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Audio player loading… If you’re in the US and subscribing to Amazon Prime then you just got a great new benefit that you might not be aware of. Ahead of its Prime Day sales on July 12 and July 13, Amazon is giving Prime members a year of Grubhub Plus for free. To get access to this great new benefit all Prime members have to do is head to amazon.com/grubhub (opens in new tab) . Follow the activation process and you’ll be able to get a full year of Grubhub Plus absolutely free. Those of you in the UK don't need to miss out on free food delivery either, as Amazon already has a similar offer for Deliveroo Plus. Just head to deliveroo.co.uk/amazon-prime (opens in new tab) , and Prime members can get a whole year of free delivery (on all orders over £25) as well as exclusive discounts and rewards at your favorite restaurants. These Grubhub Plus and Deliveroo Plus benefits join the impressive suite of perks that already come with your Prime membership, including free … [Read more...] about Your Amazon Prime subscription just got a great new benefit ahead of Prime Day

We're now over a month since the new PS Plus tiers launched around the globe and it's underwhelming if you're looking for any PS Plus deals right now. There was such a big shake-up in the way we buy, upgrade and extend a subscription to Sony's gaming service on PS5 and PS4 that previous offers have completely vanished. Let us explain where we're at today. Basically, the vast majority of retailers have stopped selling the old 3-month and 12-month PlayStation Plus subscription cards and digital codes. In their place, you now need to buy gift cards equal to the value of the new Essential, Extra or Premium tiers that can be used to top-up your account or gift PS Plus to someone else. Sony has released some new digital cards to make this a little easier, but it's definitely not the smoothest or most straightforward system. In addition, because of this, the big discounts we used to see on PS Plus memberships from digital sellers have entirely vanished. And while you might still … [Read more...] about The cheapest PlayStation Plus deals in August 2022

The US Emergency Alert System, which interrupts live TV and radio broadcasts with information about national emergencies in progress, is vulnerable to attacks that allow hackers to remotely disseminate bogus reports and tamper with gear, security researchers warned. The remote takeover vulnerability, which was fixed in an update issued in April, affected the DASDEC-I and DASDEC-II application servers made by a company called Digital Alert Systems . It stems from a recent firmware update that mistakenly included the private secure shell (SSH) key, according to an advisory published Monday by researchers from security firm IOActive. Administrators use such keys to remotely log in to a server to gain unfettered "root" access. The publication of the key makes it trivial for hackers to gain unauthorized access on Digital Alert System appliances that run default settings on older firmware. "An attacker who gains control of one or more DASDEC systems can disrupt these stations' … [Read more...] about We interrupt this program to warn the Emergency Alert System is hackable

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin slammed members of the far-left party France Insoumise, who he accused of defending a radical Islamist imam set for deportation from France. Minister Darmanin, who announced the deportation of radical Moroccan imam Hassan Iquioussen last week, slammed members of France Insoumise (LFI), who he accused of defending the imam and trying to halt his deportation. “This gentleman has nothing to do on national soil and that they can defend him in the sense of the term freedom of expression, tells me the state of intellectual decomposition that the far-left LFI has on this point,” Darmanin told broadcaster CNews on Thursday. Since announcing the deportation of the radical imam, members of the LFI in the French parliament have criticised Darmanin, including MP David Guiraud who stated: “These dubious procedures must challenge all democrats concerned with preserving our rule of law.” French Minister: Deport Serious Criminal Foreigners … [Read more...] about French Govt Slams Leftists Opposing Deportation of Radical Imam

Audio player loading… Windows 11 and Windows Server 2022 users whose devices run on some of the newest processors are at risk of losing their data , Microsoft has warned. "Windows devices that support the newest Vector Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) (VAES) instruction set might be susceptible to data (opens in new tab) damage," the company said in its warning. It was explained that the devices affected by this problem use either AES-XTS, or AES-GCM block cipher modes. Microsoft did not say how the flaw manifests itself and how would users know if they were affected. It did say that it fixed the issue with software patches that it released on May 24 and June 14. Workarounds The fixes do come with quite a large caveat, with some reports claiming they will slow the endpoints severely, with AES-based operations possibly twice as slow as before applying the patch. Apparently, BitLocker, Transport Layer Security (TLS) (specifically load balancers), … [Read more...] about Windows 11 users with the latest CPUs at risk of losing their data

