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New solution gives real-time insight into bot traffic
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (224+ words) AI-driven bot traffic has surged in the past year, often they scrape content to serve their operator's needs only without sending new users or traffic to the targeted site. This is also creating an environment where automated abuse is a…...
Phishing-as-a-service kits doubled in 2025 as tactics evolve
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (303+ words) A new report from Barracuda shows new players such as Whisper 2FA and GhostFrame introduced inventive and evasive tools and tactics, including a suite of techniques to prevent analysis of their malicious code, while established groups such as Mamba and Tycoon…...
Google Drive gets its Material 3 Expressive redesign back
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (405+ words) Last year Google started the rollout of the Material 3 Expressive redesign to Google Drive, bringing it in line, aesthetically, with other products and services. Then, for reasons best known to Google, the company then seemed to change its mind and…...
Gmail set to drop POP3 mail fetching from other accounts
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (310+ words) For people who like to have access to all of their emails in one handy location Gmail has long offered the facility to import messages from other accounts using POP3. From this month that feature is going to be withdrawn. A…...
Google is making it easier to change your Gmail address - BetaNews
1+ week, 5+ day ago (397+ words) A support document spotted online " in Hindi, suggesting that the initial availability of Gmail address changing is limited to India " shows that Google has realized that people want an easier way to change their email address. If you were wondering…...
1 in 7 consumers fall victim to online scams
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (265+ words) A new survey from Bitdefender, of more than 7,000 consumers worldwide, finds that 14 percent of respondents (one in seven) report falling victim to scams in the past year, with an additional four percent unsure. Based on an average scam loss of…...
Apple announces iPhone Pocket, a knitted pouch for carrying your mobile
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (395+ words) Apple has joined forces with ISSEY MIYAKE to create a new way for iPhone owners to carry and protect their smartphone. The iPhone Pocket is a sash-style 3D-knitted pocket which is available in a rainbow spectrum of colors. This is…...
Apple bows to Chinese pressure to remove queer dating apps from its App Store
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (498+ words) The Chinese government applied pressure on Apple to remove the two biggest queer dating apps from its App Store in the country, and the iPhone-maker has rolled over and done just that. The two apps " Blued and Finka " have previously…...
WhatsApp will soon support third-party chats
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (416+ words) The wide range of messaging apps now available is great in terms of choice, but it also means that you almost certainly have contacts scattered across a number of different platforms. In turn, this means that you have had to…...
Meta is discontinuing Windows and Mac Messenger apps
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (384+ words) Meta has confirmed that the Windows and Mac versions of its Messenger desktop app are to be discontinued. While no reason has been given for the deprecation, the company is probably trying to cut back on the number of products…...