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After breaching Nvidia, Samsung, Vodafone, etc, the Lapsus$ group now claims to have breached Okta – a leading authentication platform. Today, the Lapsus$ gang has posted a few screenshots in its Telegram group, pertaining to Okta.com. While the gang claims to have accessed through an admin account, Okta said it’s investigating the incident and will supply more updates when known. Okta.com Breached With over 5,000 employees and more than $6 billion market value, Okta is one of the leading services offering authentication services and Identity and access management (IAM) solutions to several big corporations....

We’ve known that LG, the South Korean electronics maker isn’t having a good time in the smartphone business for quite a long time. While everyone speculated the company to shut down soon, its CEO revealed a considerable decision of selling the smartphone unit to VinGroup instead. But now, reports tell the company is eventually shutting down since the acquisition talks have failed. LG Smartphone Business to Shut Down Soon The smartphone industry is undoubtedly a tough space to fight....

Linus Torvalds, the founder and principal developer of Linux kernel continues criticizing Intel for not giving the value to the price it’s brought for. Blaming Intel for no ECC policies, he claims to be happy with his frankenbox , a build he made based on AMD Theadripper 3970x which gives more bang for the buck. Linus Torvalds: Intel was pushing shit to consumers Linus Torvalds has been using Intel processors for over 15 years now and shifted recently to AMD processors since he felt the yields are better with the latter....

MediaTek has launched the new gaming-focused chipset for 4G smartphones. On Tuesday, the Taiwan company announced about the new gaming chip added to the MediaTek Helio G Series family. Helio G95 Gaming-Chip Launched: Features & Specifications Helio G95 chipset has upgraded MediaTek HyperEngine game technology, connectivity, multi-camera support, and an AI Super-Resolution for video streams. A deputy General Manager, Yenchi Lee, said in a statement, “MediaTek continues to enhance its G series gaming chips to deliver robust performance and MediaTek Helio G95 is our most powerful gaming chip to date....

Meta is winding down the support for NFTs on Instagram and Facebook apps – as noted by the company’s Head of Commerce and Financial Technologies. This comes exactly a year after launching these ‘digital collectables’ on Meta apps, and letting users create, share and sell their work. Shutting them down, the company will focus on “monetization opps for Reels” and messaging payments across Meta. Meta Killing NFT Support For Good Meta is one of the few tech giants that embraced cryptocurrency and NFT technology in their early days....

To lure more users from rival browsers, Microsoft is inducing new support for its Chromium-based Edge browser – Games! As seen by a few in Edge’s latest Canary build, a new Games section is available to play right within the browser. Interested users can enable this support and see several HTML5 games from various categories, which are instantly playable without any download. Games in Edge Browser For a long, Microsoft has been nagging the neutral fans of desktop browsers to switch for Edge and stick to it....

The Solorigate incident has been shaking the cybersecurity community since the last month. With many companies reputedly being infected with this malicious SolarWinds update, Microsoft has now revealed that the source code of some of its products has been viewed from a compromised internal account. Source Code of Microsoft Products Viewed Microsoft is one of the first companies that detected the malicious campaign of Solorigate , a malicious software update that’s being passed to all SolarWinds customers via a fake update....

After testing for a while in the Dev channel, Microsoft is now rolling the new Notepad to Beta users of Windows 11. Also, the availability of the new Photos app and redesigned Groove Music is extended to the general public. The new Notepad supports dark mode, more settings, a new context menu, and an overall fresh UI to suit Windows 11’s Fluent design. Whereas the Photos app gets more editing options and the Groove Music is replaced by Windows Media Player....

After revamping all the default apps in Windows 11, Microsoft is seen testing a new version of Task Manager lately. This is tagged as a ‘TaskManagerRejuvenated’ and is currently available in the latest Windows 11 Dev channel. While it didn’t bring any new features to the Task Manager, it revamped the overall design while including the same old elements within. Also, there’s a new hero section that mentions your device name and the model it’s running on....

Microsoft is focusing on its Chromium-based browser, which is set to launch soon. The primary agenda is to secure the browser against all sorts of malware attacks, including piracy, trojans, and cryptocurrency mining. Microsoft officials recently declared that they are taking stern measures to ensure that crypto-based malware will be done away with in their latest browser release. The Chromium-based browser is going to roll out soon, and tech experts are hopeful for quality performance and many technical improvements....

