A daily dose of what’s up in the tech world
Daily tech news & jokes to have a good start for 10/04/2023
Quote of the day:
Smaller in number are we, but larger in mind. Yoda
Jokes of the day:
The web server reported a bad gateway error.
Two fish in a tank. One turns to the other and says, “Do you know how to drive this thing?”
Top 10 news of the day:
Resident Evil 4 Players Reporting Mercenaries Update Inadverdantly Improved Framerate on PS5
Can’t complain — Resident Evil 4’s arcade Mercenaries game mode went live on Friday, and some fans think the update may ha…
Resident Evil 4’s arcade Mercenaries game mode went live on Friday, and some fans think the update may have, intentionally or not, actually improved the game’s framerate on PS5. While the patch notes are quite sparse and don’t specifically mention an… [964 chars]
Inside AI’s terrifying future as bots tell husband to leave wife and ‘drive man to suicide’
HER son’s shaky but familiar voice on the other end of the telephone sounded distressed and urgent.“Mum, I’ve had an accident,” her boy explai
HER son’s shaky but familiar voice on the other end of the telephone sounded distressed and urgent. “Mum, I’ve had an accident,” her boy explained as the woman’s heart began to race with fear. 7 AI-powered ChatGPT was released to the public last Nove… [6416 chars]
Amazon Prime Is About To Give You A Bunch Of Games For Free
Amazon Prime is known for offering free games and this upcoming batch has at least one all-time classic in it.
Amazon Prime Is Giving Away A Bunch Of Free Games Amazon Prime will offer 15 free games in April, including Wolfenstein: The New Order. By Jason Collins | Wolfenstein: The New Order Much like the Epic Games Store, Amazon Prime is also known for givin… [3016 chars]
Can the ‘miracle zapper’ tighten your face as well?
Kate Spicer shares her thoughts on the EMface treatment — the’first machine facelift’ with no knife, no needles, nor lasers — which she had five sessions of between November and January.
At a birthday party recently, I was waiting at the bar when a man, mid-40s maybe, came over and said, ‘I’ve been watching you, you have the most incredible structure to your face.’ I was taken aback. I can’t describe how completely random this was. M… [7585 chars]
‘I married my cousin’: jaw-dropping family secrets exposed by DNA tests
The explosion in popularity of at-home DNA testing kits has led to dozens of Americans uncovering shocking family secrets — including a woman who found out her husband was actually a relative.
Here Dailymail.com takes a look at the dark side of the trend as millions of Americans discover they’re not quite who they thought they were Many are taking to social media to reveal their jaw-dropping family secrets such as that they have 30 sibling… [5872 chars]
I’m a cybersecurity expert — here are five things you do wrong every single day
From memorizing your passwords to ignoring two-factor authentication and not preparing for your ‘digital afterlife’, the most common mistakes make us easy prey for cybercriminals.
Most of us make basic cybersecurity errors every single day, an expert warns. These include knowing your password by heart, allowing junk mail to clutter your inbox and not using two-factor authentication. The threat of hackers and other bad actors i… [4634 chars]
Is your phone really listening to you? DailyMail.com puts it to the test on a brand-new cell
We created a ‘fresh’ Google account for a fictional person, aged 22, called Robin — and used that on a freshly factory-reset Samsung phone.
Your smartphone is not listening to you around the clock — but it’s collecting so much information that it does not even need to. It has long been speculated that Apple, Google, Samsung and other popular phone makers are recording users 24/7 to colle… [6410 chars]
Behaviour Interactive rollbacks unpopular healing system change after “reviewing player feedback”
Behaviour Interactive is reverting Dead By Daylight’s healing system change following player feedback. Behaviour figure…
Behaviour Interactive is reverting Dead By Daylight’s healing system change following player feedback. Behaviour figured that the change — which saw the time to heal slowed from 16 to 24 seconds — would be contentious, and said that it would keep “an… [1904 chars]
I use my Galaxy Watch in all the dumb ways
Smartwatches like the Galaxy Watch and the Apple Watch are great. But do most people actually end up using their smarts?
Kris Carlon / Android Authority If there are two constants in my life, they are a phone in my pocket and a watch on my wrist. So when I bought my first real smartwatch in the form of the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4, I was pretty excited. After years of ow… [9420 chars]
Hacking multi-tool Flipper Zero gets banned from Amazon, classified for card skimming
The device allows users to locate, troubleshoot, test, and debug different types of digital interfaces and hardware devices via radio, radio frequency identification (RFID), near field communication…
In a nutshell: The Flipper Zero may look like a harmless child’s toy from the 90s, but it’s capable of far more. The Tamagotchi-like device has been used for everything from opening parking gates and tampering with fast food menus to reading credit c… [3397 chars]
