A standard USB charging cable—the kind found in nearly every American household—became the tool of choice for car thieves targeting millions of Hyundai and Kia vehicles. This simple exploit triggered ...

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If your info appears on a people-search site, you can request its removal—but chances are, that's just the tip of the iceberg. For broader data removal, services like Incogni or Optery can help. I ...

If you see the "Event ID 51, An error was detected on device during a paging operation" warning in Event Viewer, this article ...

There are lots of things that have gone viral, for all sorts of different reasons. The latest viral craze struck after a developer released a tool to strip Windows of its AI capabilities, and X is ...

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Earlier in December 2025, Truecaller launched Family Protection, a new in-app feature on Android and iOS that lets up to five users form trusted groups where a Family Admin can set protection levels, ...

Design tool Figma launched new AI-powered image-editing features today, including the ability to remove and isolate objects and expand images. The company said that these features will save the hassle ...

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