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Aomei Backupper Standard 8.5 review: Free and surprisingly capable backup

PCWorld

The Dell Laptop Buying Guide 2026: Which XPS or Alienware Laptop Should You Buy? The Dell Laptop Buying Guide UK: Which Dell Laptop Should You Buy? When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. If you don't mind an ad here and there, this more-than-capable version of Backupper backs up files and disks for zero coin. The startlingly capable Standard version of Aomei Backupper will meet most users' needs for zero coin and only a few "buy me" nags. But the boot media is difficult to create and requires lowering BIOS security standards.


Urgent warning to Gmail users about new hacking threat exposing private messages: Act now

Daily Mail - Science & tech

You're viewing the US edition You can switch to the UK, AU or IE homepage at any time using this menu. Mystery as top Boston cardiologist, 44, who's married dad-of-two is found dead after biking through quiet cow pasture 15 miles from his $2m home Inside Russell Brand's first 24 HOURS in prison: Disgraced comedian isn't seeing the funny side as he faces full force of prison abuse, sources reveal Pete Hegseth's downfall begins: 'Stubborn' defense secretary believes God wants him to run the Pentagon... but insiders holding a lethal dossier of secrets are'giddy' with excitement as his path to destruction is revealed KATIE HIND: When you hear MY stories about David Walliams, you'll understand my relief that he's finally been unmasked Lost video of JFK Jr's plane wreck: Grim diver view reveals unspeakable truth about his mutilated body... harrowing late discovery about Carolyn's fate... and vile accusations about lobstermen AMANDA PLATELL: Listening to Russell Brand's victims in court was ...


Louis Rossmann Wants More People to Care About the Right to Repair

WIRED

The outspoken consumer rights advocate knows the incoming Democrat-heavy Congress has a lot to get done. But he hopes one of those things is letting you fix your own iPhone. I love my old iPhone 14, but I'm starting to face the facts: It's going to die. The battery is about to go; apps take longer to load than they used to. Some of it I can fix. I can go to the Genius Bar and swap the battery. Maybe I could even do it myself; that'd buy me some time. But eventually, Apple won't support this wildly expensive device at all, and there's not much I can do about it. Apple did start offering self-repair services a few years ago, but it involves renting nearly 80 pounds of equipment and requires you to use official parts. When all is said and done, it doesn't save you that much money versus just going to the Apple Store . But if I buy a screen or a camera component from a third party, there's a chance my iPhone is gonna lock me out of certain features because it doesn't recognize it. This problem goes far beyond iPhones. Manufacturers have put similar locks on all kinds of gadgets, from video game consoles to cars to smart home devices, making them hard to modify and even harder to restore after some firmware update renders a certain feature unusable.


A New AI Tool From Google DeepMind Proved the Signal Protocol Is Secure

WIRED

DeepMind researchers were able to formally verify that the widely used encryption protocol works as intended. Do the same for "all the software of the world." Google DeepMind researchers used agentic AI to mathematically prove, or "formally verify," a number of the Signal protocol's key cryptographic guarantees--a landmark development for the widely used cryptography and AI itself. Conducted as a sort of proof-of-concept project in just four weeks, the work is significant in two ways. It serves as further independent validation of the cryptography that protects massive quantities of the world's communications on platforms like the Signal app, Google Messages, and WhatsApp.


All aboard! This site turns your screen into a train window

PCWorld

The Dell Laptop Buying Guide 2026: Which XPS or Alienware Laptop Should You Buy? The Dell Laptop Buying Guide UK: Which Dell Laptop Should You Buy? When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. RailPass lets you escape the daily grind with relaxing train rides from around the globe. Sit back and watch the world roll by with a fully customizable experience.


Valve escaped Windows. Now Steam is breaking free from the PC itself

PCWorld

Nor does every form factor make sense for every PC game. McWhirter points to triple-A gaming's struggles on smartphones: controller requirements, limited storage, and games designed for sustained attention don't disappear merely because the software technically runs. "Play anywhere" doesn't mean will run on a toaster.


Genie Backup Manager AI review: The most user-friendly backup ever

PCWorld

The Dell Laptop Buying Guide 2026: Which XPS or Alienware Laptop Should You Buy? The Dell Laptop Buying Guide UK: Which Dell Laptop Should You Buy? When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. Simply describe to the AI what you want this uber-friendly file-backup program to do, and it will guide you through it. Genie Backup Manager AI is the friendliest file-backup program we're aware of -- by far.


Stop counting tokens, start counting what ships

MIT Technology Review

Why rationing agentic coding backfires, and what to measure instead. When a developer gives an AI agent a coding task, the agent does more than answer once. It plans, generates code, runs tests, and repeats the process to correct errors. A single task can use 10 to 50 times more tokens than a basic chat prompt. The more useful the agent becomes, the more calls it makes. With per-token pricing, the workflows creating the most value can also become the most expensive.


AI software clones are coming for big-name companies like Adobe

Engadget

Can the likes of Artcraft shake up the world of pricey subscription software? Vibe coding has taken a wild new turn. Earlier this month, a developer motivated by hatred for Adobe's subscription model used Claude to reverse-engineer Photoshop, Lightroom and other Creative Cloud apps. The team then used that information to create open-source clones of those apps with similar functionality that anyone can download (and modify) for free. Individual coders are creating their own apps through reverse engineering and even adding features to existing ones.


Why AI could threaten much of the world's digital infrastructure

Al Jazeera

Why AI could threaten much of the world's digital infrastructure Share Why AI could threaten much of the world's digital infrastructure on social media Earlier this month, authorities worldwide urged website administrators to execute emergency updates after a nonprofit programming foundation flagged critical security flaws that could allow hackers to breach systems. Government and corporate websites briefly went offline to patch the vulnerabilities, nicknamed PHP2Shell, which were discovered by independent cybersecurity experts using artificial intelligence (AI). They had gone unnoticed, however, because it would have been too complicated for humans to exploit them without the use of advanced AI. But cybersecurity experts, as well as those maintaining important software, say PHP2Shell could be the first in a deluge of security flaws exposed by emerging AI. They say much of the world's most critical digital infrastructure is maintained by volunteers, who often lack the resources and time to respond to newly discovered threats.