Kena: Bridge of Spirits is coming to PlayStation Plus this month, and if you didn’t get a chance to play this beautiful PS5 game when it came out, now is a great time to dive in and give it a shot.
This is an action-adventure title that mixes in elements of puzzle solving and action combat. And everything is wrapped up with a neat little bow in some beautiful graphics with some pretty stunning art direction. It also has a really cool narrative with some pretty adorable characters. It’s just an all-around wonderful game from indie studio Ember Lab.
For a time it was also on our Best PS5 Games list, and that spot was well-earned. Now you don’t have to purchase the game in full if you already subscribe to PlayStation Plus. Though even at full cost the game is certainly worth the money.
Kena: Bridge of Spirits comes to PlayStation Plus on April 18
While the game is available to buy on PS5 right now, Kena: Bridge of Spirits won’t be on PlayStation Plus for about another week. If you’ve held off this long on playing it, you won’t have trouble waiting six more days.
The one things players want to be aware of is that this is not one of the April free games. Though you probably already know if you subscribe to the service. This will be a title added to the PlayStation Plus game catalog. So you’ll need either PlayStation Plus Extra or Premium to access the game without buying it on the console.
If you’d prefer to just buy it, you can buy the Standard Edition for only $18 right now. However, that sale price ends today, April 12, then it goes back up to $39.99. You can also currently pick up the Digital Deluxe Edition for $22.49 (normally $49.99), and that sale lasts until April 26. And honestly, the Deluxe Edition is the better deal.
Warner Bros Discovery has finally given us more information on the new combined, streaming service that is set to launch this Spring. The service is going to simply be called “Max”. It’s going to combine HBO MAX and Discovery+ into a single mega streaming service. And in this article, we’re going to go over everything you need to know.
What is Max?
To put it simply, Max is going to be the name of the combined service of HBO MAX and Discovery+. Warner Media (now back to its original name of Warner Brothers) merged with Discovery last year. Which is why we’re seeing this merger of the streaming services.
While HBO MAX was the merger of Warner Media and HBO, putting all of the Warner Bros library onto HBO. Now with this rebranding, the library is growing even more. With Discovery content being added. That means content from HGTV, TLC and much more will be available.
Will it replace HBO MAX?
Yes. When Max launches, it will replace the existing HBO MAX app on all platforms in the US. Much like HBO MAX replaced HBO Go on all platforms.
Will discovery+ be replaced too?
Yes and no. Discovery+ content will be added to Max, but the streaming service Discovery+ will continue to remain on its own. WBD executives decided to keep it around even after Max launches, because they didn’t want to lose those customers that only want Discovery content. And considering discovery+ starts at $4.99, that would be a pretty big price increase for Max. Going from $5 to $10 per month.
When does Max Launch?
According to Warner Bros Discovery, Max is going to launch in the US on May 23. It will take over the current HBO MAX app. So on May 23, you’ll see the app get a slight makeover (we don’t yet know how much of a makeover), with all the new content.
Where will Max be available?
At launch, it’ll only be available in the US. WBD has stated that it will start to roll Max out to international markets where HBO MAX is currently available, starting with Latin America in the later part of 2023. With other countries across Europe and Asia in 2024.
How much will Max cost?
Pricing for Max is pretty similar to what HBO Max was. But now, WBD has added a third tier. Here’s how the tiers break down.
Max Ad-Lite: $9.99/month or $99.99/year. 2 concurrent streams, 1080p resolution 30 offline downloads, 5.1 surround sound.
Max Ad Free: $15.99/month or $149.99/year. 2 concurrent streams 1080 resolution, 30 offline downloads, 5.1 surround sound quality
Max Ultimate Ad Free: $19.99/month or $199.99/year. 4 concurrent streams, up to 4K UHD resolution, 100 offline downloads, Dolby Atmos sound quality
What kind of content will be available?
To put it simply, everything on HBO MAX and Discovery+ will be available on Max. But it’ll also bring in some other content and originals too.
