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    Say goodbye to burner phones? FCC robocall plan raises privacy fears

    The commission adopted a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on April 30 that would strengthen Know Your Customer rules for voice service providers. The FCC says the plan is designed to stop illegal calls before they reach homes and businesses by making carriers do more to screen new and renewing customers. Read Entire Article Source […] More

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    How Apple Pay Works

    Apple Pay makes contactless payments feel effortless, but behind that two-second tap is a surprisingly sophisticated chain of cryptography, tokenization, and real-time authorization. Read Entire Article Source link More

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    A cyberattack on Canvas knocked out access for students at Harvard, Columbia, and hundreds of other schools during finals

    The company’s chief information security officer, Steve Proud, wrote in an incident log that Instructure had “recently experienced a cybersecurity incident perpetrated by a criminal threat actor.” A day later, he added that the exposed data included names, email addresses, student ID numbers, and messages exchanged on the platform. How… Read Entire Article Source link More

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    Your Yarbo lawnmower is a backdoor into your Wi-Fi network

    Security researcher Andreas Makris recently outlined exploits that could allow hackers to hijack thousands of Yarbo lawnmowers sold across more than 30 countries. According to Makris, all units ship with a preinstalled backdoor capable of exposing owners’ private information, and the vulnerability cannot currently be disabled. Read Entire Article Source link More

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    How often do you upgrade your PC?

    Is it me, or did PC gaming used to move faster? In the late 1990s and early 2000s, a graphics card could feel outdated within a year, and major platform jumps arrived so often that upgrading became part of the hobby. Today, things are different. Read Entire Article Source link More

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    Diablo IV players finally discover the game's secret cow level

    Diablo IV’s secret cow level – which according to the game’s former general manager Rod Fergusson did not exist – has finally been discovered by an enthusiastic player of Blizzard’s action-RPG series. Streamer LoatheBurger, a self-confessed Diablo fan since 1996, explained the convoluted steps required to unlock the hidden level,… Read Entire Article Source link More

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    Microsoft is adding a feature that briefly maxes out your CPU to make Windows feel snappier

    According to insider sources, Microsoft engineers are working on a new feature called “Low Latency Profile” (LLP) aimed at improving Windows 11’s performance in certain critical, system-wide tasks. The change is already present in recent preview builds distributed to Windows Insider participants, meaning enthusiast users can enable and test it… Read Entire Article Source link More

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    A major study claiming ChatGPT improves student learning has been retracted

    By the time of the retraction, the paper had already traveled far. Published in May 2025 in Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, it attempted to measure ChatGPT’s impact by combining results from 51 separate studies. The authors compared outcomes between students who used the chatbot and those who did not,… Read Entire Article Source link More

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    Microsoft Edge stores all your saved passwords unencrypted in memory

    Security researcher Tom Jøran Sønstebyseter Rønning recently shared evidence that Microsoft’s web browser-based password manager stores all of its saved passwords in memory without encryption while running. He released and demonstrated a simple proof of concept that displays the passwords and their associated accounts. Read Entire Article Source link More

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