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Windows 11’s AI-powered Copilot (and its Bing-powered ads) enters public preview
Last month, Microsoft announced that it would continue its put-ChatGPT-in-everything adventure with a new Windows 11 feature called Copilot. The company added generative AI to Edge and to the Bing-powered taskbar Search field months ago, but Copilot promises to be the...
Google reportedly gives up on making AR glasses—for the third time
Google has reportedly scrapped plans to release a pair of augmented reality (AR) glasses. The cancellation of the gadget, reportedly codenamed Project Iris, marks the third time the company's supposedly thrown in the towel on AR glasses. The most recent specs were...
All Chrome users will see popups in the coming weeks: here is why
Google is in the final steps of preparing a massive change in its Chrome web browser. Called the Privacy Sandbox by Google, it is an attempt to move tracking on the Internet from the user level to group levels. In the process, Google plans to disable third-parties...
Microsoft restores File Explorer Folder Options that it removed in Windows 11
Last week, Microsoft released a new development build for Windows 11 that removed nine preferences from File Explorer's Folder Options menu. Today, Microsoft released a new build which restored the removed Folder Options.Folder Options may be accessed by selecting the...
EU wants “readily removable” batteries in devices soon—but what does that mean?
Whenever regulation passes that seems to herald the dawn of a new age of repairable devices, there is almost always a catch, a loophole, or at least an "it depends." In the case of recent headline-grabbing battery legislation out of the European Union, we're waiting...
FBI seizes BreachForums after arresting its owner Pompompurin in March
U.S. law enforcement today seized the clear web domain of the notorious BreachForums (aka Breached) hacking forum three months after apprehending its owner Conor Fitzpatrick (aka Pompompurin), under cybercrime charges.Hosted at Breached[.]vc, the domain now shows a...
CISA orders agencies to patch iPhone bugs abused in spyware attacks
Today, CISA ordered federal agencies to patch recently patched security vulnerabilities exploited as zero-days to deploy Triangulation spyware on iPhones via iMessage zero-click exploits.The warning comes after Kaspersky published a report detailing a Triangulation...
Microsoft: Hackers hijack Linux systems using trojanized OpenSSH version
Microsoft says Internet-exposed Linux and Internet of Things (IoT) devices are being hijacked in brute-force attacks as part of a recently observed cryptojacking campaign.After gaining access to a system, the attackers deploy a trojanized OpenSSH package that helps...
Windows 11 ‘Win32 app isolation’ security feature now in preview
Microsoft announced the public preview launch of Win32 app isolation, a new Windows 11 security feature designed to sandbox 32-bit desktop applications.Recently announced during Microsoft's Build 2023 conference, Win32 app isolation uses AppContainer to boost security...