Why you need a new email address in 2025NurPhoto via Getty ImagesYour inbox is under attack. The FBI has issued yet another warning ahead of the holidays, highlighting an alarming surge in email and website threats, just as multiple cyber reports claim this is the most dangerous holiday season yet. Even though Google blocks more than 99.9% of spam, phishing and malware in Gmail, its not enough. But now change is on the way. And for Gmails 2.5 billion users, 2025 looks like being the year your email address should finally change.With more than 2.5 billion users, Gmail, the worlds largest email provider, is now deploying ground-breaking AI models [to] significantly strengthen Gmail cyber-defenses, including a new LLM trained on phishing, malware and spam. But as McAfee has just warned, that AI revolution works both ways. As AI continues to mature and become increasingly accessible, cybercriminals are using it to create scams that are more convincing, personalized, and harder to detect.Email remains an appallingly basic technology. Despite all its advances, the core architecture remains the same. Anyone can access anyone elses inbox with just an email address. Those addresses are basically given away for freeharvested, leaked, stored, searchable. This month, Mailmodo says, spam messages [will] account for more than 46.8% of email traffic.This is why enterprises are looking for new solutionsTeams, Slack, even instant messaging platforms. because even with all the advances and the outside sender and untrusted sender warnings, too many emails get through.The answer is to restore some semblance of address security and not give away real email addresses like confettia situation made worse given email address are often a primary user credential alongside passwords to log into sites and services. Apple has tried to address this with Hide My Email, to keep your personal email address private... you can generate unique, random email addresses that forward to your personal email account, so you dont have to share your real email address when filling out forms or signing up for newsletters on the web, or when sending email.MORE FOR YOUAnd as I reported in November, Google is developing something similar for Gmail. Discovered by Android Authority in an Android APK teardown, Shielded Email consists of a system to create single-use or limited-use email aliases that will forward messages along to your primary account.This is a major step forwards and you should make use of this when it arrivesas should Apple users now. Just look at one warning issued to marketeers when Hide My Email was released: Now users can create a limitless number of fake addresses they dont even check, dramatically reducing engagement. And, worse still, they can easily deactivate them without affecting their primary email, meaning marketing databases could be full of dead addresses. This is important because a low deliverability rate can affect sender reputation, meaning your carefully crafted campaign ends up in spam.While Google assures that by spotting patterns and responding rapidly, [its Gmail] LLM alone blocks 20% more spam than before and reviews 1,000 times more user-reported spam daily, the threat will get worse again in 2025. McAfee says that AI is giving cybercriminals the ability to easily create more personalized and convincing emails and messages that look like theyre from trusted sources, such as banks, employers, or even family members. They can craft these scams quickly and with precision, making them more difficult to detect and increasing their success rate. As AI tools become more accessible, these types of attacks are expected to grow in sophistication and frequency.Email must changeand not just by improving central screening technologies. We need a radically different approach to include the following:On-device AI to flag spam and malicious email that has made it through central screening to inboxes. Too many emails still make it though, even though the actual email address and the presentational sender address dont match, with the latter a clear impersonation. How is it possible in 2024 that my inbox contains emails from Apple Support or X verification, when the senders have random email addresses such as sayio[at]hosai.co.jp.A better opt-in, known sender solutionmimicking secure messaging. Even the differentiation of trusted and unknown senders is too basic. There needs to be better deployment of AI or an easy-button for user to opt into a trusted discussion and advocate for a sender.Rather than upping the ante centrally, email security needs to do a better front-end (device-side) job. This is where safe browsing and malware defenses are now heading, making use of new device AI processing. Email needs a complete rethink to do the same.In the meantime, users need to take control. Yes, you need to use Hide My Email or Gmails new Shielded Email as soon as its available. But if you have an email address that has been doing the rounds for years, then it has become a honey trap for spam and worse.Its time to come up with something new, an email address you will better protect through multiple, throw-away, masked addresses, without giving that primary address away. Using new email masking technologies is undermined if the primary address they link to has already been harvested, sold and leaked. With 2025 just days away and threats surging, maybe make email housekeeping one of your New Year resolutions and think about the risks associated with the addresses youre using now.

