/>It's now easier to add images, reviews or even new roads to Google Maps.Google is making it easier to add details from photos to reviews or even missing roads to its mapping app."Add missing roads by drawing lines, quickly rename roads, change road directionality, and realign or delete incorrect roads. You can even let us know if a road is closed with details like dates, reasons and directions," . Users can tap the menu button and "Edit the map" and then select "Missing Road" to add a new information.SEE: (TechRepublic)This feature could be abused by pranksters but Google promises to...…/>It's now easier to add images, reviews or even new roads to Google Maps.Google is making it easier to add details from photos to reviews or even missing roads to its mapping app."Add missing roads by drawing lines, quickly rename roads, change road directionality, and realign or delete incorrect roads. You can even let us know if a road is closed with details like dates, reasons and directions," . Users can tap the menu button and "Edit the map" and then select "Missing Road" to add a new information.SEE: (TechRepublic)This feature could be abused by pranksters but Google promises to...WW…

/>Ransomware attackers are now targeting Exchange servers that haven’t received the patches that Microsoft released last week.Microsoft has issued an alert that hackers using a strain of ransomware known as DearCry are now targeting unpatched Exchange servers still exposed to four vulnerabilities that were being exploited by suspected Chinese government hackers. Microsoft is warning Exchange customers once again to apply the emergency patches it released last week for critical flaws affecting on-premise Exchange email servers.  Microsoft urged customers on due to the risk that more...…/>Ransomware attackers are now targeting Exchange servers that haven’t received the patches that Microsoft released last week.Microsoft has issued an alert that hackers using a strain of ransomware known as DearCry are now targeting unpatched Exchange servers still exposed to four vulnerabilities that were being exploited by suspected Chinese government hackers. Microsoft is warning Exchange customers once again to apply the emergency patches it released last week for critical flaws affecting on-premise Exchange email servers.  Microsoft urged customers on due to the risk that more...WW…

/>Microsoft is getting ready to release the new Windows 10 'News and Interests' Taskbar widget to more users ahead of the 21H1 release.Microsoft has been giving many of its Windows Insiders a taste of the new 'news and interests' feature in the taskbarand and has been regularly tweaking the widget in Windows 10 previews. But now the company says the Taskbar widget may disappear for some testers who had it. For the past two months, Microsoft has been testing the Taskbar widget with Windows 10 users in the Windows Insider Dev channel and its developers reckon they have the right...…/>Microsoft is getting ready to release the new Windows 10 'News and Interests' Taskbar widget to more users ahead of the 21H1 release.Microsoft has been giving many of its Windows Insiders a taste of the new 'news and interests' feature in the taskbarand and has been regularly tweaking the widget in Windows 10 previews. But now the company says the Taskbar widget may disappear for some testers who had it. For the past two months, Microsoft has been testing the Taskbar widget with Windows 10 users in the Windows Insider Dev channel and its developers reckon they have the right...WW…

By| March 8, 2021 -- 11:53 GMT (03:53 PST)| Topic:Four previously unknown or 'zero-day' vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server are now being used in widespread attacks against thousands of organisations with potentially tens of thousands of organisations affected, according to security researchers. The bugs are being tracked as CVE-2021-26855, CVE-2021-26857, CVE-2021-26858, and CVE-2021-27065. Microsoft, which , attributed the attacks to a newly discovered hacking team it calls Hafnium, most likely a China-backed group. Microsoft said they were "limited targeted attacks" but warned...…By| March 8, 2021 -- 11:53 GMT (03:53 PST)| Topic:Four previously unknown or 'zero-day' vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server are now being used in widespread attacks against thousands of organisations with potentially tens of thousands of organisations affected, according to security researchers. The bugs are being tracked as CVE-2021-26855, CVE-2021-26857, CVE-2021-26858, and CVE-2021-27065. Microsoft, which , attributed the attacks to a newly discovered hacking team it calls Hafnium, most likely a China-backed group. Microsoft said they were "limited targeted attacks" but warned...WW…

/>Flutter arrives with a more stable release for web app development and a beta for desktop app development.Google has announced Flutter 2, a major upgrade to its framework for building user interfaces for mobile, the web and desktop.  Flutter promises to allow developers to use the same codebase to build native apps for iOS, Android, Windows 10, macOS, and Linux and for the web on browsers including Chrome, Firefox, Safari or Edge. It can also be embedded in an IoT device with a screen, such as cars, TVs, and home appliances.  Google launched Flutter in 2018 for Android and...…/>Flutter arrives with a more stable release for web app development and a beta for desktop app development.Google has announced Flutter 2, a major upgrade to its framework for building user interfaces for mobile, the web and desktop.  Flutter promises to allow developers to use the same codebase to build native apps for iOS, Android, Windows 10, macOS, and Linux and for the web on browsers including Chrome, Firefox, Safari or Edge. It can also be embedded in an IoT device with a screen, such as cars, TVs, and home appliances.  Google launched Flutter in 2018 for Android and...WW…

