Amid the ongoing elections for the European Parliament, the Russia-aligned NoName057(16) cyber criminal operation says it is launching extensive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against internet infrastructure across Europe. The four-day election – the first to take place since Brexit – kicked off on Thursday 6 June in the Netherlands, although Estonia has been…
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With their athletes excluded from the international sporting community after a succession of doping scandals and the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, Russia-backed and -aligned threat actors are ramping up malicious disinformation campaigns against the upcoming Summer Olympics, blending decades-old tactics with a new focus on artificial intelligence (AI). This is according to the Microsoft Threat…
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NHS services at London’s Guy’s and St Thomas’ and King’s College hospitals and other sites in the capital have been disrupted, and a major incident declared, after a cyber attack hit partner Synnovis – which provides laboratory and diagnostic services to NHS sites across several London boroughs. The incident appears to have been first detected…
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Dozens of university, charity and policing websites designed to help people get support for serious issues like sexual abuse, addiction or mental health are inadvertently collecting and sharing site visitors’ sensitive data with advertisers. A variety of tracking tools embedded on these sites – including Meta Pixel and Google Analytics – mean that when a…
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Cougar has revealed three new gaming PC cases at Computex 2024, including one model with a miniature RGB turntable inside at an extra $25 expense.The cases are the Cougar FV270, MX600 Mini RGB, and Airfare Eco. This manufacturer has been leading the charge with unconventional gaming PC cases for some time, but things get stranger…
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Instagram has been testing one of its most controversial features yet: unskippable ads. The new feature, called Ad Breaks, will interrupt the user’s browsing experience for 3-5 seconds before they can continue scrolling the feed.This function was spotted by Android Authority after several users started complaining about it on social media. Meta’s new take on…
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It’s not just you. ChatGPT is currently down after an outage began affecting users early on Tuesday. According to OpenAI’s system status pages, the chatbot went offline at around 00:21 PDT “for some users.” It’s morning over in Europe, and I can confirm that ChatGPT is down. I am one of those users. I’m also…
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At I/O 2024 a few weeks ago, Google announced that AI Overviews will appear at the top of Google Search results in the US, telling users that it wants AI to do the googling for them. But AI Overviews turned out to be a huge misfire from the company that so many people trust for…
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Google “upgraded” the Google Search experience at I/O 2024, bringing AI Overviews to the top of search results. This seemed like a good idea, at least from Google’s perspective, since there’s no hotter trend in tech right now than AI. Google wants users to let Google do the googling for them and speed up the…
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The iPhone has a hidden display feature introduced in iOS 17 that everyone with an iPhone should start using. Screen Distance is designed to help reduce eye strain caused by holding your phone too close to your face.Apple made a pretty big deal about Screen Distance last year, but if you didn’t start using it…
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