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Microsoft is working on games for Microsoft Teams
Microsoft has started working on bringing casual games to its Microsoft Teams service. Sources familiar with Microsoft’s plans tell The Verge that the software maker has started testing games like Solitaire, Connect 4, and Wordament inside Microsoft Teams. The casual...
Voicemod uses AI to transform your voice into Morgan Freeman, astronauts, and more
Voicemod, a popular real-time voice changer, is starting to use artificial intelligence to transform your voice into Morgan Freeman and other characters. A new Voicemod AI Voices beta is launching today, offering up eight options to transform your voice into fantasy...
FIREFOX AND CHROME ARE SQUARING OFF OVER AD-BLOCKER EXTENSIONS
There’s a growing split over how much room browsers should leave for ad blocking — and Chrome and Firefox have ended up on opposite sides of the fight.The rupture centers on a feature called Web Request, commonly used in ad blockers and crucial for any system that...
Astra’s failed launch resulted in the loss of two NASA weather satellites
A rocket belonging to the up-and-coming Astra space company failed to deliver two of NASA’s weather-tracking satellites to space after its second stage engine shut down prematurely. Both satellites were lost as a result of the failure.Astra’s Launch Vehicle 0010...
New Vytal Chrome extension hides location info that your VPN can’t
A new Google Chrome browser extension called Vytal prevents webpages from using programming APIs to find your geographic location leaked, even when using a VPN.Many people use VPNs to hide their location or connect from another country while browsing the web. People...
What iOS 16 and Android 13 Tell Us About the Future of Smartphones
Your iPhone or Android phone is about to become even more tightly woven into the nondigital aspects of your life. That's one of the main takeaways from iOS 16 and Android 13, the latest mobile software updates from Apple and Google, coming later this year. Both tech...
Attackers aren’t slowing down, here’s what researchers are seeing
In this Help Net Security interview, John Shier, Senior Security Advisor at Sophos, talks about the main findings of two Sophos reports: the 2022 Active Adversary Report and the State of Ransomware Report, which provide an exceptional overview of the modern threat...
Why are current cybersecurity incident response efforts failing?
Business-critical applications, such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems provided by SAP and Oracle, are considered the crown jewels of the enterprise. These assets hold an organization’s most valuable data: from confidential financial information to private...
Verizon Report: Ransomware, Human Error Among Top Security Risks
2022’s DBIR also highlighted the far-reaching impact of supply-chain breaches and how organizations and their employees are the reasons why incidents occur.Ransomware, supply-chain threats and how organizations and their employees are their own worst enemy when it...