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Snag Microsoft 365 for your whole family for less than $5 a month
You can snap up a Microsoft 365 family subscription for 15 months at a huge discount—and get a $20 Amazon gift card, too.
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Free books! Get a free Kindle Unlimited trial on Prime Day
During Amazon Prime Day, Prime members can get a three-month subscription for free—even if you were a previous subscriber.
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9 techy travel hacks for your next trip
If you're planning to venture off for fun and adventure, let tech make your next vacation that much more pleasant. Here are some software- and web-based travel hacks you need to try out.
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US Navy researchers expose Microsoft Teams security flaws
"TeamsPhisher" can be used to slip messages and attachments past basic Teams security.
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Meta Threads hands on: A cleaner, friendlier Twitter
Meta, Facebook's parent company, has launched Threads, its new Twitter rival. Here's how to join Threads, and our first impressions of using it.
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ChatGPT's web browser was too good, so its creators blocked it
OpenAI has stripped ChatGPT of its ability to browse the web via Bing, as it was too good at getting the paid content users asked for.
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Reddit blackout: Thousands of subreddits still dark as user protest continues
The social media site also suffered service outages during the early part of Monday morning.
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Call of Duty developers are (rightfully) messing with cheating gamers
Modern Warfare 2 cheaters will find their games filled with "hallucinations" that don't appear to regular players.
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Stream Deck's iOS app now includes free shortcuts
Six shortcut buttons are now available for free. Unless you're on Android, then you've gotta pay up.
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I'm mad about Outlook replacing my Mail app, and here's why
Microsoft said last week that it will replace Windows' Mail and Calendar apps with Outlook for Windows. It's a bad idea for several reasons.
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Hackers compete to take over a satellite… in space
The competition has previously focussed on satellites that were still down on Earth.
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Clippy is back in a new, unauthorized Windows AI app
Clippy by Firecube takes Microsoft's Office Assistant paperclip and turns it into a front end for a ChatGPT-powered AI within Windows.
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Messenger and Instagram get new tools for parental control
Parents can now limit time spent in Messenger as well as see who their teen is connected to and communicating with in both apps.
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Microsoft Teams now has a ******* profanity filter
Microsoft Teams now allows you to filter out the f-bombs and other potty language everyone else (not you!) uses.
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Zelda's Koroks need smaller backpacks. Period.
Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is a phenomenal game, but the backpack Koroks are a major thorn in my side.
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LastPass 2FA reset prompts are locking users out of accounts
Some customers can't access passwords after resyncing their two-factor authentication apps. If you're one of them, here's how to get it fixed.
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Stadia lives! Google testing games on YouTube
Rise from your Google Grave! The WSJ reports that YouTube is testing a system to stream games directly to the browser and app.
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U.S. Army warns against unsolicited smartwatches sent to service members
Watches sent out may be filled with malware, but more likely are just a brushing scam.
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YouTuber turns a Raspberry Pi-powered truck into a giant printer
This project pulls together the beloved single-board computer, a pickup truck, a little bit of water, and a lot of ingenuity to create an enormous dot matrix printer.
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12 Steam Next Fest game demos you must play
Steam’s week of free demos spans hundreds of games—some of them quite good. If you don’t know where to start, try some of our favorites.
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Microsoft Outlook: Here's a workaround for slow startups
Experiencing slow startups or outright freezing when opening Outlook? Microsoft recently shared a temporary solution—and a proper fix is on the way, too.
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Edit video like a pro: Absolutely free tools and resources
Video editing software is plentiful, and there is a wide range of free software available. You can even cut your films in the same program that many Hollywood editors use.
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EVE Online's Excel integration is live: Pretend spaceships, real spreadsheets
Players can export their EVE Online data to Excel for free, no Office subscription required.
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Update your Asus Wi-Fi router right now
Asus says its high-end ROG, RT, TUF, and ZenWiFi routers have critical security vulnerabilities.
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Microsoft's best Windows app store is actually Github
Great Windows apps on GitHub, and what to know before downloading them.
