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This smart baby monitor with dual mode and enhanced alerts from Momcozy will give new parents peace of mind

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support A good baby monitor is your link to your child when you can't be close. You want to choose one that will ensure your baby is safe, whether they're sleeping soundly in their crib or enjoying playtime with the nanny while you're away from home. Thankfully, modern tech has provided new solutions to age-old problems, and checking in on your child is easier than ever thanks to high-tech baby monitors like the Momcozy 5-inch Dual-Mode Smart Baby Monitor . The dual-mode baby monitor can be paired with the app and a dedicated parent unit, keeping you in the know and your baby in sight. Peace of mind for new parents (Image credit: Momcozy) A new baby in the house is life-altering, and it can be scary to leave your little one alone in their room at night, even when you're in desperate need of sleep. A smart monitor from Momcozy can help you relax when your baby sleeps by providing useful, nonintrusive, smart features that keep you...

Now that ChatGPT Voice Mode is free, is it even worth paying for ChatGPT Plus anymore?

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support When OpenAI first introduced ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode, I was intrigued by the idea that this might be the template for a voice assistant capable of all the Star Trek- style feats that Amazon and Google had promised a decade ago. A fluid, back-and-forth conversation with an AI that didn’t sound like you were talking to a robot stuck in 2014, capable of everything ChatGPT does, seemed ideal. It was a major reason I continued paying $20 a month for ChatGPT Plus . It's worth taking a moment to appreciate what ChatGPT Advanced Voice Mode can do, albeit imperfectly. You can engage in a real-time conversation with ChatGPT, one with the rhythm and even some of the emotions inherent in a human voice. You can interrupt the AI mid-sentence, and it won't forget what you were discussing. It generally mimics human listening and response behavior, even to the point of not waiting for you to finish speaking; it can interrupt you right back. OpenAI r...

Netflix's trailer for a new comedy show that looks like Knives Out meets Weekend at Bernie's – Welcome to the Family seems like chaotic fun

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support Netflix continues to prove why they're one of the best streaming services , releasing a new trailer for their twisted comedy series Welcome to the Family. It looks like a hilarious mashup of Knives Out and Weekend at Bernie's, with all the inheritance politics of the Daniel Craig mystery smashing headfirst into the corpse chaos of the 80s comedy. In Welcome to the Family, “A struggling single mom rallies her quirky family to outsmart a mafia boss after her estranged, wealthy father dies, leaving them with his debt.” Said debt, it turns out, is the very apartment that Cristina (Marimar Vega) and her family live in. Teaming up with his second wife Luciana (Erika Buenfil), who also stands to lose big in the deal, they formulate a plan: hide the body until the late patriarch's will can be falsified to return ownership of everything abc to the family and outsmart an increasingly agitated mob boss. However, with a nosy neighbor poking a...

One of the most underrated headphones makers just launched new cheap ANC wireless earbuds, and I'm really looking forward to these

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support Final ZE3000 SV launch today, for $99.99 / £89.99 (about AU$180) New 10mm dynamic drivers with pressure optimization and ANC 7-band EQ, gaming mode and multi-point pairing Underrated audio expert Final Audio has announced a new version of its ZE3000 true wireless earbuds, the Final ZE3000 SV. These aren't just a minor refresh: they've got brand new drivers and active noise cancelling too. We like Final's headphones a lot, but they're not as well-known as they should be. The Final Audio UX3000 over-ears got the full five stars in our review and so did the affordable wired in-ears, the Final VR500 . And we gave the Final ZE8000 MK2 earbuds four and a half stars out of five. So I'm intrigued by these, because they're promising a lot of performance for not very much money. The new earbuds feature new 10mm drivers, Final's f-Core SV. (Image credit: Final Audio) Final ZE3000 SV: key features and pricing Th...

Should ransomware payments be illegal?

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support Ransomware has been becoming an increasingly common problem in recent years for organizations, regardless of size, sector or location. Indeed, Netwrix’s 2024 Hybrid Security Trends Report revealed that malware attacks like ransomware are one the three most common types of security incidents that organizations experienced in the last year. According to the Information Commissioner’s Office report, in 2023 organizations in Britain reported more data breaches due to ransomware attacks than ever before. In response to this threat, proposals to make ransomware payments illegal have been gaining traction. For example, earlier this year, Ciaran Martin, ex-CEO of the UK National Cyber Security Centre, called for a ransomware payment ban. The reasoning is that if ransomware payments were illegal, organizations would stop making them, so malicious actors would no longer have an incentive to carry out ransomware attacks. But is this approach really a viab...

Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising Version 2 brings a new playable character, survival mode and no shortage of quality updates

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising Version 2.00 if available now It introduces Sandalphon as a new playable character for the game The update also brings plenty of new features and balance adjustments Version 2.00 has arrived for the popular fighting game Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising , and it might just be the largest content update the game has seen since its late 2023 launch. Headlining the Version 2.00 update is the addition of a new playable character in Sandalphon. Easily one of the Granblue Fantasy mobile game's most popular characters, it's great to see him finally arrive in Rising. Sandalphon is the first of five characters to be added as part of Character Season Pass 2 which players can purchase now. He's set to be followed by Galleon (Spring 2025), Wilnas (Summer 2025), Meg (Fall 2025), and Ilsa (Early 2026). Battle Pass Round 7 has also been added, offering a huge amount of free and premium rewards including new c...

