Controversial Pepe the Frog meme helped discover an upcoming Microsoft Teams feature

What you need to know Custom emoji support appears to be on the way to Microsoft Teams. An animated Pepe the Frog emoji was spotted within several internal Microsoft Teams chats, according to a recent report. While there’s no official word that custom emoji support is on the way to Teams, it is a highly […]

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Why Deleting Carbon From the Atmosphere Is So Controversial

Carbon removal techniques come in two main flavors—the technological and the natural—but also increasingly a melding of the two. The dominant technology at the moment is direct air capture, or DAC. This involves giant machines sucking in air and filtering out the CO2. Like an air purifier filters dust out of your indoor air, DAC […]

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Microsoft starts testing controversial Windows Copilot shortcut

What you need to know Microsoft just released Windows 11 Build 23560 to Insiders in the Dev Channel. The update adds the option to use Windows Copilot with the ALT + TAB shortcut. The addition may prove controversial as the ALT + TAB shortcut is already used to navigate between applications and browser tabs. Windows […]

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FTC vows to keep trying to block Microsoft’s controversial acquisition of Activision

What you need to know The FTC in the US announced it would continue internal efforts to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard King. The FTC previously failed to secure a preliminary injunction or emergency stay from the courts to prevent the acquisition from closing. Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard King has undergone […]

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The ‘Trashcan’ Mac Pro: Remembering One of Apple’s Most Controversial Designs Nine Years Later

Apple launched the controversial “trashcan” Mac Pro nine years ago today, introducing one of its most criticized designs that persisted through a period of widespread discontentment with the Mac lineup. The redesign took the ‌Mac Pro‌ in an entirely new direction, spearheaded by a polished aluminum cylinder that became unofficially dubbed the “trashcan.” All of […]

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Apple Abandons Controversial Plans to Detect Known CSAM in iCloud Photos

In addition to making end-to-end encryption available for iCloud Photos, Apple today announced that it has abandoned its controversial plans to detect known Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) stored in iCloud Photos, according to a statement shared with WIRED. Apple’s full statement: After extensive consultation with experts to gather feedback on child protection initiatives we […]

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Microsoft Outlook to roll out controversial change to where it places apps

What you need to know Microsoft will soon move the location of apps like Mail, Calendar, People, and To Do within Outlook for the web. These apps will soon appear on the left side of the screen, as opposed to the bottom of Outlook as they do now. Microsoft has tested this new experience with […]

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Here’s Why the iPhone Battery Status Icon in iOS 16 Is So Controversial

In the latest iOS 16 beta, Apple has updated the status bar battery icon on iPhones with Face ID to display the exact percentage remaining rather than just a visual representation of battery level, and while the change has been largely welcomed, some users are unhappy with the way it has been implemented. In iOS […]

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The Controversial Plan to Unleash the Mississippi River

The LSU report, though, became best known for its proposed solution, which focused on counteracting levees. The authors suggested that some water and mud be diverted out of the Mississippi, back into the marshland. Let the river resume the work it had been doing for thousands of years, before it was restrained, in other words. […]

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A Film Challenges the James Webb Telescope’s Controversial Name

The documentary features at least 10 space experts who endorse a name change. Updating the telescope’s name “would help send the message that NASA in its current era does not tolerate the same sort of intolerance that was present in the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s,” Tessa Fisher, an astronomer at Arizona State University, tells the […]

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Microsoft responds to controversial store policy change

What you need to know Microsoft recently announced policy changes for the Microsoft Store that will take effect on July 16, 2022. One of those changes will prohibit the sale of open-source apps or applications that are free outside of the store. The new rule drew criticism from developers, since some companies use the Microsoft […]

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Halo Infinite is getting rid of its controversial armor core system

In an official Halo Infinite Season 2 preview livestream, 343 Industries’ Head of Design Jerry Hook has confirmed that the developers are looking at getting rid of Halo Infinite’s controversial armor core customization system. “We realy lost the strength that Halo: Reach and Halo 3 brought to the franchise of allowing players to mix and […]

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Controversial Samsung ad for women leads to outrage online

It’s not uncommon for big companies to miss the mark with their advertisements. They often get pitched ideas by their agencies that may look good on paper, but the underlying concept tends to be flawed. When that ad is released and it starts being criticized, it ends up making the company look out of touch […]

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Samsung’s controversial game performance throttling fix is integrated into One UI 4.1

From making sure enough Galaxy S22 series stocks are available around the world and fixing software issues on the new flagships to rolling out One UI 4.1 — which debuted on the Galaxy S22 lineup — to older devices, Samsung’s got a lot on its plate right now. The One UI 4.1 update has been […]

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