Month: February 2024
These were the most common phishing emails of 2023 — make sure you don’t get caught out as well
Phishing has long been a popular vector for cybercriminals in order to coax valuable information out of victims – and 2023 was no different. A new report from email security firm Codefense has delved into the most common themes in email phishing attacks last year. The themes it assigned were…
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12 Best USB Flash Drives (2024): Pen Drives, Thumb Drives, Memory Sticks
These WIRED-tested memory sticks are a virtual filing cabinet in your pocket. Source
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How we all get news now
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 24, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, so psyched you found us, and also, you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading Kyle Chayka’s great book…
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The Apple Vision Pro’s Killer App Is … Kitchen Timers
It’s meant to be the best mixed reality gear yet, so why are we again grading it on how well it helps us cook pasta? Source
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Arm’s former unofficial tech futurologist joins obscure startup that wants to solve AI’s sustainability problem — by developing computers that consume almost no power
Artificial Intelligence systems, particularly those involving machine learning and deep learning, require a huge amount of energy, due to the computational intensity of the tasks they perform. These processes require powerful hardware, which in turn consume a lot of electricity. Microsoft is even considering powering its data centers with nuclear…
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Google Bard could soon become Gemini, and appear inside more apps
The AI chatbot Google Bard is one of the fastest evolving apps in the Google collection at the moment – and it looks as though its branding is about to evolve too, with Google set to rename it as Gemini. This comes from developer Dylan Roussel (via Engadget), who has…
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