Brave Software Inc., the company behind the privacy-first browser and search engine, has introduced Ask Brave — a new feature that blends AI-powered chat with traditional search results in one seamless experience. The tool is free to use on any browser via search.brave.com/ask , which is designed to save users from switching between traditional search engines with “ten blue links” and AI chatbots that deliver long walls of text. “With Ask Brave, users no longer have to choose between different tools depending on the action they want to perform, juggling between traditional search engines with their ten blue links, and chat-like interfaces with their walls of text,” announced the company in a blog post on Monday....

Google Chrome is about to get a little safer, especially on Windows, as it adds a new security feature to Chrome that automatically de-elevates the browser when it is launched with administrator privileges. This move is aimed at stopping high-privilege attacks through the browser and strengthening user security across all platforms. The change, recently submitted via a Chromium code commit, builds on a similar mechanism introduced in Microsoft Edge back in 2019....

Comcast will pay a $1.5 million fine to settle an FCC (Federal Communications Commission) investigation into a 2024 vendor data breach that exposed sensitive information belonging to more than 270,000 customers. A Breach Originating Outside Comcast The incident traces back to February 2024, when hackers infiltrated the systems of Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS) — a debt collector firm Comcast had last worked with in 2022. Despite being a former vendor, FBCS still held sensitive customer records....

Silicon Valley Deploys Crime-Fighting Robots To Patrol The Streets Day and Night In the latest development from Silicon Valley, a Palo Alto startup called Knightscope has developed a fleet of crime-fighting machinery for a safer tomorrow. The Knightscope K5 Security Robot has begun patrolling the streets to fight crime, and these robots have the capability to see, hear, feel and smell. These robots are cute and inviting to the public. “We’ve had people go up and hug it, and embrace it for whatever reason,” said Stacy Stephens, co-founder of the borderline cartoonishly named Knightscope....

Do you want to download videos from Facebook without the hassle of installing any special software? Well, if you want to then you have landed on the right post. In this article, we have shared a unique method that can help you download Facebook videos without using any third-party service. In recent years the amount of video-based content on Facebook has increased drastically. However, unlike other mainstream video-streaming services like YouTube, Facebook doesn’t allow users to directly download videos....

Elon Musk has sued Microsoft-backed OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, among others, for breaching the company’s contract that aims to benefit humanity rather than pursuing profits. In a lawsuit filed on Thursday in the San Francisco Superior Court, Musk’s lawyers accused OpenAI of drifting away from its founding principles of developing artificial intelligence (AI) for the “benefit of humanity” over profits. The company, initially envisioned as an open-source, non-profit entity for which the AI was developed, started shifting towards profit-seeking ventures, thereby violating the terms of the Founding Agreement....

Facebook on Monday announced a “Watch Together” feature that allows you to enjoy Facebook Watch videos with your friends and family and share the experience in real-time over Messenger video calls and Messenger Rooms. “Every day, there are more than 150 million video calls on Messenger, and more than 200 million videos sent via Messenger. Now, with Watch Together, you can enjoy videos and share the experience with your friends in real time,” Nora Micheva, Product Manager for Facebook said in an announcement blog post ....

A recent Forbes report claims that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) last year was able to extract data from the most secure and latest iPhone 11 Pro Max using one of the black/gray market tools. According to the report, FBI investigators in Ohio used a third-party hacking device called GrayKey to extract data from a locked iPhone 11 Pro Max. The phone in question belonged to Baris Ali Koch, who was accused of helping his brother convicted of hate crime escape the country by using his passport and lying to the authorities....

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Tuesday warned that malicious cyber actors from North Korea are carrying out specialized, difficult-to-detect social engineering campaigns against cryptocurrency companies and their employees to deploy malware and steal company cryptocurrency. “North Korean social engineering schemes are complex and elaborate, often compromising victims with sophisticated technical acumen. Given the scale and persistence of this malicious activity, even those well versed in cybersecurity practices can be vulnerable to North Korea’s determination to compromise networks connected to cryptocurrency assets,” wrote the FBI in a public service announcement....

