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When Canonical announced the death of the Unity desktop environment, it sent shock waves through the Linux community. After all, Ubuntu is probably the most popular Linux-based desktop operating system and switching to GNOME was changing its trajectory. With Unity, Canonical was promising Ubuntu would be an OS that

A global cyber-attack that affected companies around the world may have started via corrupted updates on a piece of accountancy software. Fingers are increasingly pointing to a piece of Ukrainian tax-filing software, MEDoc, as the source of the infection, although the company denies it. Malware generally infiltrates

HIGHLIGHTS Google has shut down its Google Talk (aka Gchat, Gtalk) chat service The Google Talk service came into existence back in 2005 Gtalk users will have to switch to Hangouts Gchat was born the day after Hurricane Katrina: Aug. 24, 2005. The latter made landfall in

Google’s Chrome OS is among the world’s most misunderstood computing platforms. Chromebooks are foundationally totally different from conventional PCs, in any case — and consequently, there are a whole lot of misconceptions about how they work and what they will and can’t do. Since individuals are all

HMS Queen Elizabeth, the Royal Navy’s newest vessel and the largest one ever built in the United Kingdom, is an impressive ship. Nine hundred and nineteen feet long with a crew of 1,600, the ship can carry up to 40 aircraft. Queen Elizabeth and her sister ship,

This is a paid placement and if you buy something through this article or on the BGR Store we will receive compensation from retail partners. The newest Android operating system, Android Oreo, is now available for developers. So if you’re an app developer, what are you waiting

There is no substantive evidence that Instagram use is connected with depression. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo Last month US TV channel CNBC published an online news story based on a study which it said showed that Instagram is “most likely to cause young people to feel depressed

Every time I look at social media, it seems, I see someone proclaiming the dangers of social media. There are too many dark takes to list here, but key themes include Twitter spreading misinformation, Facebook helping Donald Trump win, Russia waging a social media war against the U.S.,

There’s a secret to Netflix’s success: social media. The subscription-based video on demand site is more conducive to producing “viral” original content, which could give it a sustainable advantage over traditional networks and other on-demand providers such as Hulu and Amazon Prime Video, said Jefferies analyst John

Well, the smartphones that are going to be launched will reportedly be the Asus ZenFone 4 (ZE554KL), Asus ZenFone 4 Max (ZC554KL), Asus ZenFone 4 Pro (Z01GD), Asus ZenFone 4 Selfie (Z01M), and Asus ZenFone 4V (V520KL/A006). Interestingly, there will be two different variants of the Zenfone