From PC Mag: "Octo2," a new variant of the Octo Android trojan malware, has been spreading online via malicious versions of the NordVPN and Google Chrome apps, according to a new report from cybersecurity firm ThreatFabric.

When the malicious app is installed, victims are prompted with a misleading...

From PC World: Earlier this week, Microsoft released an optional Windows 10 update that makes a few improvements to the Start menu and fixes a login error that’s been lingering for months without a resolution.

If you want to take advantage of this patch, which has update code KB5043133, you’ll have...

From CNET: Samsung's $650 Galaxy S24 FE offers newer AI features at a lower price than the standard $800 Galaxy S24. The phone was revealed Thursday during a launch event at the company's Samsung 837 store in New York. It will be available to order on Oct. 3.

The phone includes many of the...

From PC Mag: Apple is pulling VPN apps from its App Store in Russia and has removed over 50 this summer alone, bringing the total to nearly 100 VPN apps removed this year so far.

That's according to a new investigation from anti-censorship advocacy group GreatFire, which tracks App Store app...

From PC World: Intel has been struggling with a major issue in its 13th- and 14th-generation Core CPUs for most of this year. Due to a production error, high voltages and temperatures led to crashes for users and permanent damage in the processors, affecting overall service life.

Almost two months...

From CNET: Xiaomi's 14 Ultra seriously impressed us with its photography skills, especially when it came to photographing Taylor Swift. Though the company's new 14T and 14T Pro lack the same high-performance camera setup, they still have plenty to offer as all-round Android flagships. Xiaomi doesn't...

From The Verge: With stock of its current generation of e-readers dwindling, Amazon is expected to announce new Kindles soon, perhaps as early as next week. A Spanish retailer has a listing for a new 2024 version of the entry-level Kindle with a release date listed as September 30th, as spotted by...

From PC Mag: The nonprofit digital privacy group known as Noyb has filed a complaint against Mozilla on behalf of a user Wednesday over a Firefox feature dubbed Privacy-Preserving Attribution (PPA) that was added to the web browser back in July.

The feature is designed to help Firefox send data...

From PC World: Intel may still be a dominant player in PC gaming since it sells a majority of all PC processors — and those chips have integrated graphics built into them — but as far as its presence in discrete graphics is concerned, Intel’s time has seemingly come to an end.

According to analyst...

From PC Mag: Wire transfer service MoneyGram has been offline since Friday following a cyberattack.

MoneyGram confirmed the attack on X yesterday, saying it had "recently identified a cybersecurity issue affecting certain of our systems."

"Upon detection, we immediately launched an investigation...