Image: Michael Crider/IDG Many people’s daily browsing is now done on their mobile devices. So it’s more important than ever to have a great VPN that works well on your phone. While some services work best on Windows, others particularly shine when used on Android devices, and I’ve curated a list of my favorites to …
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At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Straightforward setup and mapping Delivered an even, thorough cut from the first mow Obstacle detection is promising (although it still needs work) Cons Somewhat underpowered for its size Rear-wheel drive only Underwhelming performance on slopes Our Verdict The Eufy Lawnbot E18 is a great robot lawn mower for smaller, …
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Image: Foundry / Pexels Suddenly, Intel is a hot topic again — but this time as an investment property. As the company weathers layoffs and a struggling foundry business, both the U.S. government and SoftBank plan to invest. However, it’s not so simple. Intel announced that SoftBank Group Corp., the Japanese investment giant, would put …
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Image: Matheus Bertelli, Pexels About two weeks ago, OpenAI released GPT-5. The newest AI model in the GPT line, GPT-5 was put forth as the company’s “smartest, fastest, most useful model yet” with “built-in thinking” and “expert-level intelligence.” But the release backfired for one important reason. Part of the changes in GPT-5 involved addressing the …
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Image: IDG / Mark Knapp If you want me to be excited about a laptop above a certain price, it’s going to need a few extras as far as hardware. The HP OmniBook X Flip 14 normally goes for $1,050, which isn’t terrible for its AMD Ryzen processor and 24GB of RAM. But this 14-inch …
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A campaign of voice-based social engineering attacks targeting users of Salesforce’s services appears to have struck HR platform Workday By Alex Scroxton, Security Editor Published: 18 Aug 2025 16:45 Human resources (HR) platform provider Workday has become the latest large organisation to fall victim to a cyber attack originating through a third-party supplier, as the …
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Hacker Al-Tahery Al-Mashriky pled guilty to attacking multiple websites based on extremist political and religious ideology By Alex Scroxton, Security Editor Published: 18 Aug 2025 16:30 A Rotherham man who hacked and defaced a number of websites, and stole login credentials on over four million individuals, has been jailed for 20 months at Sheffield Crown …
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L’Oréal UK and Ireland will work with law enforcement, cyber educators and students, and other large organisations to help thousands of small salons across the UK improve their cyber resilience practice By Alex Scroxton, Security Editor Published: 18 Aug 2025 16:28 The UK and Ireland branch of multibillion-pound beauty giant L’Oréal is to work with …
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Programming skills are always in demand, but with artificial intelligence, people will have to adapt their approach to writing code By Cliff Saran, Managing Editor Published: 18 Aug 2025 16:00 Thanks to advances in artificial intelligence (AI), starting a career as a novice software developer or retraining to become a software engineer is now far …
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Okta research indicates the emergence and growth of novel security problems, connected with the spread of AI agents and non-human identities By Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor Published: 18 Aug 2025 14:45 Research from identity management supplier Okta is pointing to new security problems, connected with the emergence and growth of artificial intelligence (AI) agents …
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