Month: June 2022
You can buy access to a company’s data on the Dark Web for less than a Macbook
Audio player loading… Cybercriminals looking to gain access to a company’s endpoints and infrastructure can do that for the price of a Macbook, and sometimes even less, a new report has found. Kaspersky analyzed some 200 posts on the dark web, advertising stolen data, or stolen access to companies of…
Read MoreDuckDuckGo slammed by Brave CEO over supposed Microsoft deal
Audio player loading… The CEO of crypto-oriented browser (opens in new tab) Brave has slammed rival DuckDuckGo over its affiliation to Microsoft and the wider online tracker (opens in new tab) controversy. For the uninitiated, DuckDuckGo’s mobile browser was recently discovered to have been permitting Microsoft’s trackers (opens in new…
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Windows 11 update breaks Wi-Fi hotspot feature for some PCs
Audio player loading… Microsoft’s latest update, which rolled out June 16, is already causing an issue with some PCs. According to the official Microsoft (opens in new tab) post – spotted by Windows Central – Windows 11 update KB5014697 is preventing the Wi-Fi hotspot feature from working correctly on some…
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Three crypto firms are down bad this week, and things may get worse
This week has revealed to the average investor just how interconnected cryptocurrency firms are. Two firms have frozen withdrawals, and a cryptocurrency hedge fund is in trouble. Celsius Network, Babel Finance, and Three Arrows Capital are floundering, and it’s not yet clear how extensive the damage may be. All three…
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The Engadget guide to the best midrange smartphones
A great smartphone doesn’t have to cost a fortune. Years of commoditization have brought features once exclusive to high-end devices – including big batteries, multi-camera arrays and high refresh rate displays – down to their more affordable siblings. As one of Engadget’s resident mobile geeks, I’ve reviewed dozens of midrange…
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Epic Games Store will randomly ask users to rate games to prevent review bombing
Epic Games has added a long-awaited feature to its store: user ratings. The company says that only those who have played a game for at least two hours will be able to rate it on a five-star scale. Not everyone will be able to rate a game either. Epic will…
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