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The latest Canalys data for global PC shipments is alarming, if not expected, with the final quarter of 2022 seeing a 21% decrease. In 2022, the world’s tech companies shifted 434.5 million PCs, a figure that includes laptops, desktops, and tablets. This is down 13%...
Cloud spending slows, but market still saw a huge boost in 2022
New research has revealed that cloud spending continued to grow throughout 2022 in spite of the growing economic pressures affecting companies around the world. In its latest analysis, Synergy Research Group found the cloud market seems to have been less affected than...
The Last of Us fans warned of scam cyberattacks
Hackers are always tapping into the latest trends in hopes of stealing data and money, and with the craze surrounding The Last of Us, it’s no different. The Last of Us is HBO’s TV adaptation of the PlayStation game of the same name, and has been a huge hit with fans...
Healthcare firms are facing more attacks than ever before
With technology moving at breakneck speeds, and healthcare firms often being chronically understaffed, the industry is facing something of a cybersecurity crisis, a new report has claimed. Surveying 150 IT and IT security decision-makers from healthcare organizations...
Is your CPU struggling when gaming? Microsoft DirectStorage could come to the rescue
Microsoft’s DirectStorage tech has had its first outing on PC courtesy of Forspoken, and according to some new testing, the feature boosts not just loading times considerably (for those with the right hardware), but also in-game frame rates in certain scenarios....
Samsung reportedly preps fix for embarassing SSD issue
Samsung’s flagship NVMe SSD, the 990 Pro, has been hit by a health-hindering plague that has seen many users turn to the Internet in disgust as their costly SSD drops in health scores in a short space of time. A reduction in health, which has already been noted by a...
Drop launches new Lord of the Rings mechanical keyboard worthy of Mordor
Drop, a company known for producing and selling enthusiast keyboards and audiophile products, adds another mechanical keyboard to its The Lord of the Rings-licensed peripherals line. Today, the brand drops the new and aptly-named Black Speech keyboard, which is, as...
Microsoft ChatGPT event live: all the big A.I news for Bing, Windows and more
Microsoft is ready to reveal some exciting new projects, most of which may be tied to ChatGPT, the powerful new AI-chatbot that's captured the imaginations of consumers, students, businesses, and anyone with a job it could replace. That is, for the moment, just a...
Stalkerware tycoon told to alert victims, pay major fine
The state of New York has forced a notorious spyware and stalkerware developer to pay a major fine and notify all of the victims that their smartphones were being monitored without their consent. In a Twitter thread, New York attorney general Letitia James’ office...
Windows 11 transforms into a Chromebook killer thanks to Tiny11
Tiny11 is the talk of computing town once again, with this seriously stripped-back version of Windows 11 having been spotted running on a literally tiny amount of system RAM. If you missed the launch of the release version of Tiny11, it’s a Windows installation (which...
Encrypted message app Exclu shut down by police following criminal allegations
Encrypted messaging app Exclu has been dismantled and its founders arrested following reports its founders were operating a service used by various criminals, including drug lords. Police in the Netherlands ran two investigations, one from September 2020, and one from...
Microsoft Authenticator is dropping Apple Watch support
Support for the Microsoft Authenticator app on the Apple Watch has now ended, but there's very little information as to why. In a somewhat ironic fashion, on Apple's App Store, the description for the latest update of one of the best authenticator apps around reads:...
This Windows security attack can take down your antivirus
Hackers have found a way to disable certain antivirus programs on Windows devices, allowing them to deploy all sorts of malware on the target devices. Cybersecurity researchers AhnLab Security observed two such attacks last year, where the attackers found two...
Google Chrome on iOS may be making some changes that will really make Apple mad
A new report by has uncovered that Google’s Chromium engineers are testing the Blink browser engine on iOS devices instead of Apple’s WebKit engine. Any software on Apple’s App Store is required, under its terms and policies, to use the WebKit engine, including the...
Dashlane has made its mobile source code available to everyone
Top password manager Dashlane has gone open-source with the code for its iOS and Android device apps, make it public for everyone to get a hold of. In a blog post on the company's website, it cited various reasons for opening up its code, such as increasing...
Google Bard is a ChatGPT rival that could change the way we use search engines
Google has finally snapped and announced a ChatGPT rival called Bard – an "experimental conversational AI service" that'll be released to the public in "the coming weeks". Like ChatGPT, the chatbot promises be able to answer complex questions and teach you about...
Atlassian patches serious Jira authentication flaw
Atlassian has revealed it has fixed a major flaw in their Service Management Server and Data Center products. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-22501, allows threat actors to impersonate people and gain access to a Jira Service Management instance under certain...
Over a thousand Redis servers hijacked to mine crypto
More than a thousand Redis servers were infected by custom-built malware called HeadCrab, researchers have reported. The malware made the endpoints mine Monero, a privacy-oriented cryptocurrency, and a hacker favorite. Cybersecurity from Aqua Security’s Nautilus...
Dell reveals major job cuts as PC sales fall
Dell is seeking to lay off around 6,650 workers, a figure that accounts for around 5% of its entire global headcount, amid slowing computer sales. The reports follow news of other cost-cutting measures, including a pause on hiring and limits on travel, which have...
This hot new crypto release could actually just be a huge scam
A hot new cryptocurrency that has gathered a lot of attention and investment might actually just be a scam designed to steal people’s money, researchers have claimed. According to experts from Check Point Research (CPR), the developers behind Dingo Token designed the...