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States on Saturday acknowledged that its external email system was compromised by hackers who sent out spam emails from a legitimate FBI email address to thousands of organizations warning of an impending cyberattack. Reported first by Bleeping Computer , the fake email pretended to warn the victims of a “sophisticated chain attack” from an advanced threat actor known as Vinny Troia, who is the head of security research of the dark web intelligence companies NightLion and Shadowbyte....

Omegle is one of the best free online chat websites to meet and talk to strangers. It is not a dating site and the idea is to connect with anyone available on the platform via a video chat or text chat both moderated and unmoderated. While Omegle is not new it has been used by people to meet strangers to kill time when they are bored and lonely. Users can easily add their interests to meet similar people...

Google on Monday released its February 2025 security patches, which address 48 vulnerabilities, including a critical zero-day vulnerability affecting the Android kernel that was being actively exploited in attacks. Tracked as CVE-2024-53104 , the zero-day flaw has been described as a high-severity issue affecting the Android Kernel’s USB Video Class (UVC) driver. What’s the vulnerability? This vulnerability is a privilege escalation security flaw in Android’s USB Video Class driver, which if exploited, can allow an authenticated attacker to elevate privileges in low-complexity attacks on targeted devices....

The hacker who uses Ag3nt47 as his twitter handle has hacked the Suzuki and Mazda Russia websites. Previously they breached Harvard, Stanford, and MIT, and the information stolen was published online. All the information from hacked websites can be seen here for Suzuki which includes password hashes and emails. and form mazda can be seen here. The reason for defacement is still not known, but it seems like they are targeting high profile website....

Starting today, HBO Max, the video-on-demand streaming service owned by WarnerMedia, will be available on the Amazon Fire TV streaming line-up, including the Fire TV Stick and Fire TV Stick Lite, Fire TV Edition smart TVs, and Fire tablets. “We are very excited that Amazon customers will now be able to enjoy the best-in-class content that lives within HBO Max,” announced Tony Goncalves, Head of Sales and Distribution for WarnerMedia. “Our continued goal is to make HBO Max and its unparalleled content available to customers across all the devices they love....

South Korea Has the Best Mobile Data Speed in the world, USA Lags Behind China and India comes last Today everything is driven by Internet and so speed becomes much more important. Have you ever thought where your country ranks globally in mobile data speeds? Do you think that your country provides you the best mobile data speeds? If you compare your country with other countries of the world, you may find yourself wrong....

Riot’s free-to-play Valorant is the fastest-growing FPS (First Person Shooter) game. Taking inspiration from Counter-Strike and borrowing a few elements from Apex Legends, Valo’s popularity continues to soar. Similar to other FPS games, having higher frames is the bare minimum for playing the shooter game properly. And when you don’t own a gaming PC and struggle with the frames, the gaming experience takes a hit. Are you struggling with low FPS in Valorant?...

How to Fix or Repair a Pen Drive or SD card That’s Broken or Not Recognized An age-old problem. Every computer user has faced this problem. What I speak of, is the tragedy of the corrupted USB Pen drive or SD Card. No matter what you do, at some point, your computer will simply refuse to read your USB drive. Fortunately, though, there are ways to rectify this with one only needing to use a command prompt....

SOS Only on an iPhone is one of the most commonly reported issues from iPhone users on many forums and communities. This issue is a very frustrating one as it prevents you from being able to make or receive calls and messages except with emergency numbers. Besides, it is often hard to identify the issue’s root and consequently fix it. This is why we have put together this article to discuss the most common causes of SOS only on iPhone and help you with the solution you can use to resolve the issue....

Instagram’s parent company Meta has launched a Twitter-like Social network named Threads, an Instagram app . Within just a few hours of its global launch, it managed to surge over 10 million users worldwide on record. The app requires your Instagram account to log in and is also called an Instagram app. Even though Threads is so new many users have a blue checkmark on their Threads account. If you are a Threads user and wondering How to Get Verified on Threads then we will guide you step by step in this article....

When you play music on your iPhone, a music player widget starts appearing on the lock screen. The music widget on the iPhone lock screen is very advantageous. It gives you basic control of your music app, like play/pause the music or adjusting the volume. You don’t require to unlock your iPhone to perform these basic actions. Usually, when you stop playing songs or podcasts, the music widgets disappear from the lock screen within a few minutes....