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While Jupiter's Aurora is the brightest in our solar system due to its size and gas-rich atmosphere, our neighboring red planet also exhibits breathtaking, visible-light auroras. While on its mission to discover signs of microbial life on Mars, the Perseverance rover has also discovered a visible-light aurora...
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On a mission to discover if one of Jupiter's 4 moons, Europa, supports life, NASA's robotic spacecraft, Clipper, has captured a close-range image of Mars. Although its mission began a few months ago and will arrive at its destination in April 2030, it has transmitted vital information to aid scientists in...
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As a planet that's over 1,300 times larger than the Earth, Jupiter was dubbed King of the Planets for a reason. Recurring extraordinary phenomena in its atmosphere are also testimonies that it is truly the largest planet in our solar system. Scientists have reported that data captured by NASA's JWST reveals stunning...
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If you love travelling and exploring new places, Google has added a new feature to Google Maps that could make your planning much easier. Google Maps can now use information gathered from screenshots to help you create a list of treasured hangouts and travel destinations.
Perhaps you are considering exploring a new...
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Researchers from the University of Toho, Japan, recently collaborated with NASA scientists to use supercomputers to determine when all life on Earth will end. Detailed models were run on supercomputers, calculating many factors including climate and how temperature might change over time. In the end, the model made a...
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Skype has officially shut down. Microsoft, which owns the platform, confirmed that the video app was discontinued on May 5th, so today's news is no surprise. We reported Microsoft's plan to end Skype in March.
Launched in 2003, Skype quickly became a go-to app for free internet calls. Eventually, it amassed hundreds of millions of users
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Data breaches, whether due to the nefarious activities of hackers or inadequate security measures, are a major concern due to the harm they can cause to affected users. In this latest breach, a report claims that the dating app Raw left user data unprotected, exposing private details for all to see.
Raw was...
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It's not uncommon for companies to adopt or iterate on popular features from rivals, to bring their products up to feature parity or to keep users in their ecosystem. Google's development of the “inactivity robot,” mirrors a feature already found on Apple's iOS 18.01. Meta is also mirroring some features from...
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Nefarious hackers have figured out many ways to circumvent 2FA restrictions and harvest passwords with sophisticated phishing traps. Many of these bad actors, however, will soon be looking for new ways to attack Microsoft user accounts. Microsoft seems to have delivered on its earlier promise to push users a...
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Google has announced that it's now making its native image editing tool available on the Gemini app. This tool, which rivals Adobe Photoshop, will enable users to edit AI-generated photos and pictures uploaded via phone or PC.
In a blog post yesterday, Google's Group Product Manager David Sharon revealed that the feature allows you to tinker
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Concerns about the vulnerabilities of passwords are not new, and there have been recent moves to pivot to other secure alternatives, such as passkeys. A recent report has further highlighted that need. A cybersecurity firm reveals that hackers can now quickly crack passwords containing a mix of numbers, uppercase and...
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A recent report has revealed that Meta's AI chatbot tool (the same one that once called Zuckerberg creepy) poses danger to children as it's allegedly having sexual conversations with minors.
Meta ranks high among the companies that have invested heavily in developing AI chatbots. Meta’s AI bots, which operate on...
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Io_uring was introduced in 2019 with Linux kernel 5.1, and its purpose was to help improve the efficiency and flexibility of input and output operations on Linux. While this led to significant performance gains, it also led to critical blind spots for Linux security tools. Most recently, security researchers have...
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The Hubble Space Telescope has been deployed since April 25, 1990. Yesterday marked 25 years since it began its mission to help us better understand the cosmos. To commemorate this noteworthy anniversary, NASA has released a gallery of fascinating images captured by the powerful telescope from its home at 320 miles...
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Almost a year after its introduction, Microsoft is relaunching Recall and adding an improved Windows Search feature for Copilot+ PCs.
To quicly recap, the Recall feature takes snapshots of your active screen, and when you initiate a search, it analyses these snapshots and helps you to find -- or recall -- anything...
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Adobe announced a new partnership with OpenAI and Google designed to enhance its Firefly image generation AI tool. Adobe revealed that it has added new features to Firefly, including support for Firefly Image Model 4 and Image Model 4 Ultra, and that it would now allow users to explore other models as well, including...
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A recent report has revealed that an employee surveillance app has been leaking sensitive information about employees and companies in a public storage resource, which raises the question as to the extent to which employers should be allowed to access employees' private data.
WorkComposer is a surveillance app that...
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We have often been reminded that we cannot simply rely on AI to provide accurate information, and there have been some incidents that make this painfully obvious. Here is another confirmation: Google Gemini AI verifies non-existent idioms as factual, and it's quite amusing, actually. If you need to catch a few...
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Apple and Meta have been hit with a combined fine of $800 million by the European Union (EU) antitrust regulators, over violations of the Digital Market Act (DMA). The DMA, which went into effect in 2023, is designed to promote fairness in competition among companies in the digital sector.
After one year of...
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Google is rolling out a new Ultra HDR feature in the Google Photos app, that gives users the ability to convert standard images to Ultra HDR with just a few clicks. While Google did not officially announce this feature, server-side rollouts to some users confirm that it exists.
The Ultra HDR format enhances brightness, contrast, and color.
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If you sometimes wonder if regularly charging your battery to100% is a good idea, read on. Although this information should be well-known to tech enthusiasts at this point, according to experts in the electrochemical and industrial engineering field, yes, fully charging your phone will damage and gradually age your...
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Apple has released iOS 18.4.1 and iPadOS 18.4.1, which fixes two security flaws that impact the Return Pointer Authentication Code (RPAC) and CoreAudio. This update fixes some zero-day vulnerabilities that are already being actively exploited in the wild.
Registered on the CVE program as CVE-2025-31200, one...
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