Amazon just killed a useful Kindle USB feature – leaving me stuck with less flexibility for ebook downloads and backups

Amazon is removing the Download & Transfer via USB option on KindlesThe feature hadn't appeared on the latest modelsIt's likely that the move is to combat ebook piracyI've owned and…

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The Vision Pro is reportedly getting Apple Intelligence support this spring

Summary Apple Intelligence may come to Vision Pro in April with visionOS 2.4. Initial features include Writing Tools, Genmoji, and Image Playground. Developer beta could reveal the impact and bugs…

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User burns 600 ETH to send sci-fi message warning of Chinese use of brain control devices

Ethereum transactions burning over 500 ETH and sending 591 ETH to WikiLeaks drew attention on Tuesday.Blockchain data show that an account identified as “Hu Lezhi” executed a series of transfers…

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New patch for Windows 11 24H2 reportedly plays havoc with File Explorer, and some folks are claiming it’s broken their PC

Windows 11 patch is causing problems with File Explorer for someThis means that some – or most – folders on the desktop are failing to openThere are also reports of…

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Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS sees authentication bypass under attack from hackers

Palo Alto Networks fixes authentication bypass PAN-OS flawA day after the patch was released, criminals started looking for vulnerable endpointsThe flaw allows them to run different PHP scriptsA vulnerability in…

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Amazon EC2 instances under fire from whoAMI attacks potentially giving hackers code execution access

A flaw named WhoAMI was found in Amazon Machine ImageIt allows threat actors to gain RCE abilities on people's AWS accountsA fix has been released, but many users are still…

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