24B Records Exposed in Massive Leak of Emails, Passwords, and Login Data

Cybernews researchers found an exposed database with 24 billion credential records, raising fresh risks from password reuse ...
The Next Web

Java’s biggest language change in a decade is finally landing. It took 197,000 lines of code.

Project Valhalla's JEP 401 will bring value classes to JDK 28, removing object identity from Java types in a 197,000-line change twelve years in the making ...
WFMZ-TV

What the Tech? How passkeys, password managers can make password management a lot easier

Most people know their passwords are bad. They reuse them. Make them too short. Use birthdays, pet names, or the same password with tiny changes across dozens of websites. And hackers know it too.
MacRumors

Apple Passwords Can Now Automatically Fix Weak and Compromised Passwords With Agentic AI

Apple today announced that the Passwords app can now automatically update weak and compromised passwords using Apple Intelligence and Safari to take action on a user's behalf. The feature builds on ...
Inc

Why You Need to Stop Using Passwords and Switch to This Secure Alternative Now

If you’ve been hearing a lot more about passkeys recently, there’s good reason for it. After becoming more widely available in 2022, passkeys have surged in popularity, driven by ease of use and ...
Lifehacker

I Refused to Use Passkeys Until Apple Added This Feature to Its Passwords App

Pranay Parab is an independent tech journalist based in Mumbai, India. He covers tech for Lifehacker, and specializes in tutorials and in-depth features. I'm strongly in favor of using password ...
TechSpot

Kaspersky warns that passwords hashed with MD5 algorithm can be cracked in minutes using a GPU

Facepalm: A couple of years ago, Kaspersky Lab tested the resilience of hashed passwords against a modern gaming GPU. Now, the Moscow-based security firm has updated its study and found that things ...
The New York Times

Passkeys Are the New Passwords. You Should Start Using Them Now.

Still looking? See more results on Wirecutter. We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Max Eddy Max Eddy is a writer ...
Reuters

Archaeologists use AI to generate image of Pompeii victim

ROME, April 27 (Reuters) - Archaeologists in Italy's Pompeii have for the first time used artificial intelligence to reconstruct the appearance of one of the victims of the volcanic eruption that ...
PC Magazine

I Asked AI to Generate Passwords. They're So Bad, It's Scary

We wouldn't blame you for assuming that AI, being a computer, would be better at generating passwords than a human. After all, people use AI to do everything from writing their emails to generating a ...
BGR

Ditch Your Passwords And Start Using This More Secure Method

Creating new passwords on the spot can be really taxing. And that can also lead to some sloppy practices, like repeating old passwords or modifying them. But it turns out that does a lot more harm ...