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Remedy’s FBC: Firebreak Brings the Control Universe in Multiplayer This Summer
If you are a fan of the eerie, creepy, and chaotic world of Remedy Entertainment games, then you are in for a treat. The Future Games Show on Thursday featured the debut of a new gameplay trailer for FBC: Firebreak, the co-op shooter set in the Control universe. This upcoming Remedy Connected Universe first-person shooter game is beyond the survival…
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SwitchBot’s next smart hub comes with a control knob
According to the CSA listing, the Hub 3’s knob works for things like tweaking temperature on your smart thermostat or adjusting media volume — it says it’s compatible with “Apple TV, Spotify, and other streaming platforms for unified audio management.” The other physical controls include what looks like a home button, back button, and a mysterious button with an “S”…
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WinRing0: Why Windows is flagging your PC monitoring and fan control apps as a threat
On Tuesday morning, some PC gamers woke up to discover their computers were seemingly under threat. A “HackTool” called WinRing0 had suddenly started triggering a Windows Defender alert, as if their PCs were under attack. Some of those computers even began behaving oddly — like blasting their fans at high speed — once the HackTool had been quarantined. I know,…
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How to enable Smart App Control protection on Windows 11
On Windows 11, you enable Smart App Control (SAC) to protect your computer from malicious and unwanted apps, and in this guide, I’ll explain the steps to configure this feature. What’s Smart App Control? Smart App Control (SAC) is a security feature available from the Windows Security app that locks the system down, allowing it to run only trusted apps…
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Software security debt is spiraling out of control – remediation times have surged 47% in the last five years, and it’s pushing teams to breaking point
Software security flaws are taking longer to fix than ever, new research shows, with remediation times having grown by 47% in the last five years. Statistics from Veracode’s 15th State of Software Security report show the average time it takes an organization to fix a vulnerability has risen from from 171 days in 2020 to 252 days today. This marks…
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Microsoft releases a new genAI model that can control robots – Computerworld
Microsoft has launched Magma, a new generative AI (genAI) model that can be used to control everything from software to robots. The company says Magma is the first such model that can act on its own based on multimodal data such as texts, images, and video. It can, for example, use an interface or handle physical objects, Ars Technica reports.…
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Ditch the Mouse: You Can Control Your Chromebook with Just Your Face
Google showcased an impressive Face Control AI feature at I/O 2024 that allowed users to control a computer using their head movements and facial gestures. Turns out, Google has introduced Face Control on Chromebooks with the recent version 132 update. I just tried it on my Chromebook, and to my surprise, it worked flawlessly from the get-go. You simply have…
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7 Ways I Managed to Take Back Control of My iPhone Notifications
iPhone notifications can be incredibly useful, but when you get too many of them, it’s easy to lose sight of the ones that really matter. Here’s how I took back control of my iPhone notifications. 1 Turn Off Notifications You Never Read It’s all too easy to grant permission for an app to send you notifications, and then end up…
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Smile! You can now control your Chromebook with your face – Computerworld
Google has started rolling out a number of new features in Chrome OS, according to The Verge, including a new feature that allows a user to control their Chromebook using head movements (to move the mouse pointer) and facial expressions (to click or activate dictation). In the video below, see how it works: To use the new feature, your Chromebook…
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I Finally Added Smart Control to My Windows and the Results Are Amazing
Summary Adding smart controls to my motorized skylights simplified the controls and allows me to automate them based on temperature, humidity, and more. The Velux Active with Netatmo upgrade I used integrates with HomeKit or uses the Velux app. The upgrade cost me $350 and about 30 minutes of my time, a no-brainer upgrade considering the quality of life upgrade.…
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