Spectre y Meltdown son los nombres del momento, pues juntos han expuesto a prácticamente todos los dispositivos que utilizan procesadores de Intel, AMD y ARM. La vulnerabilidad que ayer parecía grave, hoy se ha confirmado que lo es mucho más. Todos los procesadores modernos relevantes están afectados, desde Intel a AMD, pasando por ARM….
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El grave fallo de Intel que podría acabar ralentizando tu ordenador
Intel podría estar ante su mayor problema histórico, y sin solución rápida. Una grave vulnerabibilidad encontrada en los procesadores de Intel puede acabar en tragedia para muchos usuarios de esos productos, pues a falta de que los implicados ofrezcan más información, parece que la única forma de arreglar el problema puede estar en un parche…
Obsolescencia programada y el caso de las baterías de Apple
Los usuarios llevan años quejándose de una obsolescencia programada que nunca se ha demostrado real. Ahora Apple atraviesa un problema cuyos efectos son incluso peores. ¿Qué es y qué no es la obsolescencia programada? Y finalmente pasó, e Internet ardió. Aunque no como muchos llevaban años desenado. Apple ha reconocido abiertamente que cuando detecta…
Sigue la desconfianza hacia el desbloqueo facial: Windows Hello también cae
Windows Hello es el último sistema de reconocimiento facial en caer, tras los famosos casos de Samsung el año pasado. En el último año hemos visto como prácticamente todos los sistemas de desbloqueo facial presentados no se han visto primero amenzados y luego comprometidos. Dos ejemplos paradigmáticos de esto son los sistemas que incorporan…
Triton: un nuevo malware diseñado para atacar las estructuras e infraestructuras
Aparece un nuevo malware diseñado para atacar industrias e infraestructuras y que funcionaba con un sistema de seguridad propiedad de Schneider Electric. Los smartphones se han convertido en una nueva oportunidad para los ciberdelincuentes y el uso, cada vez más creciente de Internet, es una puerta de entrada para los atacantes. Utilizan técnicas que…
Desbloquear el móvil con tu propio sudor
Nuevo método revolucionario a la vista. Para los que creían que el reconocimiento facial o la huella dactilar eran tecnologías punteras, llega un nuevo método de seguridad para nuestro smartphone: el desbloqueo por sudor. Aunque suene asqueroso, es una realidad que no está lejos de aterrizar en nuestros móviles y se postula como uno…
You can now hack your SNES Classic Mini to get more games
Really wanted a SNES Nintendo Classic Mini but just weren’t satisfied by its collection of fantastic SNES games? You’re in luck because, just like with the NES Mini, it’s really easy to hack your way into the SNES Mini. The SNES Mini may have only been available for a short while – if you can…
How to unlock an iPhone 6, 6s, 5 and 7: Here’s how to make a locked iPhone accept any sim
Happy with your iPhone, but think you’re paying over the odds for data and texts? We’ve all be there, to be honest. Sometimes swapping mobile networks is a good idea, but there might be a slight snag: If your iPhone is locked to a particular network, it’ll need to be unlocked before it will accept…
¿Qué es el encubrimiento o el Cloaking SEO?
¿Merece la pena utilizar el Cloaking Seo? ¿Es útil incrementar el tráfico que llega a nuestro sitio web a cambio de ser penalizados por Google? Revisa este artículo para conocer todo lo que necesitas sobre el Cloaking y las distintas técnicas de SEO relacionadas con esta técnica encubridora de contenido. Artículos relacionados: Black Hat SEO: Definición…
Hitman tips and tricks: Everything you need to get through season 1 with ease
Hitman and its episodic approach left some people feeling a little cold when it launched, with only one situation available to explore for the first few months. Now the entire first season is done and dusted, IO Interactive’s stealth game has taken on a life of its own, packed with hits, challenges, multiplayer competitions…
How to get 4K Netflix in the UK: 4K Blu-ray, PS4 Pro, Sky Q, Amazon Fire TV, Roku and more
Ultra HD TVs are quickly moving from expensive outliers to everyday living room hubs. These new machines sport quantum dots and fancy acronyms such as HDR (high-dynamic range) and SUHD (Samsung hasn’t actually said what the S stands for, though our bets are on ‘Super’). 4K Netflix and Sky Q is becoming commonplace. So…
Here’s how to build a connected home for under a fiver
Last year Amazon brought a clever set of internet-connected buttons to consumers. These Dash buttons were designed to help users make quick repeat orders of common products. Now, a year after our friends across the pond, Amazon has finally brought its Dash buttons to the UK. The thing is, it turns out any of the…
How to revive your old iPod Classic with an SSD
Two years on, and this article is still remarkably popular. It seems that plenty of people miss the huge storage, battery life and chunky tactile feel that the iPod Classic provided so effortlessly. As time goes on, solid state drives have got cheaper, and if you have one lying around, there has never been…
How to unlock EVERY iPhone: Here’s how to unlock an iPhone 6, 6s, 5 and 7
Not happy with your current mobile tariff, but happy with your iPhone? If you fancy switching mobile networks, there might a slight snag – if your iPhone is locked to a particular network, it’ll need to be unlocked before it will accept your new SIM. It sounds complicated, and it is, to be honest….
