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May 11 Tech news roundup: Apple launches new iPad Pro, OpenAI wants to launch its own search engine, Google no longer needs your phone number for 2SV
News May 11, 2024
Apple releases iPad Pro with M4 chip Apple has launched a new tablet called the iPad Pro 2024. The device is powered by a brand-new Apple M4 Silicon chip, which is 1.5x times faster than the M2 CPU, and can deliver up to 10 hours of battery life. The iPad…
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GOM Mix Maxâs Big Launch
Video Dec 8, 2021
GOM & Company is releasing its newest video editing software, GOM Mix Max, with a big launch celebration. Focused on balancing high-quality and plentiful features, GOM Mix Max will be a powerful tool for new editors and veterans alike. Users who sign up now can get GOM Mix Max for free for…
Hidden Keylogger Discovered In ‘Hundreds’ Of HP Laptops
News December 13, 2017
Preinstalled software has been discovered on HP laptop models, that could have been recording every letter and keystroke on users’ keyboards. The keylogger security flaw was discovered by researcher Michael Myng, who found a hidden software could be present in over 460 different HP laptop models – including the EliteBook, ProBook, Pavilion... Read more
Ghostery: A Faster, Safer, Smarter Browsing Experience
InternetNewsSoftware Reviews December 13, 2017
We review Ghostery, the Google Chrome browser extension designed to keep your online world private. Ghostery, is all about helping users protect their privacy online, by stopping advertisers, social media, and other services from collecting and storing your browsing and shopping habits. If you believe your valuable personal data should remain... Read more
AlphaZero artificial intelligence software triumphed at chess against the world’s best chess program after amassing all human knowledge of the game in just four hours. Google researchers have published a paper in which they detail how their latest AI evolution, AlphaZero, managed to display a “superhuman performance” in chess, taking just four hours to learn... Read more
Apple has finally agreed to start paying a âŹ13bn ($15.4 billion) tax bill in early 2018, a full 12 months after a European Union competition court ruled that a special tax deal with Ireland had allowed Apple to pay almost zero tax on Europe wide profits between 2003 and 2014. The irony is that Ireland has said it doesn’t want the money. The... Read more
PC game and software platform Steam, stops accepting payments in bitcoins blaming price fluctuations and rapid volatility of transactions fees. Steam, the worldâs single largest digital distribution platform for PC games and software, has announced that it is no longer accepting Bitcoin as a payment method. In a blog... Read more
Windows 10 Now Runs On 600 Million âActiveâ Machines
News December 6, 2017
Microsoftâs flagship OS is now running on more than half a billion devices that have been ‘active’ (connected to the internet at some point) in the last 28 days. Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella, apparently broke the news by commenting on the 600m figure during this weekâs annual shareholders meeting,... Read more
US based online retail titan has finally officially launched its first Australian operation. After a tumultuous few months of will-they/won’t-they, Amazon finally opened its virtual doors to the domestic Australian market. While not yet as all-inclusive as its other global marketplaces, the Australian marketplace still covers most of the bases, with 23 separate categories for shoppers... Read more
Classified Pentagon Data Fully Accessible In Public Cloud
BusinessNewsPrivacy and Security December 5, 2017
Classified data from a joint program run by the US National Security Agency (NSA) and the US Army has been found online and may have been accessible for years, say researchers. According to new research published by Cybersecurity firm UpGuard, around 100GB of data from a now redundant and failed... Read more
Canadian Yahoo ‘Hacker For Hire’ Pleads Guilty
News December 1, 2017
Man pleads guilty to charges of data breach which affected some 500 million Yahoo! accounts. A Canadian man, US authorities have labeled a ‘Hacker for Hire,’ has pleaded guilty to charges resulting from a massive 2014 data breach at former web titan, Yahoo! The breach which affected some 500 million... Read more
Amazon Founder Now Worth $100 Billion
News December 1, 2017
Jeff Bezos’ net worth rises as Amazon share price benefits from huge Black Friday sales surge. The idea or thought however that Black Friday is somehow alone is responsible for pushing Bezos’ personal wealth to stratospheric levels is only partially true. Shares in Amazon have been climbing steadily for... Read more
Apple Fix MacOS High Sierra OS Bug
News November 30, 2017
Apple has rushed out a patch to fix a major security flaw that allowed anyone to easily gain full admin access. The macOS High Sierra bug allowed anyone with physical access to an installed Mac, to gain full admin control with the username âroot,â and no password. While the bug only worked... Read more
âManuscript Writerâ AI Uses Machine Learning To Draft Science Papers
News November 29, 2017
Could Manuscript Writer software lead to plagiarism and non-transparency? “Manuscript Writer”, a newly released piece of software released by sciNote claims it can save scientists and researchers time, by eliminating the tedium and boredom and the tedium of pulling together research data, findings and methodologies by using artificial intelligence... Read more
Amazon To Fix Dangerous Flaw In Key Service
News November 28, 2017
Researchers claim to have found “simple” way to hack Amazon’s heavily advertised Key service. Researchers at Rhino Security Labs have apparently identified a serious flaw in Amazonâs Key delivery service and the associated Cloud Cam security camera that comes with it. The problem could allow criminals posing as couriers... Read more
Cryptocurrency keeps going from strength-to-strength. Bitcoin hit another new record over the weekend, and then again on November 20, after rising above the vaunted $8,000 mark. The new price of a single bitcoin has gone through an amazing 50% climb in under 10 days! The question it seems isn’t whether Bitcoin will break the much vaunted $10,000 mark any more,... Read more
Uber Paid Hacker Ransom And Hid Data Breach
NewsPrivacy and Security November 23, 2017
Massive breach affected 50 million users of the ride hailing app. Uber has admitted that it paid hackers $100,000 and then concealed a security breach over stolen data that affected 50 million customers and 7 million drivers. It paid out on the condition that the cybercriminals would delete the... Read more
We review the independent browser created by co-founder of Mozilla and FireFox, Brendan Eich. Brave is many things. First and foremost, it is an ultra-secure, open-source web-browser. And it’s a good one. It’s very similar in lots of respects to both Chrome, and Firefox, and is based on the Chromium/Blink engine. ... Read more
EA Abandon Star Wars Battlefront II Payments
News November 20, 2017
Meanwhile Belgium investigates âLoot-Boxesâ gambling. After an unprecedented gamer revolt, games publisher EA, has been forced to temporarily remove in game micro-transactions from the just released Star Wars Battlefront II. Writing in a bog post, Oskar Gabrielson, the General Manager of Battlefront II developer DICE, said: âWe hear you loud and... Read more
Electronic Arts (EA) respond to gamer backlash over progression system. When EA decided to respond to its player-base’s concerns earlier about Star Wars Battlefront II and its loot boxes, it probably didnât think that its post would break all records, and then some, for the most down-voted and unpopular... Read more