South Korea is trying to stop overwork by limiting the maximum workweek to 52 hours

Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images South Korea has lowered its workweek from 68 to 52 hours. Larger firms that breach the new rules could be fined up to $ 17,815. Executives could face two years in prison. President Moon Jae-in is hoping the new hours will increase jobs, productivity, and fertility rates. South Korea had one of the […]

Apple quietly adds USB Restricted Mode to iOS 11.4, limiting forensic unlocks

In the wake of revelations that companies including Grayshift and Cellebrite have developed tricks to extract data from encrypted iPhones, Apple has quietly added an additional protection to the beta version of iOS 11.4: USB Restricted Mode. Discovered by security researchers Elcomsoft, the new feature is said to be “aimed squarely at law enf…Read More

The Library of Congress will start limiting its Twitter archives in 2018

It doesn’t seem odd anymore that governments might want to save Twitter archives for historical purposes, what with all the attention our president gets for his contributions to the platform. The UK has been saving tweets and YouTube videos as historic media since 2014, while our own Library of Congress made it a practice since […]

California axes self-driving car rule limiting liability for crashes

California has been happy to tweak the rules to get more self-driving cars on the road, but it still has its limits. The state’s DMV has eliminated a planned rule (suggested by GM) that would have let companies avoid liability for an autonomous vehicle crash if the machine hadn’t been maintained to manufacturer specs. In […]

Uber signs an investment deal limiting its former CEO

After plenty of negotiation, Uber is about to get a valuable investment… in return for a few favors. Sources speaking to Bloomberg, Recode and TechCrunch have learned that Uber and SoftBank have finalized a deal that should see SoftBank and an investment group pour $ 10 billion into the company ($ 1 billion directly, $ […]

Uber signs an investment deal limiting its former CEO

After plenty of negotiation, Uber is about to get a valuable investment… in return for a few favors. Sources speaking to Bloomberg, Recode and TechCrunch have learned that Uber and SoftBank have finalized a deal that should see SoftBank and an investment group pour $ 10 billion into the company ($ 1 billion directly, $ […]

Chase Is Now Limiting Sapphire Credit Card Signups

Chase Is Now Limiting Sapphire Credit Card Signups Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). This site does not include […]

AMD maintains Windows 10 Scheduler is not limiting Ryzen CPU performance

Some sources claim that AMD’s Ryzen CPUs could perform better in Windows 10 except for the way the operating system incorrectly handles Ryzen’s simultaneous multi-threading (SMT). We’re told that instead of leaving it to the smaller tasks, it lumps them right in with the main cores, which can result in a real dip in performance. However, not […]