I live a very busy life. I have two very active young boys (7 and 5 years old), two very active and high-shedding pets, and a demanding day job that takes up a good portion of my time when I’m not cooking, cleaning, or driving kids somewhere. Naturally, some part has to give amongst all the chaos, and that’s typically cleaning. It’s hard to keep up with, especially since I have every floor type under the sun, and it’s usually buried under dog hair, Play-Doh, and piles of papers. While I do a deep clean every week, the last thing…
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TL;DR The new Fire TV Stick HD is the second Amazon streaming stick to launch with Vega OS. Some customers looking to buy the device are being warned that they won’t be able to sideload apps. Amazon has also announced that it will continue to support a majority of Fire TV streaming sticks and cubes until 2030. A few days ago, Amazon announced the new Fire TV Stick HD. This will be the company’s second streaming stick with Vega OS, Amazon’s new Linux-based operating system. As the device ditches Fire OS, a forked version of Android, there are some concerns…
OpenAI is rolling out a major update to the Codex desktop app for users signed in with ChatGPT. Personalization features, including context-aware suggestions and memory, will roll out to Enterprise, Edu, and users in the EU and UK soon. Computer use is initially available on macOS and will expand to EU and UK users in the near future. Screenshot of Codex computer use on Mac (Source: OpenAI) The update expands Codex into a more capable assistant throughout the software development lifecycle. It can operate your computer alongside you, work with everyday apps and tools, generate images, remember preferences, learn from…
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Sony’s portable speakers don’t get the same attention as its headphones, but they should. This Sony ULT Field 3 is a compact, rugged speaker you can toss into a bag without worrying about it, and right now, an open-box unit is on sale for $109.99 on StackSocial. Its sale price offers features you’d normally see at a higher cost.The Sony ULT Field 3 is clearly tuned for bass, with a dedicated woofer inside a relatively small body, and you’ll…
The new release adds automated replication, support for newer VMware vSphere and Proxmox versions, and modern authentication for faster, safer recovery. Sparks, Nevada – April 3rd, 2026 – NAKIVO Inc., trusted by over 16,000 organizations in 191 countries, announced the general availability of NAKIVO Backup & Replication v11.2, focused on fast, reliable, and proactive data protection. As ransomware attacks evolve and downtime costs rise, v11.2 provides IT teams with tools to quicken recovery, support next-generation infrastructure, and maintain secure data protection without added complexity. Automated Real-Time Replication At the core of v11.2 is an automated real-time replication engine. It keeps…
USB-C was supposed to be the one. One cable, one port, any device. Just plug it in and it should work. The reality has turned out to be a little different than promised. Of course, for laptop users, you’d have to tear the USB-C ports from their cold dead fingers. While USB-C has its problems, no one can argue with how much of a benefit it has been to mobile devices. Thinner, stronger, with more space for hardware that really matters instead of a full-sized HDMI port you might use once in a blue moon. For desktop users, the USB-C…
Two US nationals were jailed this week for their roles in North Korean IT worker schemes that caused millions in damages to US companies. The individuals, Kejia Wang, 42, of Edison, New Jersey, and Zhenxing Wang, 39, of New Brunswick, New Jersey, were charged in June 2025, when the US stormed 29 laptop farms across 16 states. According to court documents, between 2021 and 2024, the two individuals and their co-conspirators compromised the identities of more than 80 people in the US and used them to land jobs at over 100 companies. The scheme generated over $5 million in illegal…
I have been using VLC for so long that I forgot it was even a choice. A few weeks ago, though, I was watching a film late at night and, for whatever reason, I looked at the screen a bit more critically, and all I could see were buttons everywhere. Playback controls, equalizer icons, and a menu bar stretching across the top. Even though you can customize the look and layout of VLC Media Player to hide parts of it, none of it helped me watch the movie; it was just there, demanding attention. That small, slightly irrational irritation sent…
AdvertisementRemove ads, dark theme, and more with Premium My development environment was infected by unknown malicious software, as a result of which a few builds may have been affected. Once the issue was detected, I secured everything with a full disk wipe, restored a clean setup, and now all builds are scanned with VirusTotal. The F-Droid version will also be verified before release. Public keys may have been compromised, which is why I am sharing this issue. You can download the new version and the new public key below, and instructions for restoring backups are provided. No extra actions are…
Ravie LakshmananApr 16, 2026Application Security / Threat Intelligence A “novel” social engineering campaign has been observed abusing Obsidian, a cross-platform note-taking application, as an initial access vector to distribute a previously undocumented Windows remote access trojan called PHANTOMPULSE in attacks targeting individuals in the financial and cryptocurrency sectors. Dubbed REF6598 by Elastic Security Labs, the activity has been found to leverage elaborate social engineering tactics through LinkedIn and Telegram to breach both Windows and macOS systems, approaching prospective individuals on the professional social network under the guise of a venture capital firm and then moving the conversation to a Telegram group…