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Last week the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) put out for comment its first set of consumer cybersecurity protection rules under the Biden administration. These proposed rules address the growing scourge of so-called SIM swapping and port-out fraud. These scams exploit the fact that many businesses and organizations use cell phones to identify individuals for a host of accounts aside from mobile phone service. Among the accounts that use cell phones number for identification are e-mail, social media, banking, cryptocurrency exchanges, and online retail outlets, to name just a few of the kinds of accounts that criminal actors can compromise.SIM (subscriber…
The annual State of IT report from our sister site, Spiceworks Ziff Davis (SWZD), is one of the best snapshots of what IT professionals can expect in the coming year. It covers everything from all the most popular technologies their CIO might be grilling them about to how most IT organizations will be allocating their budget funds.The survey ran in July 2021 and collected responses from 1,145 IT buyers across Europe and North America. SWZD also hit the Asia Pacific (APAC) and Latin American (LATAM) regions, but it will be reporting that data separately. As you’d expect, one key finding…
According to several reports, Apple is trying to have its environmental cake and eat it, too. Eat it in a super truck that’s rolling coal. With a totally unnecessary coal-powered fork. Why a coal-powered fork?! You could just use a regular fork, Apple! You don’t need a coal-powered one that lifts the cake to your arrrgh whatever. Popular Information has called out “Bad Apple”. (Tip o’ the antlers to Tay Bass.) Normally the Macalope might take issue with calling out Apple here when there are plenty of other companies involved, but in this case it’s appropriate because of Apple’s consistent…
No matter the size of the game or how long it ultimately takes to make, each new title involves a lot of hard work, tough decisions, and a little bit of luck before it even gets out the door and onto devices. And that’s only the first step to making the title succeed. To highlight the extensive work that goes unseen in the background, PocketGamer.biz is reaching out to developers to learn more about the process of releasing a video game, with our ‘Making Of’ series. Published by Akapura Games and developed by Silver Lining Studio, we spoke to producer Chris Nguyen…
Considering Amazon has just kicked off its Black Friday deals super early, with a ton of great offers, it makes sense to take stock and see who else is getting ready for the upcoming holiday season. What will Walmart and some of the other retailers be doing, for example? The current Amazon Black Friday deals are juicy, but if you really want to find the best of the best deals, be sure to check out our Black Friday deals guide. There is certainly a lot more to come, including from Walmart. Our money is on the retailer doing the same…
The best free audio editors make it simple and easy to manage audio files in a wide range of file types, for both music production as well as for internet broadcasting such as for podcasts and YouTube.The best free audio editorsFree audio editors can be surprisingly powerful, and we’ve rounded up the very best ones for the job, whether you’re making your own podcasts, mixing music, or just trimming a sound recording to a particular length.The best free audio editor is Audacity – a feature-packed open source program that offers more features than many commercial alternatives. It supports almost every…
Trading in non-fungible tokens (NFTs) climbed to $10.7 billion in the third quarter, an increase of more than 700% on the previous quarter, according to a report by blockchain analytics firm DappRadar.Growth was powered by a record-breaking August, which generated over $5.2 billion in trading volume, the report said.DappRadar said “there is not a single but multiple reasons” for the surge. One of these is the way in which NFT projects are “becoming brands,” with celebrities such as Snoop Dogg and Shaquille O’Neal putting their name to communities, strengthening the social aspect of NFTs.The growth in NFTs is part of…
Recently, a whistleblower released Facebook documents detailing that the social media giant was aware that Instagram was toxic to young women but still chose profit over safety. Now, the whistleblower has revealed her identity: she is called Frances Haugen and has joined Facebook in 2019. She has revealed herself and her position in an interview with 60 minutes, reports Engadget.Whistleblower Frances Haugen says Facebook chooses profit over safety In her interview with 60 Minutes, she said that she’s seen a lot of social networking sites and that Facebook has it substantially worse than them.Facebook, over and over again, has shown…
Horizon Zero Dawn – don’t expect its sequel on PC anytime soon (pic: Sony)The former head of PlayStation America has explained the origins of PlayStation exclusives on PC and why they’ll always be older games. To many the idea of releasing PlayStation exclusives on PC makes no sense. Exclusives are one of the primary reasons to buy a PlayStation 4 or 5 and if all the same games are available on PC then that lessens the need to buy a console in the first place. Sony has never really explained the logic of what it’s doing, with no clarification of…
Ubisoft is rolling out Assassin’s Creed Valhalla update 1.3.2 across all platforms, adding support for the upcoming Discovery Tour: Viking Age. The brand-new title update clocks in at 20.42GB on PC, whereas PlayStation 5 players are required to download only 8.54GB of new data. Those on PS4 will need to download 10.84GB of data in order to install the new patch. Xbox players are faced with a larger download, especially those on Xbox Series X|S – the Xbox One update weighs in at 19.4GB, while the Xbox Series update clocks in at 24.09GB. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Update Adds New River…