Asus will soon launch its first 15-inch Chromebook

Asus will soon launch its first 15-inch Chromebook

Asus has made a new Chromebook with a 15.6-inch display, the biggest it’s ever gone for a Chrome OS notebook, according to ChromeUnboxed. Besides the new display size, the rest of the upcoming Chromebook C523’s specs sound similar to the company’s previous efforts. The 15.6-inch anti-glare display...

Mozilla is going to sell VPN subscriptions within Firefox

Mozilla is going to sell VPN subscriptions within Firefox

Today Mozilla announced that it will be running an experiment where a small group of Firefox users will be shown an ad to purchase a subscription to ProtonVPN, as spotted by ZDNet. In a blog post, Mozilla says it picked ProtonVPN for the partnership due to factors like transparency and data...

Linus Torvalds returns to Linux development with new code of conduct in place

Linus Torvalds returns to Linux development with new code of conduct in place

Linus Torvalds, the software engineer and outspoken Linux kernel creator, has returned to oversee the open source project following a self-imposed break last month designed to help him adjust his controversial behavior. Torvalds, who has a reputation for being rude and aggressive to other members...

Hurricane Willa’s dangerous intensification, explained

Hurricane Willa’s dangerous intensification, explained

After a massive intensification over the weekend, Hurricane Willa is whirling toward Mexico’s west coast as a Category 4 storm. Everything about the storm will be life-threatening, the National Hurricane Center warns: hurricane-force winds, flash flooding, landslides, and storm surge are predicted...

Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 675 with faster cores and triple-camera support

Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 675 with faster cores and triple-camera support

Qualcomm has announced the Snapdragon 675, a mid-range smartphone SoC with some high-end features. Perhaps most notable is the fact that its new Kryo 460 architecture is built around ARM’s Cortex-A76 cores, which are designed for flagship devices and haven’t yet made their way into a Qualcomm...