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Microsoft is testing giving users more control over what games appear in their Xbox achievements and tweaking how achievements look when they’re earned. The changes are being introduced via the company’s free-to-join Xbox Insiders program, and will presumably roll out to all Xbox owners at some point in the future.Coming later in April, select Xbox Insiders will be able to hide games from their achievement list, whether they’ve completed them or not. Hidden games will still count towards users’ Gamerscore, but the option should serve as another way to curate your public profile. Microsoft is also experimenting with changing how…
Image: prathanchorruangsak/Envato The growing use of artificial intelligence in the workplace is reportedly eliminating about 16,000 jobs per month in the United States. That’s according to new research by Goldman Sachs, which examined the number of jobs being replaced by AI and the number being augmented by it. It found that 25,000 jobs per month had been lost to AI over the past year, while only 9,000 per month were augmented, meaning workers using AI to be more productive, potentially leading to an increase in hiring. As observed in other studies on AI displacement, the brunt of these job losses…
Image: donut3771/Envato Security operations center (SOC) analysts are expected to process a constant stream of alerts… often under tight response timelines. At the same time, they are expected to investigate accurately, document clearly, and communicate findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. This is where generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT can be helpful. The table below provides a quick reference to 10 ChatGPT prompts that can help L1 SOC analysts. While these prompts are useful for L1 analysts, they can also support L2/L3 analysts and anyone looking to better understand common incident response (IR) tasks. Be careful…
For years, the tech industry has faced a persistent, frustrating paradox: security platforms evolve rapidly, but security operations proceed at a bureaucratic pace. We’ve witnessed decade-long innovation with point products — XDR, SASE, and CNAPP — yet the average enterprise still manages between 50 and 80 different security tools. The result? A “data swamp” of alerts where critical signals get lost in the noise. In a 2025 ZK Research survey, I asked security teams what percentage of alerts they get to, and the number was shockingly low: 65%. Not because they don’t want to, but it’s because of the increasingly…
The financial data of just under 140 members of the UK Civil Service Pension Scheme (CSPS) has been exposed following a data breach affecting its online portal, which is overseen by Capita. According to the outsourcer, the issue led to scheme members being able to view personal annual benefit statements (ABSs) that were not their own. Capita pulled the ABS functionality in order to investigate and remediate the issue, and at the time of writing, it remains offline. Computer Weekly understands all affected members of the pension scheme were contacted on 3 April – those who have not received…
The latest Triple-i Initiative Showcase is nearly upon us, as the indie-focused event returns for its third consecutive year on Thursday, April 9 at 12PM ET / 9AM PT. We’re being promised announcements for 40 games, including eight world premieres, so it’s well worth tuning in if you like your indies.You’ll be able to watch the stream on The Triple-i Initiative channel, as well as , , and on . Co-streaming partners IGN and Gamespot will also host their own streams. The showcase will run for 45 minutes, and nine featured studios will also have post-show deep dives on their…
Image: Google Photos via X Google has begun rolling out a new “AI Enhance” button inside the Photos editor, designed to simplify how users improve their images. The new AI Enhance button is, for lack of a more technical term, a magic wand for people who find the standard editing suite intimidating. Previously an exclusive perk for recent Pixel owners, the tool is now available to Android users worldwide. Its function is straightforward: you tap the button, the app pauses briefly to analyze the scene, and it spits out a version of the image with adjusted lighting, contrast, and color…
Image from: Aerps.com (Unsplash) Claude is down again, and users are once more left staring at loading prompts and missing replies. The Anthropic chatbot has had repeated disruptions this week, interrupting workflows and raising eyebrows among regular users. On April 8, users encountered another round of errors and incomplete responses, just a day after a separate outage affected access to the chatbot. While Anthropic now reports systems are operational, incident logs show multiple disruptions between April 6 and 8, pointing to ongoing reliability challenges as usage grows. Model errors trigger repeated disruptions According to The Independent, Anthropic said users experienced…
Following the icy reception to Llama 4, Meta is releasing the first in a new family of AI systems built by its recently formed Superintelligence team. The company is kicking off its new Muse era with Spark, a lightweight model geared toward consumer use. In the future, Meta plans to offer more capable versions of Muse, but for now, it’s clear the company wants to nail the basics.To that point, many of Spark’s capabilities are table stakes for a new model in 2026. For instance, it offers both “Instant” and “Thinking” modes. With the latter engaged, the model will take…
Greece will ban children under the age 15 from using social media starting next year. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis made the announcement in a video posted to , in which he referenced anxiety, sleep problems and addictive design features as reasons for the ban.Greece has been proactive in its approach to tackling excessive screen time for children, having already banned mobile phones in schools in 2024. While the PM chose not to name any platforms, he said he was concerned about children comparing themselves to others on social media and taking online comments to heart.”Greece will be among the first…