Modern antivirus apps are built to stay out of your way, and the old performance excuse no longer holds. Here's what changed and which apps have the lightest touch.
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Turned Off Your Antivirus Because It Slowed Your PC? Big Mistake
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ChatGPT Gets 'Locked Chats' to Protect Sensitive Conversations
The feature will protect conversations with a PIN or biometric scan and remove them from your regular chat history, pinned chats, and conversation search.
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Arrested OpenAI Employee Was Asked To Join Saudi Arabia's AI Effort, US Alleges
The wife and son of the ex-OpenAI employee Abdulrahman Alfozan fled the US with airplane tickets bought by a 'member of the Saudi military,' according to federal prosecutors.
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‘I Was Down the Rabbit Hole’: How Scammers Stole $400K From a Retired Nurse
Americans 60 and older lost more than $7.7 billion to scams last year, and AI is making the cons harder to spot. I spoke to cybersecurity experts to find out how the scammers think, and what you can do to protect your parents and grandparents.
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I've Tested Antivirus for 40 Years. Here's Who Should Actually Pay for It (And Who Shouldn't)
Free antivirus tools have come a long way, but after four decades of software testing, I still recommend paying for protection under the right conditions.
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GTA 6 Leaker's Latest Effort Appears To Flop As Group's Meme Coin Declines
The GTA 6 leaker, CyberLeek, seems to be frustrated that the group's meme coin has cratered amid scam accusations, prompting it to hit pause.
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Starlink Now Supports Passkeys for Logins
Starlink is the latest tech platform to adopt passkeys, giving users an easier way to sign in over traditional passwords, which can be stolen or guessed.
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Elon Musk's Lego Order Is a Good Reminder About Screenshot Security
The SpaceX CEO's attempt to show off GrokBot's capabilities as an AI agent ends with him posting personal information to his X account.
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GTA 6 Leaker Teases 'Playable Build' Launch, Doubles Down on Crypto Scheme
CyberLeek suggests it has a 200GB software build for Grand Theft Auto 6, which it will release if its meme coin reaches a $30 million market cap.
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Malware Found Preinstalled on Cheap, Counterfeit Android Phones
Bitdefender discovered 'thousands of unique devices across more than 150 countries' that appeared to carry the 'Midnight Mimosa' malware, used for click fraud and botnet operations.
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GTA 6 Leaker Returns With New 25-Minute Game Footage Clip
After going quiet for over a month, CyberLeek re-emerges, suggesting Take-Two hasn't made much progress in identifying the culprit.
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Former NSA Director Has His Eye on China, Data Center Pushback
'We may have some problems with data centers,' Paul Nakasone admits, but 'we're going to need them' in the cybersecurity fight against China, Russia, and Iran.
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I Asked a Privacy Tool What ChatGPT Knows About Me. The Result Was Terrifyingly Accurate
Every chat leaves a trace. A new tool reveals the startlingly specific inferences ChatGPT makes about your job, location, habits, and more.
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Microsoft's X Account Hacked, Posts Clippy Crypto Memes
The @Microsoft account reposted a tweet from a Clippy crypto account to its 13 million followers.
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Don't Worry About AI Overlords. Focus on Boring Stuff You Should've Fixed Ages Ago
At the HumanX AI conference, AI security experts urge companies not to get distracted by sexy branding and social media chatter. The real threat is 'the stuff that you know is broken.'
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