The latest major Windows 11 update addresses these issues by bringing in a raft of changes to cater to the new hybrid work era. The security community is cautious in its praise, complimenting Microsoft for ensuring Windows protections evolve with the growing threat landscape while wondering if the company was too late to react. “This is great [but] honestly, this level of protection should have been enabled long ago,” Matthew Fulmer, Manager of Cyber Intelligence Engineering at Deep Instinct, told Lifewire over email....

Presearch, which has just exited the testing phase, is one such option that wants to end the monopoly of traditional search engines by putting people in charge. Its decentralized network replaces company-controlled supercomputers with a network of thousands of user-controlled nodes that work together. The goal? To get you the same meaningful results for your search queries but without the privacy and monopolistic concerns associated with traditional search engines like Google....

When Was the PlayStation 5 Released? The Playstation 5 was released for sale on November 12, 2020, in the United States. We’ve been impressed with the console’s evolution; this version is worth the upgrade if you’ve got the bucks to spend. What’s the Price? The PS5 has a $499 price tag for the Blu-ray disc version with the digital version (without an optical drive) priced at $399. That puts it a bit above its Microsoft competitor, the Xbox Series X and Series S (digital version), with pricing of $499....

The smallest current quantum computers are too bulky to be portable, but MIT researchers have now used ultrathin materials to build superconducting qubits, the quantum computer equivalent of transistors. It’s part of a quickening effort to make quantum computers practical for everyday use. “Quantum devices, particularly for sensing enabled by solid-state quantum technology, are well on their way to being “personal electronics” size,” Prineha Narang, a professor of computational materials science at Harvard University who studies quantum computing (who was not involved in the MIT study), told Lifewire in an email interview....

Who Is Grace Hopper? The Early Years Born in December 1906 in New York City, Grace Brewster Murray Hopper was Walter Fletcher Murray and Mary Campbell Van Horne’s daughter. As a child, she was educated in private schools and showed an early interest in engineering. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Vassar College in 1928 with degrees in mathematics and physics. She then received her master’s degree in mathematics from Yale in 1930 and, one year later, began teaching the same subject at Vassar College....

Cybersecurity research firm, NCC Group, has demonstrated a weakness in the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) specification that could be exploited by attackers to break open smart locks, such as the one used in a Tesla, and other phone-as-a-key systems that rely on Bluetooth-based proximity authentication. Fortunately, experts say such an attack is unlikely to occur on a mass scale, as it would take a tremendous amount of technical work to achieve....

With the ubiquity of smart TVs preloaded with premium streaming apps, what’s the purpose of streaming devices like the Roku Express? When you tune in to the Express, you get access to thousands of free and premium shows you may never have discovered on the choice few apps of your smart TV, or on the same reruns that show up on your cable subscription. If you’re afraid of leaving cable, know that many primetime shows are on some streaming platform out there, and for much less money....

It’s hard to overstate how much the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+ puts Android tablets on the map. As a category, Android tablets have long been considered the younger, less capable sibling of Apple’s iPad lineup, and that is in large part due to software limitations and lack of tablet-specific support from developers, but it has also historically been because, frankly, Android tablets didn’t look and feel that exciting. Samsung has aimed to (and in a lot of ways, succeeded in) shattering that expectation with the Tab S7+, bringing consumers a truly impressive tablet experience....

Samsung Health Wants to Be Your Health Habit Hub Samsung Health works as your hub for all things health related. Workouts, water intake, and hooking up with your running app to have all the information you want in a single place. There’s a lot going on in this app, but the aim is to put you in control with data to back up plan. When you walk the dog or take a run, your phone detects the motion and tracks it for you....

It’s a special semi-lockdown that lets repair technicians check your phone without accessing your private data. You engage it before handing your phone off for repair and unlock it again when you get the phone back. In the meantime, access to personal data like photos, messages, and passwords is blocked. “Our phones have a lot of private data that include saved passwords, social media accounts, and more,” Anirban Saha, technology writer and founder of Techbullish, told Lifewire via email....

