Tag: computing
Heading back to school or college? Here’s how to get free and discounted apps to level-up your studies
It’s back-to-school season, which means there are plenty of great deals to be had on everything tech related. But you don’t have to be going to school or college to get in on the action — in fact, there all sorts of ways to score a discount, whatever your situation.…
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Experts warn 2,000 hacked WordPress sites were secretly running a global crime ring
Researchers uncover vast cybercrime ring running on computers and infected domains where outdated versions of WordPress were installed The StopAndProtect investigation revealed the WordPress content management system was key to the ring’s success; both the core software and third-party plugins were subverted Around 2,000 WordPress sites were hijacked by the…
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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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‘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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No driver, no problem — devs use Claude AI to craft native macOS tool for an ‘obscure’ Windows-only printer
India-based developer Kuber Mehta uses Claude Code to create a macOS driver for the HP Laser 1008a Previously, only the official drivers for Windows and Linux were available for the relatively obscure 2023 laser printer The AI-generated driver was created over a series of meticulous prompts, and is now available…
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Meta smart glasses could soon be banned in cinemas, says UK trade body — but this time it’s more about piracy than privacy
UK movie theatres considering smart glasses ban The ban would be over privacy and piracy concerns It’s yet another instance of private bans restricting the tech Privacy concerns have rocked Meta’s smart glasses business. They’re being ridiculed online as ‘perv glasses,’ and their use is banned in a growing number…
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