Do you use a Chromium-based browser like Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge? Chances are it’s quietly telling Google all about your CPU and GPU usage every time you visit any of the search giant’s websites. As far as we can tell, the feature is for performance monitoring rather than tracking. After all, Google knows who … Read more
By Jeff Prestridge Updated: 02:51 EDT, July 8, 2024 Evenlode is an employee-owned investment company that quietly makes money for its clients in its own way. The 18-strong investment team is based in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, and manages £5.6bn of assets with the main aim of generating ‘smooth’ returns for investors. While the £3.3bn income … Read more
Rita El Khoury / Android Authority In summary Google recently updated Android to allow apps to be displayed in both left and right layouts. This feature supports ‘portrait folding’ devices, such as the upcoming Pixel 9 Pro Fold. We’ve discovered code that not only suggests this feature is being tested on the Pixel 9 Pro … Read more
Late last year, pop culture enthusiasts became embroiled in an online debate in which fans argued over which fictional detective could solve the supernatural Kira case from the film. Obituary anime. The list of potential detectives included everyone from real-life music journalist Nardwuar the Human Serviette to Columbo to Phoenix Wright to Detective Pikachu. But … Read more
Dealmaker Steven Klinsky had a front-row seat to the most dramatic takeover drama Wall Street has ever seen: the merciless, multibillion-dollar battle for control of RJR Nabisco. From that battle in the 1980s, he learned a formative lesson: Stay away from the highly leveraged takeovers orchestrated by reckless debt junkies. The results were a quiet … Read more
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has started telling 500 disabled people on unemployment benefits to move to universal credit, just days after a Conservative minister assured MPs that no claimant would face such a move until September. DWP previously announced that it would begin rolling out universal credit to the remaining Employment and … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply log in to the Work and career myFT Digest – delivered straight to your inbox. The annals of restructuring gone wrong are full of classic episodes made worse by technology. Employees have been laid off en masse because of Tannoy, voicemail, texting and Zoom. Now the UK arm of … Read more
In recent weeks, reports have surfaced that Take-Two has shut down Kerbal Space Program 2 developer Intercept Games and OlliOlli World developer Roll7. Now IGN has learned that these closures are not only imminent, but that they are part of a larger move by Take-Two to sell or close its indie label, Private Division. Earlier … Read more
National Savings and Investments (NS&I) has increased interest rates on its Direct Saver and Income Bonds accounts and launched a new issue of their UK savings bonds. With the Bank of England’s base rate expected to remain at its current level of 5.25 percent for a little longer, savers can still benefit from high interest … Read more