Intel, the giant semiconductor chipmaker, on Wednesday announced its 11th-generation processors for “thin and light laptops” with unmatched capabilities for real-world productivity, collaboration, creation, gaming, and entertainment across Windows and ChromeOS-based laptops. Dubbed as ‘Tiger Lake’, these mobile processors that are built on Intel’s 10nm new SuperFin process technology introduce the all-new Willow Cove architecture, which includes new CPU and GPU optimization and capabilities, greater AI acceleration, the fastest connectivity, and more....

A security flaw in Kaspersky antivirus leaves millions of users exposed to online hack A security journalist Ronald Eikenberg at German computer magazine C’T revealed that a flaw in Kaspersky antivirus software allowed third parties to spy on its millions of users for years – even in the browser’s Incognito Mode or when you use a different browser such as Chrome, Firefox, or Edge. According to an article titled “ Kasper-Spy: Kaspersky Anti-Virus puts users at risk published in the magazine on Thursday, Kaspersky AV software inserted a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) into the JavaScript code of every browser a user visited without their consent....

Microsoft had announced last year that Microsoft 365 apps and services will no longer support Internet Explorer 11 (IE 11) by August 17, 2021. While Microsoft Teams web app had dropped support for IE 11 on November 30, 2020, the rest of the Microsoft 365 apps and services have also dropped for support IE 11 effective August 17, 2021. “Users may have a degraded experience, or be unable to connect to, those apps and services....

Microsoft on Thursday announced that it is bringing the power of next-generation AI (artificial intelligence) to Office 365 apps such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook Mail, Teams, and more with ‘Microsoft 365 Copilot — your copilot for work’. Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4 technology, the Microsoft Copilot combines the power of large language models (LLMs) with your data in the Microsoft Graph and the Microsoft 365 apps. The tool is aimed to help users with creating documents, emails, and presentations, as well as add content to existing documents, summarise texts, and much more....

On January 9, 2024, Microsoft had notified that a BitLocker Secure Boot bypass vulnerability tracked under ID “CVE-2024-20666” could allow threat actors to bypass BitLocker encryption to gain access to encrypted data, provided they get physical access to an unpatched PC. To address this, the company went on to release cumulative updates, KB5034441 (on Windows 10) and KB5034440 (on Windows 11) in the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE). However, installation of the KB5034441 update started showing the error message “0x80070643 – ERROR_INSTALL_FAILURE”, which indicated insufficient WinRE partition size....

Last month, we reported that Microsoft had acknowledged that a new bug in Windows 11, version 24H2 , automatically increased the audio volume level to 100%. While the company is still working on a fix to resolve this audio issue, a new issue has been observed on some devices containing Dirac Audio. The newly discovered audio output bug is affecting devices equipped with Dirac Audio technology with the software component cridspapo....

Microsoft is all set to reveal its next generation of Windows at a virtual digital event titled “What’s Next for Windows” on June 24 th . However, just days ahead of its release, a few alleged screenshots of Microsoft’s upcoming operating system were published on China’s Tieba Baidu site on Tuesday offering insight to its features. Additionally, a Windows 11 disc image (an ISO file) has also been circulating on the web....

Windows latest KB4512941 update is making Cortana use consume more of CPU resources Microsoft had recently released the KB4512941 update for Windows 10 that fixes numerous issues affecting Remote Desktop, Windows Sandbox and other aspects of Windows 10. However, after installing the optional cumulative update, several Windows 10 1903 users complained of CPU usage spikes and a decrease in computer performance. The culprit in question is SearchUI.exe process, part of Cortana – Microsoft’s voice assistant present on all Windows PCs, that is taking 30-40% of CPU usage and even using system memory when not in use, reported users on Microsoft’s Feedback Hub and Reddit ( 1 , 2 )....

The SD Association, which oversees the design of SD cards, on Tuesday, announced the SD 8.0 Specification for SD Express memory cards, which boasts of insane transfer speeds. Based on the latest NVMe specification (up to version 1.4), these SD 8.0 cards can deliver a maximum data transfer rate of nearly 4 gigabytes per second (GB/s) or 3,940 Mbps with PCI Express (PCIe) 4.0 architecture. They are also backwards-compatible with old card readers that use previous specifications....

Xiaomi shook the entire smartphone industry when it launched the POCO F1 with flagship-grade hardware at a mid-range smartphone price. Well, the Chinese tech giant has just launched the successor to the POCO F1, i.e., the POCO F2 Pro. Xiaomi spinoff announced this smartphone at a global online event. So here’s everything you need to know about the new flagship killer smartphones from POCO. ALSO READ: Xiaomi Mi Robot Vacuum Mop-P Launched In India...