Shares in Chinas largest chip maker continued to rally amid buoyant investor sentiment.

Steve Ballmer said his investment strategy is partly influenced by Warren Buffett.But Ballmer, whose net worth is larger than Buffett's, has an unconventional investment portfolio.More than 80% of Ballmer's portfolio is held in Microsoft stock, per The Wall Street Journal.Steve Ballmer has an unorthodox investing approach.The former Microsoft CEO is worth $151 billion, per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, making him the ninth richest person the world.That puts him ahead of famed investor Warren Buffett by a nearly $10 billion margin.In an interview published Sunday, Ballmer toldThe Wall Street Journal that his investment strategy is partly influenced by Buffett, who has long said that since most people picking stocks cannot beat the returns of a general index fund. But there's one key difference.The Journal reported that Ballmer keeps more than 80% of his portfolio in Microsoft stock. The rest is held in index funds. Ballmer declined to say how large his stake is in Microsoft."Microsoft's outperformed just about every other asset I could have owned," Ballmer told the Journal.Ballmer's investment strategy goes against conventional wisdom, which suggests that people reduce their risk by diversifying their capital across different asset classes. And the world's wealthiest people typically go beyond stocks and bonds to invest in non-liquid assets like private equity and real estate. Ballmer said he is "mostly dialing out of private equity."To be sure, Ballmer wasn't always going against the trend.The 68-year-old tried diversifying in the past but said he struggled to find money managers who consistently beat the market."The only stock I really study still is Microsoft, because that's still overwhelmingly, overwhelmingly, overwhelmingly the No. 1 thing that I own," Balmer told the outlet.Ballmer began his career at Microsoft in 1980 and succeeded founder Bill Gates as CEO in 2000.According to regulatory filings, Ballmer held 333 million shares, or a 4% stake, in Microsoft when he stepped down as CEO in 2014.Microsoft's shares are up 16.1% this year. The Seattle-based tech giant has been in front of the AI race with huge bets on startups like Sam Altman's OpenAI and France's Mistral AI.In October, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said in an earnings call that the company's AI business is on track to top an annual revenue run rate of $10 billion next quarter.This would make it the fastest business in Microsoft's history to reach that milestone, Nadella added.Ballmer attributes his bumper gains in Microsoft's stock to luck."Forget the stock price. I had luck, essentially, in getting to listen to the right people," Ballmer told the Journal."But I also had luck in terms of my loyalty to the company and not wanting to be a seller as a leader of the business. It turned out to be a great investment thing, too," he added.Ballmer did not respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

