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Quordle was one of the original Wordle alternatives and is still going strong now more than 1,000 games later. It offers a genuine challenge, though, so read on if you need some Quordle hints today – or scroll down further for the answers.

Enjoy playing word games? You can also check out my Wordle today, NYT Connections today and NYT Strands today pages for hints and answers for those puzzles.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about Quordle today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

Quordle today (game #1006) - hint #1 - Vowels How many different vowels are in Quordle today?

• The number of different vowels in Quordle today is 3*.

* Note that by vowel we mean the five standard vowels (A, E, I, O, U), not Y (which is sometimes counted as a vowel too).

Quordle today (game #1006) - hint #2 - repeated letters Do any of today's Quordle answers contain repeated letters?

• The number of Quordle answers containing a repeated letter today is 1.

Quordle today (game #1006) - hint #3 - uncommon letters Do the letters Q, Z, X or J appear in Quordle today?

• No. None of Q, Z, X or J appear among today's Quordle answers.

Quordle today (game #1006) - hint #4 - starting letters (1) Do any of today's Quordle puzzles start with the same letter?

• The number of today's Quordle answers starting with the same letter is 0.

If you just want to know the answers at this stage, simply scroll down. If you're not ready yet then here's one more clue to make things a lot easier:

Quordle today (game #1006) - hint #5 - starting letters (2) What letters do today's Quordle answers start with?

• D

• C

• B

• S

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

Quordle today (game #1006) - the answers

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The answers to today's Quordle, game #1006, are…

• DUCHY
• CANNY
• BLOCK
• SMART

Well, this was about as easy as a Quordle ever gets for me. Like, really, really easy.

My strategy involves playing three set start words every day, and though I have experimented with other approaches, it's by far the most successful I've tried. Those three words are STARE, DOILY and PUNCH and today they gave me all five letters for the top-left answer, four for the top- and bottom-right quadrants and three for the bottom left.

The first of those merely needed me to solve an anagram, then – which I did to find DUCHY, possibly the hardest word here simply because it's not a widely used term. CANNY was the other contender for toughest to solve – it has a repeated N, after all – but there was no other option for me, so it was again rather simple.

SMART was another where the answer was given to me by my start words – I knew it was S-ART and didn't have any other letters that could fit but the M. So that just left BLOCK. Here I did need a bit of luck, because it also could have been FLOCK, but with only a 50/50 ahead of me there was no point in playing a word to narrow down those options, so I guessed BLOCK and solved it in seven.

How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.

Daily Sequence today (game #1006) - the answers

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The answers to today's Quordle Daily Sequence, game #1006, are…

• SHALE
• SWILL
• TOWER
• DADDY

Quordle answers: The past 20

• Quordle #1005, Friday 25 October: PRANK, EXIST, RUDDY, PICKY
• Quordle #1004, Thursday 24 October: DAIRY, RALLY, CURLY, LABEL
• Quordle #1003, Wednesday 23 October: DROSS, ANNEX, GRAVE, BROKE
• Quordle #1002, Tuesday 22 October: ADORE, SMITH, AFOOT, LUCID
• Quordle #1001, Monday 21 October: TREAD, NINTH, GRIEF, UNSET
• Quordle #1000, Sunday 20 October: CORAL, WHOSE, HEIST, SOAPY
• Quordle #999, Saturday 19 October: GUSTY, BROKE, ENJOY, HAZEL
• Quordle #998, Friday 18 October: PUPIL, MOCHA, EGRET, NATAL
• Quordle #997, Thursday 17 October: BUILD, BIRTH, LURCH, SASSY
• Quordle #996, Wednesday 16 October: EERIE, SMIRK, HUNCH, EMBED
• Quordle #995, Tuesday 15 October: UMBRA, BRIEF, GRAVY, TORUS
• Quordle #994, Monday 14 October: ROGUE, STORY, EMCEE, AUNTY
• Quordle #993, Sunday 13 October: UNFIT, NYMPH, THUMB, PUREE
• Quordle #992, Saturday 12 October: SAUCY, UNDUE, EGRET, HELLO
• Quordle #991, Friday 11 October: RINSE, ANIME, PUSHY, ZEBRA
• Quordle #990, Thursday 10 October: UNTIL, MARSH, METAL, WINDY
• Quordle #989, Wednesday 9 October: TRIAL, HUSKY, DOWNY, TRADE
• Quordle #988, Tuesday 8 October: TROUT, HATER, BARGE, DOZEN
• Quordle #987, Monday 7 October: CAULK, HALVE, APING, HEATH
• Quordle #986, Sunday 6 October: FUDGE, TENOR, BEGAT, ROUSE

We’ve all been using photo filters and related tools for years to make our faces, food, and fall decor look their best. AI tools arguably manipulate photos in fundamental ways well beyond better lighting and removing red eyes.

Google Photos has several generative AI features that can alter an image, but Google will now mark on a photo that you’ve used those tools in the name of transparency.

Starting next week, any photo edited with Google’s Magic Editor, Magic Eraser, or Zoom Enhance tools will show a disclaimer indicating that fact within the Google Photos app. The idea is to balance out how easy it is to use AI editing tools in ways that are hard to spot by looking. Google hopes the update will reduce any confusion about image authenticity, whether innocent or done with malicious intent.

Google already marks a photo’s metadata if it’s been edited with generative AI using technical standards created by the International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC). The metadata is only seen when examining the data behind a photo, relevant only for investigative purposes and record-keeping. But the update digs out that bit of metadata to show along with an image’s more mundane details, such as its file name and location.

