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Samsung One UI 7 Set to Release Next Year, Alongside Galaxy S25 Series
On the Android side of things, Samsung’s One UI is among the most anticipated updates, since it generally bring a lot of new features and improvements to Galaxy smartphones. At the Samsung Developer Conference (SDC) 2024, the company revealed that One UI 7 will officially roll out in 2025, following a Beta release by the end of this year. During…
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Charter will offer Peacock for free with some cable subscriptions next year
Charter’s Spectrum TV Select cable plan will include a free ad-supported Peacock Premium subscription next year, reports Reuters. The addition comes as Charter announced today that it has reached a new “multi-year deal” with NBCUniversal, which owns Peacock, to keep its TV channels in Charter’s cable lineup. Charter recently lined up a similar agreement with Disney that lets it bundle…
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“This is a complicated problem for us”: Proofpoint points finger at user configurations for spam attacks earlier this year
Proofpoint has blamed poor user configurations for a spam attack linked to its platform in August, with a senior company figure suggesting responsibility lies with customers. Speaking at a media roundtable for Proofpoint Protect London 2024, Ryan Kalember, EVP of cybersecurity strategy at Proofpoint noted that, within reason, any security “can be configured in really bad ways” in response to…
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Apple may release an iPad-like smart home display next year
Apple is preparing to take a fresh run at the smart home that starts with a rumored smart display that it may release next year. That’s according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who writes in his Power On newsletter today that the display will use a new operating system, called homeOS, that’s based on the Apple TV’s tvOS (much like the…
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Virgin Media O2 cuts data center cooling costs by £1 million per year
Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) has cut the amount of energy needed to cool its data centers by 15% – the equivalent of 760 tons of carbon dioxide emissions, based on location-based scope 2 accounting. The reductions were achieved through a partnership with AI-powered data center optimization software supplier EkkoSense, which specializes in real-time overviews of thermal, power and capacity performance.…
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iPhone 16 Pre-Order Data Reveals Pro Models Are Not Tempting Enough This Year
The iPhone 16 series has been up for pre-orders starting Friday, September 13. The debut weekend for the iPhone 16 gives an idea of which model got the most love, and pre-orders. According to Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the demand for the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max is less than what Apple expected. On the flip side, the…
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How to Do a Personal Property Inventory (and Why You Should Once a Year)
If you own a house, chances are you have homeowners insurance—more than 90% of homeowners have some sort of coverage. Most mortgage lenders require you to have it, but even if you’ve paid off your mortgage, it’s a very good idea to insure your home and your possessions (or most of it, at least) so you can be compensated for…
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“By this time next year, Oracle employees won’t be using passwords” — Larry Ellison wants a biometric future in cybersecurity
Oracle CTO Larry Ellison took a strong stand on cybersecurity at Oracle CloudWorld 2024, calling passwords a “terrible idea” in need of replacement with biometric security measures. “The idea that we use passwords is a ridiculous idea. It’s obsolete. It’s very dangerous,” Ellison said during his keynote at the company’s flagship event in Las Vegas. “They are 17 characters long…
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Google Drive is coming to Windows on Arm later this year
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1/3 of Companies Suffered a SaaS Data Breach in Last Year
Thirty-one percent of organisations experienced a SaaS data breach in the last 12 months, a 5% increase over the previous year, a new report has found. This surge may be linked to inadequate visibility of the apps being deployed, including third-party connections to core SaaS platforms. Nearly half of firms who use Microsoft 365 believe they have fewer than 10…
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