Russia's central bank has kept the key interest rate at 21%, bucking expectations of a hike to 23%.Russia's top central banker said she is eyeing "excessive cooling" in the economy.Russia's high interest rates are impacting business investments and profits, business leaders complain.Russia's economy has been running hot on wartime activities, prompting the country's central bank to hike rates up to 21% but it's now worried about too much cooling.Elvira Nabiullina, Russia's top central banker, expressed that concern on Friday when she kept the key interest rate unchanged. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected her to hike rates to 23%."Our politics is aimed at prevention of extreme scenarios, which means that we cannot let the economy overheat further," Nabiullina said at a press conference following the rates decision, according to TASS state news agency."It is necessary to make sure that overheating subsides. That said, it is necessary to avoid excessive cooling, which is why we keep a close eye on this," she said.Nabiullina said the central bank kept the interest rate steady as monetary conditions have "tightened even more than was implied by the key rate increase" in October, when the bank raised the rate from 19% to 21%. Russia started the year with its benchmark interest rate at 16%."Consequently, lending growth notably slowed down in November," she said. "We will need some time to assess how steady this deceleration in lending is and how the economy is adjusting to the new conditions."Russian business leaders complain about high interest ratesNabiullina's comments came as Russia's inflation hovered around 8% in the year to November, compared to the target rate of about 4%. Staples, like the price of butter and potatoes, have shot up this year. But the central bank's three straight rate hikes since June may be working, the top central banker signaled."Tough monetary conditions have evolved in the economy, which are to provide for inflation slowdown in coming quarters," she said, per TASS.Russian business leaders have been complaining about the central bank's high interest rates, which they say are stifling business activities.Sergei Chemezov, the CEO of the defense conglomerate Rostec, said in October that record-high interest rates were "eating up" the profit from the company's orders."If we continue to work like this, then most of our enterprises will go bankrupt," Chemezov said.Economic cracks in RussiaEven Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday acknowledged that his country's economy is not in a good place and he blamed the central bank and federal government.The Russian leader said that the central bank could have used instruments other than interest rates to cool the economy and that the federal government could have worked with economic stakeholders to improve supply."There are some issues here, namely inflation, a certain overheating of the economy, and the government and the central bank are already tasked with bringing the tempo down," Putin said during his marathon annual press conference.Price rises had been an "unpleasant and bad" outcome, he said.Given the sweeping sanctions against Russia's economy, Nabiullina faces a challenging job to keep Russia's seemingly resilient economy going.Economic cracks are emerging as the Kremlin focuses on shoring up its defense industry for its war in Ukraine but at the expense of other sectors, Alexandra Prokopenko, a fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center fellow wrote on Friday.Prokopenko, a former Russian central bank official, wrote that growth momentum could stall next year, with social and fiscal challenges developing into crises around 2026.

Apple is developing smart home locks with face recognition tech.This move aligns with Apple's growing interest in the home devices market.Apple's device would compete with Google's Nest and Amazon's Ring in home security.Apple is reportedly working on bringing its facial recognition technology to home security.The tech giant is developing a smart lock and doorbell that would allow residents to automatically open their home doors by scanning their faces, Bloomberg reported on Sunday.The report said that Apple's doorbell system could work with existing third-party locks or the company could partner with one lock provider to sell a complete product. The technology is still in the early stages and could be released at the end of 2025 at the earliest, the report said.Apple did not respond to a request for comment sent outside regular business hours.The smart lock adds to Apple's growing interest in the home devices market. Last month, Bloomberg reported that Apple is working on an artificial intelligence-powered, wall-mounted tablet. The iPad-like device could be voice-operated, serve as an intercom, and control home appliances. Earlier this year, Bloomberg also reported that the company is working on building home robots.Not all these developments may come to life. This year, Apple scrapped its car project and stopped efforts to develop a subscription model for the iPhone.The door device couldIt could also allow the iPhone maker to compete withGoogle's NestandAmazon's Ring. These devices have doorbells with a motion sensor that activates the camera and records a video of the surrounding area.Such a product could draw the company into new debates about balancing users' privacy rights and working with law enforcement. Through emergency requests, police departments have received videos from Ring without receiving consent from the owner.Apple and its CEO, Tim Cook, are known for prioritizing user privacy. In 2016, Cook refused to cooperate with the US government to unlock an iPhone used by a shooter in a mass shooting and attempted bombing in San Bernardino, California.

