Month: August 2024
GitHub Enterprise Server has a critical security flaw, so patch now
GitHub Enterprise Server, the self-hosted version of the GitHub platform, was found carrying a vulnerability that allowed malicious actors to elevate their privileges to admin. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-6800, and has a severity rating of 9.5/10 (critical), is described as an XML signature wrapping issue. It happens when the…
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Google reaches a $250 million deal to skirt proposed journalism bill
Google’s new deal with California lawmakers will pay newsrooms across the state up to $250 million over the next five years, while also helping the tech giant avoid an even bigger bill. The first-in-the-nation agreement, funded by taxpayers, Google, and potentially other private sources, allows the search giant to evade…
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Instagram copies…Myspace?
If there's one thing that's guaranteed in the world of social media, it's that platforms are going to copy each other's features. However, the newest iteration of this is still surprising, to say the least. Instagram has announced a new music feature that allows you to attach a song to…
Read MoreGoogle Pixel 9 review: The go-to Android smartphone
For the first half of Android’s existence, Google was happy simply being in charge of the OS while other manufacturers built a massive ecosystem of devices. Things changed in 2016 with the launch of the original Pixel, a phone that married the company’s hardware and software designs. But even that…
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2K Games confirms Mafia: The Old Country will have Sicilian voice acting after some confusion
2K Games and Hangar 13 have confirmed that Mafia: The Old Country will have Sicilian voice acting after fans notice the absence of an Italian dub option on Steam. For the final, surprise announcement at Gamescom Opening Night Live, it was announced that the next game in the Mafia series,…
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The ad-free Kindle Kids has dropped below $100 for the first time this year
I will be the first to admit that the Kindle deals we saw during Amazon Prime Day in July were lackluster at best. Only the note-taking Kindle Scribe saw a discount worth highlighting, though, thankfully, we’re starting to see prices drop across the entire lineup. Right now, for instance, the…
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