Max will bring HBO Max’s can’t-miss programming and Discovery+’s engaging real life entertainment content together to create a complete viewing experience for all ages. The service will feature a regular freshness of content with an average of more than 40 new titles and seasons every month. With a library of iconic favorites, Max will offer a world-class collection of globally recognized brands, franchises, series, and characters, making it a truly unprecedented offering. Audiences will be able to explore the iconic worlds of HBO, the DC Universe, and Harry Potter, plus hit movies, original series, and fan-favorite genres like true crime, reality, food, and comedy, all in one place.
“The Max service is a wide-ranging mosaic of content that will be unmatched in the breadth, reach, and excellence of its offerings,” said Casey Bloys, Chairman and CEO, HBO and Max Content. “We are unique because we have the best-in-all-categories across the board by any measure – be they ratings, awards, fandom. We know we can satisfy any craving because we have the brands that people love. At Max, they will find what they want, when they want it.”
Newly announced titles include a Max Original Harry Potterseries, a faithful adaptation of the beloved original book series by J.K. Rowling, who will serve as executive producer; a Max Original comedy series derived from The Big Bang Theory; an HBO Original “Game of Thrones” prequel A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight; a Max Original drama series based on The Conjuringfilms; Magnolia Network’s Fixer Upper: The Hotel; Discovery Channel’s Survive the Raft; Max Original Peter & the Wolf from Bono; Adult Swim’s Rick and Morty: The Anime; Investigation Discovery’s Lost Women of Highway 20; Cartoon Network’s Tiny Toons Looniversity;and TLC’s Love & Translation.
Max also provided first looks today at additional highly anticipated upcoming titles including Max Originals The Penguin starring Colin Farrell; HBO Original drama series The Sympathizer, an espionage thriller and cross-culture satire based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name; HBO Original limited seriesTrue Detective: Night Country starring Jodie Foster and Kali Reis; HBO Original limited series The Regime starring Academy Award®-winner Kate Winslet; Max Original six-part docuseries SmartLess: On The Road, following Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, and Sean Hayes as they take viewers on an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the sold-out live tour of their podcast; and Max Original kids series Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai. In addition to Max original programming, a first look at HGTV’s four-part Barbie Dreamhouse Challenge hosted by Ashley Graham, which will also be available to stream on Max, was shown during the presentation.
What features will be available at launch?
While HBO MAX has been out for a few years already and has put out some really nice features, Warner Bros Discovery are also promising some features for the launch of Max. These include:
Premium Video Playback: A new video playback experience will deliver smooth and cinematic video to users, wherever and however they prefer to watch. Whether binging their favorites, watching offline on-the-go, or tuning in on Sunday nights for the latest episode of Succession, users can count on seamlessly diving into their preferred worlds.
Personalization: Max will expand personalization beyond just the home page, offering a differentiated and high-performing experience for every user across the whole service. By significantly increasing our investment in machine learning while maintaining an editorial voice, Max will deliver a unique human and machine approach that will help surface the best content for our users.
More Prominent Kids Experience: At launch, Max will introduce a default kids profile for new subscribers along with accompanying parental controls. Parents can choose to customize settings and select to limit content for the kids profile by ratings: little kids (tv-y), big kids (tv-y7, tvy7-fv), big kids plus (tv-g, g), preteens (tv-pg/pg), or teens (tv-14, pg-13). Parents will also have the ability to set individual profile PINs to lock access to their adult profiles, as well as a parent code to lock their children inside of the Max kids experience.
Simplified Navigation: Max works harder so viewers don’t have to. Streamlined categories, improved content details pages, shortcuts, dedicated brand hubs and thematic content rails, make exploring the app and discovering new interests easier. The updated design coupled with a better personalization engine will help consumers quickly find and discover the best of what they are looking for.
4K UHD: The Ultimate Ad-Free tier of Max will have an expanded catalog of content available in 4K UHD including key programming such as Game of Thrones, The Last of Us, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, The Dark Knight Trilogy and more. All Warner Bros. movies released this year and going forward will also be available in 4K UHD when they arrive on Max following their theatrical windows.
