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Microsoft is killing off an obsolete and vulnerable encryption cipher that Windows has supported by default for 26 years. This follows more than a decade of devastating hacks that exploited it and recent blistering criticism from a prominent US senator. When the software maker rolled out Active Directory in 2000, it made RC4 a sole

I don’t know if you’re like me, but one of my favorite ways to treat myself is with products that I know will help me better my body or ease any pain. Therabody has a slew of truly great products to help with everything from sore muscles, to aches and pains, and even has a

You have to feel sorry for Jaguar. By any standards it’s been a terrible year for the British carmaker. First came dealing with the continued fallout of the December 2024 reveal of the Type 00 concept. The brand wanted the EV’s radical design to be polarizing, but it seemed unprepared for what forms such polarized

The Black Friday streaming deals bonanza is over. But holiday streaming deals continue in December, and some of the December deals are better than the one I signed up for in November. Buyer’s remorse is eternal, but this time it’s also reversible. The best December streaming deals are ad-free. It’s not an eye-poppingly low number

OpenAI has quietly reversed a major change to how hundreds of millions of people use ChatGPT. On a low-profile blog that tracks product changes, the company said that it rolled back ChatGPT’s model router—an automated system that sends complicated user questions to more advanced “reasoning” models—for users on its Free and $5-a-month Go tiers. Instead

An epidemiologist who has speculated about whether there is a connection between Covid-19 vaccines and “turbo cancer” in young people, and works as chief epidemiologist at a company that sells ivermectin alongside reviews that claim it has efficacy as a cancer treatment, has been appointed by president Donald Trump to a key position overseeing the

In 2012, San Francisco apparel shop American Giant released its very first product, a zip-up hooded sweatshirt that put the company on the map. Officially called the Classic Full Zip, most people know it as “the greatest hoodie ever made,” thanks to the headline on a Slate article touting its charms. After that story, things

It’s never fun to be in last place. Google has been coasting along with its Android tablets and Chromebooks for years, playing second fiddle to the bigger players in the game. But the company has a new card up its sleeve: the upcoming merger of its two platforms into something entirely new. Word on the

Hoka running shoes have been popular with trail and mountain runners (or “skyrunners”, if you prefer) since the company’s inception in 2009. But it was only during the Covid-19 pandemic that we all threw fashion out the window and became obsessed with these insanely puffy, comfy shoes. The iconic, everyday Cliftons are the most popular

If you don’t know where to start—and use—your HP coupon code, there’s a wide variety of options available at HP.com in terms of budget and use case, but my eye goes first to the high-end HP Omen gaming monitors, like the fantastic HP Omen Transcend 32. This 4K 240Hz monitor is a favorite among PC