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Brandon Vigliarolo / The Register: At Pwn2Own’s first automotive-focused event, a total of $1.3M+ was awarded across 49 car-related zero-days, which included gaining root access to a Tesla modem  —  ALSO: SEC admits to X account negligence; New macOS malware family appears; and some critical vulns Source link

What are the best movies of 2023? Well, that depends on who you’re asking, but I’ll admit that as I compiled my personal favourites, I was surprised at the amount of blockbuster entries taking up space. ‘Barbenheimer,’ the theatrical film event of the year, was a no-brainer pick, for having not only delivered the most

David Pierce / The Verge: The Browser Company releases Arc Search, an iOS browser with a feature that takes a user’s query, browses the web, and builds a custom webpage to answer it  —  A few minutes ago, I opened the new Arc Search app and typed, “What happened in the Chiefs game.”  That game,

WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new feature that is expected to allow users to exercise more privacy when using WhatsApp Web. It may soon be unnecessary for users to share their phone numbers with others to connect with them on the instant messaging platform. The firm is reportedly developing a feature that will allow

Lora Kolodny / NBC News: Researchers detail the rise of sextortion of young users on TikTok, Instagram, and other apps, driven by Yahoo Boys, an informal West African cybercriminal gang  —  “Yahoo Boys” is an informal network of cybercriminals who have gained cultural clout over the last several years in West Africa. Source link

2023 was an incredible year for games, with each month grabbing our attention with a defining entry — be it sequels, remakes, or highly-anticipated blockbusters. Since the Holiday season is here, we asked the folks at Gadgets 360 what their highlights were, only to be met with some truly compelling takes. One of them is

Michael Msika / Bloomberg: Europe’s blue-chip stocks index Euro Stoxx 50 hits its highest level since 2001, with ASML and SAP, the region’s two biggest tech stocks, leading the charge  —  – Rally in megacaps SAP, ASML and LVMH boosts Euro Stoxx 50  — Diversification by sector and geography seen as tailwinds Source link

WhatsApp banned more than 71 lakh accounts in India in November last year, the company revealed in its latest monthly report. The messaging platform owned by Facebook parent Meta said that it banned over 19 lakh accounts in India “proactively”, which means the company took action on these accounts before it received any user reports

Steven Sinofsky / Hardcore Software: Apple has handled its response, including the proposed App Store changes, to the EU’s DMA with aplomb despite the law being an assault on Apple’s brand promise  —  An essay on the EU Digital Markets Act and Apple’s “Update on apps distributed in the European Union” (and some personal history)

Facebook has introduced a ‘Link History’ setting on its mobile app that keeps track of all the websites you’ve visited on the platform in the last 30 days. The setting, now available on the Facebook app on both iOS and Android, is an optional one but is turned on by default. Facebook users are reportedly