Hundreds of e-commerce sites, at least one owned by a large multinational company, were backdoored by malware that executes malicious code inside the browsers of visitors, where it can steal payment card information and other sensitive data, security researchers said Monday. The infections are the result of a supply-chain attack that compromised at least three…
Though not the first software to allow video communication over the Internet, Skype was one of the first recognizably modern peer-to-peer video chatting apps. Created by some of the same developers behind the Kazaa peer-to-peer file-sharing software, Skype was originally released in 2003, at around the same time when increasing broadband Internet availability and better…
An update to Roku OS has resulted in colors looking washed out in HDR content viewed on Roku apps, like Disney+. Complaints started surfacing on Roku’s community forum a week ago. On May 1, a company representative posted that Roku was “investigating the Disney Plus HDR content that was washed out after the recent update.”…
In the latest act of the Apple-does-AI drama, the company is allegedly working with Google/Amazon-backed start-up Anthropic PBC to build AI-powered coding tools for developers, Bloomberg reports. The move leans into this year’s fastest-emerging AI buzz-word, “vibe-coding” and means developers will be able to get AI-equipped dev tools to write, edit, and test code on their behalf….
Weird and chaotic—but the good kind. Revenge of the Savage Planet crashes into your world with unapologetic oddness. But it’s the good kind of weird that makes you think, “What just happened?” before you dive back in for more sci-fi co-op adventure madness. This is the second time this year I’ve reviewed a debut game…
Although a staple of the franchise, the chicken jockey is one of the rarest mobs in Minecraft. But don’t worry, as with everything in the game, forcing the enemy to appear is just a matter of knowing the right commands. To help you bring the meme to life, here’s how to summon a chicken jockey…
The Israeli company behind the obscure messaging app former US national security advisor Mike Walz was photographed using on his iPhone last week was recently hacked, it has been alleged. The app in question, TM SGNL, is a modified version of the more famous Signal app senior administration officials got themselves into hot water for…
Mozilla, the creator of Firefox browser, has issued a dire warning that remedies aimed at curbing Google’s search monopoly could inadvertently kill one of the few remaining independent forces in web browsing. The stark assessment came as Mozilla CFO Eric Muhlheim testified in Google’s defense against Department of Justice antitrust proposals, calling the potential outcomes…
Enterprise IT leaders — and their counterparts in Legal and Compliance — have many reasons to hate having their websites visited by genAI model makers’ agents, whether they are called bots, crawlers, or spiders. They could object to their IP being stolen and used to train genAI models with almost no benefit to their company….
Get Paid with AI We all go to work to get paid, and IT professionals this week were keen to find out how, devouring our article on the highest-paying IT skills of 2025. What they really wanted to understand: how much does AI pay? Being an AI-infused chatbot you would expect Smart Answers to…