Plus: The T-Mobile hacker, another big bad Microsoft bug, and more of the week’s top security news.
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17 Early Labor Day Deals on Laptops, Headlamps, and TVs
Get ready for fall with the best discounts on everything from home entertainment to fitness tracking.
Explosion in Geofence Warrants Threatens Privacy Nationwide
New figures from Google show a tenfold increase in the requests from law enforcement, which target anyone who happened to be in a given location at a specified time.
Microsoft adds more processors to the Windows 11 list
Only a few new CPUs make the grade, but there will be ways for enthusiasts and IT pros to use Windows 11 on other PCs.
“Intruders” in the cloud: Microsoft warns “thousands” of Azure customers about potential exposure
On Thursday, the company sent warnings to “thousands” of its cloud computing customers, explaining that “intruders” could have access to Microsoft Azure’s Cosmos DB databases, according to Reuters.
Can the Metaverse Thrive If It’s Fully Owned by Facebook?
This week, we step into the social network’s vision of the metaverse, where reality and the simulated world become one. Kinda.
This Rice Cooker Also Slow Cooks, but in Teensy Batches
This Zojirushi’s limited ability to cook large quantities of anything other than rice and grains makes it hard to justify its higher-than-average price.
A Bad Solar Storm Could Cause an ‘Internet Apocalypse’
The undersea cables that connect much of the world would be hit especially hard by a coronal mass ejection.
Protect Your School Supplies With This Book (Cover) of Boba Fett DIY
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Tech companies pledge to help toughen US cybersecurity in White House meeting
Apple, Google, Microsoft and others will fund new technologies and training as part of the nation’s struggle to combat cyberattacks.