Google removes 106 malicious Chrome extensions that were spying on users

What just happened? We know that malicious apps occasionally sneak their way onto the Play Store, but that’s not the only place where Google’s security is a bit lapse. The company has just removed 106 extensions from its Chrome Web Store for collecting sensitive user data.

A report from Awake Security identified 111 malicious Chrome extensions that had been downloaded almost 33 million times by May 2020—when the company contacted Google.

Most extensions purported to warn users about dangerous websites,

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Lenovo's latest ThinkPads are here with upgraded display, audio, and internals

In brief: Lenovo's new ThinkPads are designed to be the best portable workstations the company has ever made, sporting 10th-gen Core H-series CPUs, brighter displays, and a better cooling system capable of handling a new 'Ultra Performance Mode'. Professionals will no doubt appreciate the upgrades, but enthusiasts are still left waiting for the foldable ThinkPad the company showed off at CES earlier this year.

After refreshing its Legion gaming laptops with the latest and greatest internals including AMD Ryzen CPUs, and then

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Watch this: Baldur's Gate 3's second gameplay demo has arrived

Highly anticipated: Cyberpunk 2077 may have been delayed a second time, but that doesn't mean RPG fans have nothing to look forward to over the next few months. Baldur's Gate 3 is set to launch into Steam Early Access this August, and it seems like it just might fill the void left by Cyberpunk 2077's postponement (and then some).

To help you decide for sure, Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian Studios has released a second hour-long

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Spider-Man: Miles Morales is a standalone game, not an expansion pack

Setting the record straight: In a Telegraph interview last week, Simon Rutter, EVP Head of European Business at Sony Interactive Entertainment, described Spider-Man: Miles Morales as an "expansion and enhancement" of the original Insomniac Games Spider-Man. This led many media outlets, including TechSpot, to believe it was in line with a DLC expansion. It is actually a standalone game, albeit much shorter. We apologize for the confusion.

When Insomniac unveiled Spider-Man: Miles Morales during Sony's The Future


Stadia exclusive 'Crayta' launches on July 1, will showcase the platform's 'State Share' feature

In context: It's been quite some time since Stadia was first announced and released, and so far, very few of the major, innovative features it promised have materialized. However, that might change on July 1, when Stadia exclusive "Crayta" releases on the platform.

Crayta bills itself as a collaborative third-person game creation engine that brings together people of all "ages, abilities, and backgrounds." Using Crayta's in-game tools, gamers can construct and play competitive shooters, racing


Cyberpunk 2077 met with second delay, release set for November

Rumor mill: Given the revised launch date of mid-November, some are speculating that CD Projekt Red’s decision could have more to do with timing than polish. That is, a mid-November launch is right around the time that next-gen consoles from Microsoft and Sony are expected to go on sale. Having a mega game like Cyberpunk 2077 as a launch title would certainly give gamers yet another reason to hop aboard the early adopter bandwagon.

CD Projekt Red has made good on its promise


Customers can now trade in Macs at Apple retail stores

Bottom line: Now instead of shipping your Mac computer off to Apple and waiting three weeks for trade-in credit, you can take it directly to an Apple Store and get an in-store discount or Apple gift card immediately. But hold up, it's not all moonlight and canoes. Apple's recent cuts to trade-in values make it of questionable value unless you really hate selling stuff on eBay or Craiglist.

Apple will now allow customers to bring in their used Macs to get store credit on

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Zoom gives in to pressure, will make end-to-end encryption available to all

Forward-looking: Zoom’s E2EE will be optional as enabling it will come at the cost of some features. For example, those using a traditional telephone line won’t be able to participate in an encrypted meeting. The company will start beta testing the new security feature early next month.

Zoom Video Communications this week backtracked on its previous stance relating to end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for its users.

Company CEO Eric Yuan set off a firestorm earlier this month when it

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Intel demos Tiger Lake mobile chip running Battlefield V at 30 fps

Something to look forward to: The second half of 2020 is expected to see the launch of Intel’s 10nm Tiger Lake mobile CPU, which features integrated Xe graphics. To give us an idea of what it’s capable of, the company has shown off a thin-and-light laptop powered by the chip running Battlefield V, and it’s pretty impressive.

Intel’s Chief Performance Strategist, Ryan Shrout, tweeted the video, in which we see a short clip of


Dish Network is on track to close Boost deal with T-Mobile by next month

What just happened? Dish Network confirmed in a recent regulatory filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission that it intends to close on its purchase of Boost Mobile from T-Mobile on schedule. Financial terms of the deal were not mentioned although according to Bloomberg, Dish is expected to shell out around $1.4 billion for the pay-as-you-go wireless asset.

The deal should

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