Author: The Tech Guy
Alert fatigue and its related effects on SOC efficiency are self-evident problems. Less obvious and more complex are the cause, effect and possible solutions to these problems. SOC analysts are inundated with a huge and continuous volume of alerts generated by security tools. Each alert is often meaningless absent correlation with other alerts. But finding relationships is time-consuming, and even if found, might be irrelevant to business security. Much of the alert volume is simply noise, but attempting correlation to find true positive alerts (signals) from the huge number of false positives (noise) is difficult, boring, and often pointless. The…
AI is becoming more powerful, and mysterious.Despite years of work on “explainable AI,” today’s most advanced systems remain black boxes for the most part. Scientists can observe what they do but cannot fully explain how they arrive at their conclusions or predict when they’ll fail.As large language models (LLMs), the algorithmic engines behind popular chatbots, permeate society, researchers are warning that the window for understanding AI “minds” is rapidly closing even as the technology’s influence expands.Last week, Eric Horvitz, chief scientific officer at Microsoft, and Robert West at EPFL in Switzerland outlined the dangers of putting AI interpretability on the…
Samsung’s next rugged smartwatch could be getting one of the biggest battery upgrades we’ve seen on a Wear OS device. According to a new report, the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 will feature a battery with a rated capacity of 784mAh. This would likely be marketed as an 800mAh cell when the watch launches. If accurate, that would represent a jump of more than 30% over the current Galaxy Watch Ultra’s already sizeable 590mAh battery. Battery life has become one of the biggest battlegrounds for smartwatch makers. This is especially true in the Wear OS world, where many devices still struggle…
If you like the portability of a small e-reader but wish it could do a bit more, BOOX’s latest device may hit that sweet spot. The new Go 6 (Gen II) keeps the pocket-friendly design of the company’s original, but adds a key new feature that might entice you to upgrade: the ability to take handwritten notes. A simple e-reader turns into a productivity device So long as you don’t mind the smaller form Credit: Boox The biggest change coming to the Go 6 lineup is support for handwriting. While the original Go 6 focused solely on reading, the new model…
When I was doing all the testing for our Samsung Galaxy A57 review, I enjoyed how streamlined its software was compared to that of the best Samsung phones. But since publishing that review, I’ve been jumping back and forth between the A57 and another Samsung flagship, and I’ve got a more nuanced view.Before the A57 (and, for a little while, after it), I was using the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra, which is pretty much the best Android phone money can buy. It has similar hardware specs to the Galaxy S25 Ultra, with its biggest advancements instead coming in the form…
Oracle on Thursday released an out-of-band advisory addressing a PeopleSoft vulnerability that can be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker for remote code execution. The security alert comes amid reports that the notorious ShinyHunters hacker group has been targeting organizations that use PeopleSoft. PeopleSoft is an integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) software suite widely used by large organizations for managing core business functions, including HR, payroll, finance, supply chain, and campus operations. The newly disclosed vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-35273, and Oracle says it’s a critical issue that affects PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools versions 8.61 and 8.62. PeopleSoft Enterprise Applications users could…
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech The extracted flesh of the dead being used to fulfill the youth-chasing vanities of the living? That’s the crux of alloClae, an injectable filler sold by Tiger Aesthetics that’s made from the sterilized fat tissue of corpses. Despite the product’s grim provenance, it’s become the hot new thing in cosmetics, since it can be quickly injected without anesthetic. New York health regulators, however, aren’t very happy about its growing popularity. As Business Insider reports, the state’s health body is accusing Tiger of selling…
Imagine telling ChatGPT to reorder your paper towels or find the best wireless headphones in your budget, and it just handles the purchase without you lifting a finger. That is exactly what OpenAI and Visa are now building toward. The two companies announced a strategic partnership at the Visa Payments Forum, with plans to bring Visa’s global payment infrastructure directly into OpenAI’s AI agent experiences, including ChatGPT and the Atlas browser. How will ChatGPT’s payment system work? The partnership is part of Visa’s broader Intelligent Commerce initiative, which is designed to extend secure payment capabilities into new digital spaces. When…
Gaming is a common use for personal laptops. If you have a good number of resources and a good system configuration, you can play a lot of games and pass the time on your laptop. If the system configuration does not match the required configuration, or if resources are used by another process or program in the background, it is common to see games lag or other related issues. However, some users are seeing their Windows laptop hibernate when gaming. This is not a common issue, and it needs to be fixed immediately to play games without issues and unlock…
Last November, YouTube started experimenting with a feature that would allow users to have conversations with others within its mobile app, but it was only available in Ireland and Poland. The feature was rolled out in some European countries in March, and it’s now expanding to more global markets, including the US, the UK, Brazil, and Singapore. You can click here to check the list of countries where it’s available. In addition to in-app messaging, this feature also lets YouTube users share videos (long-form, Shorts, and live streams). To use the in-app video sharing and messaging feature, you must be…