Month: January 2023
MSI Secure Boot goes haywire for a whole host of motherboards
Audio player loading… The latest firmware update for MSI motherboards broke a major security feature, putting countless computers at risk of malware (opens in new tab) and other threats, a security expert has claimed. Researcher Dawid Potocki discovered the recently-released firmware update version 7C02v3C changed the default Secure Boot setting…
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Microsoft Viva wants to help you hit all your workplace goals
Audio player loading… Microsoft Viva has announced a suite of new updates to its goal-setting and objectives and key results (OKR) management solution in a bid to help more users increase goal-related clarity, productivity and motivation. Among the changes are an improved integration with other company products, like Microsoft Teams…
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What we bought: Topre’s Realforce keyboard is totally impractical, but I can’t go back
There are two points I want you to take away from this article. The first: An overwhelming majority of people do not need to pay $300 for a keyboard. Easy enough. But I’m about to wax poetic about one particular $300 keyboard that has made my life better, and I…
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Taylor Swift and the music industry’s next $20
I have this theory that music is usually about five years ahead of the rest of media in terms of its relationship to tech — whether that’s new formats based on new tech, like vinyl to CDs, new business models like streaming, or simply being disrupted by new kinds of…
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Watch Apple’s 19-minute M2 MacBook Pro and Mini intro video
Today’s introduction of new Pro and Max variants of Apple’s M2 chip — as well as MacBook Pro laptops and a Mac Mini desktop to hold them — didn’t come with a trip to Apple Park. Don’t worry, though; the company still put its presentation machine to work on this…
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Samsung expands self-repair program to include S22 and Galaxy Book devices
Samsung expanded its self-repair program for Galaxy devices today, adding the latest flagship smartphones and, for the first time, PCs. As you may remember, the initiative is a team-up with iFixit, which provides tools and online self-repair guides. Starting today, you can order repair kits for the 15-inch models of…
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