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Neil J. Rubenking<p>Microsoft Defender Antivirus does a decent job of securing Windows 10 and 11 PCs without other antivirus protection, though it can't beat the best free or paid third-party tools.</p><p><a href="https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/microsoft-defender-antivirus" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pcmag.com/reviews/microsoft-de</span><span class="invisible">fender-antivirus</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/antivirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antivirus</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/defender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defender</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/pcmag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pcmag</span></a></p>
JZ Murdock<p>GPT-4 Was Able To Hire and Deceive A Human Worker Into Completing a Task <a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/gpt-4-was-able-to-hire-and-deceive-a-human-worker-into-completing-a-task" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pcmag.com/news/gpt-4-was-able-</span><span class="invisible">to-hire-and-deceive-a-human-worker-into-completing-a-task</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PCMag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PCMag</span></a></p>
Paul Schoonhoven 🍋🍉<p>Why Did CrowdStrike Update Only Hit Windows? Blame the EU, Microsoft Says | <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/PCMag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PCMag</span></a><br><a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/why-did-crowdstrike-update-only-hit-windows-blame-the-eu-microsoft-says" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pcmag.com/news/why-did-crowdst</span><span class="invisible">rike-update-only-hit-windows-blame-the-eu-microsoft-says</span></a></p><p>So... The blame game has really started!</p><p>(📷↕️) </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/CrowdStrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrowdStrike</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a></p>
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>As per <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PCmag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PCmag</span></a> :</p><p>«X will begin to have users verify their <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/identity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>identity</span></a> by having them submit a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/selfie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfie</span></a> alongside a government issued <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ID</span></a>. The process requires users to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/consent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consent</span></a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>X</span></a> storing their information for 30 days and sharing it with AU10TIX, an identity verification company based in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a>.»</p><p>Yes, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElongatedMuskrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElongatedMuskrat</span></a> has officially lost his effing mind!</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LeaveTwitterNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeaveTwitterNow</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TwitterMigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TwitterMigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/birdsite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birdsite</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BirdIsNotTheWord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BirdIsNotTheWord</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JoinMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoinMastodon</span></a><br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Xitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Xitter</span></a></p>
Neil J. Rubenking<p>The free Qihoo 360 Total Security is an attractive security app that comes with a ton of bonus tools, but they don’t all work and its core antivirus protection doesn't measure up.</p><p><a href="https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/qihoo-360-total-security-86" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pcmag.com/reviews/qihoo-360-to</span><span class="invisible">tal-security-86</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/antivirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antivirus</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/pcmag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pcmag</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/qihoo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qihoo</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/qihu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qihu</span></a></p>
Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social<p>A long time ago I used to eagerly await the arrival of the latest printed monthly issue of <a href="https://noc.social/tags/PCMag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PCMag</span></a> at the college library. It survived the <a href="https://noc.social/tags/DigitalAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalAge</span></a> but the <a href="https://noc.social/tags/AgeOfAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgeOfAI</span></a>? 🤔<br>---<br>"Google just previewed its <a href="https://noc.social/tags/chatbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chatbot</span></a>-style vision for the future of web search results. But if it mines publications' hard work without compensating them, many may not survive this shift." </p><p>Why <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a>'s New <a href="https://noc.social/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a>-Style Search Could Kill the <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Websites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Websites</span></a> That Feed It | Emily Dreibelbis | PCMag <br><a href="https://www.pcmag.com/opinions/why-googles-new-chatgpt-style-search-could-kill-the-websites-that-feed" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pcmag.com/opinions/why-googles</span><span class="invisible">-new-chatgpt-style-search-could-kill-the-websites-that-feed</span></a></p>
Gil Friend, sustainability OG<p>One of those rare moments when you find yourself agreeing with the muskrat: </p><p>"Musk also criticized ChatGPT's creator, OpenAI, as a 'closed source, maximum-profit company effectively controlled by Microsoft.'"</p><p><a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/elon-musk-takes-jab-at-chatgpt-as-propaganda-machine-we-need-truthgpt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pcmag.com/news/elon-musk-takes</span><span class="invisible">-jab-at-chatgpt-as-propaganda-machine-we-need-truthgpt</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PCMag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PCMag</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@PCMag" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>PCMag</span></a></span> </p><p>Shame on you, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PCMAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PCMAG</span></a>!</p>