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Microsoft adds support for link previews in Word for the web
Microsoft Word for the web has gained a new feature. The online version of the word processor now supports link previews in documents.Users who are familiar with Word Online and the offline version of Word will know that the program can be used to create hyperlinks....
70 million account credentials were leaked in a massive password dump
A security researcher has unearthed what appears to be one of the biggest password dumps ever. Over 70 million unique credentials have been leaked on the dark web.The news came to light when Troy Hunt, the owner of the popular breach notification service, Have I Been...
Mega launches VPN for Android
Mega announced the launch of a dedicated VPN solution and application for Android. Available exclusively for Pro account customers, the company promises to launch dedicated versions of the VPN for Windows, Linux, macOS and iOS in the coming months.Mega started out as...
Microsoft is removing a tool from Windows 11 that you may have never used
Microsoft plans to remove several long-standing apps from its Windows 11 operating system. Besides Wordpad, a dedicated RTF editor, it has picked the Steps Recorder for removal.Steps Recorder started out as Problem Steps Recorder when Microsoft launched Windows 7 in...
Detachable Lenovo laptop is two separate computers, runs Windows and Android
Have you ever used a Windows laptop and thought, "Gee, I really wish this was also an Android tablet"? Does Lenovo have a product for you!The Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 5 Hybrid laptop at CES 2024 is both a Windows laptop and an Android tablet. The bottom half contains...
Samsung’s “Ballie” home robot is back, way bigger, and headed to production
Four years ago at CES 2020, one of Samsung's quirkier little projects was "Ballie," a cute little ball robot that would wheel around the house, stream camera footage, and act as a roving smart speaker. The coolest thing about 2020 Ballie was that it would have looked...
Bitwarden adds passkey support to log into web password vaults
The open-source Bitwarden password manager has announced that all users can now log into their web vaults using a passkey instead of the standard username and password pairs.Passkeys are the more secure alternative to the passwords that most people set up and are...
GrapheneOS: Frequent Android auto-reboots block firmware exploits
The GrapheneOS team behind the privacy and security-focused Android-based operating system with the same name is suggesting that Android should introduce an auto-reboot feature to make exploitation of firmware flaws more difficult.The project revealed that it recently...
The new Windows 11 features coming in 2024
Windows 11 is gearing up to introduce an array of exciting new features in 2024 aimed at enhancing user experience across various aspects of the operating system.While these features are currently being developed, it is always possible that Microsoft will choose not...