursday announced it has achieved 5.23Gbps data speeds on its 5G network, which it claimed is the fastest speed ever on such a network. The
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With 90,000 cameras already installed in major public locations across the island, the Singapore government is looking to deploy “many more” of the “game-changer” device as well as other technologies to improve service efficiencies. Singapore is looking to expand its
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Verizon bids more than $45 billion for licenses of the valuable mid-band spectrum in the C band auction to build its 5G network. The nation’s largest wireless carriers dominated the Federal Communications Commission’s latest 5G spectrum auction, pushing revenue to a record-shattering
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The crypto coin takes a bit of a stumble after a long rally. Bitcoin’s recent surge in price appears to have hit a speed bump, thanks in part to a tweet from Tesla CEO Elon Musk and some words of caution from Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.
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