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Palo Alto's firewall OS has been under attack from multiple ransomware groups since June

Multiple ransomware groups, including Qilin and Inc, have been exploiting a high-severity authentication bypass bug in Palo Alto Networks' PAN-OS, with Unit 42 investigating attacks since early June across numerous industries, such as finance, healt...

Swamped curl maintainers take low-level flaws public to survive vulnerability 'avalanche'

An "avalanche of vulnerability reports" is forcing curl to move lower-severity cases into public view, reserving private handling for high and critical flaws.From October 26, low and medium-severity reports should be filed in the open source data tr...

OneDrive loses bunch of Copilot shortcuts in File Explorer clear-out

Microsoft is pruning OneDrive's Copilot options from File Explorer's right-click menu, though the AI assistant isn't being shown the door entirely.The Windows giant will remove shortcuts for summarizing documents, generating FAQs, comparing files an...

Logitech’s refurbished G Pro X2 Superstrike is 35 percent off

Looking for a way to try the haptics-equipped G Pro X2 Superstrike wireless gaming mouse without spending full price? You probably aren’t alone. Logitech’s now-last-gen right-handed mouse is a great PC gaming companion that mimics the feel of m...

openEuler brings China's enterprise Linux ambitions to the desktop

Surprisingly few organizations were promoting Linux distros at Open Source Summit Europe. The only dedicated stands we found belonged to two Chinese projects, with openEuler occupying the larger booth.For users accustomed to Western enterprise distr...

DJI’s Osmo Pocket 3 vlogging camera is a good deal at under $400

DJI’s Osmo Pocket 3 is a big upgrade from your phone’s video quality. | Image: The Verge If you’re the kind of person who likes to document everything, either for professional and/or personal reasons, and your phone’s camera isn’t cutting it,...

Xbox CEO is reportedly planning three more rounds of layoffs

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma is planning new rounds of layoffs for sometime this month, November, and January, according to Fortune. In July, as part of an organizational "reset," Sharma announced planned layoffs affecting 3,200 staffers over the cours...

How going dual-native means VM/container co-existence and sovereign security in the AI era

Seasoned techies recall with nostalgia a simpler time when the “single-stack” model of enterprise computing held as the default approach to solving interoperability headaches.Back then IT decision-makers were prepared to forfeit some choice and flex...

Amazon is phasing out Fire HD tablets, but not without some big discounts first

The Fire HD 10 offers a sharper, larger screen than its smaller siblings. | Image: Amazon Amazon recently announced it’s phasing out its Fire HD tablets in favor of much pricier Alexa Tablets. While the days of getting an affordable, but good...

JustWatch now streams TV shows and movies, too

After announcing plans to introduce its own streaming service last month, JustWatch, a popular guide and search engine for finding things to watch on existing platforms like Disney Plus and Netflix, launched JustWatch TV today. The new streamin...

Microsoft reportedly plans Xbox handheld in 2027, next-gen console in 2028

Microsoft is reportedly planning to launch an Xbox "next-generation handheld device" for the holiday season of 2027. The Xbox next-gen console, codename Project Helix, would then launch in the holidays of 2028, according to a new report from Fo...

Enterprises blow nearly a third of software budgets on upgrades they never asked for

Enterprises say nearly a third of their software budgets goes on upgrades, migrations, and licensing changes they wouldn't have chosen, according to research suggesting that keeping vendors happy has become an expensive business.The study, conducted...

Can you see everything?

What are we looking at, and who wants us to see it? | Image: A24 This review contains spoilers.I have heard it said that of all the drugs, fame is the most addictive. For Elizabeth Holmes, at least, I am willing to believe that is true. It is...

Meta pauses Muse sharing after researchers find AI chats on the web

Meta says it paused a Muse feature that lets you share conversations with the AI assistant after researchers found the URLs publicly available on the web, as reported by Ars Technica. In a report published this week, researchers at the security...

HPE Spaceborne Computer 4 to launch AI straight to the Moon aboard Astrolab’s FLIP rover

Forget space datacenters. Before the end of the year, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) will have AI running on the Moon.This isn’t some exec’s loony fantasy either. HPE has been building orbital compute platforms for the International Space Station...

HPE to launch AI straight to the Moon

Forget space datacenters. Before the end of the year, HPE will have AI running on the Moon.This isn’t some exec’s loony fantasy either. HPE has been building orbital compute platforms for the International Space Station (ISS) for years. Now, it’s se...

The $20,000 Voxel bot will help you find misplaced things around your home

Tuesday Labs, a New York City-based robotics lab and design studio, has opened reservations for Voxel, its new bi-pedal robot designed to learn and take over routine tasks throughout your home. Similar to other robots like Weave Robotics' Issac...

'Password1' and a forgotten test account land Welsh outfits in hot water

A test account protected by "Password1" helped an intruder steal personal data relating to 3,300 people, mostly children, in a ransomware attack that has drawn regulatory rebukes for two Welsh organizations.The Information Commission's Office (ICO)...

Chrome will now show a warning before you visit ‘suspicious’ sites

If you know for sure that a website flagged as suspicious is actually safe, you can mark it as such. | Image: Google Google is launching a new browser safety feature for Chrome that aims to keep you better informed about how malicious a websit...

Google Cloud says a 'power event' caused today's outage

Google Cloud has blamed a “power event” for taking down multiple online products for customers in Western Europe, and is pledging to restore normal service within the hour.The unplanned downtime for customers began at 0608 UTC when europe-west-2-b,...