It’s been almost half a year since the revolutionary ChatGPT was released. Amazingly, it reached 100 million users in just two months.
ChatGPT has an unimaginable potential to answer things that need a lot of research. Due to its increasingly demanding usage, securing it from threat actors is also essential.
The Microsoft-backed platform has launched its Bug Bounty Program on BugCrowd. Many Security researchers have already found some vulnerabilities on ChatGPT, and we’re posting them now and then.
However, it is now an excellent opportunity for security professionals to report their bugs and get rewarded for their work.
Their rewards are below as per their Bug bounty program and the VRT (Vulnerability Rating Taxonomy) of Bugcrowd.
P4 – $200 – $500
P3 – $500 – $1000
P2 – $1000 – $2000
P1 – $2000 – $6500
The program also mentioned that the reward can go up to a maximum of $20,000, making it a huge reward for critical bugs. So far, 14 Vulnerabilities have been reported on the program.
Scope of the Program
The following applications are in scope.
ChatGPT, ChatGPT Plus, Logins, Subscriptions, OpenAI-created Plugins created by users, and all other functionalities.
Cloudflare Bypass to send traffic to unprotected endpoints
Running queries on private models that are not available to the Public
Browsing or Code Interpreter Plugins created by OpenAI
SSRF
OAuth Flaws
Credential Security and making plugin calls to unrelated domains
Since OpenAI has access to the entire internet, issues related to Google Workspace, Asana, Trella, Jira, Monday.com, Notion, Hubspot, and many more related issues related to OpenAI can also be reported.
However, there are restrictions to perform additional security testing on these companies.
Subdomains of openai are also included in the scope of the program. The subdomains of OpenAI can be found at
Out-of-Scope Vulnerabilities
Though most bugs are eligible for reporting, some of the bugs listed below are out of the program’s scope.
Issues based on the Model
Brute Forcing API
Fuzzing, password spraying unauthorized attacks
Stolen or Leaked Credentials stemming
Clickjacking
SSL/TLS Cipher security issues with PoC
Server error messages without exploit proof
Old/EoL browser/ plugins related issues and much more
For more information, refer to the Out-of-Scope topic on BugCrowd.
We’re always being taunted by the extremely pricey headphones and earbuds from top companies. They harbor all of the best features like noise cancelation, customizable sound profiles, high-quality audio, and more. The more expensive the headphones, the better they are, it seems.
However, that’s not always the case. There’s a treasure trove of headphones and earbuds that give you some great features at a reasonable price. They bring features that you’d see in more expensive products. Not only that, but they also utilize those features well. If you’re looking for the best headphones for under $100, here’s a list that you’ll find useful.
Best Headphones & earbuds under $100 summary – Updated April 2023
If you’re looking for a quick rundown of the items on this list, you can simply look at this table. It shows you the product, the price, and where you can buy them. It’s useful to get started on your search quickly. If you want a more in-depth explanation of these devices, you can read below the table.
Audio-Technica ATH-M20x
Audio-Technica is one of the more popular brands in the audio world, and its headphones are some of the most recommended. The ATH-M20x is a pair of headphones for people who want to prioritize saving. For $49.99, you get a pair of closed-based headphones that keep the audio in.
They have a set of powerful 40mm Neodymium Magnet Drivers to give you some punchy audio. They come with an embedded 9.8ft aux cord that’s more than long enough for your needs. These headphones are a great offer for the low price.
If you need headphones to listen to in a noisy environment, then you’ll want to look at the Behringer BH470NC. This is a pair of headphones that have active noise cancelation. This will cancel out the ambient noise and help you better hear your music or podcast.
These headphones have a set of 40mm drivers that will give you a nice full sound. Also, these headphones have a set of soft ear cup covers. This means that you’ll be able to listen to them for extended periods of time without them being uncomfortable.
The Soundcore Life Q30 are for people who want to have a little more control over the sound of their music. For starters, these headphones come with a set of 40mm drivers, and they can produce hi-res audio. Along with that, they also come with ANC for those who listen in noisy environments.
