Kyle Kucharski/ZDNETWe’re fully into summer, and in the tech world, that means new product launches, announcements on the horizon, and best of all, deals. Case in point: right now, the M2 Apple MacBook Air More
Amazon Prime Day 2024 will be back July 16 and 17. Adam Breeden/ZDNETThe 10th anniversary of Amazon’s popular Prime Day sale More
Just_Super/Getty Images Singapore plans to soon release instructions it says will offer “practical measures” to bolster the security of artificial intelligence (AI) tools and systems. The Cyber Security Agency (CSA) is slated to publish its draft Technical Guidelines for Securing AI Systems for public consultation later this month, according to Janil Puthucheary, Singapore’s senior minister […] More
Jack Wallen/ZDNETUntil you’ve experienced vertical tabs, you have no idea how much better they are at keeping all of your open tabs better organized and viewable. With this feature you can better read the tab names, so you don’t get lost in a sea of tiny favicons. Some vertical tab features also integrate with Workspaces for even better tab management.Although a few select browsers (such as Arc Browser, Vivaldi, Edge, Brave, and Safari) ship with vertical tabs built-in, the most widely used browser on the market — Chrome — does not. Fortunately, some extensions in the Chrome Web Store add this feature to the browser. Also: You need a browser with vertical tabs – here’s why and 5 options to tryHowever, not all of those extensions are created equal. Some are badly designed or poorly executed. But within that pile of subpar extensions are a few that add perfectly good vertical tabs to Chrome. In my opinion, the best of the bunch is tabVertikal. This extension includes all the features you need for improved tab management, such as:WorkspacesTab suspender (and auto suspension)Native Chrome tab group supportAuto tab grouping based on custom rulesImport/export tabsCustom window titles and tab titlesRemove duplicates and sort tabsDark modeDozens of themesFuzzy searchThis extension is free and can be installed on Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers. Let me show you how to install and use tabVertikal. More
welcomia/Getty Images A massive cyberattack caused chaos for US car dealerships, and it’s still affecting both dealers and customers. According to BleepingComputer, a notorious extortion organization called the BlackSuit ransomware gang carried out a cyberattack on CDK Global on June 19. BlackSuit has conducted a number of high-profile attacks in the past several years, mostly against health […] More
Ed Bott/ZDNETChromeOS is not merely a simplified operating system. ChromeOS is also a relatively secure operating system — thanks to its multiple layers of protection for preventing things like viruses and malware from harming your device and accessing your data.Can you improve upon ChromeOS’s already impressive default settings? You sure can! I’ve identified five settings you can work with to take ChromeOS to even higher levels of security. Also: Google might abandon ChromeOS Flex. Here’s why – and what you can do about itLet’s dive in.1. 2-step verificationThis is an essential security move, whether or not you use ChromeOS. Two-step verification (aka 2FA) adds yet another layer of security to the login process of online accounts. When 2FA is added to a Google account, it requires a mobile device associated with your Google account to serve as the 2FA authentication mechanism.However, there’s a trick to using this on a Chromebook. First, make sure you’ve enabled 2FA on your Google account. Then open Settings on your Chromebook and go to Privacy And Security > Manage Other People. On that page, disable the “Show usernames and photos on the sign-in screen” option. Once you’ve done that, reboot the device and you should be required to use 2FA to log in. More
Qualys Hold onto your SSH keys, folks! A critical vulnerability has just rocked OpenSSH, Linux’s secure remote access foundation, causing seasoned sysadmins to break out in a cold sweat. Dubbed “regreSSHion” and tagged as CVE-2024-6387, this nasty bug allows unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) on OpenSSH servers running on glibc-based Linux systems. We’re not talking […] More
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images Last month, the United States Department of Commerce announced a ban on Kaspersky software. As of September 29, ZDNET’s Lance Whitney reported, Kaspersky will no longer be able to provide antivirus signature updates and code updates for the banned products to customers in the United States. When I read that news, I […] More
