Tech News & Gadgets Xbox’s First-Ever Chief Operating Officer Helen Chiang Departs Microsoft After Two Decades October 24, 2026 Reynand Wu Xbox’s inaugural chief operating officer is stepping down from her position and leaving Microsoft, marking a sudden and abrupt departure for a high-ranking executive who assumed the newly created role…
Tech News & Gadgets Xbox’s First Chief Operating Officer Helen Chiang Departs Microsoft After Two Decades October 23, 2026 rifanmuazin Xbox is facing another major leadership shakeup as its first-ever chief operating officer (COO), Helen Chiang, is leaving Microsoft after a tenure spanning more than two decades. Chiang’s departure comes…
Custom ROMs & Modding Why the Xbox 360 Controller Remains the Undisputed King of PC Gaming Two Decades Later October 22, 2026 Azzam Bilal Chamdy Since its debut, the Xbox 360 controller has established itself as the gold standard for PC gaming, setting a benchmark that virtually every console gamepad has tried to meet in…
Mobile Security & Privacy Decades-Old Integer Overflow Chained With Kernel Flaw Yields Root Access on OpenBSD 7.9 October 18, 2026 rifanmuazin A newly published local privilege escalation exploit successfully achieves root access on OpenBSD 7.9 by ingeniously chaining a roughly 37-year-old integer overflow with a separate kernel vulnerability. This sophisticated attack…
Smart Home & IoT IoT Pioneer Stacey Higginbotham Steps Back After Two Decades Covering the Tech Industry October 18, 2026 Ammar Sabilarrohman After more than twenty years spent tracking the rapid evolution of the technology sector, prominent tech journalist and analyst Stacey Higginbotham is stepping back from her daily coverage, concluding her…
Tech How-Tos & Tutorials Why One Tech Editor Switched to a Third-Party Firewall After Decades of Relying on Windows Default Security October 17, 2026 Asro For decades, the standard approach to desktop cybersecurity for many advanced computer users relied heavily on the built-in defenses provided by operating systems. Since the era of Windows XP, standard…
Mobile Security & Privacy OpenBSD 7.9 Hit by Local Privilege Escalation Exploit Chaining Decades-Old Integer Overflow and Kernel Flaws October 17, 2026 Iffa Jayyana Security researchers have published a sophisticated local privilege escalation exploit targeting OpenBSD 7.9, demonstrating a method to attain root privileges by elegantly chaining a roughly 37-year-old integer overflow with a…
Mobile Security & Privacy Researchers Expose Root-Level Privilege Escalation Exploit in OpenBSD 7.9 Combining Decades-Old Integer Overflow with Kernel Flaw October 16, 2026 Nana Wu A newly published local privilege escalation exploit achieves root access on OpenBSD 7.9 by ingeniously chaining a roughly 37-year-old integer overflow with a separate kernel vulnerability. This sophisticated attack successfully…
Android News & Updates How One Long-Time User Tamed a Decades-Old Gmail Inbox Using Gemini Automations October 14, 2026 Nana For millions of internet users, Gmail has been the digital backbone of daily communication, professional correspondence, and online account management since its initial launch. Long-time users who have relied on…
Smart Home & IoT Veteran Tech Journalist Stacey Higginbotham Signs Off After Two Decades, Stepping Away from the Beat to Fight Burnout October 6, 2026 Neng Nana After more than twenty years on the front lines of technology journalism, Stacey Higginbotham is stepping back. In a heartfelt farewell published in the final edition of her weekly Internet…
