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Battle of the pivot tables: Diarmuid ‘The LeBron James of Excel’ Early defeats three-time champion Andrew Ngai to claim the 2025 Excel World Championship and a $5,000 cash prize
Diarmuid Early outperformed eleven rivals in intense thirty-minute Excel challenges The championship included unconventional tasks like creatively folding Excel modules Early received a cash prize and a wrestling-style championship belt for his win The Microsoft Excel World Championship 2025 concluded with a dramatic finish as Diarmuid “The LeBron James of…
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Finally! Another external USB4 SSD hit the market — and this one is likely to be far more affordable than rivals
TeamGroup PD40 reaches 4000MB/s read and 3500MB/s write speeds The PD40 comes in three large capacities – 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB The device weighs only 22 grams and resembles an oversized flash drive TeamGroup has introduced the PD40, a small USB4 external drive designed for users who want high performance…
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Google adds prompt injection defenses to Chrome
Google strengthens Chrome against indirect prompt injection attacks with new defenses Features: User Alignment Critic & Agent Origin Sets for safer agent actions Agents now log activity and seek approval before accessing sensitive sites Google is adding new defenses to the Chrome browser, to make sure its agentic capabilities cannot…
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Maximum severity React2Shell flaw exploited by North Korean hackers in malware attacks
React2Shell (CVE-2025-55182) critical flaw exploited by Chinese and North Korean groups North Korea deploys EtherRAT implant with Ethereum C2, Linux persistence, and Node.js runtime Researchers urge urgent updates to patched React versions 19.0.1, 19.1.2, and 19.2.1 The Chinese are not the only ones exploiting React2Shell, a maximum-severity vulnerability that was…
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Microsoft issues patches for 56 security flaws – all ‘important’ severity or above
Microsoft Patch Tuesday fixes 56 vulnerabilities, including one actively exploited zero-day Key flaws: CVE-2025-62221 privilege escalation, Copilot RCE, PowerShell Invoke-WebRequest RCE Updates bring Copilot UI tweaks, File Explorer fixes, and PowerShell warnings Microsoft has released this month’s Patch Tuesday cumulative update, fixing a total of 56 vulnerabilities found across the…
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Corporate leaders and investors enthusiastic about AI – but the public isn’t so convinced
Investors have a moderately high level of optimism surrounding AI They still have concerns about sustainability and staffing Corporate leaders might have to listen to investors more New Just Capital research found that while most corporate leaders (93%) and investors (80%) predict AI will have a net positive effect on…
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