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Microsoft is launching a new Kids Mode for its Edge browser today. It’s built directly into Microsoft Edge on Windows and macOS as a free option that’s simple to enable and doesn’t require much work for parents to manage. The mode can be enabled by selecting it from the Edge profile option, and it will lock kids into the Edge browser with access only to approved sites. “It’s a free, protected online environment for kids 12 and under that gives parents peace of mind when their kids browse the web on a shared device,” explains Divya Kumar, product director of Microsoft Edge, in an interview with The Verge . Microsoft really designed this Kids Mode around the scenario where parents might hand a laptop over to a child to let them browse the web. Once you trigger Kids Mode, there’s an option to select between five to eight years or nine to 12 years. Both age ranges include the highest level of tracking prevention in Edge and strict Bing SafeSearch to filter out adult text, images, and … [Read more...] about Microsoft Edge’s new Kids Mode is ideal for shared family PCs

We've been hearing for years how mobile gaming has been growing at nearly inconceivable rates and will soon become the dominant force in the gaming business. Today's $10 billion (£7 billion) purchase of Clash of Clans maker Supercell by Chinese gaming giant Tencent drives home just how big that shift is—or at least how big the market thinks it is. Tencent paid $8.57 billion for about 84 percent of the Finnish Supercell (which is owned by Japanese parent Softbank), valuing the mobile game studio at about $10.2 billion. That means a mobile game company with four titles is now worth more than twice as much as both Minecraft -maker Mojang ( acquired by Microsoft in 2014 for $2.5 billion) and VR company Oculus ( acquired by Facebook in 2014 for $2 billion) combined. Looking outside of gaming, Supercell sold for nearly twice as much as the combined purchase price of both YouTube and LucasFilm . Further Reading The risks (and realities) behind Activision’s $5.9 … [Read more...] about What does

Further Reading Gloomhaven review: 2017’s biggest board game is astoundingly good Today's Dealmaster includes notable discounts on a couple of Ars-approved board games, with the avian-themed Wingspan down to $46 and the massive dungeon crawler Gloomhaven down to $89 at Amazon. Both deals are within $4 of the lowest prices we've tracked and a good ways below the typical street price we see for each respective game online. Further Reading Wingspan review: A gorgeous birding board game takes flight We were among the many board game enthusiasts to rave about Gloomhaven when it arrived a few years back. While it's undeniably dense, its deep gameplay systems and dozens of hours of content led us to call it "the best dungeon crawl board game we've ever played" in a past gift guide . Wingspan , meanwhile, is much less intense, and it's better suited for casual game nights. Our review deemed it "an approachable, 'gateway-plus' game that provides an … [Read more...] about Today’s best deals: Board games we like, indoor security cameras, and more

A publicly available software development tool contained malicious code that stole the authentication credentials that apps need to access sensitive resources. It's the latest revelation of a supply chain attack that has the potential to backdoor the networks of countless organizations. The Codecov bash uploader contained the backdoor from late January to the beginning of April, developers of the tool said on Thursday . The backdoor caused developer computers to send secret authentication tokens and other sensitive data to a remote site controlled by the hackers. The uploader works with development platforms including Github Actions , CircleCI , and Bitrise Step , all of which support having such secret authentication tokens in the development environment. A pile of AWS and other cloud credentials The Codecov bash uploader performs what is known as code coverage for large-scale software development projects. It allows developers to send coverage reports that, among other … [Read more...] about Backdoored developer tool that stole credentials escaped notice for 3 months

The Nvidia GeForce Experience tool has just been given a new major feature that allows you quickly optimize settings in creative apps, such as DaVinci Resolve, Adobe Lightroom and Illustrator and AutoCAD. In much the same way as Nvidia GeForce Experience checks to see if you’re using the best settings in your games to maximise performance for your graphics card, the app will now see if you have the best settings in a variety of apps. These are the best laptops for photo editing How about the best PC for creatives ? The best laptops for graphic design If you don’t, then you can quickly and easily change those settings, which in some cases could see a marked improvement in performance. Nvidia GeForce Experience can also be used to check to ensure you have the latest drivers, and it will do that with Nvidia Studio drivers as well. These are drivers specially-made for creative applications, rather than gaming. Making life easy While Nvidia GeForce Experience … [Read more...] about Nvidia GeForce Experience can now make Adobe Lightroom run better – as well as your games