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Vivaldi browser taps privacy-first DuckDuckGo search – CNET
As your personal information leaks out through Facebook, one web browser offers a new option to…
Google reportedly planning blockchain-based services – CNET
The hotly hyped technology, which has the potential to rewrite the rules of commerce, could become…
RISC reward: Turing Award goes to computer chip inventors – CNET
Stanford's John Hennessy and Berkeley's David Patterson win the $1 million prize for unlocking processor power…
Mozilla petition asks Facebook to make app private by default – CNET
"Facebook's current app permissions leave billions of its users vulnerable," the nonprofit argues as a privacy…
Now you can try Brave’s publisher donation system on Chrome, too – CNET
An independent programmer extension for Chrome and Firefox taps into Brave Software's system anonymous payments to…
New flexible computer chips could rewire an AI near you – CNET
Chipmaker Xilinx is betting its new Everest design will accelerate today's computing chores -- and appeal…
Windows embraces new space-squeezing photo format – CNET
Microsoft's PC software is joining Apple's iOS and Google's Android in embracing HEIF, which halves photo…