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Why less data means improved security for businesses

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support In recent weeks, we have seen eye-watering amounts of personal data exposed by criminal actors, in an attempt to either extort organizations for ransom payments or sell the information for financial gain. In the UK, three major airports suffered data breaches that exposed information relating to nearly nine million people. In the fintech sector, Revolut mistakenly disclosed a wealth of customer data to scammers impersonating government officials. While in North America, hackers reportedly offered scans of nearly 153 million US and Canadian driving licenses for sale on the dark web. These incidents highlight the risks and vulnerabilities organizations face when they accumulate and retain large volumes of valuable personal data. Beyond the obvious need for greater internet security and protection against AI related attacks or synthetic identities, it raises o...
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Planet Zoo 2 review: an even more diverse, creative zoo-builder

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support Planet Zoo 2 is the sequel to 2020’s zoo-building management sim. And it’s crammed with more animals, scenery items, and game modes than ever, so you can really let your creativity run wild. Building zoos is my happy place. Life is stressful, the cost of living is shocking, and politics is so absurd I often feel like I’m being doped with increasing levels of satire to make the world’s first irony-immune man. Playing games like Planet Zoo 2 lets me spend time in a simpler world, where I can spend five hours tweaking the placement of ferns and rocks to make simulated siamangs happy. As a result, I’ve spent a lot of time playing the original Planet Zoo . More than a lot, actually. Over 1,100 hours. That’s more than 45 days straight — a fact that makes me feel slightly queasy about my priorities in life. I’ve spent more time experiencing its highs and dealing w...

Malwarebytes Personal Data Remover review

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support Any personal information posted on the web remains there for a long time and can reach far-flung corners. That name, email address, and location can be aggregated by people-finder sites (or data brokers) and sold to subscribers. These data broker sites pose privacy risks, but there’s a way to protect yourself online. You can use platforms like Malwarebytes’ Personal Data Remover to scan sites for your data, then send deletion requests if found. Malwarebytes facilitates the deletion requests, so there isn’t much to worry about. Malwarebytes is an all-in-one cybersecurity software suite and is mostly known for its antivirus app. However, it offers other valuable tools, including the Personal Data Remover (if the name didn't give it away, it's a data removal service ). I’m reviewing this tool to help you decide whether it’s worth adopting. Read on to lea...

Apple is making Creator Studio an even better deal with new AI features and creative tools

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support Pixelmator Pro gets a new AI-powered Generate Fill tool Keynote, Pages, and Numbers add AI assistants and OpenAI model support Final Cut Pro gains thousands of MotionVFX creative assets in November Apple's Pro and Tell week is marching on, and alongside the reveal of the M6-powered iMac and 14-inch MacBook Pro , the Cupertino-based giant is also shining a spotlight on software. Specifically, Apple Creator Studio is getting a wide-ranging update that brings a fresh batch of features and, ultimately, packs in more value. As it stands, Apple Creator Studio is a software subscription priced at $12.99 / £12.99 / AU$19.99 a month or $129 / £129 / AU$199 per year, giving you access to Pages, Numbers, Keynote, Pixelmator Pro, Final Cut Pro, and Logic Pro across Mac, iPad, and iPhone. All that stays the same, including the especially excellent education discount...

Russian boats spotted loitering over undersea cables connecting Europe and US

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support Russia appears to be using civilian vessels to spy on critical undersea cables between the US and Europe The UK relies on the cables for around economic activity that amounts to £65 billion a year Maritime law severely limits engagement with civilian vessels in international waters Russian civilian vessels are being used to map undersea cables linking the UK and Europe with the United States, according to an investigation by The Telegraph , which adds that fishing trawlers are performing espionage in the waters around Britain. Analysis by the publication has found evidence of over 500 incidents carried out by what are described as “commercial proxies”, the use of which appears to sit within a 2022 maritime doctrine approved by Russian President Vladimir Putin aimed at mobilizing fishing and other civilian vessels. If the information was used aggressively, und...

Google's Gemini 4 Argon may be overkill for most tasks

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support Google's latest AI model can untangle millions of lines of code and accelerate quantum computing research, which is great if you happen to spend your afternoons debugging enormous software projects or advancing theoretical physics. For the average Gemini user, the sheer power of the new Gemini 4 Argon model begs the question: why do you need it? Google has made Gemini 4 Argon readily available in the Gemini app for Google AI Pro or Ultra subscribers. Simply pick it from the list of models available at the top of the conversation. Google brags about the model's advanced reasoning, multi-step problem-solving, and other improvements provided by the sophisticated AI, but it's a little much for helping write an email. Whether Argon can outperform its predecessors on complicated benchmarks is less interesting than figuring out what to do with all this a...