Audio player loading… We’re just a few weeks away from Amazon Prime Day 2022 – the online retailer’s yearly discount event – but it might not be the only one it hosts in 2022. Usually, the Prime member-exclusive sale takes place around the middle of the year, this year falling on July 12 and 13 . But according to leaked notices sent to Amazon retailers, we might see another happen in “Q4" later this year. The notice ( via Insider (opens in new tab) ) sees Amazon asking retailers to submit lightning deals by July 22 for what it’s calling 'Prime Fall'. Lightning deals are limited-time savings on items that appear throughout Prime Day, encouraging shoppers to hang around on Amazon in hopes of benefitting from one of these high-demand deals. Amazon has yet to announce anything publicly about Prime Fall, but you can be sure we'll be on the lookout for any and all of the best tech deals as they materialize. That being said, Prime Day 2 might not be a bargain. … [Read more...] about Amazon Prime Day 2 has leaked – and it’s coming later in the year

The fourth person affected by a bacterial outbreak linked to imported aromatherapy room sprays sold at Walmart last year occurred in a previously healthy 5-year-old boy in Georgia, who died of the infection. That's according to new information presented Tuesday at the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases (ICEID), hosted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. Further Reading 4th person in US mysteriously stricken with deadly bacteria from South Asia The tragic new details of the boy's cases—presented by epidemiologist Jessica Pavlick of the Georgia Department of Public Health—have newfound significance for the US. In the year since the boy's death, the tropical soil bacterium behind his deadly infection has been found in environmental samples in southern Mississippi . The bacterium— Burkholderia pseudomallei —is now considered endemic to the Gulf Coast region, creating an ever-present threat to people in the area. Tragic … [Read more...] about New tragic details of US child who died from tropical bacteria in room spray

OnePlus sells some of the most popular Android phones, but some of the company’s recent devices have had issues. The OnePlus 10T was revealed today, and the main upgrade this time is super-fast charging. The OnePlus 10 Pro was released at the start of 2022 — confusingly, there was not a non-Pro version, though rumors persisted for a while that it was still in development. Following the company’s usual release cycle, the OnePlus 10T is now official, which serves as a mid-cycle upgrade until we get the OnePlus 11 series next year. The OnePlus 10T is powered by a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset, a slight upgrade from the non-plus Gen 1 in the OnePlus 10 Pro. There are three rear cameras, including a 50MP primary lens, an ultra-wide, and a mostly-useless macro camera. OnePlus will sell it in two hardware configurations: 8 GB RAM and 128 GB storage for $649 in the United States ($849 in Canada), or 16 GB RAM and 256 GB storage for $949 ($999 in Canada). That makes the OnePlus 10T cheaper … [Read more...] about OnePlus 10T Arrives With Super-Fast Charging and Android 12

Close OPPO A77 Oppo A77 is here. Oppo has expanded its affordable A-series of smartphones with the launch of Oppo A77 in India. The smartphone runs Android 12 and is powered by a MediaTek processor. The smartphone houses a 5000 mAh battery and sports a 50MP main camera. Price and availability Oppo A77 comes with a price tag of Rs 15,499. The smartphone can be purchased online from Oppo's website and offline from authorised retail stores. Oppo A77 comes in two colour options -- Sky Blue and Sunset Orange. Oppo A77 specifications Oppo A77 features a 6.56-inch HD+ display with 720x1612 pixel resolution. The display offers a 90Hz refresh rate. The dual SIM smartphone comes with IPX4 rating which makes it water-resistant. Oppo A77 is powered by an octa-core MediaTek 810 processor paired with 6GB of RAM. The smartphone also supports 5GB of virtual RAM. The 5G smartphone packs 128GB internal storage which can be expanded further by … [Read more...] about Oppo A77 smartphone with 33W fast charging, Android 12 launched, priced at Rs 15,499

Audio player loading… Intel’s NUC 12 Extreme, the incoming (and potentially power-packed) mini PC codenamed ‘Serpent Canyon’ featuring the company’s own Arc graphics cards , has been spotted listed in various incarnations at an online retailer. You may recall that a month ago we were treated to leaked specs of the multiple configurations that the NUC 12 box of tricks should come in, and those rumors seem to be on the money – assuming these product listings which have popped up aren’t wrong. As highlighted by VideoCardz (opens in new tab) (and originally flagged up by @momomo_us (opens in new tab) on Twitter), the US retailer Provantage (opens in new tab) has the NUC 12 Extreme listed in three main flavors, just as was leaked before. There’s a top-end unit with the Arc A770M GPU alongside 16GB of system RAM and a Core i7 Alder Lake CPU, with an Arc A730M plus 12GB version (that also boasts a Core i7 processor), with the third variant sporting the lesser Arc … [Read more...] about Intel Arc-powered NUC 12 mini PCs appear online – but don’t get excited yet