If you like to tinker with your audio, then these should appeal to you. The companion app that these headphones come with a built-in EQ. You’re able to adjust the audio to suit your needs.
The Soundcore Life Q30 come with rather massive batteries that promise to deliver excellent life. With the ANC on, you should get up to 40 hours of playback time. That’s impressive on its own, but with the ANC turned off, they’re rated to last up to 60 hours.
These headphones are made for those who are going to be using them for extended periods of time. They come with a dual-layer headband cushion for added comfort. This is especially useful for people who work in audio and need to use headphones for hours at a time.
They’re made with audio quality in mind with their large 50mm neodymium drivers. So, if you’re a composer or audio engineer, you’ll feel right at home with these headphones. Just know that they’re open back. This means that there’s nothing to keep outside noise out, so you’ll ideally use them in the studio.
They come with a detachable cable that’s 1.5 meters long. It’s more than long enough for your needs.
If you’re really looking to save money, then you’ll want to look at these headphones. They’re closer to your standard-quality headphones. They come with an embedded dual aux cord to plug into a 3.5mm headphone jack. Also, these headphones come with a 1/4-inch adaptor.
While these headphones are affordable, they still come with sizable 40mm drivers to provide a powerful sound. They’re closed-backed, so they might not be ideal for professional recording, but they’re great for casual listening. They’re a nice offering for the price.
The Edifier W240TN are a set of pretty simple and straightforward TWS earbuds. You have a nice balance of features with these earbuds that you won’t find with some others. The audio that you get from them is solid, and it’s paired with some excellent ANC. Along with that, you also have ambient mode.
If you’re the type of person who likes to tinker with the audio, then these will be great for you. The Edifier Connect app has a built-in EQ that lets you adjust the frequency range of each of the four bands. Also, you can adjust the Q factor of each band.
Each earbud has a physical button, and you’re able to select which function you want them to perform. You can assign actions for a double-press and a triple-press of each button.
These are perfect for people who want a light pair of earbuds. The JLab Go Air Pop are the company’s smallest and lightest yet. They could be great for those looking to work out while wearing them. Also, the touch controls mean that you can easily control them while on a run.
When it comes to battery power, the JLab Go Air Pop will last you the day. They’re rated to last you about 8 hours on a single charge. If you use the charging case, that number gets a boost to 32 hours. Also, speaking of charging, the case comes with a built-in charging cable.
The Jabra Elite 3 offer some great audio quality for the low price. They’re comparable to the Jabra Elite 4 Active earbuds. Android Headlines did a review on them, and if you want more information on them, you can click right here.
The Jabra Elite 3 give you some powerful sound with a pleasant amount of bass. It’s not overwhelming, so you’ll still have a relatively balanced sound. If you want to tune your sound more, you can use the Jabra+ app has a built-in EQ. You can adjust the EQ to your liking.
The only drawback is the fact that these don’t have ANC. While that’s the case, these earbuds do have ambient mode, and it works just fine. Overall, a great pair of earbuds for the price.
The Tibit BTH92 bring some nice bang for your buck. At $39.99, these are some of the least-expensive earbuds on this list, but they still bring some nice features. For starters, they have touch controls, so you can easily control them with a tap. The charging case gives you a useful battery indicator so you know when to charge them.
As for other features, these earbuds have an IPX8 water resistance rating. This means that they can be submerged under a meter and half of freshwater for 30 minutes. You’ll just want to be careful about salt water and pool water. If you want to prioritize savings, you’ll want to consider getting these earbuds.
The WYZE earbuds are meant for those who are into sports and fitness. They come with IPX5 water resistance for those who like to work out with their earbuds in. This means that you won’t have to worry about your sweat getting into them and messing them up.
As for the other features, each earbud comes with a 10.5mm driver that will give you a powerful sound. Also, each bud comes with two microphones for top-notch ANC. In terms of battery life, you can expect to get about 7 hours of playback on a single charge. With the case included, you’re looking at about 20 hours.
Today, Warner Bros Discovery has announced that its new combined streaming service will launch in the US on May 23. The service, as had been widely reported, will be called simply Max.
