Month: June 2024
I’ve been using Google Search for 25 years and AI overview is the one thing that could ruin it for me
Google is search. It has competitors, but they’re like barnacles on the base of a mighty ship, slicing through the internet. No one does search better and yet, Google insists on mucking up its stellar results with, naturally, artificial intelligence. If you know me – and by now I assume…
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Samsung sues Oura to block Oura from suing Samsung over the Galaxy Ring
Samsung has filed a lawsuit against Oura to try to head off intellectual property disputes as the Galaxy Ring launch draws near. The suit notes that Oura has used its patent portfolio to sue smaller wearable tech competitors and has hinted it may do the same against the much larger…
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It’s June 2024 and Panasonic wants you to buy an ultraportable laptop with a round touchpad — Let’s Note has a 14th gen Intel Core Ultra CPU, 5G connectivity but also a VGA from 1987 and a LAN port
Anyone looking for the best laptop or the best business laptop will likely have come across some of Panasonic‘s designed-for-experts models, including the Let’s Note series, which is extremely popular in Japan. We last met the Panasonic Let’s Note in 2023, specifically the Let’s Note SR 12.4, which launched in…
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Windows 11’s AI Recall feature is blasted by a security expert as ‘one of the most ridiculous security failings I’ve ever seen’
Microsoft has already been dragged over the coals regarding its Recall functionality inbound for Windows 11 by security researchers and privacy watchdogs alike – and it’ll need a flame-retardant suit for the latest fiery outpouring against the AI-powered feature. This comes from security expert Kevin Beaumont, as highlighted by The…
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Instagram is testing ‘unskippable’ ads that you can’t scroll past
Instagram is testing “ad breaks” that force you to stop and look at an ad for a period of time before you can continue scrolling. Several X and Reddit users reported seeing the feature, and Instagram spokesperson Matthew Tye confirmed to The Verge that ad breaks are being tested. Tye…
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US government warns on critical Linux security flaw, urges users to patch immediately
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a new flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, signaling in-the-wild abuse, and giving federal agencies a patching deadline. The vulnerability is described as a “use-after-free” flaw, found in Linux kernels from 5.14.21 up to 6.6.14. Popular Linux distros…
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