Anthony Spadafora

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

Avast One working on a laptop and smartphone

Avast overhauls flagship antivirus service to shield against online scams

By Anthony Spadafora last updated

Avast has added a host of new privacy and security features to Avast One for both its free and paid users.

Edge Insider

Browser wars: Microsoft Edge just steamed past a major rival

By Anthony Spadafora published

Edge has surpassed Safari on desktop but Microsoft will need to turn things up a notch to dethrone Google Chrome.

The International Space Station in orbit around Earth

New Microsoft Azure services will help us learn about the darkest reaches of space

By Anthony Spadafora published

Microsoft’s new partnerships aim to bring development capabilities to on-orbit compute by leveraging Azure.

IBM z16 Mainframe

IBM's next-generation Z Series mainframe is here

By Anthony Spadafora published

The IBM z16 has an integrated on-chip AI accelerator and is also the industry’s first quantum-safe system.

Dropbox Cloud Backup

Dropbox has revamped its cloud backup service

By Anthony Spadafora published

Dropbox has upgraded its cloud backup service with new features that make it easier to manage your backups.

Google Headquarters with Bikes in View

Google is luring workers back to the office with an incredible perk

By Anthony Spadafora published

Returning to the office on a new electric scooter may be just the incentive Google employees need.

Microsoft

EU antitrust regulators set their sights on Microsoft’s cloud business

By Anthony Spadafora published

Antitrust regulators have sent out a survey to Microsoft’s customers and rivals in the EU to learn more about its cloud business.

security

US government launches Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy

By Anthony Spadafora published

The Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy will address national security challenges and economic opportunities in cyberspace.

A promotional image of an AMD Epyc processor

Multi-billion-dollar AMD acquisition could give EPYC an all-important edge

By Anthony Spadafora published

Pensando’s programmable packet processor and software stack can improve the performance of AMD EPYC chips in datacenters.

Russia

Putin's press secretary uses a VPN to get around Russian censorship

By Anthony Spadafora published

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov recently admitted on live TV that he uses a VPN as they haven’t been banned yet.

Extended Color Management Extension

This extension could make Firefox the ideal browser for content creators

By Anthony Spadafora published

Mozilla’s new Extended Color Management extension allows creative professionals to view color accurate content in Firefox.

Developers

Microsoft to admins: These are the Windows Update policies you should be using

By Anthony Spadafora published

Microsoft has highlighted some policies that can be useful for managing single-user, multi-user, education and company devices.

Representational image depecting cybersecurity protection

Zyxel finally patches dangerous VPN and Firewall flaws

By Anthony Spadafora published

Zyxel’s VPN and firewall hardware products are vulnerable to authentication bypass which is why businesses should patch them now.

Apple Business Essentials

Apple thinks it has the tools to take your SMB to the next level

By Anthony Spadafora published

Apple Business Essentials and AppleCare+ for Apple Business Essentials are now available to all SMBs in the US.

Microsoft Edge browser on laptop

Microsoft Edge update will stop you making an embarrassing blunder

By Anthony Spadafora published

Microsoft has added a new integration for Microsoft Editor in Edge so users no longer need to download a browser extension.

Dell Latitude 7330

Dell overhauls Latitude, Precision laptop lineups for the next era of work

By Anthony Spadafora published

Dell has upgraded its Latitude laptops and Precision mobile workstations with faster processors and more features for hybrid work.

Google Chrome on a Laptop

Google unveils another step in its much-needed privacy boost

By Anthony Spadafora published

Google has begun actively testing the settings and features of its Privacy Sandbox proposal for the web.

AWS Office

AWS instances will now automatically recover your files in event of a failure

By Anthony Spadafora published

AWS has added an auto recovery feature to EC2 instances by default but it can also be turned off.

Apple Card

Apple could be working on a whole host of financial and banking tools

By Anthony Spadafora published

Apple has a multi-year plan to bring a wide-range of financial tasks like credit checks, risk assessment and more in-house.

VPN

This company is giving away a free VPN to businesses and there's no catches

By Anthony Spadafora published

GoodAccess has launched a new free VPN plan for businesses that doesn't require them to build their own hardware infrastructure.

SSD Internals

Samsung, Western Digital join forces on next-gen SSD technology

By Anthony Spadafora published

Samsung and Western Digital are teaming up for the first time ever to lead the standardization of Zoned Storage technology.

The Pentagon

Pentagon set to award billions in cloud contracts

By Anthony Spadafora published

The US Department of Defense's Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability initiative will likely begin rolling out next year.

Amazon

AWS is catapulting Arm to the top end of the server market

By Anthony Spadafora published

Cloud service providers are following Amazon's lead when it comes to introducing Arm-based server chips in their data centers.

Facebook Messenger App

Meta is making Messenger a lot more like Slack

By Anthony Spadafora published

Meta has added its new @everyone and /silent shortcuts to Messenger with more planned for the future.

MangoPi

Mysterious new Raspberry Pi alternative is the size of an SD card

By Anthony Spadafora published

MangoPi is teasing a new single-board computer that packs a punch despite it's tiny size.

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