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Twitter is removing over a million spam accounts every day
Audio player loading… Twitter has revealed it currently removes one million bots every day in order to keep its platform safe.. Bots, in this context, are malicious, or spam accounts, fake identities (opens in new tab) that leave meaningless comments on people’s tweets, or are used to promote an account,…
Read MoreThis reimagining of the Game Boy looks like a prototype Nintendo could have made
Imagine if Nintendo made a Game Boy Advance without the Advance part. That’s what video game console and handheld modder Obirux did: they created a reimagined original Game Boy handheld that retains the aesthetic language of the 1989 model but reoriented it as a horizontally handled system akin to the…
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Xbox Cloud Gaming looks worse on Linux — here’s why it’s bad and how to fix it
Anyone who’s tried the Xbox Cloud Gaming beta on Linux (which is likely a small crowd, I know) may have noticed that the image quality is a little rough, even by cloud gaming standards. Now, though, community members have found a quick workaround to get better image quality, and we…
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Still on Verizon 3G? You might be getting a new, free phone
Audio player loading… Verizon’s 3G CDMA network will shut down on December 31, 2022, but the carrier revealed it’s handing out free phones to the users who stayed on the old connection standard. These new phones (opens in new tab) work on the current 4G LTE network and aren’t anything…
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A nasty new malware strain is stealing data from Linux devices
Audio player loading… A new Linux (opens in new tab) malware has been discovered that is capable of avoiding detection by antivirus programs, steals sensitive data from compromised endpoints (opens in new tab) and infects all processes running on a device. Cybersecurity researchers from Intezer Labs say the malware (opens…
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Microsoft has changed its mind about blocking Office macros by default
Audio player loading… Microsoft is quietly rolling back its decision to block Office macros by default, following an earlier announcement that it would indeed implement this on a security basis. The tech giant began blocking macros by default in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Visio in February 2022, claiming the…
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