AI image mania

Google isn’t singling out its AI tools for the transparency initiative either. Any blended image will have a disclaimer. For instance, the Google Pixel 8 and Pixel 9 smartphones have two photo features: Best Take and Add Me. Best Take will meld together several photos taken together of a group of people into one image to show everyone at their most photogenic, while Add Me can make it look like someone is in a picture who wasn’t there. As these are in the realm of synthetic image creation, Google decided to give them a tag indicating they are built from multiple pictures, though not with AI tools.

You probably won’t notice the change unless you decide to check a picture that seems a little too amazing or if you want to check everything you see out of well-founded caution. However, professionals will probably appreciate Google’s move since they don’t want to undermine their credibility in a dispute over whether they used AI. Trusting a photograph isn’t always enough when AI tools are good enough to trick the eye. A tag or lack thereof by Google might boost trust in a photo.

Google’s move points to what may be the future of photography and digital media as AI tools grow more common. Of course, doing so is also a marketing move. It’s a very minor change to Google Photos in many ways, but proclaiming it helps Google look like it's being responsible about AI while actually doing so.

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The recent RISC-V Summit in Santa Clara, California, saw major industry players like Nvidia, Qualcomm, Google, and Samsung deliver presentations focused on AI and the expanding role of the RISC-V architecture.

The involvement of such big name players put a spotlight on the growing momentum behind RISC-V, which is increasingly being seen as viable challenger to proprietary architectures like Arm and x86.

Nvidia, which has used RISC-V in its GPU microcontrollers for nearly a decade, presented a 20-minute keynote titled “One Architecture, Dozens of Applications, Billions of Processors,” presented by its VP of Multimedia Architecture/ASIC, Frans Sijstermans exploring the company has used RISC-V to improve its products, highlighting the architecture’s growing influence in GPU design.

Building new AI accelerators

Having previously announced its long-term commitment to RISC-V, Qualcomm also took to the stage to discuss Sail and other alternative approaches to providing a single source of truth for the RISC-V ISA. The company also participated in a keynote panel on the future of AI and security, alongside Nvidia and others.

Samsung highlighted how it has successfully integrated RISC-V CPUs into its embedded systems, and offered insights on how Samsung Foundry is helping customers innovate with RISC-V. The company also discussed ways it has optimized chip and chiplet performance to create smarter, more efficient systems.

One of the definite highlights of the event was a talk from Google DeepMind’s Cliff Young and Martin Maas, who spoke on the benefits of building new AI accelerators with RISC-V. Google’s TPUs are based on the architecture, and the session covered the pair’s experiences at Google designing and deploying successful accelerators and the challenges faced along the way.

Although widespread server and PC adoption may take time, RISC-V is gaining momentum in both the AI and automotive sectors, with other summit speakers discussing more about this and cover how upcoming computing trends could be shaped by the architecture, including RISC-V’s role in generative AI and high-performance computing.

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Can you get excited about a microchip? If you’ve never chosen your phone based on the chip inside, that may be worth considering when Snapdragon 8 Elite phones start to arrive. Qualcomm is doing for the next generation of smartphones what it recently did for Windows laptops, and phones that realize its vision will be different from anything we’ve seen before.

Last year, Qualcomm launched the Snapdragon X Elite chipset, a powerful processor that uses the sort of low-power cores normally found in smartphones. The obvious benefit is incredible battery life, since mobile processors are made to sip juice, not gulp. That benefit is now coming to smartphones, and I’m expecting great battery life gains in the next generation. All-day battery life is going to be the rule, not a rarity.

With the Snapdragon X Elite, Qualcomm created an incredibly powerful new chipset that includes its Oryon processing core. The X Elite is truly supercharged. The result was the fastest Windows laptops you could buy, and the first Windows laptops in years that could outperform a premium MacBook Pro.

Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon introduces the Snapdragon 8 Elite (Image credit: Philip Berne / Future)

This year, Qualcomm flew TechRadar to Maui for its Snapdragon Summit, and to check out the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, which brings that Oryon core to smartphones. After all the speeches and bluster, I got to actually put the chips to work. Qualcomm provided a reference sample phone for benchmark comparisons – and the results completely blew me away.

I'm not usually a benchmark guy, but... wow!

I don’t let benchmark scores influence my reviews – I rely on my real-world testing and experience – but benchmarks can be handy for quick comparison. Take these results with a dash of salt, but the difference between the Snapdragon 8 Elite and all of the other phones I’ve tested is dramatic.

I tested the new Snapdragon 8 Elite alongside a Galaxy S24 Ultra, an iPhone 16 Pro, and even a Google Pixel 9 Pro (for laughs, the Pixel is terrible at benchmarks). Of course the new Snapdragon beat the older Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 in the Galaxy, but could it beat the iPhone? The results weren’t even close.

Running the 3DMark Wild Life Extreme test, the iPhone scored 4,086 while the Snapdragon turned in a whopping 7,019. On the GFX Manhattan 3.1 test, the iPhone drew 3,647 frames, while the Snapdragon produced 7,452 frames, more than twice as many. Again, these are only benchmarks, but those differences are stark.

(Image credit: Philip Berne / Future)

What’s much more interesting is how the Snapdragon 8 Elite compares to laptop chips. Compared to an Intel Core Ultra 7, the Snapdragon 8 Elite beat Intel’s laptop chip in Geekbench on single-core performance, and came very close on multi-core testing.

The Snapdragon 8 Elite beat a laptop chip – what does mean for the future of phones?