Raspberry Pi yesterday launched its latest camera board – High-Quality Camera – available for just $50 , along with a range of interchangeable lenses starting at $25. For those unaware, Raspberry Pi had launched its first camera board in 2013, which was built around the OmniVision OV5647 5-megapixel sensor. This was replaced by Camera Module V2 in April 2016 built around the 8-megapixel Sony IMX219 sensor. The High-Quality Camera is a big upgrade over the IMX219 camera module, as it consists of a 12....

Ransomware Gang BlackCat, also known as ALPHV, has claimed responsibility behind the February cyberattack on Reddit, where 80GB of zipped data was stolen from the company. The threat actors are now planning to leak the data, as they did not receive the ransomware amount demanded by them. February Cyberattack on Reddit On February 9, 2023, Social news aggregation and discussion website Reddit revealed that their systems were hacked in a sophisticated and highly-targeted phishing attack on February 5, 2023, after an employee fell victim to a phishing attack....

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has found evidence that the recent hacking campaigns have used exploits that were “identical or strikingly similar” to exploits previously used by commercial surveillance vendors (CSVs) Intellexa and NSO Group. According to the TAG report published on Thursday, Google assessed “with moderate confidence” that two watering hole campaigns were carried out by Russian government-backed hacking group “ATP29” (also known as Midnight Blizzard) targeting Mongolian government websites between November 2023 and July 2024....

Samsung and Tesla are both dominant companies in the consumer electronics and electric vehicles markets respectively. Recently, a private meeting was held in Silicon Valley between Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Samsung Electronics Executive Chairman Lee Jae-yong. Samsung officially stated that, The two companies are currently seeking ways to cooperate in the development of IT-related technologies, such as semiconductors for autonomous vehicles. During the meeting, the CEOs agreed to continue exchanges for next-generation technology development, especially on chips for fully autonomous vehicles....

Other articles inform about the NSA’s work in Iraq. NSA staffers worked to research the locations of weapons of mass destruction material, although claims about Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s alleged weapons of mass destruction proved to be false. Some sensitive information has been removed from the published documents, according to The Intercept. The publication allowed the NSA the opportunity to comment on the documents prior to Monday’s publication and redacted the names of low-level functionaries and “other information that could impose serious harm on innocent individuals,” according to Glenn Greenwald cofounder of Intercept....

Japanese giant Sony Electronics on Thursday officially launched the new professional drone that it had teased during the CES 2021 in January this year. Called the “Airpeak S1″, this is Sony’s first commercial drone aimed at professional filmmakers and creatives and also their official entry into the drone market. The Airpeak S1 is the world’s smallest drone designed to carry a gimbal along with a full-frame mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera. The drone utilizes a proprietary motor, propeller, control system, and sensing technology, enabling dynamic and precise flight with high agility and supporting the creative expression of its users to the fullest....

Sony Interactive Entertainment on Monday announced that it has entered into a new partnership with one of the world’s most popular online communication services, Discord to boost the social experience on PlayStation. The announcement was made after Sony made a minority investment as part of Discord’s Series H investment round. Discord is hugely popular among gamers and used by more than 140 million people every month around the world. “At PlayStation, we’re constantly looking for new ways to enable players around the world to connect with one another, form new friendships and communities, and share fun experiences and lasting memories,” Jim Ryan, Sony President, and CEO said in the blog post ....

Tesla owner tries Autopilot from back seat while driving at 55 miles per hour The car manufacturer Tesla had launched a new Autopilot system last month which assists the drivers to drive without using steering wheel for a brief time. Ever since it was launched, there have been many videos by Tesla car drivers showcasing Tesla’s semi-autonomous technology. Many of these videos show drivers sitting in the steering wheel but an unknown user has released a video which shows to the Tesla owner undertake the daring stunt a bit further and sits in the backseat while filming the Autopilot feature doing all of the work....

Tesla will have to recall nearly 54,000 vehicles in the U.S. with the company’s “Full Self-Driving (FDS)” software, as it lets them roll through intersections with stop signs without coming to a complete halt. The autonomous software functionality referred to as “rolling stop” allows the vehicle to travel through all-way-stop intersections at up to 5.6 miles (9 km) per hour before coming to a complete stop, only if no other cars, pedestrians, or bikes are detected in the vicinity of the intersection....

Newly discovered malware makes use of Tor to open a backdoor on Mac OS X systems Researchers from security firm, Bitdefender have discovered a new malware family that opens a backdoor via the Tor network on Mac OS X systems. Bitdefender researchers have named the malware as Backdoor.MAC.Eleanor. The security researchers said that the Eleanor creators are spreading the malware through phishing and EasyDoc Converter, a Mac app that allows users to convert files by dragging them over a small window....