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Ring security cameras are taking to the sky – or at least, the ceiling – as the company publicly reveals its first autonomous indoor drone, the Always Home Cam, at CES 2023. It's main purpose is to deliver a direct live feed of your home while so you can keep an eye on things while […]

Giving your work laptop an extra boost could soon be a whole lot easier thanks to a new launch from Lenovo. At its recent CES 2023 event, the company revealed details on the fourth generation of the Lenovo ThinkBook 16p, including some pretty hefty updates and a unique feature that sets it apart from almost […]

As the time we spend online across all our digital devices grows, so do the risks of falling victim to cyberattacks.  There were 82% more ransomware-related data leaks last year. Online censorship and internet shutdowns increased worldwide, according to Freedom House. Still, too many big tech companies are abusing users' data. It's not then surprising […]

For the vast majority of us, one of the most private aspects of our lives is our sex life, and with that comes an innate desire to keep what adult material we consume online to ourselves. For residents of the State of Louisiana, though, that’s all changed – at least on the surface. The new […]

The LockBit ransomware group, with its LockBit 3.0 encryptor, was the most prominent and damaging organization in the cybercrime community last year, a new report has claimed.  Trustwave's “year in review” lookback claims LockBit 3.0 kept its status as the most infamous ransomware player due to high payments that recruit experienced malicious actors, constant purchasing […]

AMD has confirmed that the issue with RX 7900 XTX graphics cards overheating is down to the vapor chamber specifically, but has assured us that only small numbers of these RDNA 3 flagship GPUs have been affected, and that any necessary replacements will be shipped swiftly. AMD’s Scott Herkelman, Senior VP & GM of the […]

As part of its filter collection, video conferencing service Zoom has launched virtual avatars into beta worldwide. Announcing the new feature on its blog, Zoom said that the avatars would make meetings “more flexible and fun”, allowing users to “display [their] ‘virtual you’”. The “original and fun” feature comes relatively hot on the heels of […]

Google Maps just got a massive upgrade for Wear OS smartwatches: it can now work without a smartphone, provided you have an LTE model with a cellular network. Those of you using some of the best Wear OS smartwatches out there – the likes of the Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 LTE model or the Google […]

Epic Games store offers fans a free game every week; this time, we’re spoilt for choice. On the one hand, the marvelous Kerbal Space Program is up for grabs. But if stars and spaceships aren’t your things, then there’s also Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice on offer as well. Both games will be free between January […]

If you look up at the night sky, you might see some stars, even a bright planet and, of course, the moon. You won't see galaxies and the billions of stars that are sharing the universe with those brighter objects. That's because studies show 80% of the world's population lives under light-polluted skies. At CES […]