The UK is now 8th globally for VPN adoption There have been over 10.7 million VPN downloads in the first half of 2025 The Online Safety Act appears to be behind what could be another record year The UK has become one of the world’s fastest growing VPN markets, according to independent research from Cybernews. […]
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Those who are excited for more IT: Welcome to Derry are in luck as HBO Max has decided to advance the second episode. The news was confirmed in a press release where HBO Max, one of the top streaming services, announced that it would be streaming episode 2 earlier than planned, giving fans an extra
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CVE-2025-55315 allows HTTP request forging in ASP.NET Core (Severity 9.9/10) QNAP encourages NetBak PC Agent users to patch affected ASP.NET Core components Updates available via reinstallation or manual .NET 8.0 Runtime installation QNAP is warning its customers to patch a critical ASP.NET Core vulnerability and thereby protect their NetBak PC Agent installations. In a security
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Wired headphones for making music Wireless over-ears or earplugs for listening Choose earphones and headphones that your listeners are likely to want Older models tend to get the biggest Black Friday discounts As a recording musician, I have strong opinions about headphones and earphones because I spend so much time using them, both as a
Chrome zero-day exploited to target Russian institutions using Dante spyware Dante, associated with Memento Labs, allows you to escape sandboxing and file theft Commercial spyware is often sold to regimes targeting dissidents and journalists A very serious Google Chrome vulnerability was exploited as a zero-day to target Russian media, government organizations, educational and financial institutions,
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Firaxis has teased something new Civilization 7 features, it is being tested now New changes are coming to Legacy Paths and Victories, and continuous civilizations are being introduced Firaxis says, “We’re internally testing ways to play as a citizen continuously throughout the ages,” a mechanic that was included in all previous Civ game Firaxis has
Let’s get one thing straight: I have to admit that I think I’ve become desensitized to horror entertainment over the years, as there are hardly any movies or even the best horror games that actually tend to get under my skin. However, I’d be lying if I said there weren’t a handful of games, both
Svenska kraftnät hit by ransomware; 280 GB of internal data allegedly stolen The power system remains unaffected; investigation into the data leak is underway The Everest group claimed responsibility; believed to be Russian-speaking, not state-supported Svenska kraftnät, Sweden’s national grid operator, has confirmed that it has suffered a ransomware attack and data breach and is
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CISPE hits back at the EU’s push for cloud sovereignty Claims that new “score” system could create even more imbalance in the market in favor of US hyperscalers US companies are believed to have around 70% of the EU’s cloud market Attempts by the European Union (EU) to reduce reliance on US cloud providers and
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Microsoft has snuck a new feature into the Bing Wallpaper app This will perform a Bing search when you click on the Windows 11 desktop This is likely to confuse people – or annoy them – as this is unexpected and strange behavior and the functionality is turned on by default Those using the Bing
