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WhatsApp’s new security label will let you know if future third-party chats are safe It’ll appear below the name of a group chat When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. WhatsAppis currently testing a new in-app label letting you know whether or not a chat room has end-to-end encryption (E2EE). WABetaInfo discovered the caption in the latest Android beta.According to the publication, it’ll appear underneath the contact and group name but only if the conversation is encrypted by the company’s “Signal Protocol” (Not to be confused with theSignal messaging app; the two are different....

Why cyberattacks need more publicity, not less Cyberattacks are a fact of life, yet shrouded in secrecy When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Cyberattacks are a fact of life these days, so why do so many organizations keep quiet about incidents? Research indicates that over half ofsecurityprofessionals say their organization approachescybersecuritywith a culture of obscurity, with a third not sharing anything about their cybersecurity practices....

Windows 11’s next big AI feature could turn your video chats into a cartoon Chats might take place in an animated cartoon, watercolor world, and more When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Windows 11 userscould get some smart abilities that allow for adding AI-powered effects to theirvideo chats, including the possibility of transporting themselves into a cartoon world. Windows Latestspotted the effects being flagged up on X (formerly Twitter) by regular leaker XenoPanther, who discovered clues to their existence by digging around in aWindows 11preview build....

World’s largest laptop vendor quietly releases robot with six legs — Lenovo Daystar Bot GS is IP-rated and reminds us of Boston Dynamics' andro-dogs But can it dance like Spot? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. There can’t be many people who haven’t seen at least one video of Boston Dynamics' robot dog Spot performing tricks like going up and down stairs, spinning, dancing, jumping, and carrying objects....

Adapt to survive: how a former Disney animator and director rode the wave of digital transformation “Once the ice was broken, it was a lot easier for me” When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. It’s been almost 120 years since the first cartoon animation, Émile Cohl’s Fantasmagorie, was made, and the contemporary art form has come a long way since then....

AMD has plans to support a little known chip for at least another 16 years — and no, it is neither a Ryzen, nor a Threadripper or an Epyc CPU The new Spartan UltraScale+ will be supported well into the 2040s When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Spartan UltraScale+ is the latest addition toAMD’s extensive portfolio of cost-optimized Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) and adaptive SoCs....

TechRadar Verdict The Brane X speaker is like no other portable speaker we’ve heard before. Its bass range is borderline unbelievable, delivering sub-bass that’s deep and physical and adds new dimensions to music for something so small. It can also go seriously loud without sounding over-strained, which helps to further set it apart from other portable speakers. As a result of all this, the Brane X is very much at the premium end of the portable wireless speaker market, and you can get competition from the likes of Sonos for considerably less… but this sound considerably better while delivering many of the same features....