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Threads, the Twitter competitor created by Meta, has finally arrived after months of rumors, leaks, and a billionaire cage fight challenge between Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. Now you can access the new platform from its desktop site at Threads.net or by downloading the app for iOS and Android. (If you’re not seeing it on iOS or get an error, try force quitting the App Store and going back in.) On Threads, you can create text-based posts with up to 500 characters, as well as share photos and videos up to five minutes long. The app looks relatively similar to Twitter, featuring a minimal interface with the options to like, comment, repost, and share threads. Since Threads is closely tied to Instagram, you can log in with your Instagram username and easily follow all the same people ...

Microsoft is starting to sell replacement components for its Surface devices. The software giant now supplies replacement parts in the Microsoft Store, allowing Surface owners to replace their displays, batteries, SSDs, and more. “We are excited to offer replacement components to technically inclined consumers for out-of-warranty, self repair,” says Tim McGuiggan, VP of devices services and product engineering at Microsoft. “When purchasing a replacement component, you will receive the part and relevant collateral components (such as screws if applicable).” Tools to help you repair a Microsoft Surface device are sold separately by iFixit, which Microsoft partnered with in 2021 to sell official Surface repair tools. iFixit supplies tools like battery covers to protect against punctu...

A cybercriminal threat group from North Korea is using a malicious Chrome extension to steal Gmail emails, according to a report released by Bleeping Computer. Let’s dive into how they’re doing this and the steps you should take right now to protect yourself.  The group, which uses the name Kimsuky, has been known to use spear phishing for cyber-espionage in attacks targeting people with high-profile jobs, such as diplomats, journalists, government agencies, politicians and university professors. According to the Director of National Intelligence, “spear phishing is a type of phishing campaign that targets a specific person or group and will often include information known to be of interest to the target, such as current events or financial documents.”  CLICK TO...

L’astronaute français Jean-Jacques Favier le 20 juin 1996 au Centre spatial Kennedy, en Floride. ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP L’astronaute Jean-Jacques Favier, sixième Français à être allé dans l’espace, lors d’un vol à bord de la navette américaine Columbia, est mort à l’âge de 73 ans, a annoncé, vendredi 24 mars 2023, le Centre national d’études spatiales (CNES). Né le 13 avril 1949 à Kehl, en Allemagne, Jean-Jacques Favier intègre l’Ecole nationale supérieure d’électrochimie et d’électrométallurgie de Grenoble en 1971. Il obtient un doctorat en ingénierie de l’Ecole des mines de Paris ainsi qu’un doctorat en physique et métallurgie de l’université Joseph-Fourier-Grenoble 1 en 1977. Il est sélectionné en 1985 comme « astronaute expérimentateur » par l’agence spatiale française, alors...

ChatGPT has kept growing more and more in popularity since OpenAI released it back in November. Now, the chatbot has Chrome extensions that you can add to your browser to make accessing the feature that much easier. CLICK TO GET KURT’S CYBERGUY NEWSLETTER WITH QUICK TIPS, TECH REVIEWS, SECURITY ALERTS AND EASY HOW-TO’S TO MAKE YOU SMARTER What is ChatGPT? By now, you may have heard of ChatGPT. It is a computer program developed by the artificial intelligence laboratory OpenAI that simulates human conversation and provides helpful and informative responses. VIRGINIA GOV. YOUNGKIN SAYS MORE SCHOOLS SHOULD BAN CHATGPT ChatGPT is an AI that functions like a search engine with the ability respond conversationally. (CyberGuy.com) When using a regular search engine like Google, you sea...