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If you have an older Android phone that runs on Android KitKat, then it might be time to get a new phone. Here’s why.   Google has made the decision to discontinue support for Android KitKat in future releases of Google Play Services come August 2023, meaning that if your Android …

The FBI is investigating a ransomware attack that shut down emergency rooms in several states (via The Guardian). Ambulances were diverted while California-based Prospect Medical Holdings, which has hospitals in several states, “took our systems offline to protect them” and launched an investigation in partnership with “third party cybersecurity specialists,” …

The European Space Agency said Thursday that it is using artificial intelligence for satellite navigation.   The engineering teams of the agency’s NAVISP program are working with European industry and academics to “invent the future of navigation,” it said, resulting in a growing portfolio of services to improve space and …

In news that isn’t very surprising given the recent history of Twitter, which Elon Musk is currently rebranding to X, the company won’t be able to make some promised payments on time. The X Support account says that because its “Ads Revenue Sharing” program is so popular, “We need a …

Overseas hackers target American benefits Fox News senior national correspondent William La Jeunesse reports on scammers targeting SNAP benefits, welfare, unemployment insurance and more through debt or EBT cards. The software company ESET has revealed that hackers are now trying to trick people looking for employment by giving them excellent …

“Search and web coming in the next few weeks,” he tweets, saying he’s “excited about the team’s pace of shipping.” Meta took a gamble on launching a barebones Twitter alternative at breakneck speed while Twitter continued to crumble, and it may have paid off — my colleague Alex Heath recently …

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With shows being killed abruptly, their digital corpses occasionally turned to ash for tax purposes, it can be hard being a TV watcher. It’s difficult to invest in any project, knowing that with a flick of a pen, an executive can abruptly end a show if it will save their …

You know you have to reset your phone when you sell or get rid of it, but what about your printer?  No joke. Your home office powerhouse stores more than you realize and can be dangerous in the wrong hands. It’s easy to wipe it, though. Check out No. 4 here. …

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