A security researcher says six companies were saved from having to pay potentially hefty ransom demands, in part thanks to rookie security flaws found in the web infrastructure used by the ransomware gangs themselves. Two companies received the decryption keys to unscramble their data without having to pay the cybercriminals a ransom, and four hacked […]
XNXX joins handful of adult sites subject to EU’s strictest content moderation rules
The European Union has designated adult content website XNXX as subject to the strictest level of content regulation under the bloc’s Digital Services Act (DSA) after it notified the bloc it had passed the usage threshold of more than 45 million regional average monthly users. It’s the fourth porn site to be named a very […]
How to set up parental controls on Facebook, Snapchat, TikTok and more popular sites
Parental controls are offered by almost every popular media network, but many parents aren’t aware of them. Fewer than 10% of teens on Instagram had enabled parental control settings by the end of 2022 and only a single-digit percentage of parents had used the controls, according to a Washington Post report from earlier this year. […]
U.S. Open golf qualifying 2024: TV channel, live stream, schedule, sites to watch final 36-hole qualifiers for Pinehurst
The final round of qualifying for the 124th U.S. Open, which is also the USGA’s 1,000th championship, will take place on Monday, June 3. There will be 36 holes played at 10 courses across the United States and Canada to decide which golfers will be part of the field. In order to be eligible for U.S. Open qualifying, […]
Apple will now let users in the EU download apps through web sites, not just the App Store
Apple is opening up web distribution for iOS apps targeting users in the European Union starting Tuesday. Developers who opt in — and who meet Apple’s criteria, including app notarization requirements — will be able to offer iPhone apps for direct download to EU users from their own websites. It’s a massive change for a […]