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Speaking of things staying the same, Blu-rays and DVDs also won’t have their content altered after purchase, as we’ve seen happen to digital versions of media. While certainly in decline, the US Blu-ray and DVD disc market made $1.34 billion in the year ending in March 2023, according to market research group Circana. Data from the first half of 2024 from entertainment trade association The Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) found that while overall Blu-ray and DVD sales declined 22.2 percent during that time period, there were some areas of growth, too: Consumers continue to show strong demand for collectible disc…
YouTube, the world’s most popular video platform, is getting a handy new feature. The service has allowed users to control video playback speed for a while now. However, YouTube web now lets you tweak playback speed in a more granular way, thanks to the new “Custom” option. Last month, free and Premium users of the YouTube app for Android and iOS devices received it. Now it’s the turn of the YouTube website, which also has millions of daily users. That means you will no longer have to settle for limited preset speed settings when watching YouTube videos from your PC.…
Edgar Cervantes / Android AuthorityTL;DR YouTube is getting new “parent codes” to limit access to profiles. With a code set, you won’t be able to load an adult profile or view signed out without the PIN. This system follows Google’s reorganization of YouTube Kids on smart TVs this past summer. YouTube has so much content on it that you could probably cancel all your streaming services, watch nothing but YouTube, and never run out of interesting new things. But with that much stuff up there, there are definitely going to be videos that parents don’t want their children exposed to…
Screenshot showing a graph tracking mining activity. Credit: Checkmarx But wait, there’s more On Friday, Datadog revealed that MUT-1244 employed additional means for installing its second-stage malware. One was through a collection of at least 49 malicious entries posted to GitHub that contained Trojanized proof-of-concept exploits for security vulnerabilities. These packages help malicious and benevolent security personnel better understand the extent of vulnerabilities, including how they can be exploited or patched in real-life environments. A second major vector for spreading @0xengine/xmlrpc was through phishing emails. Datadog discovered MUT-1244 had left a phishing template, accompanied by 2,758 email addresses scraped from…
Google continues to work on its big bet on AI, both for people and businesses. In a recent development, Google has launched Agentspace, a suite of AI-powered agents for enterprises powered by Google’s Gemini LLMs. Agentspace brings the power of Google’s AI and search tech to enterprises Many people have successfully incorporated AI-powered chatbots into their daily lives by now. However, there are also more specialized, autonomous, and proactive developments, known as AI agents. These “assistants” are initially targeting companies that aim to enhance employee productivity. They are ideal for optimizing and focusing on specific tasks. Google Agentspace is the…
Rita El Khoury / Android AuthorityThe Samsung Odyssey Neo G7 offer is available from Best Buy. The Odyssey G9 and Odyssey Neo G9 bundles come directly from Samsung. The two latter deals also include a secondary G3 monitor at no extra cost. Samsung Odyssey Neo G7 This is likely the monitor I would personally buy. It has a large 43-inch screen with a sharp 4K resolution. This will make any game look amazing and provide ample screen real estate for working with multiple windows. There’s another reason why it’s bigger than usual, though: it doubles as a TV.The Samsung Odyssey…
A person in Louisiana is hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu after having contact with sick and dying birds suspected of carrying the virus, state health officials announced Friday. It is the first human H5N1 case detected in Louisiana. For now, the case is considered a “presumptive” positive until testing is confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Health officials say that the risk to the public is low but caution people to stay away from any sick or dead birds. Although the person has been hospitalized, their condition was not immediately reported. It’s also unclear what kind of…
YouTube TV is reportedly offering a 6-month price lock to some users before the price hike. The streaming service is offering this deal to some subscribers. Instead of the new $82.99 monthly rate, these users can keep the current $72.99 rate for 6 more months. YouTube TV offering a temporary price lock to some subscribers According to multiple users on Reddit (via 9To5Google), YouTube TV subscribers who try to cancel their plans are seeing an option to lock in the current $72.99 rate for an additional 6 months. The price hike to $82.99 starts on January 13 2025 so this…
TL;DR dbrand just announced its Killswitch case for the Nintendo Switch 2, complete with a full product render. The design is based on the actual dimensions of the device and lines up with previous rumors. If correct, the Nintendo Switch 2 will be larger than the Switch OLED, with magnetic joycons and a new button. Despite the Nintendo Switch coming out over 7 years ago, Nintendo still hasn’t officially announced anything about the Nintendo Switch 2. The company has promised to do so before March of 2025, but now dbrand has jumped the gun and given us a full 360-degree…
Mastalir said China is “copying the US playbook” with the way it integrates satellites into more conventional military operations on land, in the air, and at sea. “Their specific goals are to be able to track and target US high-value assets at the time and place of their choosing,” Mastalir said. China’s strategy, known as Anti-Access/Area Denial, or A2AD, is centered on preventing US forces from accessing international waters extending hundreds or thousands of miles from mainland China. Some of the islands occupied by China within the last 15 years are closer to the Philippines, another treaty ally, than to…