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Microsoft will stop selling Windows 10 on January 31, but workarounds remain
Microsoft will stop selling downloadable licenses for Windows 10 on its website on January 31, according to a message on the product pages for Windows 10 Home and Pro. Although Windows 10 will continue to be supported with new security updates until at least October...
iOS 16.3: The New Features That Just Landed on Your iPhone
Apple's iOS 16.3 update is available now, and it brings new features, bug fixes and security updates to your iPhone. The update was released alongside updates for other Apple software, too, like iPadOS, Safari and previous versions of iOS. The latest iOS update...
No Internet? That’s Fine, You Can Still Use Google Maps on Your Phone
A couple weeks ago, my friends and I got lost while driving back to our cabin in Mariposa, near Yosemite National Park. A major snowstorm had just swept through the Sierra Nevada mountain range, and so many busy highways, streets and smaller roads were shut down. We...
Hackers use new SwiftSlicer wiper to destroy Windows domains
Security researchers have identified a new data-wiping malware they named SwiftSlicer that aims to overwrite crucial files used by the Windows operating system.The new malware was discovered in a recent cyberattack against a target in Ukraine and has been attributed...
Bitwarden password vaults targeted in Google ads phishing attack
Bitwarden and other password managers are being targeted in Google ads phishing campaigns to steal users' password vault credentials.As the enterprise and consumers move to use unique passwords at every site, it has become essential to use password managers to keep...
New Mimic ransomware abuses ‘Everything’ Windows search tool
Security researchers discovered a new ransomware strain they named Mimic that leverages the APIs of the 'Everything' file search tool for Windows to look for files targeted for encryption.Discovered in June 2022 by researchers at cybersecurity company Trend Micro, the...
Lexmark warns of RCE bug affecting 100 printer models, PoC released
Lexmark has released a security firmware update to fix a severe vulnerability that could enable remote code execution (RCE) on more than 100 printer models.The security issue is tracked as CVE-2023-23560 and, according to the company, it has a severity rating of 9.0....
Microsoft extends OpenAI partnership in a ‘multibillion dollar investment’
Microsoft says it’s extending its long-term partnership with OpenAI through a new “multiyear, multibillion dollar investment.” The investment comes just weeks after Microsoft was rumored to be investing $10 billion into OpenAI, the creators of popular AI tools like...
Google’s new AI turns text into music
Google researchers have made an AI that can generate minutes-long musical pieces from text prompts, and can even transform a whistled or hummed melody into other instruments, similar to how systems like DALL-E generate images from written prompts (via TechCrunch). The...