Cosmic rays can show us what the inside of a pyramid looks like
Cosmic rays allow us to slice through the structure of a pyramid, revealing the ancient and fine engineering at its heart. You may have wondered what the inside of a pyramid looks like. Not the cavities and passages you see on The Mummy – the actual structure of the creation, how it was built…
iPhone 6s tips and tricks: 11 hacks for Apple’s smartphone
The iPhone 7 may be grabbing the headlines, but Apple’s iPhone 6s remains a fantastic handset – bringing more to the party than any previous ‘S’ upgrade we’ve seen. If you’ve decided to take advantage of the iPhone 6s’ price cut, or maybe just want to learn more about the high-end handset, you’ll want…
How to boost your Wi-Fi signal
If your Wi-Fi connection is crawling along, the first question to ask is whether it’s really the network that’s to blame. The true culprit could be a specific program or device clogging up your network – perhaps a backup job beaming terabytes of data to your NAS box, or an infected device that’s been…
How to unroot Android: Two incredibly simple ways to unroot your Android phone
Want to unroot your Android phone? Here’s how to do it Have a rooted Android device and want to unroot it so you can update it to Android Marshmallow? Thankfully, it isn’t as difficult as you may have first thought and you can do it without having to delve into Android’s system BIOS. First…
9 YouTube apps to supercharge your video watching
If there’s one thing Google prides itself on, it’s keeping things simple. Back in 2008, then-employee Marissa Mayer wrote a blog post explaining how the company received short, cryptic emails if the number of words on the Google homepage was creeping up. Although YouTube is a more complicated beast, it’s still pretty self-explanatory. You look…
How to set up your Amazon Fire TV Stick
Just picked up an Amazon Fire TV Stick and don’t know how to get started? Alphr is here to guide you through the process Amazon’s Fire TV Stick is not only the online retailer’s answer to Google’s Chromecast, but also a great way to add some new functionality to your non-smart TV. It’s so…
Hacks: Use your iPad to make high-quality videos
It’s easy to forget that you can do more on iPads then play games, browse the web and watch videos. It’s also a great device for recording and editing videos at close-to-professional standards. What sets it apart from its rivals – we’re looking at you, Android and Windows tablets – is the software available….
Solving spreadsheet problems through the power of a database
If you need to make a list of anything, it’s tempting to see Excel as the default repository: after all, it’s only a small list of items for yourself or a few close colleagues. Perhaps you need something more sophisticated – formulae for some calculations, or macro programming to automate the collection and processing…
How to use PayPal.me
Announced yesterday, Paypal.me enables quick, streamlined transactions between users and businesses without a sort code or account number in sight. All that’s required is an existing paypal account. If you want to make settling a bill hassle-free, or need a neat solution for your freelance business, read on. How to use PayPal.me To request…
Hacking Minecraft on the Raspberry Pi
The Raspberry Pi 2 is a surprisingly capable device, considering its sub-£30 price. It comes with a version of Minecraft preinstalled, along with an API that lets you write code to be run in the virtual world. You do this in Python, which is simple to learn. The combination of the Pi, Python and Minecraft provides a great opportunity to start exploring the…
Hacks: How to access Apple Music
The Apple Music streaming service is now available. Here’s how you can access it Apple Music isn’t an iTunes replacement; instead it’s Apple’s answer to Spotify, Google Play Music and Tidal. This entirely new service allows users to stream the entirety of iTunes’ catalogue, along with 100,000 tracks from their own iTunes library, to a…
Ditch messy spreadsheets and switch to a database
We’ve looked at the pitfalls of using a spreadsheet application such as Excel to store lists of data. This approach may seem like the best solution at first, but you can run into problems sharing that data with multiple users, validating the content or even navigating your data. Why? Because you’re using a tool that…
Go pro with your own email address
It’s time to face facts: the only people who look professional with a Gmail address are those who work at Google. If you don’t believe us, think back to the last time you were stuck behind a plumber’s van in slow-moving traffic. It was almost certainly plastered with mobile numbers, and probably a webmail…
7 spreadsheet problems… and how to solve them
If you need to make a list of anything, it’s tempting to see Excel as the default repository: after all, it’s only a small list of items for yourself or a few close colleagues. Perhaps you need something more sophisticated – formulae for some calculations, or macro programming to automate the collection and processing…
Hacks: How to use Google Analytics: learn how to improve your website from raw traffic data
Whether you’re running a personal home page or a major corporate website, Google Analytics is a powerful tool for monitoring your traffic. It doesn’t matter if your site gets one or a million impressions per month — Google will record what every single visitor gets up to, helping you to understand and improve their…
Build a business website for next to nothing
It’s true what they say: there’s no such thing as a free lunch. If you want a professional website worthy of your company, you’re going to have to pay for hosting at the very least. That needn’t be expensive, though – and when it comes to building the actual pages you can use fully…