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NEW Strand’s Hints and Answers for Friday March 13 (Game #740)

Looking for a different day? A new NEW Strands puzzle appears at midnight every day for your time zone – meaning some people always play ‘today’s game’ while others play ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for the Thursday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Strand’s Hints and Answers for Thursday, March 12 (Game #739). Strands is […]

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UK PlayStation users could be collectively awarded billions in compensation for ‘excessive and unfair’ PlayStation Store charges in class action against Sony

A lawsuit against Sony over “unfair” charges on the PlayStation Store has begun It accuses Sony of “exploiting” UK customers by charging higher prices at its store Around 12.2 million PlayStation users in the UK could be compensated for any purchases, amounting to around £2 billion in total if the case is won A class

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‘Prevailing wisdom used to be that macOS was at lower risk of malware infection compared to Windows…that’s no longer the case’: Experts warn Mac info thieves are on the rise – here’s how to stay safe

Sophos warns of more macOS ClickFix campaigns Fake AI tools, ChatGPT conversations and Apple website used to spread MacSync infostealer Latest variant uses loaders, AppleScript and in-memory execution for stealth Security researchers have warned of an increase in ongoing malware campaigns targeting macOS users, leveraging malicious ads, legitimate hosting services, brand impersonation, fake ChatGPT conversations

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Tesla wins UK energy license to supply your electricity in the UK – but experts don’t think it will have a smooth ride

Energy regulator grants license to Tesla Energy Ventures to supply electricity Reports say that Tesla is looking to replicate its energy supply business in Texas ‘Virtual Power Plant’ could allow solar owners to feed back into the grid UK energy regulator Ofgem has granted Tesla Energy Ventures, a unit of Tesla, a license to supply

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‘By 2026, cybercrime will have reached a point of total convergence’: New research claims AI attacks are taking over – so how can your business stay secure?

Flashpoint warns of AI-driven “era of total convergence” in cybercrime 1,500% Increase in Illegal AI Discussions, 3.3B Credentials Stolen by 2025 Ransomware is shifting to insider-enabled, identity-focused attacks Cybercrime has entered the “era of total convergence”, where everything from reconnaissance, phishing generation to credential testing and infrastructure rotation is done through agentic AI frameworks without

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’50 years of thinking differently’: Apple announces big anniversary celebrations, and there’s one thing I want to see

Tim Cook writes a letter celebrating Apple’s 50th anniversary Apple has announced plans to celebrate There are few details so far Apple is ready to celebrate 50 years of innovation. The company has been tight-lipped about how it will mark this half-century milestone, but now it and longtime CEO Tim Cook are opening up a

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Another worrisome WordPress plugin security flaw could put 250,000 websites at risk

Ally WordPress plugin had SQL injection vulnerability (CVE-2026-2413) Vulnerability left ~246,600 websites vulnerable to data theft Fixed in version 4.1.0; WordPress encourages immediate updates A popular WordPress plugin with hundreds of thousands of active installations carried a serious vulnerability that allowed malicious actors to steal sensitive data from websites, experts have warned. Ally is a

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Claude can now share context across Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint so you can ‘work with a higher degree of efficiency and quality’

Claude can now work across Excel and PowerPoint with shared context The AI ​​chatbot interface integrates directly into apps on Mac and Windows Anthropic is making these tools available in beta to paying customers now Anthropic has made a number of contextual changes to Claude to give it more power in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint

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Microsoft has reportedly pulled the plug on their weird ‘This is an Xbox’ marketing push

Microsoft’s ‘This is an Xbox’ marketing campaign has apparently been withdrawn The campaign website has been removed This comes after new Xbox management was installed last month Microsoft has apparently withdrawn its strange ‘This is an Xbox’ marketing campaign following new leadership changes. As first reported by Game Developer , the official Xbox Wire post

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Russia’s state-backed MAX app may know if you’re using a VPN to bypass censorship – here’s everything we know

Security researchers found that Russia’s MAX app can monitor VPN users MAX denies claims and says data is used to ensure high-quality service Experts recommend removing the app from any device where a VPN is used A user on the Russian security forum Habr has claimed that Russia’s state-backed messaging service, MAX, can monitor VPN

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