Qualcomm may have created a mobile chipset that performs as well as a PC. I can’t be sure until I’ve used a final, production handset with a Snapdragon 8 Elite inside, like the Asus ROG Phone 9; but for the first time ever, we may see comparable power from the best phones and best laptops.

App developers are bringing mobile apps closer in function to their desktop counterparts, but we may soon get identical versions of Adobe Lightroom or Microsoft Excel across Android and Windows, not to mention all the games we could finally play on a phone.

I’m very excited about what this means for a concept like Samsung’s DeX. With DeX, I plug my phone into a monitor and keyboard and I can use it like a desktop. If the next Galaxy S25 Ultra has a Snapdragon 8 Elite inside, DeX won’t just be a convenient way to write long emails and play mobile games on a big screen. With real PC power, my phone could replace the Surface Go laptop I use for work.

With great power comes a great big price tag

The problem is that power is expensive. Qualcomm is driving hard to beat the competition with this latest chip, both in terms of processing performance as well as power management. Manufacturing the Snapdragon 8 Elite will be more expensive than producing previous chips, and rumors suggest it will cost a lot more than the last generation, for the phone makers that buy it.

If it costs Samsung or OnePlus $40 (US estimate) more per chip, I would expect that equates to a $100 / £100 / AU$200 price increase for the phone. The prices of many of the best Android phones went up this year, and that trend is likely to continue.

Would I pay $1,400 / £1,350 / AU$2,400 for a Galaxy S25 Ultra? Maybe, if the Ultra truly can replace a laptop computer.

Qualcomm SVP Chris Patrick talks about what the Snapdragon 8 Elite can do (Image credit: Philip Berne / Future)

I’m not sure if a phone/laptop hybrid would appeal to most folks, but I can imagine businesses deciding to buy one device instead of supplying employees with a phone and a laptop. If we see some good accessories that make it easy to use Snapdragon 8 Elite phones as a PC replacement, I think we’ll see phone makers selling devices with that purpose front and center.

Everything about your smartphone is going to improve when you have a chip this fast inside, from browsing the web to playing games to getting things done. Your network connection will seem faster, because the phone will be able to process the data more quickly and load pages much faster than before.

Honestly, we don’t even know what the future will hold when phones are this powerful, because our imagination has limited this power to big, heavy machines with gigantic batteries and a keyboard attached. I’m hoping to see entirely new categories of games, and new app concepts that will make yesterday’s phone seem primitive. I’ll also be happy if I can rely on my next phone to last all day, like my laptop.

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Meta has just announced plans to bring back facial recognition technology to Facebook and Instagram. This time it's a security measure to help combat "celeb-bait" scams and restore access to compromised accounts.

"We know security matters, and that includes being able to control your social media accounts and protect yourself from scams," wrote the Big Tech giant in a blog post published on Monday, October 21.

Meta wants to use facial recognition technology to detect scammers who use images of public figures to carry out attacks. The company is proposing to compare images on adverts or suspicious accounts with celebrities' legitimate photos. The facial recognition tech will also allow regular Facebook and Instagram users to regain access to their own accounts if locked or hijacked. They'll be able to verify their identity through video selfies which can then be matched to their profile pictures. Handy, sure, but can I trust Meta with my biometrics?

The Big Tech giant promises to take a "responsible approach" which includes encrypting video selfies for secure storage, deleting any facial data as soon as it’s no longer needed, and not using these details for any other purpose. Yet, looking at Meta's track record regarding protecting and misusing its users' information and I'm concerned.

Meta's broken promises

Facebook's parent company has repeatedly breached the privacy, and trust, of its users in the past.

The 2018 Cambridge Analytica scandal was probably the turning point. It shed light on how the personal information of up to 87 million Facebook users was misused for targeting political advertising, predominately during Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.

The company implemented significant changes around user data protection after that but Meta's privacy breaches have continued.

Only this year Meta admitted to having scraped all Australian Facebook posts since 2007 to train its AI model without giving the option to opt-out. The company was also hit with a major fine (€91 million) in Europe for incorrectly storing social media account passwords in unencrypted databases. The year before, January 2023, Meta was hit by an even bigger fine (€390 million) for serving personalized ads without the option to opt out and illicit data handling practices.

It's certainly enough to make me skeptical of Meta's good intentions and big promises.

I’m curious what privacy advocates think about Meta’s new plan to use facial recognition to help locked-out users. Getting locked out of Facebook or Instagram is a huge problem.But this is also a reminder we have no federal laws protecting our faces. https://t.co/jvX9NIWYPuOctober 23, 2024

It's also worth noting that Meta itself decided to shut down its previous facial recognition system in 2021 over privacy concerns, promising to delete all the "faceprints" collected. Now, three years later, it's back on the agenda.

"We want to help protect people and their accounts," wrote Meta in its official announcement, "and while the adversarial nature of this space means we won’t always get it right, we believe that facial recognition technology can ​​help us be faster, more accurate, and more effective. We’ll continue to discuss our ongoing investments in this area with regulators, policymakers, and other experts."

We won’t always get it right – that's not very reassuring. So, something wrong is certain to happen at some point? If that's the case, no thanks, Meta, I don't trust you with my biometric data. I'd rather lose Facebook or Instagram account. What's the benefit of solving a problem to create an even bigger one?

What's certain is that Mark Zuckerberg doesn't need to lose any sleep over EU fines over this for the time being. Meta's facial recognition tests aren't running globally. The company has excluded the UK and the EU markets. GDPR provides stringent privacy laws around personal information.

