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Lithuania Chinese phones controversy explained, and how it impacts you A censorship furore When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. The Lithuanian government recently advised its citizens to stop using Chinese smartphones, and the call made to the country’s 2.7 million citizens has been picked up by global news outlets. If you’ve seen a few headlines, or read only one or two of the divergent news stories on the topic, you might be confused as to what’s actually happened, and what this could mean for you as a consumer....

Many remote employees aren’t playing safe with their passwords Increased risk hasn’t led to employees creating stronger passwords When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Despite the increased number of cyberattacks over the past 18 months, employeesworking from homeare still practicing poorpassword hygieneaccording to a new report fromLastPassby LogMeIn. To compile its fourth “Psychology of Passwords” global report, thepassword managementcompany commissioned the market research firm Lab42 to survey 3,750 professionals across a wide variety of industries in the US, the UK, Germany, Australia, Singapore, France and India....

New Nintendo Switch controller looks set for reveal in tonight’s Direct A new controller is likely being revealed tonight When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. The FCC filing for amysterious new Nintendo controllerhas been updated, making it almost certain we’ll hear details about it at tonight’sNintendo Direct(September 23). We reported on the filing last week, but were short of details given that Nintendo had requested for the FCC to keep them private until around March 2022 – or until Nintendo officially announces the device themselves....

New Urbanista Lisbon true wireless earbuds are a functional fashion accessory Fashion-forward earbuds When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Urbanista has just launched its latest Lisbon true wireless earbuds. These stylish looking buds promise to combine fashion and function for audiophiles on iOS or Android. The new Lisbon buds come in a range of stylish color options to choose from: Coral Peach (pastel red), Vanilla Cream (beige), Blush Pink (pink), Mint Green (green) and Midnight Black (black)....

Quake 2 experiment brings ray tracing to aging graphics cards Performance will probably be very bad When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. AMDhas finally enabled hardware-acceleratedray tracingon its GPUs with the release of theAMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, but some clever developers have found a way to enable the tech in Quake 2 on older GPUs. A commit from the folks at the Mesa 3D Graphics Library posted a pull request onFreeDesktopfor a software implementation that will allow users with older AMDgraphics cards– namely those on Navi 10, Vega and Polaris – to enable ray tracing in Quake 2....

Samsung Galaxy S22 leaked colors have us excited Red for the win When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. We’re not expecting theSamsung Galaxy S22range until at least January, but we already have an idea of the colors you might be able to buy the phones in, and one shade in particular has caught our attention. According toGalaxyClub, theSamsungGalaxy S22 and Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus will come in white, black, rose gold, and green shades, while the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra will land in white, black, and dark red colors....

The Billie Eilish Echo Studio is cool, but it’s time for customizable smart speakers When Alexa falls asleep where does she go? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Pop superstar Billie Eilish has been spotted in the Studio… no, not that Studio, we’re talking aboutAmazon’s biggest and best-soundingsmart speaker. Ahead of itsannual hardware event on September 28, the company has released a limited edition version of theAmazon Echo Studiowith Billie Eilish’s face plastered on the speaker’s grille....