The bootable version of SeaTools is more powerful, but is a bit more difficult to use. SeaTools for Windows or Linux isn’t as full-featured, but it’s much easier to install. Both programs are completely free and are highly recommended. If you suspect that your hard drive might be failing, one or both of these tools from Seagate will help you determine what’s wrong. More About Seagate SeaTools Seagate SeaTools is available in both a Windows (or Linux) version and a stand-alone, bootable version for maximum flexibility, called SeaTools for Windows/Linux and SeaTools Bootable, respectively....

Searches made in Windows Vista (where this file type is used) work because the Windows Search Index monitors changes made to files and stores those changes in a SEARCH-MS file, which is then used to quickly find those files throughout the computer. The file type is also used when a user saves a search to view the results later. These files are based on the XML file format, which means they are text files that contain just text entries....

One of the significant changes with the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro this year was that Google wouldn’t be including a charger in the box. The move was made to cut down on waste, and it’s one that many other phone manufacturers have been making in recent years, too. For those who don’t already own a USB-C charger, though, Google does offer a 30W charger that can be purchased separately....

Then gas prices spiked. Then they spiked again. Yesterday, I paid over $6 a gallon for gas. So it’s no wonder that multiple times a day I’m asked, “which EV should I buy?” Unfortunately, while I’m happy that more people are coming around to electric cars, in addition to being the worst time to fill up your car in decades, it’s also the worst time to buy a car. Any car....

Overall Findings A RAID enclosure holds multiple drives that can be configured in one or more RAID configurations. RAID enclosures deliver high levels of performance and can be configured for data redundancy, ensuring that your data is available even if a drive fails. The heart of a RAID system is the controller, which takes command of distributing data to and from the drives that make up the RAID array. RAID controllers can be hardware-based, using a chip built into the RAID enclosure, or software-based, using the computing power of the computer to control how data is read or written to the enclosure....

For many, the Sony Walkman brand conjures nostalgic feelings for a time when cassette tapes and FM radio were the primary way to find and listen to music. Today, the Sony NWE395 Walkman tries to continue this legacy, but it does so in a world of mobile apps and wireless connectivity. It’s a very simple MP3 player, with an interface that’s easy to use for music playback, but it does require you to try to remember how you dealt with media a decade and a half ago....

While the SDR can create stunning 3D images it’s aimed at business users because of its high price tag and the fact that content that takes advantage of the system is limited. It’s one of a growing number of devices that claim to create a virtual reality experience without goggles. Such displays are likely to eventually make their way into living rooms, observers say. “I’ve used Sony’s displays for 3D product prototyping, as well as at events like CES where they truly wowed people who’d never seen a spatial display before,” Adam Rodnitzky, COO, of Tangram Vision, a vision software company, said in an email interview....

“I’m a woman in need of great attention and they like to come on my show and have a conversation with a girl because girls are mystical creatures,” she laughs during a phone interview with LIfewire. “If I saw a girl dressed the way I am, with speed dating viewers in the title, and guys on I would be like what is this? But once you actually watch it you start to understand that it’s all a comedy and it’s all deliberate....

How to Find Split Screen in Excel What Is Split Screen in Excel? Use Excel’s split-screen feature to view multiple copies of the same worksheet. Splitting the screen divides the current worksheet vertically and/or horizontally into two or four sections allowing you to see the same or different areas of the worksheet. Splitting the screen is an alternative to freezing panes to keep worksheet titles or headings on screen as you scroll....

Trump effectively banned the platform from operating in the US in an executive order and the Chinese-based company filed a federal lawsuit in response. TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer this week announced his resignation in a statement, saying the political environment has “sharply changed.” “In recent weeks, as the political environment has sharply changed, I have done significant reflection on what the corporate structural changes will require, and what it means for the global role I signed up for,” he said in a statement....