Month: July 2020
Google is releasing a free phone backup tool for iOS
Last year, Google added automatic Android phone backups to Google One, the company’s “membership” program that includes Drive storage, family sharing and a handful of other perks. It made sense for Google to bake that feature right into Android, but… Source
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New Netflix phishing scam uncovered – here’s how to stay safe null
Security analysts have uncovered a dangerous and highly convincing new Netflix phishing scam, capable of evading traditional email security software. Identified by researchers at Armorblox, the phishing email masquerades as a billing error alert, pressing the victim to update their payment details within 24 hours or have their Netflix subscription…
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The next Intel processors could adopt one of AMD Ryzen’s most important features null
When Intel launched its 10th-generation Comet Lake-S processors, one of the biggest things that held us back from recommending them was the lack of PCIe 4.0 support – but that could be changing. Some leaked SiSoftware Sandra benchmark results have appeared via VideoCardz, with 11th-generation Rocket Lake-S processors paired with…
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Valorant’s newest hero has some adorable robots
Killjoy is the latest character coming to Riot’s team shooter Valorant, and she’s a German hacker with what sounds like some useful skills. She has access to a turret and a nanoswarm grenade that should shake up the game’s meta. The most important part, though, is that she has some…
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Fighting identity crime bots with Moving Target Defense null
A data breach where personal data is exposed is one of the most common ways that fraudsters are able to commit identity theft. But it’s not just names, birth dates, and addresses that identity thieves are targeting. In a technique called ‘credential stuffing’, credentials that are obtained from a data…
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Spotify tests visual quote cards for The Michelle Obama Podcast
One of Spotify’s biggest original podcast bets, The Michelle Obama Podcast, premieres today and with it comes the test of a new product feature: shareable quote cards. People in the test will be able to press play on the podcast, and colorful cards with quotes available to share will appear…
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