LockBit Developer Rostislav Panev Charged for Billions in Global Ransomware Damages
A dual Russian and Israeli national has been charged in the United States for allegedly being the developer of the now-defunct LockBit ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation since its inception in or around 2019 through at least February 2024. Rostis...
2024-12-21 14:52
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Starlink connectivity on iPhone is almost here, beta registration now open
Earlier this week, T-Mobile announced that you can now register to beta test Starlink connectivity on your mobile phone, with actual testing expected to begin early next year – roughly two years after the initial announcement. more…
2024-12-21 13:00
Qualcomm wins legal battle over Arm — chipmaker didn't violate Arm's chip licensing agreement
Qualcomm celebrates legal victory over Arm in Nuvia-related case.
2024-12-21 12:50
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Microsoft lists a reason why TPM, Secure Boot are required on Windows 11 in 2024-2025
Microsoft added a reason why features like TPM and Secure Boot are important on the latest version of Windows 11. Read more...
2024-12-21 11:42
AMD doesn't want you installing Windows 10 on these Ryzen PCs despite Microsoft's support
The popular Ryzen 7000 series APUs for the budget segment apparently does not support Windows 10 at all, which is rather surprising. Read more...
2024-12-21 11:26
Microsoft removing My Day calendar and to-do list from Microsoft 365 app for Enterprise
Microsoft is removing the My Day feature for Enterprise customers of the Microsoft 365 app. The change will be made next month. Read more...
2024-12-21 11:10
Five last minute Apple gift ideas for your iPhone friends and family
With Christmas now just days away, it’s about time to ‘wrap up’ the holiday shopping season. Everyone is in the midst of hurrying to get their last minute gifts sorted. If you haven’t found something for someone special quite yet, here’s some...
2024-12-21 11:09
Report: Every iPhone model will be able to update to iOS 19, but some iPads left behind
Thanks to a usually-reliable tip off from iPhoneSoft, we may already know device compatibility for Apple’s next major operating system updates coming next year. The report says that every iPhone model that currently supports iOS 18 will also support ...
2024-12-21 11:06
Apple @ Work: SAP releases Privileges 2 to simplify admin access on macOS
  Apple @ Work is exclusively brought to you by Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform. Mosyle is the only solution that integrates in a single professional-grade platform all the solutions necessary to seamlessly and automatically deploy, manage & ...
2024-12-21 11:00
Windows 11’s Microsoft 365 app is taking a new AI-first approach with Copilot
Windows 11's Microsoft 365 app is taking a new AI-first approach and puts all the new AI features in the spotlight with some UI tweaks. The post Windows 11’s Microsoft 365 app is taking a new AI-first approach with Copilot appeared first on Windows L...
2024-12-21 10:07
SpaceX and Roscosmos will launch missions this week, even on Christmas Day - TWIRL #193
We have several rocket launches coming up this week. SpaceX will have three missions while Roscosmos has one on Christmas Day. Read more...
2024-12-21 09:46
Weekend PC Game Deals: Winter Sales 2024 Edition
This weekend's PC game deals include the latest entry in the daily refreshing games offer from Epic, a DRM-free games bundle, and a whole lot of winter sales to go through. Read more...
2024-12-21 09:30
Curl Drops Support For Hyper Rust HTTP Backend Citing Little Demand
The widely-used Curl project has removed support for its Rust-written Hyper HTTP back-end that they were experimentally shipping for several years. The removal of this Rust back-end comes from having little end-user and developer interest in this porti...
2024-12-21 08:44
Never forgive them
The people running the majority of internet services have used a combination of monopolies and a cartel-like commitment to growth-at-all-costs thinking to make war with the user, turning the customer into something between a lab rat and an unpaid int...
2024-12-21 08:26
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AdaptiveCpp 24.10 Delivers More Performance Optimizations
AdaptiveCpp 24.10 is out today as this implementation of SYCL and C++ standard parallelism for CPUs and GPUs across hardware vendors. This compiler for C++ heterogeneous programming models has tacked on more features and additional performance optimiza...
2024-12-21 06:48
GNOME User Sharing Ported From C To Rust, libadwaita Adds Adaptive Preview Mode
It's not only KDE seeing nice improvements ahead of the holidays but GNOME developers were also busy this week preparing new improvements to their open-source desktop stack. There's been some rather exciting changes on the GNOME front as we prepare to ...
2024-12-21 06:21
KDE Plasma 6.3 Improving Game Controller Joystick Support, Many Fixes
While the Christmas holidays are quickly approach, KDE developers remain busy working on new features for the upcoming Plasma 6.3 desktop as well as continuing to land many bug fixes...
2024-12-21 05:58
Instagram to replace AR filters with controversial AI-generated videos
As we reported in August, Meta has confirmed that it will discontinue Spark, Instagram’s AR filters, in January 2025. At the time, the company didn’t give many details except to say that it would prioritize its efforts on other products. Now we kno...
2024-12-20 23:51
What does APPEND do in DOS?
The working principle of APPEND is not complicated. It primarily serves as a bridge between old DOS applications which have no or poor support for directories, and users who really, really want to organize files and programs in multiple directories and...
2024-12-20 23:23
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Qualcomm scores BIG win against Arm, can continue to sell Snapdragon X chips for PCs
Arm's lawsuit against Qualcomm seemingly has failed as the latter was not found guilty of using Arm's tech without a proper license. However, the actual fate between the two companies remains unknown.
2024-12-20 23:17