In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, cybersecurity concerns in the US are mounting for small businesses, home offices and larger enterprises, according to national security alerts issued by the FBI, DHS and CISA. Even though government-sponsored attacks are gaining public attention, cyberattacks from independent actors or groups are always a concern for small to …
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Europe reached a key milestone Thursday in the renegotiation of its rules governing the tech industry, announcing agreement on the upcoming Digital Markets Act between the European Parliament and EU member states. The legislation amounts to an overhaul of antitrust rules in Europe and will give the EU more power to rein tech giants. The foremost example of this is …
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Apple iOS 15, the latest operating system released in September, came with polishes to the QuickTake feature along with panorama capture features and UPI QR code scanning. QuickTake, which lets you capture video while taking photos without having to swap to video mode, now lets you swipe up or down to change the zoom on your video while using QuickTake. The …
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Netflix on Thursday announced it’s acquired a video game studio known for making mobile games in order to expand its efforts to include gaming in its video streaming service. Boss Fight Entertainment, which was formed in 2013 by former Zynga employees, has made several games for smartphones and tablets, including Dungeon Boss available for iOS and Android devices. The acquisition …
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If you’ve ever used a Mac, you’ve probably realized how Apple puts a lot of emphasis on making its computers easy to use, intuitive and secure. Many of your Mac’s default settings are there to help make using the device as straightforward and convenient as possible, but you also have a lot of options to tweak settings and tailor your …
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You can now show up to your Zoom meetings as an avatar of an animated animal. Zoom introduced its new Avatars feature in a blog post Tuesday, saying the feature is a way to inject fun and lighten the mood in your meetings and webinars. The animal avatars automatically mirror your head movements and facial expressions, much like Apple’s Memoji. …
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Okta, an authentication service used widely across the globe, is investigating a data breach Tuesday morning after hackers posted screenshots claiming to show the company’s internal systems. Any hack impacting Okta could have rippling ramifications for the other companies and organizations that rely on Okta’s authentication services to access their own systems. As listed on Okta’s website, JetBlue, Grubhub, T-Mobile, Peloton …
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Following an outage across multiple Apple services on Monday, the tech giant again experienced outages across the App Store, Apple Music and more. Apple’s system status page shows Apple Books, Podcasts, the Mac App Store, Game Center, iCloud web apps, Apple Card and Weather also experienced issues Tuesday afternoon. The service outages hit between 1:45 p.m. and 2:09 p.m. PT and …
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Ready to take your photography to the next level? You don’t have to be a professional photographer to get pro-level pictures. Sure, investing in fancy equipment and having a good compositional eye helps, but the editing process is where your raw picture can transform into a polished piece of art. Skylum’s AI-enabled software Luminar is an intuitive photo editor that …
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When I work, I need noise to focus. Sometimes I listen to Spotify playlists, but that can lead me to dance in my chair. Or I’ll turn on a podcast and get too invested in the hidden history of highways. So when I found Background Sounds tucked into the iOS 15 update, it seemed like the perfect solution. Brett Pearce/CNET …
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