Since Warner Media and Discovery merged, there was talk about a combined streaming service, and that day has come. Originally, Warner Bros Discovery planned to merge discovery+ completely within HBO MAX. But it became a better idea to merge the two into a new service instead.
While the company has announced a lot of things today, there’s still a lot that we don’t know about Max. Like, how much it’ll cost. It would be surprising to see it come in cheaper than the current HBO MAX pricing. We’re expecting something around $15-$20 for ad-supported and $20 or more for ad-free. Keep in mind that it will have a ton of content, arguably a lot more than Netflix.
Goodbye, HBO
Surprisingly, WBD is going to be getting rid of HBO. HBO, which stands for Home Box Office, first launched in 1972, as a premium movie channel that was ad-free on cable. It then morphed into a streaming service, and finally after AT&T bought Time Warner, it was rebranded as HBO MAX, and added all of the Warner Bros content onto HBO MAX, as well as adding some licensed content.
Now, HBO is done. It’ll simply be called “Max”. Which is an interesting position for the company to take. As HBO and Discovery are both household names. And either one being used in the name for the new service would have been a good idea. But we’ll have to see how this works out when the service launches next month.
What’s interesting here is that while Max will be the new combined service, WBD is keeping discovery+ around. And that’s because it has a pretty loyal following. And getting customers that prefer reality TV who are paying about $5 per month, to now pay double, triple or even quadruple, is going to be a hard sell. So discovery+ customers, you’ll be able to stick with discovery+.
StormWall projects a 170% increase in DDoS Attacks by the end of 2023 and urges businesses to implement mitigation strategies.
Leading cybersecurity provider, StormWall, has released a comprehensive report on the state of Distributed Denial of Service attacks (DDoS attacks) in Q1 2023. The report, based on an analysis of attacks on StormWall’s clients across various sectors, reveals a significant increase of 47% in DDoS attacks compared to the same period last year.
The findings, shared with Hackread.com, highlight a worrisome trend of botnet usage and a growing practice of smokescreening to conceal multi-vector attacks.
The study reveals that attackers are increasingly targeting critical infrastructure and services, including logistical services, payment processing hubs, and banking systems, in an attempt to impact a larger number of users. The average attack strength reached a peak of 1.4 Tbps, and the longest attack lasted for 4 days.
Among the sectors targeted, the financial industry experienced the highest number of attacks, accounting for 34% of the total and witnessing a staggering 68% increase compared to Q1 2022. E-commerce also faced significant challenges, enduring 22% of the attacks and experiencing a 51% increase from the previous year. Telecommunications remained a popular target, with 16% of the attacks and a 47% year-over-year increase.
The use of botnets in DDoS attacks continues to gain traction, with over 38% of attacks leveraging networks of compromised devices. Additionally, the practice of smokescreening, where DDoS attacks are used as decoys in multi-vector assaults, increased by 28% compared to the previous year.
The report also reveals that more destructive HTTP attacks are becoming increasingly accessible to run. As a result, 82.3% of DDoS attacks targeted the application layer (L7), while 11.7% were directed at the transport (L4) and network (L3) layers of the OSI model. DNS was targeted in 2.3% of the attacks, and the remaining 3.7% were aimed at other targets.
Geographically, the United States (17.6% attack share), India (14.2%), and China (11.7%) remain the most targeted countries. However, the United Arab Emirates saw a notable surge in attacks, with the proportion nearly doubling from 3.8% in Q1 2022 to 6.4% in the current year. Russia and Ukraine, on the other hand, experienced a decline in DDoS activity as hacktivism subsided.
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Targeted industries and countries
StormWall’s report emphasizes the escalating threat of DDoS attacks, as evidenced by the significant rise in attack volume, strength, and duration. With threat actors constantly adapting their tactics and integrating DDoS attacks within multi-vector incidents, organizations need to address not only outages from overburdened servers but also data breaches, ransomware, and other associated threats.
