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Should we ban social media use by kids, as Australia is considering? [Poll]
The impact of social media use by kids is perhaps one of the hottest topics in tech. There’s significant evidence that social media apps like Instagram can be harmful to the mental health of children, while others argue that it can also enable social...
2024-11-21 13:20
ReiserFS Has Been Deleted From The Linux Kernel
Linus Torvalds just merged the change to the Linux 6.13 kernel that goes ahead and deletes the ReiserFS file-system from the source tree. Removing ReiserFS from the Linux tree lightens the kernel by 32.8k lines of code...
2024-11-21 13:15
The Google Phone app may soon let you add additional context to a spam report
The Google Phone app may soon let you add more information to a spam report, such as what the scammer pretended to be and what they asked for. Read more...
2024-11-21 13:12
Apple unveils 2024 Black Friday promo: up to $200 gift card on eligible purchases
Apple has officially announced its Black Friday promotions for this year. Starting November 29, you can score an up to $200 gift card when you buy an eligible Apple product from Apple’s website, app, and retail stores. As always, you’ll save more i...
2024-11-21 13:09
Making you more productive with Visual Studio v17.12
The 12th update to Visual Studio 2022 is packed with lots of exciting new features that users have been asking for! Here are some of the awesome highlights from this release that are some of my personal favorites. For all the details, be sure to check ...
2024-11-21 13:00
MSI MEG Ai1300P PCIE5 1300W PSU Review
The MSI MEG Ai1300P PCIE5 sets a high standard for ATX 3.0-compliant PSUs with excellent power performance, advanced features, and a sleek design, but at a premium price.
2024-11-21 13:00
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"This is not the launch experience we want for our players and want to apologize to the community": Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 launches to 'mostly negative' reviews
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 launched with great anticipation but has faced significant backlash due to widespread technical issues, leading to mostly negative Steam reviews.
2024-11-21 12:54
Here is what Honor's triple screen foldable could look like
The foldable smartphone market is about to get more exciting as Honor prepares to challenge Huawei and its eye-popping Mate XT tri-fold phone. Read more...
2024-11-21 12:54
You already know if you need Adobe Creative Cloud — grab it now for 50% off
Adobe Creative Cloud is half price for Black Friday, making it the best bargain available for creators.
2024-11-21 12:47
EdgeIQ and Ubuntu Core; bringing security and scalability to device management 
Today, EdgeIQ and Canonical announced the release of the EdgeIQ Coda snap and official support of Ubuntu Core on the EdgeIQ Symphony platform. EdgeIQ Symphony helps you simplify and scale workflows for device fleet operations, data consumption and deli...
2024-11-21 12:46
Google's AI-Powered OSS-Fuzz Tool Finds 26 Vulnerabilities in Open-Source Projects
Google has revealed that its AI-powered fuzzing tool, OSS-Fuzz, has been used to help identify 26 vulnerabilities in various open-source code repositories, including a medium-severity flaw in the OpenSSL cryptographic library. "These particular vulnera...
2024-11-21 12:43
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YouTube Music testing a new UI for the Now Playing screen on its mobile app
It appears another UI change is in the pipeline, as YouTube Music has reshuffled a few buttons in the Now Playing screen as part of its ongoing UI redesign testing. Read more...
2024-11-21 12:34
Bob Iger remarkably (and accidentally) honest about Disney+ pricing and subscriptions
Disney CEO Bob Iger accidentally revealed a key piece of commercially-sensitive data during the company’s most recent earnings call: how many Disney+ subscribers are on ad-supported tier. He quickly realized his mistake, commenting shortly afterwards...
2024-11-21 12:31
Mesa 24.3 Released With Many Open-Source Vulkan Driver Improvements
Mesa 24.3 has managed to make it out today, one week ahead of the previous release plans due to the lack of any major blocker bugs appearing. Mesa 24.3 has a lot of new feature work on the contained open-source Vulkan drivers as well as evolutionary im...
2024-11-21 12:20
Apple will now be treated like a bank, says US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
The popularity of Apple Pay will now see the Cupertino company regulated by the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a watchdog whose role is normally limited to banks and financial services companies. The decision means that the bureau wil...
2024-11-21 12:09
NodeStealer Malware Targets Facebook Ad Accounts, Harvesting Credit Card Data
Threat hunters are warning about an updated version of the Python-based NodeStealer that's now equipped to extract more information from victims' Facebook Ads Manager accounts and harvest credit card data stored in web browsers. "They collect budget de...
2024-11-21 12:04
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Meta is working on a feature to reduce spam from businesses on WhatsApp
Meta is testing a feature that will let users unsubscribe from certain types of messages from businesses. Read more...
2024-11-21 11:42
Brno JUG 2024
Brno JUG 2024 The second, and last, stop on this mini-Tour of Czech JUGs was Brno and BrnoJUG. I presented Jakarta EE Meets AI here as well. As usual, this presentation triggers questions, comments, and discussions that continued over food and drinks a...
2024-11-21 10:36
Linux 6.13 SoC Updates Land With Initial Support For Many Older Apple Devices
The four pull requests adding various SoC and board/platform support have now been merged for the Linux 6.13 kernel. This includes support for many older Apple iPad/iPhones, supporting another SoC with a combination of RISC-V and ARM cores, and a wide ...
2024-11-21 10:17
Turn on Windows 11’s hidden OCR feature in Photos app. It’s really good.
Photos app on Windows 11 gets OCR to scan text in images and joins the likes of Snipping Tool and Phone Link. The post Turn on Windows 11’s hidden OCR feature in Photos app. It’s really good. appeared first on Windows Latest
2024-11-21 10:10