Month: December 2022
Huawei’s latest smartwatch comes with a secret pair of earbuds
Audio player loading… Huawei has unveiled an all-new gadget that merges two wearables – a smartwatch and wireless earbuds – into one unlikely combo. The not-so-creatively named Huawei Watch Buds will provide users with all the benefits of a smartwatch – being a device that’s both a timepiece and fitness…
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Twitter alternative Hive shuts down to fix major security issues
Audio player loading… Hive Social, one of the microblogging platforms that gained popularity following Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter, has gone offline while it fixes a number of major security issues. In the days following Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, many users fled to alternative microblogging platforms, such as Mastodon and…
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These are the file types most likely to be hiding malware
Audio player loading… For the first time in three years, Microsoft Office files are no longer the most common file type for malware distribution. That’s according to HP Wolf Security’s latest Threat Insights Report (opens in new tab) for Q3 2022. Analyzing data from “millions of endpoints” running its cybersecurity…
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Roku’s Streaming Stick 4K is on sale for $25, plus all the Cyber Week deals you can still get
Black Friday and Cyber Monday may be behind us, but many of the deals are still live as of today. A few deals even popped up after the shopping holidays ended, keeping our deals radar from getting rusty. Samsung still has a few good discounts including the Galaxy Z Fold…
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Safeguarding against next-gen cyber risks
Audio player loading… The notion that cyber security is ever-shifting is widely understood, but it’s important to define what this means, exactly. The scale and impact of cyber crime has dramatically increased over time. In the last decade, in particular, the rise of ransomware has made cyber security a major…
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Lots of firms still don’t really seem to be fully backing hybrid working
Audio player loading… New research from VMWare suggests that many employers aren’t all that keen on hybrid working, despite numerous studies suggesting that WFH could have a positive effect on productivity. The company’s report (opens in new tab), “The Distributed Work Dilemma: When Innovation and Job Satisfaction Compete”, surveyed 5,300…
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