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Outlook, OneDrive outages caused by DDoS attack, Microsoft says
Microsoft says 'Anonymous Sudan' launched massive DDoS attacks on Outlook, OneDrive, and other Microsoft 365 services, bringing them to their knees.
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Western Digital is forcing outdated My Cloud devices offline
Users are being barred from accessing My Cloud services if their NAS devices haven’t yet been updated to a current firmware version.
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Go play Art of Rally for a perfect mix of racing skill and chill
This single-player rally racing game looks simple, but requires incredible focus and precision
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Get Guacamelee, a killer Metroidvania beat-em-up, free on Epic Games
Guacamelee and Guacamelee 2 are free for everyone this week on the Epic Games Store.
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Have a ball with Google's secret Katamari game
Google's latest Easter egg honors everyone's favorite video game about sticky balls.
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Windows 10 pirate downloads hide money-stealing malware
Hackers are exploiting the huge popularity of Windows 10 to spread malware.
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Android apps on Windows 11 get file sharing access
The latest update going out to Windows Insider builds adds a much-requested quality-of-life upgrade.
Opinion
Diablo IV's horses are a steaming pile of disappointment
The horse mount in Blizzard's Diablo IV is the biggest thorn in my side.
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US FTC moves to block Microsoft-Activision deal
On top of a forthcoming lawsuit, the FTC filed an injunction to stop any merger activities dead in their tracks.
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Microsoft's PC Game Pass titles will start streaming on GeForce Now
Games featured on Microsoft's popular all-you-can-eat Game Pass service will be playable through Nvidia's cloud system later this year.
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American Truck Simulator players are being recruited to drive real big rigs
In-game billboards are now adertising job vacancies for a real trucking company, including training
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Heck yeah! Brave’s browser now has vertical tabs, too
Refuse to use Microsoft Edge, yet still long for vertical tabs built into your browser? Brave now offers the feature, and enabling it is dead simple.
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Instagram is gearing up to release a Twitter competitor
Began as a project back in January, Meta’s “response to Twitter” was shown at a recent company-wide meeting.
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Google Drive is killing support for Windows 8, 8.1, and 10 32-bit
Google is letting go of the past with its app support, putting added pressure on hold-outs to finally upgrade to Windows 10—and the 64-bit version at that.
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Chrome adds Windows biometric logins to its password powers
Google wants you to store your passwords inside its browser, and its added powerful security features to lure you in: biometric logins within Windows, password notes, and import features.
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Dozens of popular Minecraft mods are infected with malware
CurseForge and Bukkit accounts were compromised, loading up mods with millions of downloads with spyware.
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Vivaldi spoofs Edge to access Bing Chat as AI wars turn vicious
Vivaldi 6.1 will identify itself as Microsoft Edge to access Bing Chat's AI chatbot, which Vivaldi believes is being unfairly blocked by Microsoft.
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Blackmailers are using AI to generate nudes from social media photos
The FBI warns of new extortion methods enabled by deepfake software, used against both adults and children.
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Update Chrome now—yet another nasty exploit is out in the wild
Another zero-day flaw has been discovered in Chrome, and like the other two discovered earlier this year, it’s apparently a doozy.
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An exploit can reveal your KeePass master password in plaintext
This vulnerability in KeePass edition 2.x allows retrieval of the password safeguarding the database—and administrator rights on the PC aren’t needed. But a fix is on the way.
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Your PC might have a malicious Chrome extension installed
Google has nuked 34 harmful Chrome extensions totalling 75 million downloads from its Web Store, but if you installed one of them, you’re still at risk.
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Tons of Gigabyte motherboards come with a hidden firmware backdoor (Update: Patched)
Gigabyte's motherboard backdoor installs software updates from unsecured web servers.
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Reddit is going to war with its own users
An upcoming policy change could kill third-party Reddit apps and subreddits are fighting back.
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The problem with built-in password managers
Built-in password managers from Apple, Google, and Microsoft: Worth using?
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