Month: March 2023
Microsoft is arming intrepid Windows 12 testers with free flash drives
Some Windows testers are receiving the offer of a free flash drive from Microsoft, although exactly who is being given the chance to pick up a freebie USB stick is slightly confusing. Windows Latest (opens in new tab) reports that they received an email from Microsoft regarding the new Canary…
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Facebook misused Dutch data, court finds
Facebook “broke the law” by “improperly using” personal data belonging to the citizens of The Netherlands between 2010 and 2020. This was said during the hearing of a class action lawsuit in a Dutch court against Facebook Ireland, the social media giant’s European subsidiary. In a summary, the ruling of…
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Snapchat’s new parental controls aim to protect minors from sensitive content
Snapchat has rolled out new parental Content Controls to help prevent minors from being exposed to potentially inappropriate content while using the app. Announced on Tuesday, parents and guardians can now access new content filtering capabilities through Snapchat’s Family Center supervision tool to block “sensitive or suggestive” content from appearing…
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The Morning After: NASA reveals its next-gen spacesuit for the next mission to the Moon
NASA and Axiom Space have revealed what Artemis III astronauts will wear when they walk on the Moon. The Artemis III mission is currently slated for December 2025. It’ll be the first crewed lunar landing since Apollo 17 touched down in 1972, and it’s poised to include the first woman…
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Med tech vendor Zoll has one million sensitive records stolen
Zoll Medical, a company that builds hardware and software for the healthcare industry, filed a report with the Office of the Maine Attorney General earlier this month, in which it detailed the hack that resulted in its data theft. As reported by Spiceworks, the company filed the document on March…
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Is Nothing behind mysterious new ‘Particles by XO’ earbuds?
A new Bluetooth SIG listing has 91Mobiles and us speculating whether Nothing could be involved in a second true wireless earbuds brand. By itself the listing isn’t anything interesting. It’s for an unnamed pair of wireless earphones with the model number B154 running the Bluetooth 5.2 standard. But that model…
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