Eight sports games from EA join Xbox Free Play Days this weekend
Xbox Game Pass subscribers can jump into a whole lot of EA Sports games this weekend without having to open their wallets. Read more...
2025-01-16 17:14
Our Favorite NEW Visual Studio Features of 2024
Last year, the Visual Studio team delivered many new developer-focused improvements and AI integrations, many of which came directly from your feedback on Developer Community. In this post, we highlight the team’s favorite features from 2024 that boo...
2025-01-16 17:01
The $10 Cyber Threat Responsible for the Biggest Breaches of 2024
You can tell the story of the current state of stolen credential-based attacks in three numbers: Stolen credentials were the #1 attacker action in 2023/24, and the breach vector for 80% of web app attacks. (Source: Verizon). Cybersecurity budgets grew ...
2025-01-16 17:00
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New UEFI Secure Boot Vulnerability Could Allow Attackers to Load Malicious Bootkits
Details have emerged about a now-patched security vulnerability that could allow a bypass of the Secure Boot mechanism in Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) systems. The vulnerability, assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2024-7344 (CVSS score: 6....
2025-01-16 16:53
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Apple Pay financing for Synchrony goes live, reward support coming later
Last week it was discovered that Apple had added Synchrony to its list of supported ‘Pay over time’ providers—but prematurely, as the mention was later revoked. Today, however, Synchrony financing is officially launching for Apple Pay users, with...
2025-01-16 16:52
Researchers Find Exploit Allowing NTLMv1 Despite Active Directory Restrictions
Cybersecurity researchers have found that the Microsoft Active Directory Group Policy that's designed to disable NT LAN Manager (NTLM) v1 can be trivially bypassed by a misconfiguration. "A simple misconfiguration in on-premise applications can overrid...
2025-01-16 16:50
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Retro PC case flaunts floppy disk-style bay cover — Silverstone FLP01 will sell for around $130
Silverstone has uploaded the official product pages and manual for the upcoming FLP01 retro beige chassis.
2025-01-16 16:48
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Hackers Hide Malware in Images to Deploy VIP Keylogger and 0bj3ctivity Stealer
Threat actors have been observed concealing malicious code in images to deliver malware such as VIP Keylogger and 0bj3ctivity Stealer as part of separate campaigns. "In both campaigns, attackers hid malicious code in images they uploaded to archive[.]o...
2025-01-16 16:45
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9to5Mac Daily: January 16, 2025 – Apple Card drama continues, more
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. Sponsored by ...
2025-01-16 16:38
Deals: M4 iPad Pro now $300 off, orange/beige Trail Loop hits $70 all-time low, Beats, MagSafe chargers, more
Today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break deals are headlined by a big-time $300 price drop on the 11-inch M4 iPad Pro with 2TB of storage. Ongoing deals on the compatible Apple Pencil Pro continue alongside the $100 price drops on iPad mini 7 as well, but we als...
2025-01-16 16:30
Revamped Copilot for Business: Microsoft's answer to gimmicky AI tool allegations?
Microsoft recently unveiled Copilot Chat — "a new offering that adds pay-as-you-go agents to our existing free chat experience for Microsoft 365 commercial customers."
2025-01-16 16:21
Is Windows 11 free update for limited time only? Microsoft might not be so sure now
Microsft recently announced that the update from Windows 10 to Windows 11 was only going to be free for a limited time. However, it might not be so sure anymore. Read more...
2025-01-16 16:20
Parallels adds x86 OS support for Apple Silicon — you can now run x86 Windows and Linux distros
Parallels Desktop introduces a new experimental feature that lets you install x86_64 operating systems on your Apple-silicon Mac.
2025-01-16 16:18
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Someone made Elon's 'map tab' and if it were real, Path of Exile 2 could make a lot of cash
Elon Musk's recent lawding of his Path of Exile 2 credentials has spurned some memes, but this stash tab idea could actually make GGG some money if it were real
2025-01-16 16:04
Escape room experience Escape Academy is free to claim on the Epic Games Store
The escape room experience with solo, co-op, and competitive play, Escape Academy, is now available from the Epic Games Store to claim for free. Read more...
2025-01-16 16:00
Snowflake open sources SwiftKV to reduce inference workload costs
Cloud-based data warehouse company Snowflake has open-sourced a new proprietary approach — SwiftKV — designed to reduce the cost of inference workloads for enterprises running generative AI-based applications. SwiftKV was launched in December. Th...
2025-01-16 16:00
CARROT Weather adds new CarPlay app, plus upgraded Live Activities
CARROT Weather has long been one of the best weather apps across Apple’s platforms, and today it got a big update with two main features: a CarPlay app and upgraded Live Activities support. more…
2025-01-16 15:47
iPhone 16: How to force restart, enter recovery mode, DFU mode, wireless restore, and more [Video]
There may come a point and time when you’ll need to restore your iPhone 16, or enter recovery mode. At the very least, you’ll probably need to force restart your device occasionally when it hangs. We also showcase a little known feature called wire...
2025-01-16 15:39
NVIDIA RTX 5000 GPUs: Performance without DLSS – are they worth it?
The first of NVIDIA's RTX 5000 GPUs is expected at the end of January, and the company has released details surrounding non-DLSS performance. Here's what you need to know.
2025-01-16 15:19