Month: August 2026
Experts warn expired credit cards can be brought back from the dead to make contactless payments
Researchers show how an expired contactless card can still complete a real purchase because the expiry date the terminal reads is not covered by its signature The attack needs physical possession of the discarded card and two ordinary smartphones, and results vary per bank, with Visa cards being susceptible in…
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TikTok will pay $400 million to settle Justice Department lawsuit over child privacy
The DoJ said the app has made significant strides in privacy protections since the 2024 suit. Source
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‘Took me months to work this out’: Redditor explains how Windows 11 can end up stripping out the GPU driver on your gaming laptop
Windows 11 can remove a discrete GPU driver as part of its clean-up routines, as shown on Reddit This can happen if the laptop has been in Eco mode for an extended period Because the GPU is effectively gated off from the system, the driver is marked as unused and…
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Insidious: Out of the Further review — the new horror movie is the franchise’s scariest yet, but that doesn’t mean it’s good
Why you can trust TechRadar We spend hours testing every product or service we review, so you can be sure you’re buying the best. Find out more about how we test. Insidious, we meet again. For the sixth time, in fact. It’s become one of the world’s biggest horror franchises…
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This 9-in-1 USB dock with a Blu-ray drive just smashed its Kickstarter goal by 300x—as backers succumb to dongle fatigue and physical media nostalgia
The BluHub reads and writes Blu-rays, DVDs and CDs It has 4x USB 3.0 ports and two card reader slots The Kickstarter Super Early bird price is $59 (about £40 / AU$80) If you’ve got a fairly recent computer you’ll be vividly aware that for everything but high-powered gaming PCs,…
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Take-Two subpoenas Discord and Microsoft in hunt for GTA VI leaker
The company is searching for leakers ahead of GTA's November release. Source
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