The global Microsoft outage caused by a botched update from security firm CrowdStrike has highlighted the dangerous business continuity risk arising from concentrating so much of the world’s technology infrastructure in the hands of a very small number of businesses, experts are warning. The outage, which began late on Thursday 18 July 2024 before spreading…
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Opportunist cyber criminals are the most pressing immediate threat arising from the 19 July Microsoft outage, which caused millions of machines worldwide to crash as the result of an error made at cyber security firm CrowdStrike during an update, security agencies are warning. As has been seen repeatedly over the years, malicious actors have been…
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In 2021, Apple revamped the MacBook Pro with a new industrial design. Alongside the hardware changes, Apple added a 1080p camera, an improved keyboard, more ports, and a microLED display with a notch. But what exactly was the point of the notch?At the time, the company explained that it was a “smart way” to give…
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We know Google will unveil four new Pixel phones at its big event next month, but there’s even more new hardware in the works. After reporting that Google was working on a sequel to the 4K Chromecast with Google TV earlier this year, 9to5Google is back with images of the new device, which is apparently…
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The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has infiltrated and disrupted digitalstress.su, an underground criminal marketplace that hired infrastructure out to conduct distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and is thought to have been responsible for tens of thousands of cyber attacks around the world. Working alongside the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), which arrested…
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A graphical user interface (GUI) is the way many people interact with computing devices, ranging from smartphones and smart TVs, to laptops, desktops and website navigation. Although smart speakers and the likes of Siri on iOS devices have given people an alternative user interface, where they can request information and do a limited range of…
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Intel has clarified that its laptop processors are not affected by the instability issues that have been widely reported on desktops with Core i9 CPUs from its 13th and 14th generations.Team Blue was prompted to issue a statement to Digital Trends after the tech site reported that the founder of Alderon Games (developer of Path…
Nvidia might not launch its RTX 5000 graphics cards until the start of next year, at CES 2025.This is at odds with many of the rumors thus far, which point to a late 2024 launch for the next-gen Blackwell GPUs, though there have been whispers of a ‘delay’ to 2025 (in other words, that Nvidia…
It would seem that the adoption of cloud databases – those delivered via a cloud consumption model – is ramping up. Referred to as dbPaaS (database platform as a service) by analyst Gartner, the market for cloud databases is dominated by public cloud providers. Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft, Google, Oracle and Alibaba are among…
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Alongside an all-new Home Screen for iPhone users in iOS 18, Apple is also preparing a revamped Control Center. With this updated feature, it’s easier than ever to access the most important shortcuts on your phone with a few swipes and taps.In this article, we’ll teach you how to customize the iPhone’s new Control Center…
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