Month: August 2023
Google is picking up the pace of Chrome security update releases
Google’s “milestone” Chrome releases in the stable channel that come every four weeks will now be accompanied by weekly security updates (previously biweekly) to help close the “patch gap” between fixes appearing in Canary / Beta releases and when they go out to most users. Bad actors could potentially see what changes…
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Gizmodo editor-in-chief sues Apple over Tetris movie
Gizmodo editor-in-chief Daniel Ackerman has sued Apple and other parties over the 2023 Apple TV Plus film Tetris, alleging it rips off his 2016 book The Tetris Effect. Ackerman claims Apple, Tetris rightsholder the Tetris Company, the Tetris film’s producers, and screenwriter Noah Pink copied “the exact same feel, tone,…
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Microsoft shortens its Xbox Game Pass trials just before Starfield’s release
Microsoft has shortened its $1 Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass trials to just 14 days instead of a month, just weeks before the release of Starfield. After running for years, the $1 trial for new Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers stopped in March before returning last month…
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Joe Biden’s new monument near the Grand Canyon stops some — but not all — uranium mining
The Biden administration announced the creation of a new national monument surrounding the Grand Canyon in the hopes of protecting it from mining and development. But that still won’t stop a controversial mine from producing uranium within the monument’s boundaries. Biden’s designation of a new national monument is expected to…
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Hackers had access to UK voter data for over a year before anyone noticed
A cyberattack that began in August 2021 exposed the personal data of people in the United Kingdom who registered to vote between 2014 and 2022. The attack wasn’t detected until October 2022, the UK Electoral Commission reported today. Attackers would have also had access to data from voters who’d opted…
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Save 68% on a new VPN plan with this NordVPN deal
One of the best VPN services on the market, now comes at an absolute bargain, offering a special discount and some tasty freebies to get even more VPN protection at no extra cost. Perhaps the biggest name in the industry, NordVPN has just dropped its price of 68% off its…
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