Articles by Anthony Spadafora

After working with the TechRadar Pro team for the last several years, Anthony is now the security and networking editor at Tom’s Guide where he covers everything from data breaches and ransomware gangs to the best way to cover your whole home or business with Wi-Fi. When not writing, you can find him tinkering with PCs and game consoles, managing cables and upgrading his smart home.

Articles by: Anthony Spadafora

Samsung is about to boost your CPU memory in a big way

By Anthony Spadafora published 11 May 22

Samsung believes Compute Express Link (CXL) technology will play a key role in next-gen server platforms.

Microsoft is making a big change to some of its developer tools

By Anthony Spadafora published 11 May 22

Power Apps portals allow businesses to quickly create and host customer-facing self-service websites.

Did GDPR kill off millions of Android apps?

By Anthony Spadafora published 10 May 22

Less new apps were created following GDPR going into effect as smaller developers found it harder to comply with the new law.

AT&T is making some potentially life-saving changes to 911 calls

By Anthony Spadafora published 10 May 22

AT&T is switching to location-based routing for 911 calls to make it easier to locate mobile devices in an emergency.

The iOS and Android app stores are littered with abandoned apps

By Anthony Spadafora published 10 May 22

Apple and Google plan to remove outdated apps from their respective app stores to further protect their users.

Microsoft wants to try and kill off ransomware for good

By Anthony Spadafora published 9 May 22

Microsoft Security Experts combines human-led services with expert-trained technology to fight off cyberattacks.

Google Cloud is launching a Web3 team

By Anthony Spadafora published 9 May 22

Google Cloud’s new in-house team will build services that make it easier for developers to create Web3 apps.

Another top NFT company has been hit by a phishing attack

By Anthony Spadafora published 6 May 22

Cybercriminals infiltrated OpenSea’s Discord channel to send phishing links and steal users’ NFTs.

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AMD EPYC processors are set for a major speed boost

By Anthony Spadafora published 6 May 22

AMD has revealed its plans to add FPGA-powered AI inference engines to its future chips.

HP has a host of new Chromebooks and thin clients for hybrid workers

By Anthony Spadafora published 6 May 22

New HP Chromebooks and thin clients are designed for organizations that have shifted from physical desktops to virtualization.

TurboTax "Free Edition" customers could be owed millions following overcharging claims

By Anthony Spadafora published 5 May 22

Intuit has agreed to pay out $141m to taxpayers who thought TurboTax Free Edition was actually free.

GitHub will require all developers to enroll in 2FA by the end of 2023

By Anthony Spadafora published 5 May 22

GitHub wants to protect developer accounts and the code hosted on its platform by requiring contributors to enroll in 2FA.

Five mistakes to avoid when buying a business laptop

By Anthony Spadafora last updated 5 May 22

Avoiding these mistakes when shopping for a business laptop ensures you’ll purchase a device you can use for years to come.

Five key features every business laptop should have

By Anthony Spadafora last updated 5 May 22

Buying a business laptop can be more complicated than you think, especially if you don’t know what features to look for.

Your next smartphone could be a whole lot faster - but not because of the CPU

By Anthony Spadafora published 5 May 22

Samsung has unveiled UFS 4.0 which offers twice the performance of UFS 3.1 in a smaller package.

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Cisco says its new tech can predict your network issues well in advance

By Anthony Spadafora published 5 May 22

Cisco has created a first-of-its-kind predictive analytics engine to identify network issues before they happen.

President Biden wants to give the US quantum computing industry a boost

By Anthony Spadafora published 4 May 22

The US plans to further invest in quantum computing while mitigating the risks the technology poses to national and economic security.

Meta launches new tools to help small businesses communicate with customers

By Anthony Spadafora published 4 May 22

Small businesses will soon be able to manage messages across Messenger, Instagram Direct and WhatsApp all in one place.

These free antivirus apps may cause more damage than actual viruses

By Anthony Spadafora published 4 May 22

The 40 most popular antivirus and cleaner apps on the Play Store contain loads of trackers and some even have potentially malicious links.

Millions of IoT devices and routers could have a mega security flaw

By Anthony Spadafora published 3 May 22

A DNS bug has been discovered in the uClibc library which is widely used by Netgear, Axis, Linksys and other hardware vendors.

Your Android phone is about to get a serious security update

By Anthony Spadafora published 3 May 22

The Privacy Sandbox Developer Preview allows Android developers to test out Google’s new privacy tools for themselves.

Even top-level executives are practicing poor password hygiene

By Anthony Spadafora published 3 May 22

Business owners and CEOs frequently use poor passwords like “123456” to secure their online accounts.

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REvil ransomware group is back with a vengeance

By Anthony Spadafora published 2 May 22

The REvil ransomware group has returned under a new name after being shut down in October of last year.

Microsoft Teams update will eliminate an unnecessary headache

By Anthony Spadafora published 2 May 22

Microsoft is changing the ways apps work in Teams so that they only need to be installed once to use across devices.

LinkedIn just received a small but very useful upgrade

By Anthony Spadafora published 2 May 22

LinkedIn is rolling out a new feature that allows users that have enabled Creator Mode to add a link to their profiles.

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