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Microsoft Teams is getting a new speaker view
A new view designed to highlight a specific speaker in Microsoft Teams calls looks to help the platform gear up to take on the likes of Zoom and Google Meet. Video conferencing platforms were all the rage when workers were forced to pack their backs and work from...
Businesses are wasting millions on unused software licenses
A new report has uncovered the alarming figure that businesses are wasting every year on unused software licenses. Surveying six million customers spanning nine industries across 12 regions. Nexthink looked at over 30 popular software tools and uncovered that 50% of...
Intel’s next-gen Meteor Lake CPUs could be amazing for laptops
Meteor Lake CPUs, Intel’s next-gen chips to follow Raptor Lake, are going to provide some huge boosts on the efficiency front if a fresh rumor proves to be correct. As Wccftech reports, this is another from that fountain of speculation which is Twitter, and one of the...
Google Chrome browser gets Nvidia RTX GPU tech that could revolutionize Netflix viewing
Google Chrome now supports new Nvidia technology that upscales video playing in the web browser with what look to be seriously impressive results, or at least this feature is now live in testing. VideoCardz (via Tom’s Hardware) noticed the preview release of the tech...
Top background check services hit by data breach
Two of the biggest online background check services have suffered recent data breaches that saw sensitive data on millions of their users leaked online. News of the attack on TruthFinder and Instant Checkmate was confirmed by PeopleConnect, the company that owns both...
Microsoft Excel could be next to get an AI boost
A new paperhas suggested Microsoft Excel could be the next product in its toolbox to get an AI assist, but it won’t be ChatGPT. The paper, co-authored by eight of the company's researchers, stresses the significance of spreadsheet software, which is used by “billions...
Widespread cyberattack hits servers across Europe
Hackers are exploiting a known vulnerability in VMware’s ESXi servers on a huge scale, targeting endpoints across Europe and North America, government officials and company spokespeople have confirmed. Italy’s National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN) has warned businesses...
The Oculus Quest 3 will get one of the Meta Quest Pro’s exclusive features
The Oculus Quest 3 may be several months away from being unveiled, but Meta has already teased that it will get a feature that’s currently exclusive to its Meta Quest Pro: full-color mixed-reality. While the Oculus Quest 3, Meta’s next VR headset, isn’t expected to be...
Tips for boosting your organization’s security posture with encryption
If you work in the corporate world, you’ll be familiar with cybersecurity rules and regulations. Unfortunately, cyber-attacks are taking place at an astounding rate and have become a key challenge for companies across sectors, sizes and geographies. According to...
Here’s how ChatGPT could look as part of Microsoft Bing
We've heard multiple rumors that innovative AI tool ChatGPT is going to be wrapped into the Microsoft Bing search engine in the near future, and now we've got a leaked preview of how that integration might actually work and appear in your browser. Student and designer...
China reveals huge blockchain cluster that could be a taste of our dystopian future
Chinese media have revealed details on the country’s huge blockchain effort to handle its population’s data, and what it’s capable of is almost unthinkable. According to BJD, the Beijing behemoth which has been dubbed the ‘Honeycomb’ comprises 1,000 high-performance...
How Disney’s Dreamlight Valley Made Me Feel Like A Kid Again
Each time I play a new video game I find myself trying to capture that feeling I had playing them when I was younger. That feeling where you find yourself staring up at the screen and nothing else around you matters. After years of trying to recapture that magic, I...
Your smart speaker could be listening to more than you think
Smart speakers are a must for anyone wanting to create a voice-activated home - from listening to music and podcasts to controlling your latest connected gadgets, the devices have become a household staple. So much so that, in the first three months of 2022, more than...
I’ve reviewed laptops for decades; and this $499 Core i7 2-in1 laptop is perfect for freelancers
When I first started writing about tech in the late 1990’s, Gateway 2000 was one of the computer companies that tried to do things differently, with its bovine-themed design filling the pages of computer magazines (aka dead tree with ink on it). “No matter how close...
Many security teams are prioritizing prevention over detection, with disastrous results
When it comes to securing the premises, the majority of businesses are prioritizing prevention over detection, investigation, and response, a new report has found. However as a result, large numbers of firms are being hit by data breaches or other attacks, with the...
Microsoft Visual Studio add-ins could be used to deliver malware
Following the demise of macros in Microsoft Office files, it seems that another alternative method is gaining popularity, new reports have claimed. Cybersecurity researchers from Deep Instinct have discovered an uptick in the use of Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for...
Cisco fixes security flaw that could have allowed sneaky hacking
Cisco has confirmed it patched a high-severity flaw that was impacting its IOx application hosting environment. Cisco IOx is an application environment that allows consistent deployment of applications that are independent of the network infrastructure and docker...
China’s first practical quantum computer has been around for a year
Chinese firm Origin has produced the country's useable quantum computer that has real-world applications. A report from Science and Technology Daily, one of the nation's state-run newspapers, confirmed that Origin's Wuyuan quantum computer has been in use for a year...
Google and VMware are finally working together in the cloud
Google Cloud appears to be opening up to a new series of cooperation with some potentially surprising new partnerships that could see it attract more customers who have loyalties to other brands, too. According to a Google Open Source Blog post, Google Cloud Engine...
Tiny11 is out, promising to be Windows 11 without steep hardware requirements
Windows 11 is renowned for the relatively steep system requirements that put it out of reach for many PCs that quite happily run Windows 10, but there’s a fix for that: a new version of the OS called Tiny11, which not only lowers the hardware bar for entry...