22 Nov, 2024

Google Chrome now warns about risky password-protected archives

Google Chrome now warns when downloading risky password-protected files and provides improved alerts with more information about potentially malicious downloaded files. These new, more detailed warning messages help users quickly learn the nature of the danger presented by each file downloaded from the Internet. For this, Google introduced a two-tier download warning system that uses AI-powered […]

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New Play ransomware Linux version targets VMware ESXi VMs

Play ransomware is the latest ransomware gang to start deploying a dedicated Linux locker for encrypting VMware ESXi virtual machines. Cybersecurity company Trend Micro, whose analysts spotted the new ransomware variant, says the locker is designed to first check whether it’s running in an ESXi environment before executing and that it can evade detection on […]

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Three games will leave the Xbox Game Pass by the end of July

Three games will be leaving the Xbox Game Pass on July 31. Until then, subscribers still have the chance to buy the respective games at a 20 percent discount with Microsoft’s member discount. Microsoft had already announced that only three new games would be added to the Xbox Game Pass by the end of July. […]

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New Epic Games Store free games giveaway arrives with $45 face value

Epic Games’ latest game giveaway is now live. While recent giveaways have focused on providing one free game, this week’s giveaway extends to two titles with a $44.98 face value. The Epic Games Store has updated its weekly game giveaway, which it will honour until July 26. To recap, the storefront gave away Floppy Knights last week, […]

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Gigabyte Z790 AORUS Master X Motherboard Review

Gigabyte’s updated Z790 Aorus Master X ($550) is a definite (though iterative) improvement over the original. You get Wi-Fi 7, 10GbE, EZ Latches all around, 14 USB ports on the rear IO, and some of the fastest memory support for the platform. But $550, it’s not cheap, and the price increase (for all new boards) […]

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HP OmniBook X review: 16-hour Snapdragon X power

Long battery life meets premium design in one of the nicer new Arm-powered portables HP’s Omnibook X is an excellent laptop with 16 hours of battery life in our testing. But Windows on Arm still feels more “surprisingly good” than great. And rather than spending $1,199 on a premium Snapdragon X Elite laptop right now, […]

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OnePlus ACE 3 Pro Review: The Imperfect Flagship Killer

OnePlus ACE 3 Pro OnePlus ACE 3 Pro, the latest OnePlus device was launched last week. The new phone is another OnePlus’ mid-ranger (or flagship killer) powered by Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. As using the OnePlus-family design, it is easy to get confused with the OnePlus 12, both inside and out. After we’ve done some […]

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BPI-M5 Pro Review: New Raspberry Pi Alternative

The BPI-M5 Pro is Banana Pi’s latest attempt to dethrone the Raspberry Pi 5. Available for roughly $130 with 8 GB of RAM, the BPI-M5 Pro contains numerous ports and expansion options, as well as a Rockchip RK3576 chipset. Two months have now passed since Banana Pi presented the BPI-M5 Pro. Since then, it has […]

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How to Cool Down Your Overheating Gaming Laptop: Tips and Solutions

Use these tips to cool down your laptop with minimal loss to gaming performance. What comes to mind when you think “powerful gaming setup”? Perhaps a monstrous PC tower in RGB-spiked glory. Or, if you’re like me, a top-of-the-line gaming laptop with absolute frame-crunching performance. But when you confine such power into the tight constraints […]

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