Elsewhere, Meta's testing will eventually show whether or not the new security feature is the right solution to the growing issue of social media scams, or whether it becomes yet another privacy nightmare. Well, in the name of my privacy, I'm not sure it's worth the trouble of finding out.

Western Digital recently split its business into two divisions: The WD brand, which now focuses exclusively on hard drives, and SanDisk, which manages the flash side, including SSDs, memory cards, and USB flash drives. While browsing SanDisk’s site, I noticed the Extreme Pro SDHC and SDXC UHS-I card is now available in a 2TB capacity, expanding the existing range, which previously topped out at 1TB.

This is great news for content creators and professionals, as the doubled capacity provides plenty of space for thousands of RAW photos or hours of 4K UHD video, and the card is fast too, making it ideal for demanding tasks like continuous burst photography and slow-motion video capture.

SanDisk claims the card offers read speeds of up to 250MB/s and write speeds of up to 150MB/s when used with the SanDisk QuickFlow SD UHS-I Card USB-A Reader (sold separately). QuickFlow first exceeded the UHS-I 104MB/s speed barrier in 2018, and SanDisk made further improvements to its technology in 2022 and again in 2024.

Reasonably priced

Living up to the Extreme part of its name, the card is engineered to withstand harsh temperatures, humidity, water, shocks, and even X-rays, ensuring reliable data protection in tough environments. It comes with a lifetime limited warranty, underscoring its durability, and buyers get access to RescuePRO Deluxe data recovery software for two years after purchase, to help restore accidentally deleted or corrupted files.

2TB of storage is enough to store up to 47,368 24MP RAW photos or over 2,800 minutes of 4K UHD video. Compatible with various devices, including DSLRs, mirrorless cameras, camcorders, and laptops, the SanDisk Extreme Ppro SD UHS-I card is priced lower than I would have expected, and you can buy it right now for $299.

if you want to pick up the SanDisk QuickFlow SD UHS-I Card USB-A Reader at the same time, that will cost you an additional $17.99. You can obviously use the 2TB card with other readers.

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Landmark Admin, a third-party administrator (TPA) specializing in administrative support services for life insurance and annuity companies, has confirmed suffering a serious ransomware attack recently.

The company revealed the news in a filing with the Maine Office of the Attorney General, in which it said that people’s data was stolen in an attack which took place in mid-May 2024.

Following the breach, Landmark Admin shut down its IT systems and remote access to its network to contain the effects, and brought in third-party security experts, who found the personal information of 806,519 people had been stolen.

Identity theft

“The forensic investigation determined that data was encrypted and exfiltrated from Landmark’s system,” the company said. “However, there was insufficient evidence available to identify which files had been compromised. The unauthorized activity occurred between May 13, 2024, and June 17, 2024.”

When the investigation concluded, the company understood that the information grabbed by the hackers included first name/initial and last name; address; Social Security number; tax identification number; driver's license number/state-issued identification card; passport number; financial account number; medical information; date of birth; health insurance policy number; and life and annuity policy information.

"Please note that the information above varies for each potentially impacted individual. Affected individuals will be notified by mail of information that was impacted,” Landmark said.

So far, no threat actors assumed responsibility for the attack, so we don’t know if there were any ransom demands.

Since the information stolen is highly sensitive, users are advised to be extra vigilant for potential phishing attacks, social engineering, or possible wire fraud. Landmark is offering credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through IDX, which include 12 months of credit and CyberScan monitoring, a $1,000,000 insurance reimbursement policy, and fully managed id theft recovery services.

Via BleepingComputer

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Generative AI is completely transforming the way we build, use and even think about technology. Recent advancements have ignited a new era of innovation, one that McKinsey predicts could provide a $4.4 trillion jolt to the global economy.

The next great AI product could come from anyone, anywhere, and change everyone’s lives. Yet, a handful of Big Tech companies in the United States still control much of the world’s cloud computing infrastructure. These hyperscalers embody the ethos of Silicon Valley with their ambitious goals and aggressive strategies. They’re territorial and competitive and, while that can lead to exceptional service for some customers, it can jeopardize others.

These companies’ cloud supremacy is stifling innovation. By making developers increasingly dependent on their services, they command an unfair share of the market, shutting out smaller cloud startups that often provide more agile, affordable solutions.

If we want to truly unlock the transformative potential of AI, we need to promote a more democratic cloud: one where developers have the freedom to choose their vendors and compose the ideal cloud infrastructure for their goals. This will promote interoperability, streamline the application development lifecycle and ultimately lead to better-performing AI products and services.

The traditional Hyperscalers

The Big Three – Microsoft Azure, AWS and Google Cloud – were once the Only Three. As recently as eight years ago, these providers were virtually the sole option for any organization working in the cloud.

The environment has since changed rapidly. People say “every company is a tech company” now, and research shows it’s true. It’s not only major enterprises and world governments that require substantial cloud support, but startups, mid-market players and even companies whose primary offering isn’t a technology product at all.

However, one organization’s “substantial” is another’s overload. What might be a useful feature to an international megacorporation might be a massive obstacle to a small AI developer. Product overload creates more inefficiencies than advantages, and those inefficiencies will eventually offload to the customer, as applications won’t be able to meet performance demands.

The Big Three are notorious for product overload; in their efforts to out-innovate their competition, they sidle their customers with complicated features that most of them will never need. That said, the solution is not to oust the Big Three in a cloud marketplace coup, but to create a more equitable cloud ecosystem overall – and that starts with letting businesses know they have options.

