Month: April 2024
Credential spraying from thousands of IP addresses are targeting VPNs, Cisco warns
For a month now, hackers have been mounting a large-scale credential stuffing attack against multiple Virtual Private Network (VPN) instances around the world. At the moment, it’s hard to say who is behind the attack, or what the motives are, but researchers have some clues. As reported by Ars Technica,…
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Apple renews For All Mankind and announces a spinoff series set in the Soviet Union
For All Mankind is coming back for a fifth season of space-based alt-history hijinks on Apple TV+. This is unsurprising news, given the near-universal critical acclaim heaped on season four. However, the company also surprise-announced a spinoff series called Star City that will follow the Russian space program. Original series…
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Boston Dynamics’ new Atlas robot is a swiveling, shape-shifting nightmare
Boston Dynamics wanted the new version to show that Atlas can keep a humanoid form without limiting “how a bipedal robot can move.” The new version has been redesigned with swiveling joints that the company claims make it “uniquely capable of tackling dull, dirty, and dangerous tasks.” “We designed the…
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Your Sky TV just got 10 times better with a load of useful free updates
You may have missed the 500 updates that Sky has rolled out to its Entertainment operating system (OS) over the past three years, but several changes are rolling out today, and a ton more to follow that you won’t want to miss knowing about. Starting today (April 17), Sky TV…
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X’s AI bot is so dumb it can’t tell the difference between a bad game and vandalism
Last night, Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson had a rough outing shooting 0 for 10 in a loss against the Sacramento Kings, ending the team’s chances of making the NBA playoffs. But then, almost as if to add insult to injury, X’s AI bot Grok generated a trending story…
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The OnePlus Watch 2 is what redemption looks like
At the end of February, a large package arrived on my doorstep. Inside were 11 boxes containing the same version of the $299.99 OnePlus Watch 2. My eyes watered and I whispered, “Not again.” This was a shipping accident. My box had 10 more watches than I needed for a…
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