Notepad++ has adopted a “double-lock” design for its update mechanism to address recently exploited security gaps that resulted in a supply-chain compromise. The new mechanism landed in Notepad++ version 8.9.2, announced yesterday, although work on it began in version 8.8.9 with implementing the verification of the signed installer from GitHub. The second part of the double-lock system is checking the signed XML from the notepad-plus-plus.org domain. In practice, this means that the XML file returned from the update service is digitally signed (XMLDSig). The combination of the two verification mechanisms adds to a more robust “and effectively unexploitable” update process, says…
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TikTok is giving entertainment marketers in Europe new tools to reach audiences with precision, leveraging AI to drive engagement and conversions for streaming and ticketed content. What’s happening. TikTok is introducing two new ad types for European campaigns: Streaming Ads: AI-driven ads for streaming platforms that show personalized content based on user engagement. Formats include a four-title video carousel or a multi-title media card. With 80% of TikTok users saying the app influences their streaming choices, these ads can directly shape viewing decisions. New Title Launch: Targets high-intent users using signals like genre preference and price sensitivity, helping marketers convert…
Joe Maring / Android AuthorityTL;DR Google is introducing a new system in Android 17 to reduce time software threads spend waiting for each other to complete. By revising how access to memory is temporarily locked, DeliQueue lets threads run with fewer interruptions. That could result in a 4% reduction in apps dropping frames, or as high as 7.7% across the Android system UI. You may not even be consciously thinking about it, but chances are you notice that something’s up when your Android phone isn’t running as smoothly as it could be. Everything still gets done — you swipe around,…
Vulnerability intelligence company VulnCheck announced on Tuesday that it has raised $25 million to meet demand for its solutions. The Series B funding round, which brings the total raised by the company to $45 million, was led by Sorenson Capital, with participation from National Grid Partners, Ten Eleven Ventures, and In-Q-Tel. The money will be used to expand product development and scale growth. VulnCheck provides a platform for tracking the lifecycle of vulnerabilities and their active exploitation. The company’s solutions are designed to help security teams and threat intelligence analysts identify which vulnerabilities pose the most immediate risk. The platform…
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Impeccable period vibes are a highlight of Ponies, the Peacock spy show starring Emilia Clarke and Haley Lu Richardson. They play a couple of housewives living in Moscow with their CIA agent husbands, at least until their spouses are killed under mysterious circumstances. In order to get to the bottom of things, the two convince the Moscow station chief that they could be useful as agents themselves. He figures, hey—who’d ever suspect a couple of secretaries? You can stream Ponies on Peacock, and then stream these stories of other unexpected…
We’ve attended tons of SEO conferences and it’s still the best way to meet people in the industry, learn new things, talk shop, and exchange stories.Here’s a roundup of all the SEO conferences that’s happening in 2026.ConferenceWhenLocationSMX MunichMarch 9-11, 2026Munich, GermanySEO Mastery SummitMarch 10-13, 2026Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamFriends of SearchMarch 12, 2026Amsterdam, NetherlandsSEO & GEO SummitMarch 18-20, 2026Paris, FranceSydney SEO ConferenceMarch 20, 2026Sydney, AustraliaDigital PR Summit ManchesterApril 22, 2026Manchester, UKSEO Week 2026April 27-30, 2026New York City, USABrightonSEO UK (Spring)April 30 – May 1, 2026Brighton, UKWTSFest PortlandMay 7, 2026Portland, USAAhrefs Evolve Singapore ⭐May 14, 2026SingaporeSEO Vibes SummitMay 21-22, 2026Zakopane, PolandCroatia SEO SummitJune 11-12, 2026Šibenik, CroatiaThe Masterminders SEO ConferenceJune 24-26, 2026Manchester, UKSEO…
The git command-line tool has so many options, subcommands, and other features that it’s easy to miss out on some of the best. These features are lesser-known, but will help you take shortcuts and make the most out of Git. Git worktrees Git worktree is still one of my favorite features because it avoids so much pain and frustration. Put simply, the worktree command lets you work on multiple branches at the same time. How useful you find it will depend on how you use branches. If you’re working on larger projects, it’s quite likely that you’ll use feature branches,…
Ravie LakshmananFeb 17, 2026Infostealer / Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new SmartLoader campaign that involves distributing a trojanized version of a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server associated with Oura Health to deliver an information stealer known as StealC. “The threat actors cloned a legitimate Oura MCP Server – a tool that connects AI assistants to Oura Ring health data – and built a deceptive infrastructure of fake forks and contributors to manufacture credibility,” Straiker’s AI Research (STAR) Labs team said in a report shared with The Hacker News. The end game is to leverage the trojanized…
An analysis of 16,000 U.S. search queries found that text ads gained 7 to 13 percentage points of click share between January 2025 and January 2026. SEO consultant Aleyda Solis used Similarweb clickstream estimates to measure click share across classic organic results, SERP features, text ads, PLAs, and zero-click behavior. She also tracked how often AI Overviews appeared on the page, but the dataset doesn’t attribute clicks to AI Overviews directly. What The Data Shows Text ads gained between 7 and 13 percentage points of click share across every vertical Solis analyzed. In the headphones vertical (top 5,000 US queries),…
Cookie consent banners have nearly broken me. Every website I visit presents the same exhausting ritual — a pop-up that demands I make choices about tracking, analytics, personalization, and a dozen other categories I barely understand. I used to dutifully click through each one, carefully rejecting what I didn’t want. This is mostly because I understood the answer to the question whether you really need to accept all cookies while browsing is a firm no. Then I started just hitting “Accept All” out of sheer fatigue. That surrender felt wrong, but what else could I do? Turns out I don’t…