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No matter how careful you are about creating strong passwords and keeping your data private, chances are good that some of your passwords will eventually leak. Huge troves of stolen data are being sold and distributed online every week, but a recent breach was so substantial that it even took Have I Been Pwned? creator Troy Hunt by surprise.In a recent blog post (via Futurism), Hunt said that he was recently made aware of a credential stuffing list (a collection of compromised user credentials, such as usernames…

LeVar Burton got a glimpse into his lineage in “Finding Your Roots” and discovered something about his ancestors that shocked him. The former “Reading Rainbow” host, freedom-to-read advocate and actor knew little about his lineage. He’d been estranged from his father, Levardis Robert Martyn Burton, since he was 11, and his mother, Erma Gene Christian, had been tight-lipped about her own history. Burton said it was “impossible” to get her to open-up about her upbringing. On the PBS series “Finding Your Roots,” host Henry…

At the Samsung Unpacked event on Wednesday, the mobile phone giant showed the Samsung Galaxy S24 series’ generative AI-powered note-taking tools and real-time translation. Samsung’s newest smartphone series will support Google’s Gemini Nano and Gemini Pro generative AI, and the Imagen 2 image maker, on Google’s Vertex AI through the cloud. Google brings Gemini Pro and other AI capabilities to Samsung Galaxy S24 Samsung showed off real-time translations between languages on texts or phone calls with Live…

Samsung’s first major hardware event of the year is here and, as expected, it’s primarily focused on the What you might not know, however, is that these smartphones are available for pre-order and that Amazon is already for early adopters.SamsungPre-ordering the phone at full price gets you a sweet $200 Amazon gift card.  $1,300 at AmazonYou can get a gift card, up to $200, by pre-ordering the S24 via Amazon. All you have to do is enter a code at checkout. Once you complete the order, you’ll get an electronic gift card…

The Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) 2024 speedrunning marathon kicks off this Sunday, January 14. To mark the occasion, Humble is offering an Awesome Games Done Quick 2024 Game Bundle featuring several games to be showcased during the week-long charity event.For as little as $10, you get seven PC games, including AAA titles like stylish character-action brawler Bayonetta and Borderlands 2: Game of the Year Edition, as well as indies like the acclaimed puzzle-platformer Celeste, cyberpunk first-person…

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's Season 1 Reloaded update includes a new crossover with The Boys TV series, bringing more operator bundles, limited-time event challenges, and a Supe-themed multiplayer mode.The latest Call of Duty blog post reveals the details for MW3's upcoming Supe'd Up multiplayer mode. This new limited-time mode is described as Kill Confirmed with a twist. In Supe'd Up, fallen operators drop doses of Temp V, which is named after the super serum used in The Boys, giving players…

ZDNETIt wouldn't be CES without staggeringly large televisions, and TCL is bringing out the best for its 2024 television lineup. The company announced its new line of TVs at CES and -- as in previous years -- TCL will divide its televisions into an S class and a Q class – with S class being more value-oriented and Q class being more premium. Also: CES 2024: What's Next in TechThe highlight of the S class, the company said, is the new S5, available in 43-inch to 75-inch sizes. TCL promised the S5 will offer an LED…

Samsung’s CES 2024 TV rollout is here. The company typically reserves finer product details (including pricing) for later, but it provided Engadget with a quick rundown of its new television lineup ahead of its press conference on Monday. Its new 8K TVs have new AI-powered features, including upscaling technology (to help with the scarcity of native 8K content), and it claims a “glare-free” OLED model looks equally clear in bright and dark rooms.Samsung’s new quantum dot TVs have AI-powered upscaling tech the company…

All good Metroidvanias must eventually make their way to Nintendo Switch, and that’s the next stop for GRIME. Publisher Akupara Games and developer Clover Bite announced that the side-scrolling action-RPG is coming to Switch on January 25.  This version of GRIME is now being billed as the Definitive Edition, offering “the complete GRIME experience” on Switch. In addition to the main game, the Switch port comes with all free pieces of DLC, including the third and final offering in Parting Shade. The latest addition…

The HONOR X50 GT is the latest smartphone the company announced. This phone got announced in China, and it does include a nice spec sheet, though it’s not exactly a flagship phone. This is actually supposed to be a budget device, more on that later. The HONOR X50 GT has been announced with a compelling price tag The HONOR X50 GT is made out of metal and glass, and it has a curved display. It also includes a centered display camera hole and rather thin bezels. A circular camera island is located on the back, with two…