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Friday May 23, 2025. 07:57 PM
For the past two decades, cybersecurity teams have been laser focused on identifying ‘what’s bot -- and what’s not’. Over the past couple of years, this focus has shifted slightly, with security teams dedicating most of their attention to the most sophisticated bots. ...
Now that digital currencies are becoming more popular, Microsoft has introduced its Crypto Payment Gateway. It was created to let merchants use crypto while benefiting from the protection, stability, and ease of use that standard finance offers. The gateway connects...
President Donald Trump is putting Apple on notice. In a strongly worded message posted to Truth Social, Trump made it clear that he expects iPhones sold in the United States to be made in the United States. If not, he says Apple should face a 25 percent tariff. “I have...
Welcome to this week's overview of the best apps, games and extensions released for Windows 10 and 11 on the Microsoft Store and elsewhere in the past seven days
We all know that businesses are facing a raft of more sophisticated cyberthreats, partly driven by AI. We also know that there can be an impact beyond the financial in terms of damage to reputation and loss of customers. A new report from cyber insurance specialist Hiscox...
There’s a famous quote by Einstein which reads: “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” In cybersecurity, this saying has never been more fitting. We’ve seen years of increased investment, a figure Gartner estimates...
As Java marks its 30th anniversary on May 23rd, it's a powerful reminder that few technologies have had the longevity -- or the impact -- of a language first launched in 1995. Today, Java continues to underpin much of modern software development, from cloud-native systems to ...
WhatsApp has announced the expansion of its Voice Chat feature for groups. The live audio feature is something that was well-received when it first appeared in the chat app, so the wider rollout makes a lot of sense. There is a twist, however. While the feature is now...
A few weeks after announcing plans for a different approach to account verification, X rival Bluesky has quietly launched the feature. The decentralized social media platform has now started to open up verification to users. While any individuals or organizations can apply...
The Snipping Tool app has proved itself to be one of the most useful and impressive utilities to be found in Windows 11. Microsoft has slowly worked to create something genuinely impressive; there have been some omissions, however. One such oversight is the lack of support...
Valve has officially pushed SteamOS 3.7.8 to the Stable channel, and it’s a hefty one. After months of development in the beta lane, the refreshed version of the Arch-based operating system is finally ready for primetime. This release brings a number of notable...
Are you tired of staring at screens all day? Looking to unplug, unwind, and maybe even spend more time enjoying real life? Well, TCL thinks it has just the solution with its newly released FLIP 4 5G. This back-to-basics phone delivers just enough functionality to keep you...
Thursday May 22, 2025. 07:43 PM
In a surprising move that will frustrate longtime fans, Mozilla has announced it will shut down Pocket on July 8, 2025. The once-popular “read-it-later” service, which helped users save and organize web content for later reading, will no longer function as normal after...
PNY has released a new microSD Express Flash Memory Card, and it is designed for portable gaming. In particular, this card is targeting the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2. This new card uses PCIe Gen3 x1 microSD Express technology to deliver read speeds of up to 890MB/s and...
Non-human identities (NHIs) -- such as service accounts, tokens, API keys, and workloads -- are exploding in volume, now outnumbering humans 50 to one, but they remain under-observed, under-protected, and dangerously over-privileged. New data from identity security platform...
The integration of Meta AI into WhatsApp represents a fascinating case study in how technical capabilities can undermine strategic positioning. WhatsApp’s success was built on a simple technical promise -- end-to-end encryption that creates a secure communication channel....
Ignoring vulnerabilities and exposures may not seem like a good idea, but conventional strategies rely heavily on vulnerability severity (CVSS) and exploitability indicators (EPSS), which ignore whether vulnerabilities are exploitable or already mitigated by existing...
As Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks grow in both frequency and sophistication, organizations are being forced to re-evaluate their defensive strategies. Gone are the days when a standalone DDoS mitigation service tacked onto your infrastructure was enough for...
New research shows that 30 percent of large enterprises have already made the strategic commitment to a sovereign AI and data platform, and 95 percent say it will be mission critical for them within the next three years. The research by EDB interviewed more than 2,000 senior ...
Signal has officially had enough, folks. You see, the privacy-first messaging app is going on the offensive, declaring war on Microsoft’s invasive Recall feature by enabling a new “Screen security” setting by default on Windows 11. This move is designed to block...
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