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Millions of WordPress sites are being scanned for potential attacks
Audio player loading… Cybercriminals have spotted an abandoned WordPress (opens in new tab) plugin that is vulnerable to a high-severity flaw, and are now on the hunt for any websites using it. Security firm Wordfence found that since July 4, cybercriminals have scanned almost 1.6 million WordPress site in search…
Read MoreThe best student discounts we found for 2022
Your college years can be some of the best of your life, but we know it can be tough to enjoy them when you’re scrounging every dollar for textbooks, food and (if you’re lucky) the occasional outing with friends. Money is tight when you’re a student, and that financial stress…
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Intel CPUs could get more expensive – so should we worry about Raptor Lake pricing?
Audio player loading… Intel could push through some potentially considerable price hikes on processors and some other components, according to a new report. Obviously as with any such speculation, treat it as just that – informed gossip from the grapevine, which in this case comes from three industry executives with…
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Log4j security threats could be here for a long time
Audio player loading… It’s going to take years, maybe even a decade, to completely eradicate the threat posed by the Log4j (opens in new tab) vulnerability, security experts have warned. The US Government Cyber Safety Review Board has analyzed what caused the Log4j flaw, and tried to come up with…
Read MoreTech journalism’s accessibility problem
Six years ago, Apple introduced the touch bar, a thin touchscreen strip that replaced the usual row of function buttons on its MacBook Pros. To say it has been controversial would be an understatement. Among tech media’s elite, it’s one of the most widely and consistently bemoaned gadget features in…
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The Morning After: Apple’s best MacBook is the MacBook Air M2
Remember when Steve Jobs pulled the original MacBook Air out of a Manila envelope? That was 2008. The Air series of laptops kickstarted the era of ultraportables, but Apple’s slimmest PCs were often underpowered compared to the Windows competition that appeared. Now, with Apple’s very own, very powerful silicon, the…
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