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How Apple, Google, and Microsoft will kill passwords and phishing in 1 stroke
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How to create a drop-down list in Excel
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One year removed from the Colonial Pipeline attack, what have we learned?
Several businesses in critical infrastructure were forced to confront some hard truths in the wake of the 2021 ransomware attack. Image: JHVEPhoto/Adobe Stock With May 7 marking the one-year anniversary…
Nvidia hid how many GPUs it was selling to cryptocurrency miners, says SEC
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Pixel 6 Pro review: The smartphone to beat
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Microsoft Defender vs Carbon Black: EDR software comparison
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and VMware Carbon Black Endpoint are leading endpoint detection and and response security solutions. See how these EDR tools compare. Image: SFIO CRACHO/Adobe Stock What is…
Appwrite’s new open-source fund could offer a novel path to sustainability
There are many ways to support open-source developers and maintainers, but many would-be corporate backers aren’t aware of the need. Image: marekuliasz, Getty Images/iStockphoto Appwrite raised $27 million in April…
Take your important data everywhere with this external hard drive
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