Month: June 2024
Amazon announces the dates for Prime Day 2024 – and early deals start now
Update: Amazon has now officially confirmed that Amazon Prime Day will take place on July 16 – 17 in the US and the UK after the dates were accidentally leaked earlier this week. As part of this year’s sale, Amazon promises hundreds of thousands of deals on products from popular…
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A PS5 version of Minecraft is here – but it’s not done quite yet
The long-awaited native version of Minecraft for PlayStation 5 has finally arrived, but not in the form that you might expect. Rather than a full release, it is currently only available as a limited early preview that can be accessed by owners of the PlayStation 4 edition of the game.…
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Apple is first company charged with violating EU’s DMA rules
Apple’s App Store “steering” policies violate the EU’s Digital Markets Act meant to encourage competition, said regulators in their preliminary ruling Monday. The European Commission has also opened a new investigation into Apple’s support for alternative iOS marketplaces in Europe, including the core technology fee it charges developers. “Our preliminary position…
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The cheaper Apple Vision Pro could come with these big trade-offs –and make the Meta Quest 3 look a bargain
The Apple Vision Pro is one of the best VR headsets you can buy, but all of that power comes with a significant price tag – and a new report has shed light on how a cheaper Apple Vision might bring that asking price down significantly, if nowhere near as low…
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Hackers disrupt Euro 2024 streams — Russian attackers suspected of taking broadcasts offline
One of the official broadcasters of Euro 2024 has confirmed it was hit by multiple cyberattacks that disrupted online transmission of a key match. Polish broadcaster TVP said in a post on Twitter/X that it has been targeted by distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on two separate occasions during…
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Escalating global cyber threats require robust layered security measures
Routinely, research exposes the rapidly changing landscape of email-based threats, and the innovative tactics as malicious actors relentlessly shift tactics, probing for vulnerabilities of humans and software with cunning, innovative attacks. The latest analysis of over 1.8 billion emails in Q1 of this year reveals that the US is the…
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