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HP updates "AI Companion app" — New Snip to Prompt, Spotlight, and Keylogger Protection resemble Microsoft Copilot+
HP's Amplify 2025 conference is underway, and a number of new and updated AI tools are on the way. Here's what you need to know.
2025-03-18 16:00
China-Linked MirrorFace Deploys ANEL and AsyncRAT in New Cyber Espionage Operation
Threat hunters have shed more light on a previously disclosed malware campaign undertaken by the China-aligned MirrorFace threat actor that targeted a diplomatic organization in the European Union with a backdoor known as ANEL. The attack, detected by ...
2025-03-18 15:54
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Deals: 24GB/1TB M4 Pro MacBook Pro $270 off, M3 iPad Air $549 low, Apple Pencil Pro, Find My tumbler, more
Now sitting alongside the ongoing $100 price drops on the latest M4 Mac mini as well as the iPad mini 7, Amazon has dropped the prices again on the most affordable new M3 iPad Air models – you’ll now find straight up cash deals from $549. All of th...
2025-03-18 15:45
WordPress 6.8 Beta 3
WordPress 6.8 Beta 3 is ready for download and testing! The scheduled final release date for WordPress 6.8 is April 15, 2025. Your help testing Beta and RC versions over the next four weeks is vital to ensuring the final release is everything it should...
2025-03-18 15:35
Mozilla outs Firefox 136.0.2 to fix cookie-deleting issue, high CPU usage on Windows, more
If Firefox is causing excessive CPU usage on your computer, the latest update, version 136.0.2, is here to save the day. Read more...
2025-03-18 15:32
BADBOX 2.0 Botnet Infects 1 Million Android Devices for Ad Fraud and Proxy Abuse
At least four different threat actors have been identified as involved in an updated version of a massive ad fraud and residential proxy scheme called BADBOX, painting a picture of an interconnected cybercrime ecosystem. This includes SalesTracker Grou...
2025-03-18 15:31
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Google announces plans to acquire Wiz for $32 billion
Google's largest acquisition to date, a planned $32 billion deal for Wiz, aims to strengthen Google Cloud's position against rivals like Microsoft and AWS. Read more...
2025-03-18 15:16
BLAKE3 1.7 Turns To Intel's oneTBB For Parallelizing C Code - Similar Perf To Rust+Rayon
BLAKE3 as the cryptographic hashing function that is much faster than the likes of SHA-1/SHA-1 while being more secure than SHA-1 and MD5 is out with a new feature update. BLAKE3 v1.7 is now available for the official C and Rust code as the reference i...
2025-03-18 15:09
Vivaldi 7.2 Released with Speed Improvements + More
A big Vivaldi web browser update is rolling out with a set of appreciable improvements long-time users will like, and would-be users may be tempted to try. Vivaldi 7.2 amps up its address bar logic to proffer more relevant results, faster. Search sugge...
2025-03-18 15:01
Watch Jensen Huang’s Nvidia GTC 2025 keynote here — Blackwell 300 AI GPUs expected
Nvidia GTC 2025 will start in a few hours, and its CEO, Jensen Huang, will give the keynote address where he's expected to reveal some new AI GPUs.
2025-03-18 15:00
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Xbox Play Anywhere makes games more popular than you could have imagined — oh, and Hollow Knight: Silksong is still coming to Game Pass
At GDC, Xbox has detailed how much more success Play Anywhere titles have over those without, and drop a casual nod to Hollow Knight: Silksong.
2025-03-18 15:00
Samsung 9100 Pro SSD Review: Samsung’s Capable Answer To Phison’s Storage Gauntlet
The Samsung 9100 Pro is Samsung’s answer for the high-end PCIe 5.0 storage market. It’s a good drive, but falls short of being truly impressive.
2025-03-18 15:00
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Xbox Play Anywhere makes games more popular than you could have imagined
At GDC, Xbox has detailed how much more success Play Anywhere titles have over those without, and drop a casual nod to Hollow Knight: Silksong.
2025-03-18 15:00
Mysterious Windows 11 "actions" menu appears in latest preview build — here's what it's for
The latest Windows 11 Dev Channel build includes a new actions menu in the Settings app, which lets you configure which suggested actions appear in Click To Do.
2025-03-18 14:54
GPU meets PCIe-based hard drives: Seagate and Nvidia demo NVMe HDDs
Seagate and Nvidia demonstrate a proof-of-concept NVMe HDD system at GTC, showcasing how PCIe-based hard drives, combined with DPUs, can enhance AI datacenter storage by reducing latency, improving scalability, and offering a cost-effective alternative...
2025-03-18 14:48
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AMD's beastly Ryzen AI Max+ 395 comes to a new GMKTec mini-PC, and AMD's Lisa Su appears to approve
China's GMKTec has announced the EVO-X2 mini PC with Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor at the AMD Greater China Channel Summit today.
2025-03-18 14:40
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Final Draft Of PCI Express 7.0 Specification Published
The full PCI Express 7.0 specification remains on track for publishing later this year while out today is version 0.9 of the specification as the planned final draft...
2025-03-18 14:22
macOS 16 could answer this key question about the Mac’s future
This year’s WWDC is going to be a big one for software changes, with iOS 19, macOS 16, and more expected to get major design overhauls. While a lot of focus is on the iPhone’s changes, there’s a very important reason why macOS 16 could prove just...
2025-03-18 14:20
Atomfall, Blizzard Arcade Collection, Mythwrecked, and more arrive to Xbox Game Pass
Xbox Game Pass subscribers have another wave of games coming at them, including the day-one launch of Atomfall, a series of Blizzard classics, and more. Read more...
2025-03-18 14:06
Fedora Linux 42 Enters Public Beta Testing with Linux Kernel 6.14 and GNOME 48
Fedora Linux 42 distribution is now available for public beta testing powered by Linux kernel 6.14 and featuring the GNOME 48 desktop environment. Here’s what to expect from the final release. The post Fedora Linux 42 Enters Public Beta Testing with ...
2025-03-18 14:05