Articles for category: Software (Tech & Development)

March 15, 2025

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March 15, 2025

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Google Report Reveals How Threat Actors Are Currently Using Generative AI

Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) recently released a report on the adversarial misuse of generative AI. The team investigated prompts used by advanced persistent threat (APT) and coordinated information operations (IO) actors, finding that they have so far achieved productivity gains but have not yet developed novel capabilities. Arguing that much of the current misuse of AI is confined to theoretical research and does not reflect the reality of how AI is currently being used by threat actors, the team at Google shared data on their interactions with Gemini. The GTIG team writes: We did not observe any original

March 15, 2025

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Ransomware gang creates tool to automate VPN brute-force attacks

The Black Basta ransomware operation created an automated brute-forcing framework dubbed ‘BRUTED’ to breach edge networking devices like firewalls and VPNs. The framework has enabled BlackBasta to streamline initial network access and scale ransomware attacks on vulnerable internet-exposed endpoints. The discovery of BRUTED comes from EclecticIQ researcher Arda Büyükkaya following an in-depth examination of the ransomware gang’s leaked internal chat logs. Several reports of large-scale brute-forcing and password spray attacks against those devices throughout 2024, some of which might be linked to BRUTED or similar-origin operations. Automating brute-forcing Büyükkaya says Black Basta has been using the automated BRUTED platform since

March 15, 2025

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Roblox CEO tells parents to keep kids off the platform if safety is a concern

In brief: Roblox has been heavily criticized for its (lack of) policy on younger players in the past. In a recent interview, the company’s lead said that parents should always have the final word on what their children are allowed to play. Parents concerned about the content or interactions their children might encounter on Roblox should keep them off the platform. Company co-founder and CEO Dave Baszucki delivered this seemingly counterintuitive message in a recent BBC interview, stating that the company is doing all it can to ensure Roblox remains a child-safe virtual environment and game world. Baszucki expressed trust

March 15, 2025

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Easily Perform Conversions on Your iPhone’s Calculator App

Apple is set to release iOS 18.4 in April, an update that will likely bring your iPhone new emoji, a new food section in Apple News and much more. But when Apple released iOS 18 in September, that update brought a lot of new features to your iPhone, like the ability to customize your home screen and hide and lock certain apps. That update also added a conversion function to the Calculator app. That means you can convert things like currency, temperature and weight right from your calculator without opening a web browser or using Spotlight. Read more: Everything You Need to Know About iOS

March 15, 2025

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Steam Deck OLED, ROG Ally and more: all the news about the handheld PC revolution

In July 2021, Valve revealed the Steam Deck, a Switch-like handheld device packed with features including a huge variety of control options, a 7-inch touchscreen, the ability to connect to external displays, and a quick suspend / resume feature. The device began shipping in February 2022, starting at $399. We’ve been keeping a close eye on the Steam Deck and rivals, and you can read all of our coverage here. Source link

March 15, 2025

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Google is removing Assistant from most phones this year

Google Assistant's days are numbered. Google announced Friday that all Android devices are switching to Gemini as their default assistant and "the classic Google Assistant will no longer be accessible on most mobile devices." The company says it's working to convert more mobile devices from Google Assistant to Gemini in 2025, and plans on "upgrading tablets, cars and devices that connect to your phone, such as headphones and watches" to the new AI assistant. That presumably includes other platforms like iOS, as well. While smart home devices don't seem to be a focus at Google as of late, the company

March 15, 2025

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Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 28

If that’s not enough to deter you from sharing voice recordings with Amazon, note that the company allowed employees to listen to Alexa voice recordings. In 2019, Bloomberg reported that Amazon employees listened to as many as 1,000 audio samples during their nine-hour shifts. Amazon says it allows employees to listen to Alexa voice recordings to train its speech recognition and natural language understanding systems. Other reasons why people may be hesitant to trust Amazon with personal voice samples include the previous usage of Alexa voice recordings in criminal trials and Amazon paying a settlement in 2023 in relation to

March 15, 2025

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Super Nintendo Hardware Is Running Faster As It Ages

An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: Something very strange is happening inside Super Nintendo (SNES) consoles as they age: a component you’ve probably never heard of is running ever so slightly faster as we get further and further away from the time the consoles first hit the market in the early ’90s. The discovery started a mild panic in the speedrunning community in late February since one theoretical consequence of a faster-running console is that it could impact how fast games are running and therefore how long they take to complete. This could potentially wreak havoc on

March 15, 2025

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Essential JavaScript Methods Every Developer Should Know

In today’s blog post, we’ll explore some of the most powerful JavaScript ES6 (ECMAScript 2015) features and methods that have transformed modern JavaScript development. These additions have simplified common tasks, improved code readability, and made JavaScript more expressive and functional. Let’s examine these essential methods with practical examples: Array Methods 1. map() Creates a new array by applying a transformation function to each element of the original array. const numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]; const doubled = numbers.map(num => num * 2); console.log(doubled); // Output: [2, 4, 6, 8, 10] Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode 2. filter()