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Discover the Real Reason Behind Microsoft's Release of Office Sniffing Update KB5021751

Microsoft released the Windows update KB5021751 in mid-January via Windows Updates to collect data on unsupported Office installations on Windows systems. Windows systems with the "receive updates for other Microsoft products" setting […]

Dashlane Password Manager has released the source code of its mobile apps

Protect Your Passwords Like Never Before with Dashlane's Mobile Apps Source Code Release

Dashlane Password Manager has released the source code of its iOS and Android apps. Interested users and developers may check the code that are now available on GitHub. Dashane Password open sources […]

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Improve KeePass security with this simple configuration change

KeePass, like many other password managers, relies on a primary password that protects the entire database of passwords and information. If an attacker manages to obtain that single password, all other passwords […]

Bitwarden Password Manager will add support for Argon2 KDF soon

Bitwarden Password Manager will add support for Argon2 KDF soon

The LastPass data breach caused uproar amongst its users and the tech community, but there are several good things that happened in the aftermath of the incident. It actually taught users a […]

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United States Senator demands TikTok app store ban

In a letter sent to the CEOs of Google and Apple, United States senator Michael Bennet, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, demanded that the companies ban the China-based TikTok application […]

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LastPass Hack-Proof: How to Up Your Security Game Instantly

It has been a couple of months since LastPass suffered what is arguably the worst data breach to ever affect the password manager industry. The way the entire scenario was handled by […]

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LibreOffice 7.5 launches with spell checking, dark mode and PDF Export improvements

LibreOffice 7.5 Community Edition is now available. The latest version of the open source cross-platform Office application ships with a number of important improvements and changes. LibreOffice users may select Help > […]

Bitwarden's Latest Update Takes Security to the Next Level

The recent security breach that affected LastPass has caused ripples across the industry. Norton Password Manager suffered a password stuffing attack, while Bitwarden users have been targeted by phishing ads. Many users […]

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Key Firefox and Android updates you need to be aware of

The new year has brought with it a host of new software updates across a variety of different apps and programs. While many of these updates are routine, with some offering basic […]

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Anker Confirms Eufy Cameras Not Fully Encrypted, Raising Concerns

Anker has finally admitted that its Eufy security cameras were not using end-to-end encryption to protect users' data.  Here's what led to the confession. Security researchers discover flaws in Eufy cameras The […]

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KeePass Password Manager Vulnerability: Is Your Data at Risk?

KeePass Password Safe is an open source local password manager for Windows. It is a well designed application that supports plugins and there are numerous forks available for other platforms. The Federal […]

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The Hidden Threat: 1Password Password Manager Phishing Ads on Google

The popular 1Password service is the latest cloud-based password manager that is being targeted by scammers. Like the recently reported Bitwarden scam, new and existing users of 1Password are targeted through malicious […]

The Hidden Threat: Bitwarden Password Manager Targeted by Phishing Scams

Scammers are targeting users of cloud-based password managers, including Bitwarden, with phishing attacks. And the mode of attack was malicious ads. Users have reported that they have seen fake advertisements for Bitwarden […]

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Microsoft puts a stop to Excel add-ins from the Internet

Malicious Excel add-ins from the Internet attacks have skyrocket in recent time. Microsoft therefore no longer wants to allow them from March 2023 onwards. Excel add-ins from the Internet are a major […]

ShareX 15 pre-release version lets you pin images on the screen, adds more editing tools

ShareX 15 pre-release version lets you pin images on the screen, adds more editing tools

The pre-release version of ShareX 15 is now available for download. The update brings some new tools to the screenshot program's built-in image editor. What's new in ShareX 15 pre-release New Dark […]

NortonLifeLock says some Norton Password Manager accounts were compromised

NortonLifeLock says some Norton Password Manager accounts were compromised

A month ago, LastPass suffered one of the biggest security breaches we have seen in the world of password managers. And now, NortonLifeLock has revealed that some of its user accounts have […]

Is ChatGPT lying about training updates?

Such a concerning headline actually births a far more concerning question; Can AI lie? Is artificial intelligence, the way we understand the term today, able to conceal facts from humans? If so, […]

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You can now detect whether text was written by humans or AI… sort of

We’ve been covering a lot of different AI utilities of late. We’ve introduced you to ChatGPT, which writes for you, Dall-E which paints for you, and Vall-E which speaks for you. However, […]

Midjourney: a huge collection of styles and all the prompts

Midjourney: a huge collection of styles and all the prompts

We are witnesses that AIs are changing the way we use technology. New AIs appear so quickly that it's unbelievable. One such amazing AIs is Midjourney. What is a Midjourney, and what's […]

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How to add emoji reactions during a Google Meet

It was about time for Google to add new emoji reactions to previously available emoji reactions (raising your hand or thumbs up). Even though they have planned it since 2021, it was […]

