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Unblocking Naked Venus: Facebook OKS Museum Nudes After All

It seems Facebook can be friends with a topless Venus after all.

How Apple May - Or May Not - Be A Leader On Privacy And Data Use

There has been big news on the battle for privacy and data recently, as Apple took action against some of the other biggest names in the business.

Spotify Buys Gimlet, Anchor To Ramp Up Its Podcast Game

Music streaming service Spotify is buying podcast companies Gimlet and Anchor as it looks to take on Apple’s popular iTunes’ podcasting platform.

Apple's Top Retail EXEC To Leave Amid iPhone Sales Slowdown

Apple’s top retailing executive is stepping down amid a slowdown in iPhone sales that has raised doubts about the company’s future growth prospects.

EU Says Social Media Now Better At Removing Hate Speech

The European Union says major social media firms have stepped up their efforts to remove hate speech online.

A Deluge Of Drones Fly Over Super Bowl Stadium, Despite Ban

The sky above the stadium that will host Sunday’s Super Bowl is being “inundated” with an alarming number of drones, raising the specter of injuries to tourists or others — or a possible collision with aircraft, the FBI said.

How To Personalize Your PC

A PC doesn’t have to be a tool; it should feel like an extension of who you are.

Q1 2019 - Services Vs Devices - Apple Opens New Chapter

Apple hoped to offset slowing demand for iPhones by raising the prices of its most important product, but that strategy seems to have backfired after sales sagged during the holiday shopping season.

Memos: Facebook Allowed ‘Friendly Fraud' To Profit From Kids

Facebook allowed children to rack up huge bills on digital games while the company rejected recommendations for addressing what it dubbed “friendly fraud,” according to newly released court documents.

Youtube Promises To Stop Promoting Misleading Videos

If you believe the world is flat, don’t count on YouTube recommending videos supporting your theory.

Cashless Super Bowl Coming? Visa Says Yes

So you’re headed to the Super Bowl some year in the future, and you’re wondering how much cash you’ll need for the big game.

Samsung, Like Apple, Feels Sting Of Slowing Global Growth

Samsung expects its quarterly operating profit to fall 29 percent compared with last year, adding to the tech sector’s unease about the effect of slowing global economic growth on the industry.

Watching Tv Is Free And Easy With Under-The- Radar Locast

You canceled cable long ago. Your TV antenna has trash reception for ABC. But you want to host an Oscars viewing party. What to do?

Toshiba Unveils Robot To Probe Melted Fukushima Nuclear Fuel

Toshiba Corp. unveiled a remote-controlled robot with tongs that it hopes will be able to probe the inside of one of the three damaged reactors at Japan’s tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant and grip chunks of highly radioactive melted fuel.

Social VR - Repairing Facebook's Damaged Reputation

It’s fair to say that social media’s reputation hasn’t quite grown at the same rate as the number of people who register to use its various forms. Right now, there are an estimated 2.77 billion social media users around the globe, with this figure expected to hit the three billion mark in 2021.

Review: ‘Arctic' Is A Solid, And Solitary, Survival Tale

The premise for ”Arctic ” is so simple it’s almost silly to describe: Stranded man tries to survive. It’s also been done more than a few times in movies, so it’s understandable if hearing that invokes a yawn. And yet with barely any dialogue, traditional storytelling methods or even a cute pet or inanimate object to help, director Joe Penna and star Mads Mikkelsen have made a riveting and precisely plotted film worthy of other greats in the genre.

Researchers Say Amazon Face-Detection Technology Shows Bias

Facial-detection technology that Amazon is marketing to law enforcement often misidentifies women, particularly those with darker skin, according to researchers from MIT and the University of Toronto.

Q1 2019 - Services Vs Devices - Apple Opens New Chapter

Apple hoped to offset slowing demand for iPhones by raising the prices of its most important product, but that strategy seems to have backfired after sales sagged during the holiday shopping season.

Facebook Merging Instagram and Whatsapp

With Facebook announcing plans to merge its Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram messaging services, we take a closer look at the giant’s stronghold on the ways in which we communicate, and explore whether the new changes will bring us closer together, or give Facebook access to more data to sell advertising and increase its dominance in the market.

Everything Is Pretty Good In ‘The Lego Movie 2'

“The LEGO Movie” is a hard act to follow. Its world was so fresh and vibrant and unexpected, it’s no wonder that it spawned a number of spinoffs of varying quality. But the big test was always going to be the sequel and whether or not it could recreate the magic of the first. And I’m pleased to report that ”The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part ” is pretty darn good, but also you can’t help shake the feeling that it’s just never going to live up to the exciting newness of the first.

How Secure Is Your Messaging App?

Which messaging app would you choose for absolute security? Every developer will say they responsibly consider the security and privacy of their users. But with so many different choices, it can be hard to tell which messaging platforms you can trust.

2019 Tech Preview

Take your mind back a moment. It’s November 1996, Bill Clinton has just beaten Bob Dole to the presidency, “Macarena” is topping the charts, and Star Trek: First Contact is about to make waves at the box office. In the world of tech, however, something more wonderful is about to happen. Andrew Grove, Intel’s CEO of the day, is about to drop one of his truth bombs, and that truth? Well, it’s that by 2011, thanks to a combination of Moore’s Law and genius architectural advancements, Intel CPUs will be operating at the 10GHz mark and beyond. Although that prediction may have fallen a bit flat over the years,it’s not to say we haven’t advanced since then, technologically at least. The world of the transistor stops for no nerd, and as another orbit of the sun comes to a close, it’s time for us here at the Maximum PC Lab to condense all of our prophetic ability into one clean, crisp, potentially slightly wooly, article. So, folks, likely more accurate than your election-time pollsters, and definitely more truthful than those Hurricane Florence weather forecasts, hold on to your hats, because it’s time for Maximum PC’s Tech Preview 2019.

Thermaltake Tt Premium X1 RGB

The macro master with speedy keys

Sapphire Radeon Nitro+ RX 590 8GB

Look who’s back, back again

Hitman 2

Man compensates for lack of hair with weaponry

Fnatic Clutch 2

Esports or not, this is definitely, absolutely, a mouse

Call Of Cthulhu

Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn

Audio-Technica ATH-M50xBT

Fine sounds with full freedom

Asus ROG Strix GL12CX COD Edition

A super PC for Call of Duty super-fans? Hmm…

AMD Threadripper 2920X

Twelve cores of pure unadulterated joy