Based on data analysis from client-targeted attacks, StormWall projects a further 170% increase in DDoS attacks by the end of 2023. In light of these alarming findings, the company strongly recommends that all businesses seek professional DDoS protection to safeguard their online assets in the upcoming year.
The rise of digital ad fraud has been a nightmare for businesses and marketers alike. Sophisticated bots can easily imitate human behavior and generate fake clicks, views, and impressions, costing companies millions of dollars in wasted ad spending. Is your digital ad campaign safe from these malicious bots?
How Sophisticated Bots Kill Your Digital Ad Campaigns?
Makes Brands Susceptible to Ad Fraud
Attackers often make attempts to defraud digital advertising networks by using malicious bots. This is usually done for financial gain. The idea is to make advertising networks think the fake activity is real user behavior.
Advertisers pay for ads so that their products reach wider audiences. But advertising fraud only causes brands to waste precious monetary resources.
Here are some ways in which scammers perform ad fraud.
Illicit traffic sourcing: Traffic sourcing isn’t seen as a malicious activity per se. Brands use it to improve their visibility. However, it does leave them open to the risk of fraud. They cannot be sure if they are sourcing real or bot impressions.
Ad scams: Attackers may orchestrate ad scams instead of clicking on your ads and manipulating your metrics. They may use your ads to lead users to spoofed domains or perform phishing using your ads. In either case, it hurts your brand reputation.
Manipulated Metrics
Companies spend millions of precious dollars every month on digital ads. However, their digital marketing efforts often don’t lead to the intended results. And they waste at least a portion of their investments on ads. Why?
This is because the metrics mislead them. They cannot confidently say if their clicks are coming from legitimate users, good bots, or malicious bots. Data suggests that 20% of ad impressions in 2019 came from fraudulent sources.
Sophisticated bots today can mimic human behavior and clicks. So, these bots end up manipulating data disguised as legitimate traffic. Companies use these manipulated metrics for decision-making, impacting their entire sales funnel.
For instance, you run an ad campaign for your Christmas clothing line. You want to know more about customer preferences this season and personalize their shopping experiences, discounts, etc. 70% of your clicks come from bots, and only 30% come from actual target audiences. Plus, bots don’t have preferences and randomly click on things.
As a result, your lead attribution reports and user analytics are misleading. You will also not have a proper baseline to understand the Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) when your clicks come from bots.
Click Frauds That Drive Up PPC Costs
Competitors often use click fraud bots to drive up PPC costs for your company. These bots click on ads multiple times to drive up what your company pays for search terms. In some cases, website owners/operators may leverage click fraud to increase revenues for their own websites too.
Ad publishers also use click fraud to charge you more for ad space. They deploy bad bots to click on your ads and show these inflated traffic numbers, charging you more. So, you pay higher ad charges for poor-quality traffic. Only 12% of brands’ 267 million ad impressions paid to publishers could be matched/attributed!
These bots can even mess with A/B testing by clicking on everything they are programmed to. So, you will not only waste money on A/B testing but also be unable to optimize your campaigns.
Whether used by competitors, ad publishers, or website operators, click fraud:
• Renders the digital ad campaign useless
• Makes the leads unusable
• Lowers conversion rates
• Skews the performance metrics
• Drives up PPC costs and advertising budgets
The more sophisticated click fraud bots can pace the time spent on the website and even fill out basic forms to mimic human behavior. As a result, it becomes harder to detect this bot traffic.
Hard to Detect Sophisticated Bot Activity
Sophisticated bots used in digital advertising frauds and scams leverage advanced techniques. And they are hard to detect using regular security defenses. Here are some techniques used by attackers:
Pixel Stuffing: Attackers stuff the entire ad into a 1-pixel space but charge the brand for the full ad. They place these crammed ads into other ads. The viewer may not know they see multiple ads, but the brands are shown falsified brand impressions.
Ad Stacking: Like pixel stuffing, scammers place multiple unviewable ads on each other. Only the top ad is visible, but the publisher charges the brand for the impressions.
Geo Masking: Scammers spoof location data to trick advertisers into paying more for low-quality traffic.
