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your cable Streaming bills could become more expensive again. Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is reportedly planning to raise prices again. It was not disclosed how much WBD expects subscriptions to increase. The cheapest ad-free plan is currently $16 per month after a $1 increase. WBD is reportedly targeting $1 billion in revenue next year from Max and Discovery+.We could learn about the top price increase as soon as Thursday. That’s when WBD will report earnings for the first three months of the year.Price increases may be coming as part of WBD’s seemingly never-ending cost-cutting efforts. As part of that, more…
Cohesity, an expert in AI-driven data security and management, has partnered with Intel to bring Intel’s confidential computing capabilities to the Cohesity Data Cloud.Powered by Fort Knox, Cohesity’s industry-leading network vault service, this innovation in data encryption in use will be a first for the data management industry.Cohesity and Intel are working together to solve one of the most pressing cybersecurity challenges facing CIOs. Traditionally, when data is actively processed in memory, options for protecting the data in use have been limited, which can result in data being unencrypted and vulnerable to insider attacks. Confidential computing powered by Intel Software…
Police have successfully infiltrated and disrupted the scam platform “LabHost”, which was used by more than 2,000 criminals to defraud victims around the world. A major international operation led by the UK’s Metropolitan Police has seized control of LabHost, a company that since 2021 has helped cybercriminals create phishing websites to steal sensitive information such as passwords, email addresses and bank details . In the UK alone, LabHost has helped criminals create more than 40,000 scam websites and steal the information of more than 70,000 victims. Scammers used the service to steal a vast amount of information, including 480,000 card…
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As someone who really hates reality, virtual reality is very attractive to me.However, I’m not a big fan of 100 hour AAA games, e.g. or . I love the short, interactive experiences that I can’t get anywhere else. Good news for me? Apple Vision Pro coming soon Very nice mixed reality “interactive story” This may herald the development of a new form of entertainment that allows people to watch their favorite shows or movies directly.Industrial Light & Magic, the company founded by Marvel and George Lucas, just announced an upcoming game based on Apple Vision Pro what if…?, which just…
“Without any focus, digital transformation becomes very ineffective,” explains Kamala Manju Kesavan. “What are you trying to do? Are you cleaning up your technology stack? Are you trying to solve customer problems? Clear strategy and goals are very important.Of course, there may be ideal use cases where you can both refresh the stack and solve a customer’s problem. But the key to a good digital transformation strategy is efficiency; from the decision-making process to the utilization of data to the sustainability of the organization.Kesavan (left), director of software engineering at a leading fintech vendor, began by pointing out the importance…
Virtual private network (VPN) companies market their services as a way to prevent anyone from snooping on your internet usage. But new research shows that this is a dangerous assumption when connecting to a VPN over an untrusted network, because an attacker on the same network could force a target’s traffic outside the protection provided by its VPN without Trigger any alerts to the user. Image: Shutterstock. When a device initially attempts to connect to the network, it broadcasts a message to the entire local network indicating that it is requesting an Internet address. Typically, the only system on the…
[–>Darren Morgan, Chief Operating Officer, Comsol Networks. For businesses that rely on connectivity to mission-critical systems, multiple links and the quality of those links are important considerations.Darren Morgan, chief operating officer of Comsol Networks, said fiber optics alone are not enough to maintain business connections. “The fiber network is in trouble due to theft, vandalism, cable cuts, and load shedding. It’s also one of our biggest headaches because it affects our backhaul. For redundancy, you need multiple links, but you can’t Just add three fiber links because it’s too expensive,” he said.This drives the need for wireless as a backup…
We’re still waiting for the perfect hybrid computer that works like a tablet and like a laptop. As we enter 2024, it seems many companies have given up on that ideal, too—but Microsoft, Apple, and Samsung still have some options to consider. We’re still seeing operating system tweaks to make iOS and Android better suited to larger displays. If you’re looking for your next computer and are dead set on it being a 2-in-1, here we’ve rounded up our current top picks and everything you should know before buying.Editor’s note (May 8, 2024): Apple has released four new iPads, including…
The RSA Conference, held in San Francisco from May 6-9, brings together cybersecurity professionals from around the world. This year’s conference was filled with discussions about generative AI: how to use it to protect against attacks and how to protect generative AI itself. We’re rounding up the enterprise business technology news from RSA that’s most relevant to IT and technology decision-makers. This article will be updated throughout RSA with additional technology news highlights. Google uses Gemini AI to update Google security operations and more Google is combining the security capabilities of information security firm Mandiant and malware scanner VirusTotal with…