For months, scammers have been taking advantage of a loophole that allows them to send spammy emails from an internal Microsoft email address typically used for sending legitimate account alerts. It’s not clear how the…
Summary created by Smart Answers AI In summary: Macworld challenges the “Apple Tax” myth by examining Apple’s pricing philosophy, from Steve Jobs’ emphasis on creating quality computers at the lowest possible price to modern products…
One day, you might lose your laptop. It could be stolen or it could be misplaced. But if you’re reading this right now and you still have your laptop with you, the advice is the…
Ravie LakshmananMay 21, 2026Endpoint Security / Vulnerability Microsoft has disclosed that a privilege escalation and a denial-of-service flaw in Defender has come under active exploitation in the wild. The former, tracked as CVE-2026-41091, is rated…
With the big AI providers cracking down on usage limits for their most powerful agentic features, it’s tempting to kiss our ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini subscriptions goodbye and go all-in with local AI–and it’s certainly…
Consider a cached access key on a single Windows machine. It got there the way most cached credentials do – a user logged in, and the key stored itself automatically. Standard AWS behavior. No one…
TL;DR: Microsoft Office Professional 2021 gives Windows users lifetime access to the essential Microsoft apps for $29.97 through May 31. There’s something deeply satisfying about buying software once and then simply owning it. No subscription reminders or realizing…
Ravie LakshmananMay 21, 2026Linux / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a vulnerability in the Linux kernel that remained undetected for nine years. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-46333 (CVSS score: 5.5), is a case…
Summary created by Smart Answers AI In summary: Macworld’s podcast explores AI developments and the MacBook Neo’s disruptive impact on the PC market, featuring durability tests and competitive analysis. The discussion covers mixed reader reactions…
Ravie LakshmananMay 21, 2026Supply Chain Attack / Developer Tools GitHub on Wednesday officially confirmed that the breach of its internal repositories was the result of a compromise of an employee device involving a poisoned version…