Event Spoofing: Attackers use advanced bots to fire fake clicks to capture booking, signup, or registration events. The advertiser believes it to be a legitimate install without any real event occurring.
Click Spamming: Attackers infect user devices with malware when they download an infected app/visit an infected site. The malware will generate clicks for advertisers without the user’s knowledge.
How to Detect Bot Traffic and Secure Your Digital Advertising Campaigns?
Detecting bot traffic, especially sophisticated bots, is challenging but not impossible. Here are some tell-tale signs that bad bots are ruining your ad campaigns:
High click rates but low conversions
High bounce rates
High cart abandonment
Unfamiliar traffic sources
Form filled with fake information
Same cookie returns in regular intervals despite IP rotation
Geo mismatches
Inconsistent browser sessions
A bot management solution can help prevent digital ad fraud by identifying and blocking suspicious traffic. It can also provide real-time analytics and insights to help advertisers optimize their campaigns and reduce the risk of fraud.
When selecting a bot management solution, it is important to choose one that offers advanced features, such as:
Self-learning AI
Deep analytics
Behavioral analysis
Reputation Monitoring
Fingerprinting
Workflow validation
Intelligent automation
Managed by certified security experts
Such intelligent, fully managed bot mitigation solutions will detect and stop bot traffic from wreaking havoc on your digital ads. Even the most complex bots cannot evade such advanced solutions. These solutions only increase the friction for bad bots, not legitimate users, and good bots.
These features can help improve fraud detection accuracy and reduce false positives, saving money and improving your return on investment.
Such a solution will be able to analyze and evaluate traffic and clicks to detect anomalous behaviors. Since such solutions are automated, they can find anomalies in real-time at a much faster pace. Security experts can write custom rules to thwart fraud attempts by sophisticated bots.
With the actionable report, you can transparently classify invalid traffic and receive comprehensive insights about bot traffic on your web applications.
You can monitor automated activities based on user agents, geographies, referrers, and attacked pages. Advanced analytics provide a deep comprehension of the malicious traffic’s specific characteristics.
In addition to using a bot management solution, advertisers should take other steps to prevent digital ad fraud, such as
Monitoring your campaigns regularly
Using secure ad networks
Staying up to date on the latest fraud prevention techniques.
Conclusion
Sophisticated bots are ruining digital ad campaigns across the globe. You must act today to ensure your advertising investments aren’t wasted. Stop the stealthy bots of today with a next-gen bot management solution.
Through April 29, Best Buy is discounting a number of ROCCAT Gaming Peripherals. Some of which are over 50% off. So if you’ve been looking to get your hands on some ROCCAT gaming peripherals like gaming mice, keyboards and more, now is definitely the time to pick a few up.
ROCCAT Gaming Mice
In this sale right now, Best Buy has the ROCCAT Kone Pro ultralight wired gaming mouse, which is now just $40. That’s 50% off of its regular price. This is a really impressive gaming mouse with a 19k DPI.
Also available in this sale is the ROCCAT Burst Pro lightweight wired gaming mouse. It’s now on sale for $33, down from $60. That’s not quite 50% off, but pretty close. This one has a bit lower DPI than the Kone Pro.
For those that are ambidextrous out there, the ROCCAT Kone XP wired optical gaming mouse is also on sale. This one is discounted to $70, for just $20 off. Not a huge discount, but this is a newer mouse.
ROCCAT Gaming Keyboards
There’s not a lot of gaming keyboards from ROCCAT on sale right now, but there are a few. Like the ROCCAT Magma full-size wired gaming keyboard. This one is on sale for $40, down from $60. It is not a mechanical keyboard, in fact it’s a silent membrane. Which explains its pricing here.
Those looking for a smaller keyboard, the ROCCAT Vulcan II Mini 65% wired gaming keyboard is on sale for $110. Saving you $40 off of its regular price.
ROCCAT Gaming Headsets
Finally, when it comes to gaming headsets, there’s quite a few on sale. This includes the ROCCAT Syn Pro Air, which is now on sale for $80. This one offers RGB an 3D audio.
