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This is the best place to put an air purifier, according to experts
Whether you suffer from allergies, or simply want to improve the quality of the air, there are many reasons you might need an air purifier. Not only do these machines filter bacteria, pollen, and other pollutants in the air, but they can remove dust particles too. But even if you have one of the best air purifiers, its output can…
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10 Best Battery Lawn Mowers of 2024, Tested by Our Experts
Run times have improved. Several battery and self-propelled mowers in our ratings offer impressive run times of 70 or more minutes. (The average run time of battery mowers in our tests is 45 to 50 minutes.) Some manufacturers are designing new models with multiple battery slots. When one battery is spent, another can take over, a feature CR’s expert testers…
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Best Smartwatches of 2024, Tested by Our Experts
These top models from Apple, Fitbit, Google, and Samsung offer great performance and a variety of useful features Smartwatches that do well in Consumer Reports’ testing include models from (left to right) Amazfit, Google, Samsung, and Apple. By Allen St. John, Courtney Lindwall Smartwatches can do plenty of things, from answering texts to checking the weather forecast. But increasingly, smartwatches…
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6 Best Front-Load Washers of 2024, Tested by Our Experts
Front-loaders represent 32 percent of the washing machine market, based on units sold through July, according to OpenBrand, a market intelligence platform. They also make up the majority of Green Choice washers in our ratings, the most eco-friendly machines designated by a green leaf icon. One major reason that front-loaders may not be more popular is that some consumers are turned off…
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Can Security Experts Leverage Generative AI Without Prompt Engineering Skills?
Professionals across industries are exploring generative AI for various tasks — including creating information security training materials — but will it truly be effective? Brian Callahan, senior lecturer and graduate program director in information technology and web sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Shoshana Sugerman, an undergraduate student in this same program, presented the results of their experiment on this…
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Why experts are warning businesses to prepare for quantum now – or face critical cyber risks when it arrives
Quantum computing is a technology that has repeatedly been hyped as around the corner, despite many being unable to pinpoint exactly when it will materialize. While its unknown arrival date has allowed CISOs to kick the can down the road, experts have declared that there is limited time to get a quantum resilience strategy in place. Speaking to ITPro, Colin…
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Software developers, security experts, and even investment bankers all report that ‘tool sprawl’ is burning budgets and wasting employees’ time
Bloated software ecosystems saturated with underutilized or inefficient SaaS tools are bogging down practitioners operating across a range of different industries, but what can be done to remedy the situation? Enterprises have complained repeatedly about being bogged down by the digital complexity in their IT estates, which is not only impacting productivity, but also expanding attack surfaces and exposing them…
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Feeling safe with that complicated password? Think again, security experts say – complexity affects memorability and fosters unsafe practices
Overly complex passwords are not just ineffective but dangerously insecure, according to the latest National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) guidelines. Humans often choose easily guessed passwords for the sake of memorability, NIST said, meaning many online services have introduced rules that demand a certain level of complexity. For example, many services require users to create passwords that contain…
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15 Best TVs of 2024, Tested by Our Experts
CR tests hundreds of TVs each year. These 4K sets from Hisense, LG, Roku, Samsung, Sony, and TCL deliver great picture quality. OLED sets from Samsung (left) and Sony (center), plus a new Pro series QLED TV from Roku are among CR’s top picks. By James K. Willcox This is one of the best times of the year to get…
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Industry unprepared for AI agent security challenges, experts warn
AI Agents look to be the future of how organizations put large language models to work for their enterprise, but questions remain around the security of these autonomous systems and how their identities should be managed. There has been a flurry of activity around agentic AI in 2024: Google launched its Vertex AI Agents earlier in the year, Salesforce unveiled…
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