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20
Dec
2020

Googel Chrome, Edge/ Internet Explorer, Safari and Firefox ban Kazakhstan’s MitM HTTPS certificate

Browser makers Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla, have banned today a root certificate that was being used by the Kazakhstan government to intercept and decrypt HTTPS traffic for residents in the country’s capital, the city of Nur-Sultan (formerly Astana).
The certificate had been in use since December 6, 2020, when Kazakh officials forced local internet service providers to block Nur-Sultan residents from accessing foreign sites unless they had a specific digital certificate issued by the government installed on their devices.

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17
Dec
2020

AI co-pilots US Air Force spy plane for the first time

An AI system has helped control a US military aircraft for the first time ever, the Air Force announced on Wednesday.

The ARTUµ algorithm flew alongside a pilot aboard a U-2 Dragon Lady spy plane during a test flight on December 15. The system took control of sensor employment and tactical navigation on the aircraft, while the pilot flew the plane.

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09
Dec
2020

Migrate from hdd to ssd/nvme

SSDs (Solid-State Drives) perform much better than HDDs in many known aspects, like speed, reliability, and durability. That’s why so many users, including you now, take it as a more suitable data storage or system installation option. With its increasingly known advantages and decreasing prices, SSDs become more and more popular.

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09
Dec
2020

How to install an M.2 (NVMe/SATA) SSD on your PC

It feels like only recently that SSDs landed to replace our creaking mechanical hard drives, delivering an incredible boost to loading times across our operating systems, software and games. But in fact, the newest and fastest form-factor of SSD – M.2 – has already been around for a fair few years itself, and can now be bought at a pretty affordable price.

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06
Dec
2020

The 7 best Linux distributions for new users

The age-old question has returned, one that divides a certain community faster than a penguin can devour a mouthful of krill. That question? What are the best Linux distributions for new users? When you ask the question of the Linux community, they inevitably answer with the distribution they use. Why wouldn’t they? Loyalty has always been set at a fairly high bar with Linux. You find a distribution that’s perfect for you, and you want everyone to use it. Thing is, you probably forget that your Linux skills are likely considerably higher than the average user–and especially the new user.

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05
Dec
2020

The best free antivirus for 2020

We spend a lot of time looking at the best paid antivirus suites on this site, but we don’t spend a lot of time talking about free antivirus solutions. Part of the reason is that the free versions are based on their paid counterparts.

If you see a paid version you like that offers a free version, you can safely assume the antivirus protection level is similar, save for any specific malware types the free version doesn’t cover.

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