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Microsoft may have cracked glass-based data storage, but don't expect to get your hands on it
1+ hour, 28+ min ago (280+ words) Served on a platter. SSDs may sound like the obvious solution, but have you seen SSD prices lately? Besides, even storage giant SanDisk says, "most SSDs will last anywhere from 5 to 10 years." That's hardly archival-quality. However, a fresh study from…...
New study sassily states that password managers have 'Zero Knowledge (About) Encryption"
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (343+ words) But post-its aren't the way either. Despite banging on about data privacy, my password practices are perhaps not actually that secure. No, I'm not leaving them lying around on post-it notes like my office is just the latest level of…...
Discord keeps walking into rakes, but TeamSpeak is thriving after 'incredible surge of new users"
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (554+ words) Discord keeps walking into rakes, but TeamSpeak is thriving after 'incredible surge of new users'PC Gamer You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful Want to add more newsletters? Your weekly update on everything you could ever want to…...
Bug or feature: Windows Insiders and developers can't download the latest ISOs, including the devs behind Rufus
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (335+ words) Microsoft has yet to comment on the issue. Windows 11. There's a lot I could say about Microsoft's latest operating system, but if I got into it, we'd be here all day. So, let's focus on the most recent development'namely, how…...
Motorola was once working on a 'password pill' and it worked exactly how you think it does
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (448+ words) This was part of Motorola's goal to 'fix' the "mechanical mismatch between humans and electronics." Did you know that, for a brief few years, Motorola (or more accurately, Motorola Mobility) was owned by Google? If you didn't know that, then…...
Google Threat Intelligence lists ways AI can be used for nefarious things and they all seem rather bad
3+ day, 23+ min ago (464+ words) Some of it is reportedly from 'government-backed' entities, too. As AI continues to grow and make its way into everyday life, the alleged productivity gains do appear to be showing in some places. It just so happens that hacker groups…...
This space MMO was coded by AI, is played by AI, and all us meatbags can do is watch them
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (559+ words) SpaceMolt is a vibe-coded "living universe" where AI agents face off against one another. 2026 began with a bang for fans of the dead Internet theory, thanks to the launch of Moltbook: an internet forum that apes Reddit, but is (in…...
Software engineer warns of AI agent dangers after becoming the target of an AI-generated hit piece
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (439+ words) As a loud and proud AI sceptic myself, I'm used to plenty of humans telling me I just don't get it'I've never once worried about that flak getting outsourced to an AI agent. Well, deep joy, the AI agents are…...
Formatting, tables, Copilot, and now a high-rated security vulnerability: Windows Notepad's additional features are getting worse
1+ week, 1+ day ago (240+ words) At least it's easy enough to avoid, until Notepad gets patched to fix the problem. Microsoft acknowledges the issue in its security update guide, snappily labelled as CVE-2026-20841. With a common vulnerability base score of 8.8 and temporal score of 7.7, it's…...
New scam spotted that uses a calendar invite, deepfakes of CEOs, and a troubleshooting program to create backdoors and data miners
1+ week, 2+ day ago (381+ words) This is one of many scams made in tandem with AI tools right now. A hacking group reportedly based out of North Korea has come up with a "new tooling and AI-enabled social engineering" scam, according to Google, and it's…...