/>Google has announced the March 2021 drop with new features for Pixel phones.Google has announced the latest quarterly feature update for Pixel phones with a new recording experience that makes sharing audio easier, a way to use the Pixel Camera underwater, new wallpapers and Smart Compose updates. The Recorder app for Pixel can be used to record, transcribe English, and search audio files and the latest update makes it easier to share links to these files. There's also a new website , where users can hear recordings, see transcripts and search through files. When users edit a...…/>Google has announced the March 2021 drop with new features for Pixel phones.Google has announced the latest quarterly feature update for Pixel phones with a new recording experience that makes sharing audio easier, a way to use the Pixel Camera underwater, new wallpapers and Smart Compose updates. The Recorder app for Pixel can be used to record, transcribe English, and search audio files and the latest update makes it easier to share links to these files. There's also a new website , where users can hear recordings, see transcripts and search through files. When users edit a...WW…

/>Bot attacks are on the rise as businesses move online due to the pandemic, according to Google.Google is warning that bots are causing more problems for business – but many companies are only focused on the most obvious attacks. At the outset of the  Microsoft chief Satya Nadella "two years' worth of digital transformation in two months." Google now sees that attackers have adapted to these changed conditions and are boosting attacks on newly online businesses, with bots high on the list of tools used.  Bot attacks can cover anything from web scraping where bots are used to...…/>Bot attacks are on the rise as businesses move online due to the pandemic, according to Google.Google is warning that bots are causing more problems for business – but many companies are only focused on the most obvious attacks. At the outset of the  Microsoft chief Satya Nadella "two years' worth of digital transformation in two months." Google now sees that attackers have adapted to these changed conditions and are boosting attacks on newly online businesses, with bots high on the list of tools used.  Bot attacks can cover anything from web scraping where bots are used to...WW…

/>Elon Musk promises Starlink will double download speeds on SpaceX's satellite broadband service.SpaceX's satellite broadband service Starlink will begin delivering download speeds of 300 Mbps, or double the top speeds users can currently get on the beta service, at some point this year, according to its CEO Elon Musk.The Starlink beta is advertised as having data speeds that vary from 50Mb/s to 150Mb/s and latency from 20ms to 40ms. It's targeted at regional areas with poor coverage. Since October it's been charging a .   ZDNet  that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has now said that...…/>Elon Musk promises Starlink will double download speeds on SpaceX's satellite broadband service.SpaceX's satellite broadband service Starlink will begin delivering download speeds of 300 Mbps, or double the top speeds users can currently get on the beta service, at some point this year, according to its CEO Elon Musk.The Starlink beta is advertised as having data speeds that vary from 50Mb/s to 150Mb/s and latency from 20ms to 40ms. It's targeted at regional areas with poor coverage. Since October it's been charging a .   ZDNet  that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has now said that...WW…

/>Microsoft reckons that the huge attack on security vendors and more took the combined power of at least 1,000 engineers to create.The months-long hacking campaign that affected US government agencies and cybersecurity vendors was "the largest and most sophisticated attack the world has ever seen," Microsoft president Brad Smith has said, and involved a vast number of developers. The attack, , may have impacted as many as 18,000 organizations as a result of the Sunburst (or Solorigate) malware planted inside SolarWinds's Orion network management software.    "I think from a...…/>Microsoft reckons that the huge attack on security vendors and more took the combined power of at least 1,000 engineers to create.The months-long hacking campaign that affected US government agencies and cybersecurity vendors was "the largest and most sophisticated attack the world has ever seen," Microsoft president Brad Smith has said, and involved a vast number of developers. The attack, , may have impacted as many as 18,000 organizations as a result of the Sunburst (or Solorigate) malware planted inside SolarWinds's Orion network management software.    "I think from a...WW…

/>Now you can see real-time captions for speech on the web or on locally stored audio and video files.Google's Chrome browser has gained the ability to generate real-time captions, allowing users to view captions on pretty much any video or audio content, whether it's on the web or stored on a local hard drive. Live Captions is technically an accessibility feature and should come in handy for anyone with hearing difficulties. But a lot of people also just like reading what's being said on a video. The live captioning feature has been available on devices like .SEE: (TechRepublic...…/>Now you can see real-time captions for speech on the web or on locally stored audio and video files.Google's Chrome browser has gained the ability to generate real-time captions, allowing users to view captions on pretty much any video or audio content, whether it's on the web or stored on a local hard drive. Live Captions is technically an accessibility feature and should come in handy for anyone with hearing difficulties. But a lot of people also just like reading what's being said on a video. The live captioning feature has been available on devices like .SEE: (TechRepublic...WW…