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Phishing attacks are evolving constantly as threat actors discover new ways to attack Internet users and steal passwords and other sensitive data. One common strategy is to use legitimate services, for instance official PayPal emails, to deliver the malicious content to users.

OpenAI has removed a feature from ChatGPT that allowed shared chats to be discovered by search engines. The option in question only applied to chats that were shared by users.

Google has lost its appeal against a ruling in the case against Epic Games. The Play Store will need to allow third-party app marketplaces.

Epic Games sued Apple and Google in 2020, following the removal of Fortnite from both stores, after the game used third-party payment methods. Epic's case against Apple didn't really go its way. But the lawsuit against Google unearthed several revenue sharing deals that the Mountain View company had made with OEMs.

Windows 10 continues to be a popular operating system for gaming. While Windows 11 has overtaken Windows 10 as the most popular choice on Steam some time ago, millions of gamers continue to play their games on Windows 10.

Google Chrome has been updated to version 139. This is the 2nd stable update for Chrome stable this week.

Proton is on a role. The company released its privacy-friendly AI Lumo last week and has now released Proton Authenticator, a two-factor authentication app.

Don't have a spare mouse? You can use your phone as a wireless mouse to work on your computer.

Long story short, my mouse died recently. It's a Razer Viper Mini, the buttons work, so does the scroll wheel, but the cursor wouldn't move. I dismantled and cleaned it, but I think the sensor's a dud. So, while I was waiting for a new mouse to arrive, I decided to use my iPhone as a mouse.

Opera has filed an antitrust complaint against Microsoft in Brazil. The complaint alleges that Edge has an unfair advantage in the browser market because of its operating system.

Online age verification is getting serious with each passing day. YouTube is going to use AI to identify, and restrict underage accounts.

This isn't something that's happening out of the blue, Google had announced in February that it would introduce some technology to distinguish between adults and younger viewers. That's exactly what it is going to do.

ChatGPT Agent was able to pass the "I am not a robot" captcha prevention on a website. The internet can't believe what happened.

For those unaware, OpenAI launched its ChatGPT Agent a few weeks ago. It can automate tasks that you set, from start to finish. It's only available for ChatGPT Pro users for now.

Users of the cloud file storage service Dropbox have access to several related tools. One of those, Dropbox Passwords, is being shut down later this year.

July 29, 2015. This was an important day, it was the day Microsoft released Windows 10. Today, Windows 10 turns 10. Happy Birthday!

Windows 11 is getting a feature that users have been requesting for a long time. You will soon be able to access your notifications across multiple monitors.

Microsoft has announced that it has begun rolling out age verification for Xbox users in the U.K. This process is to comply with The Online Safety Act.

The next step in the evolution of web browsers seems to turn the browser into an agentic tool that handles more than returning answers to user queries. Several AI-based browsers are in development, some are already available for testing.