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After a brief period of testing with users in New Zealand, Spotify has furnished those in the US and Canada with new playlist creation options. Powered by AI, Prompted Playlists is still in beta testing, but the expansion to large markets suggests that it is nearly ready for prime time. While there are already numerous ways to create playlists, Spotify’s latest option gives users a new way to leverage AI. Playlists can be created used natural language prompts, just as if interacting with something like ChatGPT or Copilot. Although Prompted Playlists will eventually drop the Beta tag and almost certainly… [Continue Reading]

JPMorgan Chase says President Trump's lawsuit "has no merit."

The nominees for the 98th annual Academy Awards were announced Thursday morning, and though "One Battle After Another," "Marty Supreme," "Frankenstein" and "Hamnet" were all nominated for plenty, it was "Sinners" that broke through with a record-smashing 16 nominations.

Phishing emails containing company names see the highest click rates, while domain spoofing appears in nearly 90 percent of top-clicked attacks according to the latest Phishing Simulation Roundup from KnowBe4. The report shows that personalization significantly increases click rates, with the two most-clicked subject lines containing recipients’ company names. Internal topics dominated engagement, appearing in 100 percent of the top 10 most-clicked subject lines, while HR-related topics were referenced in 46 percent. Messages posing as IT notifications, training updates and routine HR communications consistently rank among the most effective phishing lures. Analysis of phishing delivery methods further reinforces these trends.… [Continue Reading]

A new survey reveals that VPN use is now common across the United States, with privacy concerns driving much of that adoption. The findings show that many VPN users want to keep their online activity private from government agencies, alongside concerns about tracking by companies and internet providers. The PasswordManager.com survey, which questioned 2,706 U.S. adults, found that 36 percent of respondents say they currently use a VPN. Among those users, 35 percent report using a VPN specifically to keep their online activity private from the government. SEE ALSO: AdGuard's TrustTunnel VPN protocol avoids detection by mimicking normal web traffic… [Continue Reading]