Also on sale, and a bit cheaper, is the ROCCAT Elo X, which is now just $35. This one is a wired headset, and works on all platforms. The ROCCAT Elo Air is also on sale for $70. Which is a 7.1-channel wireless surround sound PC headset.
These are just some of the many ROCCAT gaming peripherals on sale right now over at Best Buy, you can check them all out at the link below.
Samsung has extended its years-long partnership with antivirus software maker McAfee. With this extension, Galaxy devices, including smartphones, tablets, and laptops, will continue to ship with McAfee’s online protection tool built-in. The two firms originally signed this partnership almost a decade ago.
“Today, McAfee Corp., a global leader in online protection, announced the extension of its nine-year partnership with Samsung to protect consumers’ personal data and information from online threats,” the antivirus maker announced in a press release on Tuesday. The company didn’t explicitly mention the tenure of this extension. But it appears McAfee will remain the built-in malware protection tool in Galaxy devices for several years to come.
All Samsung Galaxy devices ship with McAfee antivirus built-in
According to research by McAfee Labs, 537 new and unique online threats are discovered every minute. If you’re not careful enough, or if your device isn’t secure enough, you could be the victim of these threats. To that end, Android OS and other mobile platforms already offer a robust set of security measures to keep your device safe. Samsung wants to give Galaxy users an additional layer of security by shipping its Galaxy devices with McAfee antivirus built-in.
McAfee has powered the built-in anti-malware tool in Samsung Galaxy devices for almost a decade now. After originally signing the partnership nine years back, the two firms extended the deal in early 2018. Five years later, they have now signed another extension to give Galaxy users continued protection against various online threats. The likes of the Galaxy S23 series and Galaxy Book 3 series all come with McAfee-powered antivirus solution pre-installed.
If you haven’t noticed that McAfee is powering the online protection features on your Galaxy device, you can check through the Settings app. Go to the “Device protection” section and you should find “Powered by McAfee” somewhere there. This anti-malware solution regularly scans your Galaxy device in the background to keep it safe from threats while browsing the web or using banking apps. McAfee claims it blocks more than 22,000 threats every minute.
“When purchasing the latest Samsung product, the last thing users want to think about is its security,” said Gagan Singh, COO at McAfee. “Consumers should be able to enjoy what the internet has to offer, from banking to browsing social media, with the benefit of protections against potential risks online. Our almost decade-long partnership with Samsung extends our award-winning online protection to Samsung’s customers and advances our mission to empower consumers to live their lives online with confidence.”
Ah, WhatsApp: a staple of modern online communication! Regardless if you are in need of texting, calling or video conferencing, the Meta-owned messaging app can get it done. This is likely why the app makes its way on most of the best smartphones out there.
But there are other factors that need to be taken into consideration too. For example, end-to-end encryption is appreciated by users. But the constant stream of new features, introduced by regular updates, is also key in keeping WhatsApp in a leading position.
Often enough, though, with new features, new options get introduced too. These ultimately make the WhatsApp Settings menu their home, and as such, it has gotten a tad cluttered over the years. The latest WhatsApp Beta for Android, however, seems to be aiming to fix that issue with the implementation of a search bar.
An example screenshot, where the new search field is visible in the upper right corner of the Settings menu.
The team of WABetaInfo — often responsible for spotting hidden WhatsApp features — has shared a report about the latest Beta update for Android, namely version 2.23.8.20. This version introduces a functional search bar in the Settings menu of the messaging app.
It seems to work pretty similarly to the search bar in Android’s very own Settings app, where users can type in keywords in order to find a specific setting quickly, instead of browsing through everything with the hopes of finding it “manually”.
This addition is great not only because it alleviates the hassle of searching for that one setting you need to get to, but also because it is pretty much future-proof. More features are bound to come to WhatsApp and the search bar is likely to work for them as well, making it more valuable for the user experience.
All that being said, the Settings search bar is currently rolling out for the Beta version of the app. While we don’t know when it will reach the live version of WhatsApp, if you are excited to try it out, you can always enroll in the Beta testing group on Android.
