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New Mac app wants to record everything you do—so you can “rewind” it later

Enlarge / Rewind reportedly lets you search your Mac's usage history for what you've seen, said, or heard. (credit: Rewind AI) Yesterday, a company called Rewind AI announced a self-titled software product for…

Pantone wants $15/month for the privilege of using its colors in Photoshop

Enlarge / The Pantone Solid Coated and Solid Uncoated color libraries are disappearing from Adobe's apps at some point, though the exact timing isn't clear. (credit: Pantone) If you want to use up-to-date…

OpenSSL 3 patch, once Heartbleed-level “critical,” arrives as a lesser “high”

Enlarge / The fallout of an OpenSSL vulnerability, initially listed as "critical," should be much less severe than that of the last critical OpenSSL bug, Heartbleed. An OpenSSL vulnerability once signaled as the…

Meta’s AI-powered audio codec promises 10x compression over MP3

Enlarge / An illustrated depiction of data in an audio wave. (credit: Meta AI) Last week, Meta announced an AI-powered audio compression method called "EnCodec" that can reportedly compress audio 10 times smaller…

Why the App Store’s tone-deaf gambling ads make me worry about Apple

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Apple released iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16.1 to the public last week, with a long list of new features, fixes, and high-priority zero-day security updates. The…

Unconfirmed hack of Liz Truss’ phone prompts calls for “urgent investigation”

Enlarge / Liz Truss, then Chief Secretary to the Treasury, taking a picture on her phone on May 1, 2018, in London. (credit: Getty Images) British opposition politicians are calling for an "urgent…

Replit’s Ghostwriter AI can explain programs to you—or help write them

Enlarge / Replit's Ghostwriter AI tool can assist you while you code. (credit: Replit) Today, Replit announced Ghostwriter, an AI-powered programming assistant that can make suggestions to make coding easier. It works within…

VMware patches vulnerability with 9.8/10 severity rating in Cloud Foundation

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Exploit code was released this week for a just-patched vulnerability in VMware Cloud Foundation and NSX Manager appliances that allows hackers with no authentication to execute malicious code with…

Meet the Windows servers that have been fueling massive DDoSes for months

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty) A small retail business in North Africa, a North American telecommunications provider, and two separate religious organizations: What do they have in common? They’re all running poorly…

How to download a backup copy of your Twitter data (or deactivate your account)

Enlarge / Whatever happens, it's nice to know your data options. (credit: Benj Edwards) Big changes are underway at Twitter as we speak—including new leadership—and some people are nervous about what the future…