Hope in the independent market

The AI boom is accelerating the growth of independent cloud providers. Beyond supporting cloud engineers, developers need expanded solutions for their data science teams, whose work in training and maintaining the AI requires diverse computational resources. This need has precipitated a groundswell of demand for leaner, cheaper cloud providers.

Independent clouds allow smaller businesses to develop, test and deploy in accordance with their unique business needs. However, “independent” certainly doesn’t mean scrappy or new to the market. These providers are running on the latest products in data centers situated at strategic locations around the world, and their solutions are helping businesses to scale and meet demand.

Multi-cloud and hybrid cloud adoption has also ramped up, with developers seeking improved flexibility and scalability. In orchestrating operations across multiple clouds, companies can save money while composing a computational toolkit that best enables their growth.

This ballooning independent cohort is also challenging the longstanding US-centricity of the cloud market. Deployment on the edge requires localized support, and when developers can build close to home while deploying close to their customers, they’ll provide better software performance while simultaneously streamlining their development and testing operations. Independent clouds are highly suited to this sort of agility, and they’re popping up all over the world.

Democratizing the cloud for AI and beyond

Democratizing the cloud is crucial to the sustainability of AI development. AI workloads are highly resource-intensive, and at the current pace of innovation, future AI programs will require even more complex solutions to bear the processing load. ChatGPT is far from the final frontier, and as generative AI becomes smarter and more capable, developers will need more custom cloud options. When businesses first migrated to the cloud, many got locked into a single vendor, and they don’t plan on repeating this with AI. By improving the accessibility of composable, multi-cloud strategies, we can enable businesses of all sizes and scopes to scale.

Don’t get it wrong. The Big Three have their place in a democratized cloud marketplace – they offer valuable services, and they can provide the vast computational power that the world’s mega-enterprises require. But for the other 90%, we need a flourishing independent market to promote the innovation that will deliver an AI-powered future. In the age of AI, every organization in every region around the globe should have the power to build, test and deploy ML-driven, cloud-native applications.

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Cisco has issued an emergency fix for bugs in some of its software which are being actively exploited in the wild.

According to a security advisory from the company, the flaw that was patched was found in Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA), and in Firepower Threat Defense (FTD). It is described as a resource exhaustion vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-20481. It was given a medium severity rating of 5.8.

Describing the theory behind the attack, Cisco says an attacker could send a large number of VPN authentication requests to a vulnerable device, exhausting its resources. That leads to a Denial-of-Service (DoS) state of the Remote Access VPN (RAVPN) service. Furthermore, since the attackers are sending authentication requests, one just might work (depending on the strength of the login credentials), giving the miscreants unauthorized network access.

Abused in the wild

Depending on the impact of the attack, the victims may need to restore the RAVPN service, Cisco explained.

The good news is that the bug affects only those devices with remote access VPN (RAVPN) service enabled. The bad news is the bug is actively being exploited in the wild, and there is no workaround. Cisco said it is "aware of malicious use of the vulnerability that is described in this advisory," and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

Cisco’s VPN tools are hugely popular across the world, and are being equally used by both SMBs and large enterprises. Therefore, they are a major target for cybercriminals looking to weasel their way into corporate IT infrastructure.

In fact, the company’s cybersecurity department, Talos, recently warned it’s tracking an increase in brute-force attacks against VPNs, The Register reminds. "These attacks all appear to be originating from TOR exit nodes and a range of other anonymizing tunnels and proxies," Talos said.

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Cybersecurity is an ever-evolving field and cannot be set up once and then forgotten. As data and applications move to the cloud, businesses can enjoy various benefits, but many struggle to protect their networks from constantly changing cyber threats. Ransomware attackers have recognized the value of targeting smaller organizations and tailored their attacks to exploit businesses that they believe will pay immediately, often supported by cyber insurance, rather than investing in defense measures.

Tight security for data and resources is crucial for ensuring that business operations run smoothly and are not disrupted to the point of closure. However, how can small and medium-sized businesses achieve comprehensive security management and threat intelligence while on a budget? The solution lies in forming partnerships and alliances.

Implementing shared threat intelligence across an alliance of cybersecurity experts creates a stronger security approach. Vendors can now offer integrated security through strategic cybersecurity cooperation, shared telemetry, and threat intelligence. The combined resources are more effective than individual offerings, enabling the development of a more sophisticated security ecosystem necessary to combat modern cyber threats.

Adapting existing solutions with Shared Telemetry

Collecting and analyzing data across different parts of the technology stack provides valuable insights for defending and optimizing your business's IT infrastructure. Instead of operating in isolated environments, it's important to treat your security stack as a constantly evolving ecosystem. Simply layering one solution on top of another in your legacy infrastructure is not enough. Each integration interacts with other elements, identifying weaknesses and aiming to address evolving security challenges.

Shared telemetry and threat intelligence gather information about the individual IT components working together as one complete infrastructure, which allows for more thorough data monitoring and analysis. Operators can suddenly see the bigger picture more easily. This isn’t limited to significant security platforms but becomes possible with existing vendors offering public API integrations. Mimecast reported that over 200 API integrations are now available as part of their ongoing security ecosystem, which provides even more insight than their already powerful Microsoft partnerships.

Access to expertise and collaborative threat intelligence

Automated security technology isn’t enough to keep up with modern challenges; having expert eyes on your cybersecurity 24/7/365 is necessary and gives businesses the peace of mind that their network is being tightly monitored. However, due to the growing shortage of cybersecurity talent, millions of businesses are now choosing from a far more competitive IT talent pool for roles integral to securing their operations. Limited resources and budgets mean that smaller businesses are more likely to miss out on high-quality professionals.

