7 apps I use to lock down, encrypt, and store my private files - and most are free

VeraCrypt is a free, open-source disk encryption software that is available for Linux, MacOS, and Windows. With VeraCrypt, you create a virtual encrypted disk on your internal drive that can then be ...

How to turn on Private DNS Mode on Android - and why it's a must for security

Unencrypted DNS can expose your browsing activity, but Android's Private DNS helps keep it private. Here's how to enable it.
Microsoft

Microsoft SDL: Evolving security practices for an AI-powered world

Discover Microsoft’s holistic SDL for AI combining policy, research, and enablement to help leaders secure AI systems against ...
ADTmag

JHipster 9.0.0-beta.2 lands with Spring Boot 4 upgrades and a clear message for Java teams: it's Java 21 time

JHipster 9.0.0-beta.2 deprecates the first beta to fix generator stability issues while advancing the platform to Spring Boot 4.0.2 and a new baseline of Java 21 (plus updated WebSocket security and ...
Science Daily

AI may not need massive training data after all

New research shows that AI doesn’t need endless training data to start acting more like a human brain. When researchers redesigned AI systems to better resemble biological brains, some models produced ...
24/7 Wall St

Social Security Can’t Be Fixed Without These Two Changes

Social Security’s trust fund could run dry by 2035 and trigger an automatic 17% benefits cut. Benefits have lost approximately 20% of their buying power since 2010 due to inadequate cost-of-living ...
Los Angeles Times

Google is at last letting users swap out embarrassing Gmail addresses without losing their data

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Google has finally answered users’ cries, allowing Gmail users to swap out embarrassing teenage email addresses.
Bleeping Computer

New UEFI flaw enables pre-boot attacks on motherboards from Gigabyte, MSI, ASUS, ASRock

The UEFI firmware implementation in some motherboards from ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI, and ASRock is vulnerable to direct memory access (DMA) attacks that can bypass early-boot memory protections. The ...
Macworld

If you care about the security of your iPhone, go update right now

New iOS and iPadOS updates don’t just add lots of new features to your iPhone. There are also updates to improve the security and reliability of your devices, and the latest release is no exception.
BGR

Use Windows 3.1 Straight From Your Browser To Boot Up Pure Nostalgia

Let's go back in time to an era of personal computing, where dial-up internet was cutting-edge and desktop monitors were enormous. Specifically, let's jump to April 6, 1992, the day Microsoft released ...
GitHub

Spring Boot 4.0 Migration Guide

This is a preview draft of the migration guide. It will be completed when Spring Boot 4.0.0 is released. Before you start the upgrade, make sure to upgrade to the latest available 3.5.x version. This ...