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How to connect PlayStation 5 to hotel Wi-Fi
Connecting your PlayStation 5 to hotel Wi-Fi should be a relatively simple task but can be made more complicated by the hotel’s captive portal. A captive portal is a web page where you must log in or accept terms before connecting to the internet. Unfortunately, the captive portal won’t appear on your PS5 console, which prevents you from successfully connecting…
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Ivanti warns of new Connect Secure flaw used in zero-day attacks
Ivanti is warning that hackers exploited a Connect Secure remote code execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-0282 in zero-day attacks to install malware on appliances. The company says it became aware of the vulnerabilities after the Ivanti Integrity Checker Tool (ICT) detected malicious activity on customers’ appliances. Ivanti launched an investigation and confirmed that threat actors were actively exploiting CVE-2025-0282 as a zero-day.…
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How to Connect AirPods to Your Chromebook
Connecting an Apple product with a Google product somehow gives off an eerie feeling, and rightfully so. Some Apple products, like the Apple Watch, don’t play well or at all with Android thanks to their exclusivity in the Apple ecosystem. However, products like the AirPods work like any Bluetooth accessory on any Bluetooth-compatible device, including Chromebooks. If you have a…
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Finally! Meta Quest VR headsets can now connect to your Windows 11 PC — with up to 3 virtual monitors
Microsoft has teamed up with Meta to bring Windows 11 to Meta Quest headsets, allowing users to bring their PC setups to mixed reality — and it’s available to try out right now. After announcing Mixed Reality Link last month, Microsoft’s first preview of the app is ready to download over at the store. It aims to seamlessly connect to…
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How to Connect Windows to Linux Samba Shares Easily
When Windows 10 was released, it seemingly broke the ability to easily connect to Linux Samba shares. It appeared one could not write to a Linux share from Windows 10. Considering how many businesses rely on Samba to share folders, this was a bad move on Microsoft’s part. Fortunately, the ability to connect to Samba shares wasn’t actually removed from…
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AWS adds new generative AI capabilities for Amazon Connect
AWS has announced a series of generative AI-oriented upgrades to its contact center and customer service offering, Amazon Connect. Connect was launched in 2017, promising to offer businesses a simple-to-use, cloud-based contact center that would help them achieve better customer service outcomes at a lower cost. Unveiled ahead of its re:Invent conference in Las Vegas, AWS introduced an AI-powered segmentation…
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Use ‘Bridgy Fed’ to Connect Mastodon and Bluesky
The Great Twitter Exodus of 2022 is still happening. It’s just a little…fractured. A lot of X power users migrated to Bluesky early on, which paved the way for a flood of folks to join that service in 2024. Meanwhile, a lot of technically inclined individuals are still hanging out on Mastodon (at least, that’s where I hang out). Bluesky…
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Unpatched Mazda Connect bugs let hackers install persistent malware
Attackers could exploit several vulnerabilities in the Mazda Connect infotainment unit, present in multiple car models including Mazda 3 (2014-2021), to execute arbitrary code with root permission. The security issues remain unpatched and some of them are command injection flaws that could be leveraged to obtain unrestricted access to vehicle networks, potentially impacting the car’s operation and safety. Vulnerability details…
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iOS 18.2 will make it easier than ever to connect your iPhone to your Mac — here’s how
iOS 18.2 is going to make it a lot easier to connect your iPhone with a Mac thanks to a new feature for trusting an unknown computer. From iOS 7 onwards, when connecting to an unknown PC via USB, users will be presented with a prompt to “Trust this PC.” Users will then need to add their passcode. The feature…
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All the Biggest Announcements From Meta Connect 2024
Meta Connect 2024 is a wrap. Mark Zuckerberg took the stage Wednesday to offer up announcements across a slew of product categories. While there are some new features coming to familiar apps like Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp, Meta Connect was mostly about other ventures for the company—namely, the Meta Quest, smart glasses, and, of course, AI. Finally, a version of…
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