Tag: slower

26 SEP

Starlink is getting a lot slower as more people use it, speed tests show

Enlarge (credit: Starlink) Starlink’s median download speeds in the US dropped from 90.6Mbps to 62.5Mbps between the first and second quarters of 2022, according to Ookla speed tests. Starlink’s median upload speeds in the US dropped from 9.3Mbps to 7.2Mbps in the same timeframe. Median latency also got a little worse for Starlink’s US customers, […]

03 APR

More Bomb-Sniffing Dogs at Airports Could Mean Slower TSA PreCheck Lines

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08 JAN

HP’s Omen PCs will let you stream games to slower computers 

HP is getting into the game streaming arena — though probably not in the way you’d expect. With the aptly titled “Omen Game Stream” app, it’ll integrate the feature in all of its gaming PCs later this spring. Basically, you’ll be able to take advantage of the powerful hardware from an Omen machine to play […]

31 DEC

Here’s exactly how your iPhone gets slower when you have an old battery — and how to replace it (AAPL)

Will Wei/Business Insider Apple on Thursday apologized because some customers were upset that it slowed down iPhones with older batteries. Older iPhones can take longer to launch apps, may display choppy scrolling, and can have dimmer screens and quieter speakers. According to Apple, it’s a “power management” feature that helps protect the iPhone from random […]

21 DEC

The Google-backed ads.txt push to stamp out ad fraud is moving much slower than anticipated

Slate The adoption of ads.txt, a digital ad initiative via which publishers make it clear which third party companies can and can’t sell their ad space, has been sluggish.  According to a study by ad intelligence platform MediaRadar only 20% of 3,000 publishers it surveyed had adopted it. This is considerably smaller than the number put […]

20 DEC

Geekbench and Reddit think they’ve cracked why iPhones get slower over time

Enlarge (credit: Samuel Axon) Based on anecdotal observation, many iPhone users have long believed that older iPhones get slower over time. Generally, people have assumed that this is because of new features and additions in new versions of iOS that are better optimized for the latest phones. But Reddit users, and Geekbench developer John Poole, […]

29 APR

Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Jet Van: Slower Than a Jet, Fancier Than Most Vans

– To most people, high-end business travel starts and ends with a first-class plane ticket, but apparently for the terrestrial-bound few, it means a large van outfitted like Mar-a-Lago. What else explains German tuner Brabus’s constant obsession with Mercedes-Benz vans slathered in leather, TV screens, and other frippery? Now there’s another choice in the high-end […]