Category: News
Chromebooks: Understand the Myths and Realities Before You Buy
Do your research before investing in a Chromebook, but don’t buy into these outdated warnings…
Intel Patches ‘Critical Weakness’ Found in Billions of Processors
The fix does come with a big performance hit and an opt-out, though…
‘Defender-Pretender’: How Researchers Undermined Windows Malware Security
A Black Hat briefing on a now-fixed vulnerability underscores an old lesson: ‘Trust no one.’…
Google Chrome switching to weekly security patch updates
To better address the security patch gap…
$5 billion Google lawsuit over ‘Incognito mode’ tracking moves a step closer to trial
Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers denied Google’s push for a summary judgment in a lawsuit over the way it tracked internet activity even after users switched to ‘Incognito mode.’…
Amazon Prime ‘Day’ Returns in October
Prime Day 1.0 was less than a month ago, but Amazon is ready for round two, teasing Prime Big Deal Days for Prime members sometime in October 2023…
Zoom Revises Terms After Changes Spark Fears of AI Learning From Video Chats
The video-conferencing firm says ‘we do not use audio, video, or chat content for training our models without customer consent.’…
AI Can Now Steal Your Passwords by Listening to Your Keystrokes
The AI will first need to be trained on the sound of your typing style, but this may be one incentive to lay off the multi-tasking during your next Zoom call…
Google Search can now critique your grammar
The grammar check feature appears to have been available since at least last month, although Google warns its suggestions might not be 100 percent accurate…
Microsoft Removes 44 Intel Processors From Its Windows 11 Support List
Don’t worry, you don’t have one of these processors in your PC…
FCC prepares $75 monthly broadband subsidies for “high-cost” areas
$75 low-income subsidy targets areas where ISPs face “economic hardship.”…
Threads Is Coming to the Web
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says we can expect Threads on the web ‘in the next few weeks.’…