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Computing, Software & Applications

A Gmail outage is delaying emails

November 30, 2023

Via: The Verge

Gmail experienced some issues with delayed emails for a few hours on Thursday. At 12:31PM ET, Google wrote on Gmail’s Workspace Status Dashboard that “customers impacted by this issue may see delay in sending the emails,” but at 5:03PM ET, […]


Hacking, Security

Malicious bots make up nearly three-quarters of Internet traffic

November 30, 2023

Via: TechSpot

According to fraud control platform Arkose Labs, a staggering 73 percent of Internet traffic to websites and apps measured between January 2023 and September 2023 was related to bots performing malicious activities like SMS toll fraud, scraping, and card testing. […]


Cybersecurity, Security

This Free Solution Provides Essential Third-Party Risk Management for SaaS

November 30, 2023

Via: The Hacker News

Wing Security recently announced that basic third-party risk assessment is now available as a free product. But it raises the questions of how SaaS is connected to third-party risk management (TPRM) and what companies should do to ensure a proper […]


Computing, Hardware

Old RTX 3080 GPUs repurposed and modded for Chinese market as 20GB AI cards with blower-style cooling

November 29, 2023

Via: Tom's Hardware

Repurposed batches of “RTX 3080 20G AI” cards featuring blower-style coolers and with 20GB GDDR6X are being spotted in large quantities over in China, stored and sold via AliExpress. These are yet another attempt to work around U.S export controls […]


Computing, Operating Systems

Windows 11 users should fire up Paint now to check out this superb new AI-based feature

November 28, 2023

Via: Techradar

Windows 11 users are getting the Paint app bolstered with a really smart addition on the AI front. This is the introduction of Dall-E 3 support to Paint, or as it’s known in the app, Cocreator. If you’ve seen the […]


Computing, Software & Applications

FFmpeg 6.1 adds numerous codec and filters

November 27, 2023

Via: TechSpot

It supports the most obscure ancient formats up to the cutting edge. No matter if they were designed by some standards committee, the community or a corporation. It contains libavcodec, libavutil, libavformat, libavfilter, libavdevice, libswscale and libswresample which can be […]


Computing, Software & Applications

How to write reusable Java code

November 22, 2023

Via: InfoWorld

Writing reusable code is a vital skill for every software developer, and every engineer must know how to maximize code reuse. Nowadays, developers often use the excuse that there is no need to bother with writing high-quality code because microservices […]


Privacy, Security

New Flaws in Fingerprint Sensors Let Attackers Bypass Windows Hello Login

November 22, 2023

Via: The Hacker News

A new research has uncovered multiple vulnerabilities that could be exploited to bypass Windows Hello authentication on Dell Inspiron 15, Lenovo ThinkPad T14, and Microsoft Surface Pro X laptops. The flaws were discovered by researchers at hardware and software product […]


Computing, Software & Applications

TypeScript 5.3 arrives with support for import attributes

November 21, 2023

Via: InfoWorld

TypeScript 5.3, an upgrade to Microsoft’s strongly typed JavaScript variant that adds support for import attributes for ECMAScript modules, is now available as a production release. TypeScript 5.3 also offers features ranging from stable support for resolution mode in import […]


Apps & OS, Mobile

iPhone users should expect to receive iOS 17.1.2 next week

November 20, 2023

Via: PhoneArena

Get ready iPhone users because iOS 17.1.2 is coming your way. MacRumors says that it has seen evidence of the update in its website’s analytics logs. Some of the higher profile bugs that still need to be exterminated include one […]


Hacking, Security

Beware: Malicious Google Ads Trick WinSCP Users into Installing Malware

November 17, 2023

Via: The Hacker News

Threat actors are leveraging manipulated search results and bogus Google ads that trick users who are looking to download legitimate software such as WinSCP into installing malware instead. Cybersecurity company Securonix is tracking the ongoing activity under the name SEO#LURKER. […]


Computing, Software & Applications

Examining the mind’s eye of a neural network system

November 16, 2023

Via: Tech Xplore

In the background of image recognition software that can ID our friends on social media and wildflowers in our yard are neural networks, a type of artificial intelligence inspired by how own our brains process data. While neural networks sprint […]


Computing, Software & Applications

YouTube teases AI tool that clones famous singers — with their permission

November 16, 2023

Via: The Verge

Google is testing new generative AI features for YouTube that’ll let people create music tracks using just a text prompt or a simple hummed tune. The first, Dream Track, already seeded to a few creators on the platform, is designed […]


Mobile, Smartphones

Samsung Galaxy S23 FE review

November 15, 2023

Via: GSMArena.com

The Fan Edition is no more, yet the FE series live on. Indeed, the new Samsung Galaxy S23 FE is bringing back the beloved affordable flagship vibe, but there is no mention of the original FE meaning, just Standout Features. […]


Cybersecurity, Security

Alert: Microsoft Releases Patch Updates for 5 New Zero-Day Vulnerabilities

November 15, 2023

Via: The Hacker News

Microsoft has released fixes to address 63 security bugs in its software for the month of November 2023, including three vulnerabilities that have come under active exploitation in the wild. Of the 63 flaws, three are rated Critical, 56 are […]


Internet, Social Networking

Social media giants must face child safety lawsuits, judge rules

November 14, 2023

Via: The Verge

Meta, ByteDance, Alphabet, and Snap must proceed with a lawsuit alleging their social platforms have adverse mental health effects on children, a federal court ruled on Tuesday. US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers rejected the social media giants’ motion to […]


Privacy, Security

Top 5 Marketing Tech SaaS Security Challenges

November 13, 2023

Via: The Hacker News

Effective marketing operations today are driven by the use of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications. Marketing apps such as Salesforce, Hubspot, Outreach, Asana, Monday, and Box empower marketing teams, agencies, freelancers, and subject matter experts to collaborate seamlessly on campaigns and marketing […]


Computing, Operating Systems

Microsoft reflects on 20 years of Windows Patch Tuesday

November 10, 2023

Via: TechSpot

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday is 20 years old, and 1.4 billion monthly active Windows devices still require constant updates to keep users’ data safe. The company’s official Windows blog posted an abridged version of the Patch Tuesday and Windows security history, […]


Computing, Software & Applications

Using Swift with WinUI on Windows

November 9, 2023

Via: InfoWorld

You might think that Apple’s Swift is a programming language for macOS and iOS only. It’s a natural conclusion, as Swift is closely tied to Apple’s own Xcode development environment. But one part of the Swift story is often overlooked: […]


Computing, Data Management

Red Hat Linux revs streamline container management

November 9, 2023

Via: InfoWorld

Red Hat on November 8 announced both the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.3 and the planned release of RHEL 8.9, which expand the built-in Podman container management capabilities. Both versions natively include the Podman open source […]