April 1, 2024 From its start, Gmail conditioned us to trade privacy for free services Long before Gmail became smart enough to finish your sentences, Google’s now-ubiquitous email service was buttering up the public for a fate that defined…
April 1, 2024 John Mew, 95-Year-Old Inventor of ‘Mewing,’ Just Joined TikTok You’d never peg John Mew as an influencer. He’s a 95-year-old orthodontist who lives in a castle, complete with a moat, in Sussex, England….
April 1, 2024 Gizmodo Monday Puzzle: Can You Outsmart These April Fools’ Pranks? In the very first Gizmodo Monday Puzzle, I made you a promise: I swore that the puzzles I post here will not be gimmicky,…
April 1, 2024 Microsoft unbundles Teams and Office 365 for customers worldwide In October, Microsoft unbundled Teams from Microsoft 365 and Office 365 suites in the European Union and Switzerland to avoid potential fines. Now, the…
April 1, 2024 Everything new on Hulu in April 2024 Hulu’s April 2024 schedule is here, and it’s set to be another entertainment-packed month with a wave of fresh movies and shows coming your…
April 1, 2024 Here Are Some Easy Ways to Make Windows More Secure There are a lot of different parts that make up Windows, and you’d be forgiven if you haven’t explored every single menu and dialog…
April 1, 2024 Ransomware attackers are increasingly targeting backups — so make sure yours are protected When deploying ransomware on a target system, threat actors will almost always look to compromise the backups, too. Organizations that lose their backups end…
April 1, 2024 Big news — Microsoft Teams will now be completely separate from the rest of Office Big changes could be coming to your workplace office software after Microsoft confirmed its decision to remove Teams from its Office bundle globally in…
April 1, 2024 Apple Maps could soon make it easier for you to find routes and gas We’ve seen Apple Maps improve steadily over the years, growing to become a genuine competitor to Google Maps, and a newly filed Apple patent…
April 1, 2024 Japanese scientists close in on petabit-class submarine cable tech set to revolutionize Internet speeds — NEC and NTT managed to shuttle hundreds of terabits over thousands of kilometers thanks to a clever algorithm To cope with the demand for international bandwidth almost doubling every two years, Japanese corporations NEC and NTT have successfully trialed a revolutionary submarine…