If you’re done with the hype of ChatGPT, here’s something that may similarly excite you – an AI-based music generator from Google called MusicLM . Research published by Google recently states that MusicLM can create songs of any genre with a text description. Based on the analysis of hundreds of thousands of music hours, this technology can even write abstract concepts that other regular AI generators can’t. Google’s Effort to Tackle ChatGPT As all around the world are mesmerized by ChatGPT’s work in various fields, Google came up with its AI model that can create surprising songs out of text....

Netflix won the US already, now it needs to gain the rest of the world. And there are only two specific ways to do so; either by making more engaging content or by lowering the price. While it succeeded in the former part, it’s still struggling with the subscription prices in developing countries. One such market in India and Netflix has just come up with a clever plan to advertise itself....

The official announcement of the Oppo and OnePlus merger last week has risen various doubts in the community. These include hardware sharing, regarding the OS, supply chain, etc. But one prominent question among all is the entity status of OnePlus, which is now cleared through a memo shared by a leaker. Based on it, OnePlus will be a subsidiary of Oppo but will function with full independence in most terms....

Though a huge file of videos and photos belonging to Onlyfans were dumped online yesterday, the platform claims that it wasn’t hacked after all. This fairly popular content-sharing site is more like a premium Twitter, where users pay a subscription fee for watching their desired celebs doing their work. On the other hand, it’s just another way for famous personalities to make income. Leaked somehow, but not breached More than 1....

As world leaders gather in Paris for a high-stakes summit on artificial intelligence, experts from various fields call for stricter AI regulations to ensure the technology remains under human control. While past meetings, such as those held in Britain’s Bletchley Park in 2023 and Seoul in 2024, focused heavily on AI safety concerns, this year’s summit—co-hosted by France and India—takes a different approach. A Shift Toward AI Governance and Opportunity Rather than solely emphasizing the risks, France’s agenda highlights global AI governance, sustainability, and industry commitments....

PayPal today entered the cryptocurrency space eventually. It’s has partnered with Paxos , a cryptocurrency company to support cryptocurrency transactions via its platform. While Paxos in the background take care of the conversions, PayPal will let users pay to pay their merchants via their cryptocurrencies. Starting in the US initially, PayPal will soon expand this service to other markets. PayPal to Support Cryptocurrencies Soon While many cryptocurrency companies are trying to become a PayPal for cryptos, PayPal itself turns to a partial cryptocurrency company....

PlayStations are becoming famous from the past years throughout the market. Now, one more exceedingly anticipated game has been leaked out by the Twitter Leakster. The price and the release date of the PlayStation 5 have discovered by PSErebus for this console. The person follows all the pattern set by Sony in the past few years for the release of PlayStation. However, the PlayStation 4 of Sony was dropped first in North America on November 15th 2013, and after that, it was released on November 29th in Europe....

Samsung released its Q2 2022 earnings report today, where the company recorded a significant slump in its consumer devices. Blaming the economic uncertainties and geopolitical issues, Samsung saw a weakened demand for chips in consumer products. But, the demand for server chips has increased, pushing the company’s revenue growth to a new high last quarter. Here’s more; Samsung Q2 2022 Earnings Report Just a day after Google released its Q2 2022 earnings report , Samsung shared its own numbers for the same period – noting a consolidated revenue of KRW 77....

Credit card skimmers are evolving with new techniques. A recent skimmer noted by Malwarebytes is pretending to be Cloudflare’s page loader and stealing card details. The tool they’re leveraging here is the Cloudflare’s Rocket Loader , which is used for improving a page’s loading speed. This was faked by attackers by dumping malicious JavaScript codes via fake and impersonating sites. Credit card skimming is one of the finest attacks used by hackers ....

February 28, 2025 — It’s official: Microsoft is sunsetting Skype, the iconic communication tool that shaped online connections for over a decade. The tech giant revealed that Skype will shut down on May 5 and urged its users to switch to the free version of Microsoft Teams for chats, video calls, and group interactions. Skype, purchased for $8.5 billion in 2011, is closing, signaling a pivot as Microsoft consolidates its communication offerings amid changing digital habits....