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This nightmare incident shows why you really shouldn’t store passwords in your browser An infostealer is scooping up passwords stored in browsers, experts warn When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. An unnamed company was recently breached after an employee stored their corporate accountpasswordin theirweb browser, a new report suggests. According toresearchfrom security company AhnLab, the employee wasworking from homeon a device shared with other household members, which was already infected with Redline Stealer, an infostealingmalware....

What is macro mode on your phone and how do you use it? Get up close and personal When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Macro photography is where you get very close to your subject in order to reveal levels of detail not typically appreciable with the naked eye. The capillaries of leaves, the martian-looking surface of fungus and the furze of a spider’s abdomen are all subjects you might try to capture....

Why my new Apple Watch is the key to a better 2022 (and not just for fitness) New year, new watch When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. When theApple Watchfirst hit the scene, I can’t really say I understood the hype. I barely remembered to wear a regular watch, having grown up with a phone in my hand and an embarrassing inability to read clock faces until I was a teenager (I was sick when we learned it at school and too embarrassed to admit it, okay?...

Your next CPU could use a lot fewer transistors New transistor design is capable of adapting to perform different logical tasks When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. TheCPUsof the future could use far fewertransistorsas a team of researchers have developed a new, adaptive transistor design capable of changing its configuration on the fly. With these new transistors created by researchers at the Vienna University of Technology, future processors could potentially use 85 percent fewer transistors than they do today....

14 things technology taught me in 2021 Opinion: You can learn a lot about technology and life in a year - if you’re paying attention When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. 2021 is the kind of year that feels like two. So much happened in the world and, naturally, the tech space, that it seems impossible it all occurred in just a 12-month period....

2021 in wearables: Apple Watch 7, Samsung Watch 4 with Wear OS and much more A look back at a busy 12 months in wearables When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. It was the year that life was supposed to start getting back to some kind of normal following a pretty horrendous 2020. But it’s fair to say that it hasn’t quite worked out like that in 2021, although normal service largely resumed in the world of wearables as new smartwatch and fitness trackers were fired out onto the market in regular fashion from the biggest names in the business....

7 essential online security and digital tasks you should do before 2021 ends How many of these crucial security tasks have you completed? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Keeping your digital world safe and secure is vital, everyone knows that. But it also takes time, and when life is hectic, jobs to do, places to go, people to see, it’s easy to put off even the most important security tasks off until ‘later’ - whenever that might be....