The WikiLeaks breach might just have done the CIA a favor Has the agency learned from its mistakes when it comes to securing sensitive data? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. A new report has revealed that thelargest data loss in CIA historyoccurred as the result of “woefully lax” security practices. Back in early 2017, WikiLeaks published details on top-secret CIA hacking tools that were actually part of a larger set of data (37TB) stolen from one of the US agency’s high-security networks....

This is AMD’s secret weapon against Intel and it could change personal computing forever Learnings from games consoles may help When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. AMD’s big announcement this week was the launch of the new Ryzen 3000 XT CPUs - a stopgap between the current generation and the Ryzen 4000 series expected to launch later this year....

Twitter is rolling out a new audio tweet feature for iOS users Record and post 140-second-long voice tweets When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Remember when 140 was an important number for Twitter users? Well, that number is making a comeback. This time it’s not the maximum number of characters in a tweet, but the duration of how long an ‘audio tweet’ can be....

US set to block activation of controversial undersea web cable Undersea cable will connect the US to Taiwan and the Philippines but not Hong Kong When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. The US government will likely block the activation of anundersea web cablelinking the US to Hong Kong over fears of Chinese data theft. ThePacific Light Cable Networkwas first announced in 2016 as a partnership betweenGoogle, Facebook and other companies with the aim of boosting internet speeds and capacity between North America and Asia....

What are contact-tracing apps and how will they help you? Three systems, one goal When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. One thing that’s come out of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic is the development of a new type of app. These are known as contact-tracing apps, and you’ve likely heard of them. The name gives you the core idea of what these apps do – essentially allowing users to identify if they may have been in contact with someone infected with the coronavirus....

Windows 10 will finally fix Chrome’s biggest problem RAM management change should make a big impact, particularly for multi-core CPUs When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Windows 10 May 2020 Updatecomes with a very useful change that should help to reduce memory usage with some apps, withGoogle Chromereportedly being one of the beneficiaries of this, and hopefully ending its reputation as a RAM-hogging browser....

Xiaomi’s first smartwatch you can buy may be called the Mi Watch Revolve A renamed Xiaomi Mi Watch Color When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. While Xiaomi puts out its popular Mi Band fitness trackers globally, it hasn’t yet released any of its smartwatches outside China - that could change soon though, and we’ve heard what its first global release could be called....