Month: June 2024
AI domain marketplace BrandPa acquired by HostPapa
Web hosting and cloud service provider, HostPapa, has acquired premium AI domain marketplace business BrandPa. The deal means BrandPa’s domain sellers will get better opportunities to showcase their premium domains to HostPapa’s existing web hosting customers and have more payment options and an increased level of support. The exact terms…
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Everything you need to know about the tech at the Paris Olympics
Legendary sportscaster Al Michaels is going to give daily, personalized recaps of the Paris Olympics on Peacock — well, an AI-generated Al Michaels voice will. In practice, the effect is a lot like hearing a sports announcer’s voice in a video game like Madden, except it’s spitting out lines about…
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Microsoft console files are being exploited to let hackers gain access to private systems
Hackers are now using custom-made MSC files to abuse a known, but unpatched, Windows cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability which could allows them to remotely execute malware or malicious code on target devices. Cybersecurity researchers from the Elastic team recently spotted threat actors distributing Microsoft Saved Console (MSC) files, which are…
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Meta Quest 3’s next update steals the Vision Pro’s best productivity feature… kinda
The Meta Quest 3 looks set to be taking yet another step towards being an Apple Vision Pro that doesn’t cost $3,499 / £3,499 / AU$5,999, by taking yet another feature from the Apple headset for itself. This time it’s a new window layout style, though it’s not really fair…
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Surface Pro Copilot+ review: The best Surface tablet ever made, no thanks to AI
It’s taken 12 years, but Microsoft has finally made an Arm-powered Surface tablet that I don’t want to toss out of a window. The new Surface Pro, one of the company’s first Copilot+ AI PCs, is astoundingly fast and power-efficient, thanks to Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon X Elite chip. It can…
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Apple’s M2-powered Mac Mini is down to one of its best prices
Apple may have released a bunch of new and improved laptops over the last few months, but the Mac Mini remains a solid desktop machine if you just need a basic computer for your home. And right now, Amazon is selling the latest M2-powered Mac Mini with the upgraded 512GB of…
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