UK creative industries launch ‘Make it Fair’ campaign against AI content theft

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support New 'Make It Fair' campaign wants to tackle 'content theft' British creatives band together to urge for stronger copyright law AI uses content without permission or compensation Artificial intelligence and Large Language Models are trained on hoards of online information, including songs, articles, comments, books, drawings, pictures, and more - so if you’ve ever commented on an Instagram post, posted a photo to Twitter, or uploaded a video to YouTube - the likelihood is, your work has been used to train a model at some point or another. These models don’t ask for permission, either, nor does it notify the creator - and these models make millions from the content. OpenAI reportedly used over a million hours of YouTube video data to train GPT-4, and Meta uses public posts from Instagram and Facebook to train its AI model - but British creatives are coming together to fight back . Artists, singers, authors, journalists, and s...

Want a PC with 8 (yes, 8) AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX GPUs? Here’s one and OMG, you could even add Intel Arc GPUs

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support Comino made the headlines with the launch of Grando, its water-cooled AMD-based workstation with eight Nvidia RTX 5090 GPUs. During the extensive email exchange I had with its CTO/co-founder and commercial director, I found out Grando is far more versatile than I’d come to expect. Dig in its configurator and one will notice that you can configure the system with up to eight RX 7900 XTX GPUs because, why not? “Yes, we can pack 8x 7900XTX, with an increased lead time though. In fact, we can pack any 8 GPU s + EPYC in a single system”, Alexey Chistov, the CTO of Comino, told me when I queried further. Indeed, while it doesn’t currently offer Intel’s promising Arc GPU , it will if the market demands such solutions. “We can design a waterblock for any GPU, it takes around a month” Chistov highlighted, “But we don't go for all possible GPUs, we choose specific models and brands. We only go for high-end GPUs to justify the extra price for liqui...

Is your business primed to respond to downtime?

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support The modern business is an intricate fabric of IT infrastructure , integrating networks and technologies to support its overall mission. A single point of failure can bring the entire system to a halt, causing significant downtime. During such outages, networks become inaccessible, preventing users from interacting with the organization’s systems. IT teams must then act swiftly to restore functionality, safeguarding against data loss , revenue loss, and damage to the company’s reputation. On average, nearly $50 million in annual sales is being missed out because of downtime according to research from Splunk. Just by being more consistent and available than the competition, IT teams can create a competitive advantage through superior resilience and efficiency. So, why are businesses still finding challenges in ensuring business continuity? An environment of threats The causes of downtime are complex, as businesses and their environments sometime...

Top digital loan firm security slip-up puts data of 36 million users at risk

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support Indian loan company Vivifi has reportedly suffered a data breach 36 million files were left exposed These consisted primarily of personally identifiable information (PII) A leading digital lending app has apparently exposed sensitive customer data after a misconfigured Amazon AWS S3 was bucket left unsecured without authentication. Cybernews researchers discovered loan provider Vivifi left 36 million files of Know Your Customer (KYC) documents open online. The primary risk after a data breach is that criminals will use your information to apply for credit cards, loans, or bank accounts in identity theft or fraud schemes - so a loan company having customer information compromised would make it almost too easy for cybercriminals. Included in the leak were passports, ID cards, driving licenses, utility bills, bank statements, and loan agreement letters, among other things - here’s what we know so far. Ongoing investigation Researchers disc...

Empowering developers with cutting-edge security training

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support Software development teams are facing growing pressure to shorten their development lifecycles and push products and updates faster than ever. The sooner a finished application is launched, the greater the chance of meeting customer demand and stealing a march on the competition to claim market share. Likewise, getting fixes and new features live quickly makes it easier to keep customers happy. But while time is money, more speed can also quickly introduce more vulnerabilities into the application. While a certain level of risk is acceptable, no developer can afford to have a major security breach undoing all their hard work. To make matters worse, cybercriminal groups are increasingly preying on this need for speed, exploiting critical open source resources to infiltrate the software supply chain. Developers need knowledge, resources and support to keep their code secure, with as minimal impact on development schedules as possible. Dedicated ...

ICYMI: the week's 8 biggest tech stories, from the iPhone 16e to Wi-Fi 7 routers and a crackdown on Kindle piracy

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support We say this every week, but what a week it's been in tech: we've seen a flurry of new product launches, reported on a seismic shift in one of the biggest movie franchises in history, and spent some time with the thinnest foldable phone on the planet. It's a lot to keep up with, which is why our weekly 'In Case You Missed It' round-up exists. Get yourself a beverage, settle down somewhere comfortable, and let's go through everything that happened over the last seven days. Once you're fully caught up, we're all set for the next week in tech – and you can rely on TechRadar to bring you all the tech news that matters, as it happens. 8. You told us how you’re using AI The rise of AI continues (Image credit: Anthropic / OpenAI / Perplexity AI) The TechRadar team has been polling the general public in a new Special Report that takes the temperature of how AI tools are continuing to change our lives: there'...

The Handmaid's Tale season 6: everything we know so far about the hit Hulu show’s return

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support The Handmaid's Tale season 6: key information - Coming to Hulu in April 2025 - No official trailer, but short teaser unveiled - Main cast all set to return - New cast member announced - Final season, but sequel, The Testaments, in the works The Handmaid’s Tale season 6 will arrive in spring 2025, and while we eagerly await the final season of one of the best Hulu series , there’s plenty to talk about. Adapted from Margaret Atwood’s best-selling novel of the same name, five gripping seasons so far have told the dystopian tale of a totalitarian society, Gilead, that forces fertile women to become surrogates for the rich and privileged. Led by Offred (Elisabeth Moss), a handmaid assigned to a couple, has fought for her freedom over five seasons, and yet there's still more to come. As one of the best streaming services , Hulu has astounded with The Handmaid’s Tale, winning a multitude of awards during its eight intense years – an...