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Our gifting experts are obsessively searching for holiday gifts that are unique, thoughtful and suitable for any budget. The PHP Project provides instructions to stop further RCE exploits in limited settings. Charlie Osborne is a cybersecurity journalist and photographer who writes for ZDNET and CNET from London. The disclosure of critical bugs in PHP leads to an urgent rush to patch. Cybercriminals are likely to weaponize these vulnerabilities.

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Our gifting experts are obsessively searching for holiday gifts that are unique, thoughtful and suitable for any budget. PowerToys is one of my favorite free Windows utilities. With more than 30 tools, it offers something for everyone from beginners to power users. Lance Whitney is a technology journalist with an IT background. He's written for TechRepublic, PCMag, Macworld, and Time, among others, He also teaches classes in AI, cybersecurity, and social media.

Our gifting experts are obsessively searching for holiday gifts that are unique, thoughtful and suitable for any budget. GridCraft is the open-source Excel clone for Linux I've been waiting for If spreadsheets are your thing, but Microsoft Office isn't, you might want to give the open-source clone, GridCraft, a try. Jack Wallen is what happens when a Gen Xer mind-melds with present-day snark. GridCraft is almost the MS Excel clone it intends to be. GridCraft is both free and open-source.

Our gifting experts are obsessively searching for holiday gifts that are unique, thoughtful and suitable for any budget. Not impressed with Google Maps? Make Waze your default on Pixel - here's how If you're tired of Google Maps failing to get you where you need to go, set Waze as the default on your Pixel. I've finally figured out how. Jack Wallen is what happens when a Gen Xer mind-melds with present-day snark.

Our gifting experts are obsessively searching for holiday gifts that are unique, thoughtful and suitable for any budget. An upcoming update will bring new features to existing HomePods. Jada Jones is a journalist based outside of Atlanta, Georgia. Apple's new HomePod Mini 2 debuted with several new features. Many advanced features will be available on the 2023 HomePod (2nd Gen).

Our gifting experts are obsessively searching for holiday gifts that are unique, thoughtful and suitable for any budget. OpenAI's most powerful AI models turned off safety monitoring - then lied about it The models Astra and Sol misinterpreted instructions during internal use, which has serious implications for alignment monitoring. Radhika Rajkumar is a senior editor at ZDNET based in New York City. OpenAI agents turned off alignment monitoring during internal tasks. In one instance, Astra lied about removing monitoring.

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