LOCAL FISH COFFEE / DevolutionSave this picture! Zou XunkaiQuanzhou, ChinaArchitects: DevolutionAreaArea of this architecture projectArea:200 mYearCompletion year of this architecture project Year: 2024 PhotographsPhotographs:Zou Xunkai Lead Architects: Jiansong Tang, Qi Wang More SpecsLess SpecsSave this picture!Text description provided by the architects. Swimmers climbed ashore. Fishermen carrying plastic buckets filled with daily necessities for going out to sea boarded their boats. They met in the middle of two small buildings. This was originally an ice-cutting room next to the ice factory. For many years, it delivered ice to fishing boats that were about to set sail. Now, it is a coffee shop called LOCAL FISH, delivering coffee to strangers who arrived. Motorcycle traffic is frequent. Suntanned local men in the corridor on the second floor of the dangerous building of the ice factory opposite and watched and said: "LOCAL FISH, damn! We have so many of them (the name of the cafe is also a type of fish name) and they still want them", "This is a coffee shop", "Do we have a discount for coffee?"Save this picture!Save this picture!How should a cafe that appeared on the dock due to the transformation of the town be understood and introduced to the local area? This was the consensus that the operators of "LOCAL FISH" Yasan and Amei and we, as the designers, initially needed to reach. After several twists and turns, we defeated a competitor who intended to paint them pink for photos. We tried our best to preserve and restore the original appearance of the building walls corroded by sea salt; exposed steel bars; ice-making, professional cranes, crew introduction phone numbers on the wall, and dense names of ship owners and fishing boat numbers are the dense information network of the fishing port.Save this picture!Save this picture!Because it was originally a space for processing ice, the small building has a unique scale and spatial feeling. We imitated this scale in the design narrow doors and stairs, small passages and turning platforms, but opened large windows to input the surrounding port scenery into the room. The original lifting platform for transporting ice cubes, one was sunk on the first floor, and the other was lifted to the second floor as a small exhibition space.Save this picture!Save this picture!We made a more restrained treatment on some details, so that they are not inconsistent with the rough interface but show a sense of quality. The owner's choice of lamps, furniture and artworks also adds to the decorative style and interest of the small building. Next to the two small buildings, the skeleton of a ship was disassembled and reassembled into the skeleton of a shed. The colorful fishing nets woven by local fishermen were stretched between the skeletons and sparkled in the sun. This is a shady place shared by people waiting to board the ship, people fishing, people from the rescue association, people who swim in winter and people who drink coffee.Save this picture!Save this picture!Next to the two small buildings, the skeleton of a ship was disassembled and reassembled into the skeleton of a shed. The colorful fishing nets woven by local fishermen were stretched between the skeletons and sparkled in the sun. This is a shady place shared by people waiting to board the ship, people fishing, people from the rescue association, people who swim in winter and people who drink coffee.Save this picture!Project gallerySee allShow lessProject locationAddress:Quanzhou, ChinaLocation to be used only as a reference. It could indicate city/country but not exact address.About this officeDevolutionOfficeMaterialsMaterials and TagsPublished on December 23, 2024Cite: "LOCAL FISH COFFEE / Devolution" 23 Dec 2024. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1024875/local-fish-coffee-devolution&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save? / You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream

As one of the strongest characters in Marvel Rivals, many players will have to play against Luna Snow. She has high damage potential and can quickly escape from enemies trying to pin her down, so it can be a bit of a challenge to take her out. It's really important to understand how to do just that because her Ultimate can completely change the tide of a fight.

Indiana Jones and The Great Circle allow players to secure and wear various disguises in different regions to hide from enemies and enter restricted areas without getting detected. This mechanic is another reason how the game stays true to the movies by allowing Indy to slip into a particular uniform to fool enemies like the Nazis. However, even wearing a disguise won't protect Indy from getting recognized by higher-ranking enemy soldiers, so there's still a level of caution required while infiltrating enemy bases and restricted areas.

Developed by Newcastle-upon-Tyne-based Ubisoft Reflections (formerly Reflections Interactive), the Driver series has been captivating players since the late 1990s. Debuting with the classic title, simply Driver, for the PlayStation 1 and following the exploits of police officer John Tanner for the majority of the series, the focus is mostly on driving in open-world cities.

For a summer event, Rentforevents outdoor movie screen rental turned our park into an open-air cinema. The screen was massive, weather-resistant, and paired seamlessly with their projector and sound equipment. They provided setup assistance, ensuring everything was stable and aligned. A suggestion for outdoor use: check for power outlets or ask about generator options. Also