Samsung Galaxy S23: All you need to know

Samsung Galaxy S23: All you need to know

The Samsung Galaxy S23 is the next major flagship release from the Korean tech giant for the calendar year 2023. This will, in all likelihood, be the company’s first major release this […]

Another password manager is moving beyond passwords

Another password manager is moving beyond passwords

Passwords have been keeping us safe online for years but, according to tech industry big wigs, they are not safe enough. For a while now a group calling themselves the FIDO Alliance, […]

Princeton Student Builds ChatGPT Detection App to Fight AI Plagiarism

ChatGPT gets schooled by Princeton University

At this point, we’re all at least a little bit familiar with ChatGPT, the large language model developed by OpenAI to increase productivity and provide a little laugh every now and then. […]

ChatGPT apologizes to Microsoft CEO over inappropriate meal choices

ChatGPT apologizes to Microsoft CEO over inappropriate meal choices

ChatGPT is the latest large language model from OpenAI. The language model is meant to simulate human conversation and has been trained on an innumerable measure of internet data as well as […]

AI Models Have Higher Accuracy for Estimating Gestational Age

Artificial intelligence models are more accurate at estimating gestational age than other methods

A new study published in the journal JAMA Network Open suggests that artificial intelligence  models based on ultrasonography images and videos may be more accurate at estimating gestational age than traditional manual […]

Ban instituted against ChatGPT by New York schools

Ban instituted against ChatGPT by New York schools amidst cheating fears

Schools under the New York City Department of Education have elected to ban access to ChatGPT from any school network or device. The move comes amidst fears that ChatGPT will encourage students […]

Another ChatGPT use that you probably didn’t know

Another ChatGPT use that you probably didn’t know

If you’re a tech enthusiast, you’ve probably heard about ChatGPT and the waves it’s making across several sectors. To call ChatGPT a chatbot is an understatement. It’s better thought of as a […]

Speed up your coding with AI

Speed up your coding with AI

OpenAI has unleashed two incredible AI tools that are currently all the rage. Whereas most of the buzz is centered around its incredible ChatGPT, its dataset pales in comparison with its bigger […]

Compress large language models for better perf with SparseGPT

Compress large language models for better perf with SparseGPT

On Twitter recently, a user named Jay Hack (@mathemagic1an) posted an excerpt of an abstract that deals with how to prune out massive language models to achieve a better performance metric. The […]

Meet “Muse”, a text-to-image generating model from GoogleAI

Meet “Muse”, a text-to-image generating model from GoogleAI

Amongst the current AI-trend sweeping the internet, Google has released a new text-to-image generating tool called Muse. The transformer-based AI image creator is able to create high-quality images at record speed. The […]

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Microsoft Office in 2023: what you need to know

Microsoft Office users face several important changes in 2023 that affect standalone versions of Microsoft Office and mobile Microsoft Office apps. Microsoft customers who have a Microsoft 365 subscription or Microsoft Office […]

It looks like even Ransomware gangs have limits

It looks like even Ransomware gangs have limits

As the world continues to grapple with the threat of ransomware attacks, it appears that even the perpetrators of these malicious acts have their limits. The LockBit ransomware gang, which offers Ransomware […]

LastPass Security Incident December 2022

Security experts blast LastPass for misleading users about stolen password vaults and data

LastPass suffered two data breaches in a span of 3 months. The first hack occurred in August, while the 2nd one happened sometime later. Martin's write-up explains what LastPass' statement had to […]

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Should you back up important Windows folders to OneDrive?

OneDrive on Windows has a back up feature that many users of the operating system may be unaware of. It requires a OneDrive account, free or paid works, and may be used […]

Bitwarden Unified: easier self-hosting of the password manager

Bitwarden Unified is a new solution for the Bitwarden password manager to host, manage and control the password management infrastructure. It is currently in Beta and developed by Bitwarden itself. The service […]

LastPass Hack Update: user vault data and information stolen

Password management service LastPass announced today that the disclosed password breach of August 2022 was more serious than it thought initially. The update confirms that user vault data and personal information was […]

Microsoft 365 apps are getting a new joint feed

Microsoft 365 apps are getting a new joint feed

Microsoft 365 is a subscription-based service that provides access to a range of productivity tools and services, including Office applications like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, as well as cloud storage and security […]

It looks like Microsoft Excel has a new Macro-like vulnerability

It looks like Microsoft Excel has a new Macro-like vulnerability

Microsoft started blocking certain macros in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint back in July, in an attempt to protect against cyberattacks targeting users across the Microsoft 365 apps. Unfortunately, however, as has been […]

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Create encrypted messages, images, files as HTML with Portable Secret

Portable Secret is an open source tool that is designed to encrypt messages, images or files and save them as HTML files. These files may then be shared, opened in any browser, […]

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NVIDIA releases security update for out-of-support graphics cards

NVIDIA released a display driver security update for some of its graphics cards that it no longer supports with regular driver updates. The security update addresses major security issues in the NVIDIA […]