Cybersecurity leaders have access to top talent and resources to secure their operations. Smaller businesses can rely on their cybersecurity provider to enhance their cybersecurity profile. Cybersecurity information-sharing partnerships go even further by uniting experts from all allied partners. This allows all businesses to utilize top-notch cybersecurity for a collaborative approach to threat intelligence.

MSPs, as primary targets for cyber-attacks, have realized that having expert security partnerships provides better protection against advanced attacks. This enhanced security trickles down as part of the services they offer to their clients. Businesses can be confident that they will have access to a security expert who can address their specific security needs, rather than requiring an in-house IT security professional with advanced expertise in all security technologies. The importance of this specialized knowledge cannot be overstated.

Keep your cloud backups up to date to avoid disruptions

IT security company Sophos reported that 94% of ransomware victims in 2023 had cybercriminals targeting their cloud backups, with 57% of these backup compromise attempts being successful. Ransomware and payment demands were also found to double when successfully compromised, meaning that ongoing preventative cybersecurity strategies are no longer as simple as relying on just a single cloud backup solution.

Utilizing immutable cloud backups should be a core focus for any business’ security strategy in 2024. By relying on the integrations of high-profile and industry-respected allied partners, such as Sophos and Veeam, or more recently Veeam and Microsoft, companies gain the greater peace of mind that multiple indicators across your estate keep your data secure.

Since these are allied technology partners, there is no need to worry about migrating from one system to another. Unified management across solutions ensures that they work together effectively, providing a greater return on investment from the start. This eliminates concerns about leaving the door open to attacks, as more security tools usually require greater management.

Don't worry about security - focus on your customers

Understanding which solution is best for your business may seem daunting at first. However, this is where your MSP can step in to provide advice. By tailoring their offering to your specific needs, you can be assured that you are not buying services you don't need. You can also trust that the heavy lifting of security is in the hands of the right experts - experts who share their security knowledge with each other for a united approach to threat intelligence.

With the combined power of allied resources and support, business owners have the advantage in the ongoing battle against cybersecurity threats. By entrusting security to a trusted entity, they can concentrate on their core business activities, spending fewer hours concerned about security and more time on strategies to help their business grow.

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American healthcare giant Henry Schein has finally reported suffering ransomware attacks to the US government, almost a year after the incidents took place.

The company has filed a data breach notification with the Office of the Maine Attorney General detailing the attacks in October 2024 by the now-defunct BlackCat (AKA ALPHV) ransomware operation, which broke into its systems and stole 35TB of sensitive company data.

The details about the nature of the stolen files were not disclosed, so we don’t know if they include payment information, banking data, or more.

Identity theft

The company allegedly tried to negotiate with the crooks to have the files deleted, but the negotiations broke down. This resulted in the second break-in, by the same threat actor, approximately a month later. After that, the crooks started leaking the information stolen in the attack, and threatened to encrypt the systems for the third time. We don’t know if that ever happened, since only a portion of the data was allegedly leaked.

Now, in the data breach notification, Henry Schein confirmed that the number of affected individuals is 166,432.

“Please be assured that, upon discovery of the incident, our cybersecurity team immediately took a series of steps, including taking certain systems offline and other steps intended to contain the incident, hiring cybersecurity experts, conducting an investigation to identify and remove any malicious files and determine company systems that were impacted, and seeking to implement measures to fortify our defenses going forward,” the company said in its announcement.

It is now offering affected individuals identity theft detection and resolution tools through Experian, for a period of two years.

Henry Schein is a Fortune 500 company and one of the global leaders in its industry, providing healthcare solutions, as well as the distribution of medical, dental, and veterinary supplies. It supports healthcare practitioners and institutions worldwide with essential equipment, software, and consulting services. It has a presence in 32 countries and annual revenues of $12 billion.

Via BleepingComputer

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The number of people affected by the Change Healthcare ransomware attack earlier in 2024 is now thought to have affected around 100 million people, new reports have confirmed.

The attack on Change Healthcare took place in February 2024, and is now thought to be the most disruptive ransomware attacks ever to strike the US healthcare industry after the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights updated the number on its data breach portal to 100 million.

"On October 22, 2024, Change Healthcare notified OCR that approximately 100 million individual notices have been sent regarding this breach," the Office for Civil Rights stated on its FAQ page.

Snowflake and MFA

The attack saw an affiliate of the dreaded ALPHV ransomware organization (AKA BlackCat) breach Change Healthcare to steal 6TB of sensitive customer data.

The information stolen included health insurance information (health plans and policies, insurance companies, different ID numbers, Medicaid-Medicare-government payor ID numbers), health information (medical record numbers, diagnoses, tests and results, care and treatment data, medicines), billing, claims, and payment information (claim numbers, account numbers, payment cards, financial and banking information, and more), and other personally identifiable information (Social Security Numbers, driver’s license numbers, and more).

Change Healthcare ended up paying $22 million in ransom in exchange for the data. The money never made it to the affiliates responsible for the attack, and was instead grabbed by the ransomware’s operators (who were only to receive a portion of the payment), which later shut down its infrastructure and disappeared, leaving the affiliate holding the data.

That affiliate later started their own ransomware operation and are today known as RansomHub - and since RansomHub never posted the stolen data, many speculate that a second ransom may have been paid.

