Geekom’s “exceptionally good” AX8 Max mini PC with Ryzen 7 8745HS, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and a 1TB SSD is now under $650 – but it won’t stay that price for long

Geekom AX8 Max mini PC is powered by AMD’s Ryzen 7 8745HS, with 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and a 1TB SSD and it’s now priced under $650.
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Panera Bread data breach much more serious than we thought – over 5 million customers were hit, new reports claim

Panera Bread customer data leaked on the dark web, allowing researchers to determine how many people were hit.

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Adobe Animate is shutting down as company focuses on AI – although business users get a slight stay of execution

Adobe Animate will be discontinued from March 1, 2026, with Creative Cloud Pro apps picking up the pieces.

OpenAI reveals Codex app for Mac – ‘a different kind of tool’ it says is a much easier way to deploy AI agents on Apple devices

OpenAI has packaged Codex into a user-friendly macOS app, and it’s doubling rate limits for most paid subscribers to celebrate.
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Notepad++ hit by suspected Chinese state-sponsored hackers – here’s what we know so far

Notepad++ targeted and used to deliver poisoned updates to a select group of victims.

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Microsoft Teams will now let you shout about how great you are at work

Show off your ‘skills’ with an updated profile on Microsoft Teams

Malwarebytes and ChatGPT team up to check all of those suspicious texts, emails, and URLs with one simple phrase

Malwarebytes and ChatGPT are teaming up to provide quick, easy, and free scam checking with just one simple phrase

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Virgin Media O2 owners seal £2bn Netomnia deal in major UK fibre network consolidation

Netomnia could be acquired by Virgin Media O2, but the deal will likely be subject to intense regulatory scrutiny.

Searching for a mini PC on a budget? The Topton D12 Ultra is wallet-friendly and packs some surprisingly powerful hardware that’s sure to please

Topton D12 Ultra mini PC combines Ryzen AI 300 series processors, expandable memory, and multiple connectivity options at an affordable price.
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One job where AI stepping up isn’t such a problem – AI-assisted cybersecurity team discovers mass of OpenSSL vulnerabilities, praised for ‘high quality of the reports and their constructive collaboration’

AI-assisted analysis revealed 12 long-standing OpenSSL vulnerabilities, exposing the limits of manual review and accelerating coordinated remediation across critical internet infrastructure.
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