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Last week, Microsoft released its Patch Tuesday for the month of March, and with it, the Moment 2 update was also made available to all. The latest feature update, though, maybe slowing down SSDs.

Sayan Sen · Mar 20, 2023 with 12 comments

Microsoft's upcoming Windows 11 22H2 Moment 2 is expected to bring new features. Aside from those, several performance upgrades are also in the making, including one that fixes a file copy bug.

Sayan Sen · Feb 23, 2023 with 9 comments

After the two mega-fiascos Samsung recently had with its 990 Pro and 980 Pro SSDs, more bad news could be hitting the industry as several popular models seem to be suffering from performance loss.

Sayan Sen · Feb 17, 2023 · Hot! with 8 comments

Tech companies are reportedly cutting down on chip manufacturing orders to TSMC due to economic slowdown and lower chip demand worldwide. The trend will continue to be seen until Q1 2023.

Karthik Mudaliar · Dec 30, 2022 with 9 comments

Apple has been in hot water since its disclosure that it had slowed down older iPhones in an effort to conserve battery life. Lawmakers are involved, and now two other big guns are also weighing in.

John Keefer · Jan 30, 2018 with 8 comments

The Cupertino-based tech giant is coming under increasing scrutiny as four more U.S. lawmakers have now sent letters to the company seeking more information on its admitting to slowing older phones.

Muhammad Jarir Kanji · Jan 13, 2018 · Hot! with 11 comments

Supply shortages may prevent you from availing yourself of Apple's offer for a discounted battery replacement for your ailing iPhone 6 Plus. Estimates suggest waiting times may extend to March.

Muhammad Jarir Kanji · Jan 11, 2018 with 11 comments

In an open letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, GOP Sen. John Thune wants the company to provide more details on its battery replacement policy, transparency to users, and future plans on iPhone slowdowns.

John Keefer · Jan 10, 2018 with 40 comments

Apple has acknowledged throttling older iPhones to conserve batteries that have started to wear out. The consumer response has been more than 23 lawsuits and counting, despite an attempt to make good.

John Keefer · Jan 5, 2018 · Hot! with 66 comments

Internet service providers in the U.S. experienced a service slowdown Monday after fiber-optic cables near Cleveland were apparently sabotaged by gunfire. TeliaSonera AB, which lost the northern leg of its U.S. network to the cut,...

· Aug 21, 2007 · Hot! with 5 comments

Thanks Opaul Windows XP Service Pack 1 brought about many fixes for Microsoft's flagship operating system, but a change to the memory management system caused applications on some machines to run...

· Mar 26, 2003 with -1 comments

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