Day: May 16, 2023

Ahead of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Samsung revealed it will be improving how ambient sound works on the Galaxy Buds2 Pro. The feature will now have two extra levels of audio amplification in the Galaxy Wearable app, bringing the grand total to five. Additionally, users will be able to independently “adjust the volume on the […]

In April 2023, we reported on a major issue with AMD’s Ryzen 7000-series processors, which were randomly burning out and sometimes even taking the attached motherboard with them. The issue, caused by excessive SoC voltages running to the CPU, was affecting both the Ryzen 7000X3D and regular Ryzen 7000 CPUs, though more the former than […]

A new ransomware threat actor has been detected targeting big businesses in hopes of equally large payouts. Cybersecurity researchers from Talos uncovered a threat actor called RA Group which kicked off its operations in April 2023 using the Babuk source code, which was previously leaked, apparently by one of its former members.  So far, the […]

Cybercriminals have been spotted abusing a known, high-severity vulnerability in a popular WordPress plugin, just a day after a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit was published. Cybersecurity researchers from PatchStack discovered a cross-site script (XSS) vulnerability in Advanced Custom Fields, a popular plugin for the WordPress website builder, with more than two million active installs.  The flaw, […]

Following in the wake of Elon Musk’s announcement that Twitter will start purging inactive accounts, Google has said that it will be doing the same for old Gmail accounts. Thankfully, however, it’s much clearer about which accounts will be classified as inactive, and when account deletions will begin. In a post on its Keyword blog, […]

Bard, Google’s answer to ChatGPT, is a friendlier chatbot that has gone through quite the glow-up recently. A few new updates could make it the perfect tool to use when writing long papers or conducting academic research. The bot was the star of the show at this year's Google I/O event, with a host of […]

Valve has introduced 90 minute free trials to its Steam client starting with the Dead Space remake. It's available until May 29 and debuts alongside the a 20% price cut.  The 90 minute time trial of the Dead Space remake means you'll be able to start a new game, land on the USG Ishimura and […]

After recently proving its no-log policy in spite of a police raid in Sweden, Mullvad gave demonstrated strong security infrastructure offered by its VPN service once again. This time it was its new search engine tool Leta which underwent an independent review by audit firm Assured AB. Auditors were called to assess both the security […]

Marvel's Guardian of the Galaxy Vol. 3's sleeper star may be the all-but-forgotten Microsoft Zune portable music player and now there's a chance you could own a pristine, unopened 8GB Zune, though it's anyone's guess what you can do with it. Microsoft is currently running sweepstakes on Twitter (you have to enter by liking and […]

ChatGPT Plus subscribers will soon be getting early access to experimental new features for the popular chatbot. Web integration and plugins are rolling out in beta next week, which could prove to be two interesting updates to the chatbot. If you're subscribed to ChatGPT Plus, a new beta panel will appear in your settings next […]