The cyberattack sent ripples throughout the healthcare system, preventing doctors and pharmacies from filing claims, and preventing pharmacies from accepting discount cards.

Via BleepingComputer

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Almost 200 VPN services – 197 to be precise – are now blocked in Russia. An official of the country's infamous censor body, Roskomnadzor, proudly announced the total on Thursday, October 24, 2024, as reported by Russian news agency Interfax.

Ironically, though, authorities want to keep using this popular security software. As Russia's independent news outlet Novaya Gazeta reported, the Kremlin has spent over 14 billion rubles (about $145 million) this year to purchase VPN connections for government use.

A VPN, short for virtual private network, is a security tool that encrypts users' internet connections and masks their real IP address location. The second of these features is particularly useful to Russians who wish to use VPNs to bypass stringent internet restrictions – exactly what the authorities are seeking to prevent.

In fact, Sergey Khutortsev, the Roskomnadzor official, said specifically that the authorities have only banned VPN services "used as a means of bypassing blocking".

The fight against VPN in Russia

Roskomnadzor's fight against these apps is nothing new but the scale of Russia's VPN blocking efforts is definitely intensifying.

The first mass VPN blocking campaign took place in 2021, with the likes of ExpressVPN, NordVPN, and IPvanish all falling foul of Russia's reach at that time. Things took another step on after the war in Ukraine began in 2022.

Do you know?

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Both Freedom House and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) classify Russia as one of the worst countries for internet freedom due to high levels of internet censorship. All major social media platforms are blocked along with an ever-growing list of websites that include news sites and even official sites of some VPN providers.

2024 has been a big year for the Kremlin's crusade against VPNs in Russia. Since March, a new law has criminalized the spread of information about ways to circumvent internet restrictions – VPNs included.

About 60 VPN apps silently disappeared from the Apple App Store in Russia between early July and September, bringing the total to 98 unavailable applications in the Big Tech giant's official store.

In September 2024, authorities also announced plans to invest over half a billion US dollars to beef up its censorship system against VPN usage.

If you're living in, or planning to visit, Russia anytime soon, it would be a good idea to take a look at our best free VPN guide. Download a selection of free VPNs and then you'll be able to hop from one to another if any blocks arise. Tools like Tor Browser and FreeBrowser (Android only) can also help you bypass restrictions and they are completely free to use as well.

Although perhaps best known for its consumer goods, LG Electronics has been shifting its focus towards the lucrative B2B market in 2024, with its latest move the launch of an extensive range of business monitors tailored for various professional environments.

The new lineup spans different industries, from corporate and government sectors to education, healthcare, and creative fields.

Among the offerings are LG’s UltraWide business monitors, which feature a 21:9 aspect ratio making them ideal for multitasking. The 34BA85QE-B and 34BA75QE-B models boast 34-inch curved QHD+ (3,440 x 1,440) IPS displays, delivering sharp visuals and high color accuracy. LG says these are particularly suited for professionals in control rooms, financial trading, and programming, where having multiple windows open simultaneously is crucial. The 34BA85QE-B also comes with a built-in webcam and microphone and can function as a KVM switch.

Missed opportunity

LG is targeting customer-facing roles such as in service centers or airports with QHD models like the 27BA75QB and 27BA65QB. These are designed with height, swivel, and tilt adjustments. The displays include Reader Mode and Flicker Safe Mode to minimize eye fatigue, making them more comfortable for prolonged use.

LG’s Full HD lineup includes models with 27-inch and 23.8-inch screens, each featuring built-in speakers and webcams. These monitors come equipped with USB Type-C ports and internal power supplies in a bid to reduce clutter in the workspace.

“LG’s new business monitors meet the growing demand for high-resolution, ergonomically designed workplace screen solutions," noted YS Lee, vice president of LG Business Solutions.

"With our market-leading B2B monitors, we aim to support the digital transformation of the workforce and enhance the employee experience."

The entire lineup has been certified by ENERGY STAR and EPEAT, making them a greener choice for businesses.

Although LG includes numerous productivity-focused features in its new monitors, the lack of a true flagship model with higher resolution seems like an odd choice, and weakens the South Korean firm's ability to compete with rivals like Samsung and Lenovo, both of which have already adopted 4K and 5K resolutions.

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We're very used to good-looking turntables, so a new model needs to be pretty spectacular in the looks department to get our attention. And the Model One, the new high-end turntable from VPI, has definitely turned our heads. It looks absolutely stunning, and its specification is pretty special too.

The Model One has a new motor drive and platter module with a 500rpm belt-driven motor and a two-speed pulley. The inverted bearing minimises contact between it and the platter, reducing friction and boosting performance.

The star of the show is the new VPI-S tonearm. The 10-inch, S-shaped, statically balanced tonearm features solid aluminum architecture that VPI says eliminates tube resonances, and there's both vertical tracking adjustment in the arm base and azimuth adjustment in the headshell. Once again there are fancy bearings involved: ABEC 5 bearings for very low friction, long life and chatter reduction. And there's a single continuous length of high purity copper from the headshell all the way to the RCA connection for a pure audio signal.

VPI Model One turntable: key features and pricing

In addition to the above enhancements there's also a new 3-point floating suspension system that VPI says delivers "superior isolation" from external vibration, minimising motor noise and reducing vibrations from both internal and external sources.

This is a high end turntable with a price that puts it firmly into money-no-object territory, but it's also very upgradeable: it's part of the Forever Series, which is designed to last as long as that name suggests.

