Author: The Tech Guy

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There’s an unspoken tension in all of Apple’s iPad marketing. The company desperately wants to convince you that an iPad can replace a laptop. At the same time, it doesn’t want you sidestepping the Mac lineup, so the iPad is deliberately crippled in some respects. You can’t customize the OS very deeply, and apps don’t have the full flexibility of their Mac counterparts. You can’t even install anything without the App Store unless you sideload, or else live in the EU. If you’re bound and determined to make an iPad your primary machine, there are ways of making it behave…

UK-based customer relationship management (CRM) provider Beacon revealed this week the likely root cause of a recent data breach affecting many organizations. Beacon’s CRM platform is designed for charities and other non-profit organizations to manage donors, supporters, volunteers, and related fundraising and service activities. The company revealed in early August that it had suffered a data breach in which hackers downloaded customer database backups. The data was encrypted, but Beacon admitted that the attackers could have decrypted it prior to exfiltration.  In an update shared this week, Beacon reported that the earliest malicious activity was observed on July 27 and…

This article was originally published on Undark. Read the original article.In June, a community of mostly mathematicians released the Leiden Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics, an articulation of the values they hope to preserve as automated systems are integrated into the practice of developing mathematical proofs. This is necessary because some frontier AI systems have shown striking capabilities for solving certain advanced mathematics problems, though independent tests show that AI still has important limits.Although I’m not a member of the pure mathematics community in any strict sense, much of the declaration’s message resonated with me and was relevant to…

If your weekend plans involve sinking into the couch and wondering what to do next, consider this your rescue package. This week’s lineup comes with a bonus – every single movie here is completely free to stream. I dug through Tubi and Pluto TV‘s libraries and found a pothead comedy, a Swedish vampire film that reinvented the genre, and a Korean horror movie that still gets talked about years later. So, add these free films to your Weekend watchlist right away! We also have guides to the best new movies to stream, the best movies on Netflix, the best movies…

Like most people, I bought my Fire TV Stick to stream shows, and that is still what I primarily use it for. However, I quickly realized that there’s much more to this little gadget than meets the eye. After installing the usual apps like Netflix, Spotify, HBO, etc., I noticed some options that let me transfer files, test my internet connection, mirror other devices, access my local media library, and even browse the web. These free apps have made me rethink the capabilities of this versatile and affordable streaming stick. ExpressVPN View content from sources all around the world I…

This week Google debuted its Pixel 11 tech, and Honor wowed us with a Robot Phone. Though we doubt it’s the next iPhone revolution.To catch up on all this and more scroll down for the week’s seven biggest tech news stories, plus links to the wider picture if you’re desperate to learn more.And before that test your memory against last week’s biggest tech news stories with our quiz.Latest Videos FromTechRadar7. We reviewed Garmin’s 5-Star smartwatch (Image credit: Future / Matt Ray)We spent months with the latest Garmin Fenix Pro 8 smartwatch — it survived heatwaves, blizzards and 4,000m altitudes —…

The personal information of 1.6 million individuals appears to have been stolen from the widely used business communications platform RingCentral by a notorious extortion group. The incident occurred in July and was the result of a “sophisticated social engineering campaign”, RingCentral said in a notice on its website. “Upon detection, we promptly took steps to stop the unauthorized activity and immediately began an investigation with assistance from a leading third-party forensic firm. We have not seen any new unauthorized activity since taking these remediation efforts,” the company said. According to RingCentral, only a limited portion of its customers was affected…

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Following up on the success of the Pura X, Huawei has, for quite some time now, been working on a new non-folding smartphone with a similar 16:10 screen aspect ratio. This device is now rumored to be launching in September. According to a previous leak, it will be powered by a Kirin 9-series chipset, and will have a battery capacity of at least 7,000 mAh. The device is also said to have a 50MP main camera using a 1/1.3″ type sensor, as well as a 50MP periscope telephoto camera and a multispectral camera. The phone was initially expected to be…