Both the Motor Drive and Platter Module have been made with a modular design that means it should be easy to service, adjust, replace or upgrade them; VPI promises that future upgrades or new models will seamlessly integrate with this platform, so you'll be able to take a Model One and make it a Model Two or a Model Three as time, tech and finances allow. And there's a 10-year warranty for extra peace of mind.

The Model One is distributed by Renaissance in the UK and Ireland, where it has an MSRP of £4,990 including VAT; in the US it'll be $5,250 plus sales tax (so around AU$7,919 or thereabouts). You can find out more at renaissanceaudio.co.uk/vpi.

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• Gentler Streak offers a more measured approach to fitness tracking
• The app has been updated to include sleep analysis and insights
• This should make it more of a health hub than a purely fitness-focused app

Gentler Streak has long been one of the best fitness apps for iOS thanks to its sensible and, frankly, less extreme approach to maintaining a streak than some rival apps. Long before Apple started allowing you to have a day off, Gentler Streak was all about encouraging rest days and recovery, while its activity suggestions are cleverly tailored to what your body needs at any given moment.

Now, Gentler Streak has received one of its largest-ever updates, and it’s one that transforms it from a fitness tracker into a full-fledged workout hub. The idea is to give you a central place to understand your overall wellbeing.

One of the largest additions in the new update is sleep analysis. Wear your Apple Watch to bed and every morning you’ll get a summary of your sleep quality, including duration, the amount of restorative sleep you got (this comprises deep sleep plus REM), the time you fell asleep and woke up, and the different sleep stages you went through. You can also view past nights’ sleep analyses to understand if there are areas you need to improve.

That last part – understanding how to get a better night’s sleep – is aided by Gentler Streak’s new sleep insights feature. This consists of seven different areas, including guides on getting more restorative sleep, comprehending sleep cycles, the importance of napping, and more.

Missing features

(Image credit: Gentler Stories / Future)

The app’s developers have opted not to include any kind of sleep debt measurement in Gentler Streak, and that’s because they say it “lacks solid scientific backing, and it’s more of a patch to the wound than allocating and addressing the source of pain.” Instead of trying to repay your sleep debt by getting more rest at the weekends, Gentler Streak wants to encourage you to get consistent sleep throughout the week and thereby improve your overall sleep hygiene.

There’s more to the Gentler Streak update than just sleep metrics, as the Wellbeing section has been rearranged with a new design that should make it easier to use. The Health area at the bottom of the Wellbeing tab displays sleep and period data, while key stats like heartbeats per minute and body temperature sit in the Body Metrics section. If you want to learn more, there’s additional information in the Gentler Streak blog post.

Overall, these changes should make Gentler Streak an even better way to track your health and fitness on your iPhone and Apple Watch. I’ll be reviewing the new app soon, so be sure to check TechRadar soon to find out all you need to know about it.

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It's already pretty hard to avoid being bombarded with TV ads, whether you're watching Prime Video or pausing YouTube – and LG is now making things a little worse by bringing its pesky screensaver ads to older OLED TV models.

Last month, we reported that recent LG TVs, including premium OLEDs, were sneakily starting to show screensaver ads after sets had been left idle for a while. Some testing on our own LG G4 confirmed that to be the case. Now, FlatpanelsHD is reporting that those ads are rolling out to older models dating back to 2020, too.

If you own LG models like the LG GX OLED (2020), LG B1 OLED (2021) or LG B2 OLED (2022), you could soon see the screensaver ads turned on by default. It seems they're also spreading to more recent models like the LG C4 OLED (2024), which is galling considering we consider it to otherwise be one of the best TVs you can buy.

Currently, the full-screen ads appear to be largely LG-related, promoting LG's own channels. But an article from LG Ad Solutions previously suggested they could eventually be expanded to include third-party ones – and there's evidence on Reddit that this might already be happening. Fortunately, there is a way to turn them off...

How to turn them off

For now, there is a simple way to turn off the screensaver ads on your LG TV (above). (Image credit: Future)

There is currently a simple way to remove the default screensaver ads on your LG TV. Just go to Settings > General > System Settings > Additional Settings, then scroll down to the unsubtly-named Screen Saver Promotion. Toggle this off and you'll be spared any more unsavory promos when your TV is idle.

Hopefully, this option will remain in the menus of LG TVs, because watching actual TV shows is quickly becoming a sideshow to being blasted with ads on many streaming platforms.

Earlier this month, the Financial Times reported that ads on Prime Video would “ramp up a little bit more into 2025” (according to Head of Prime Video International, Kelly Day). That follows the streaming service asking viewers to pay an extra $2.99/£2.99 a month to be spared from ads earlier this year.

But Prime Video and LG are far from alone, with YouTube recently introducing pause screen ads and Roku delivering Instagram-style shoppable ads to smart TVs. Let's just hope the best smart glasses like the Meta Ray-Bans don't start getting similar ideas.

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Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 owners, and later users of the Galaxy Watch 5 and 4 series, are about to get a Wear OS 5 update after months of beta testing.

This update for some of the best Android watches comes from a recent Reddit post (first spotted via Android Police) with a screencap from Samsung to a beta tester, notifying them that the beta testing process has finished. Android Police reports that a new Wear OS 5 firmware update should arrive “in the next few days” for Galaxy Watch 6 owners who are not part of the beta program.

Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 and 4 owners can also expect a Wear OS 5 firmware update, although that will reportedly not be available for another few weeks.

Wear OS 5 will be launched, as usual, with Samsung’s One UI Watch interface. One UI Watch 6 is the latest version of Samsung’s interpretation of Wear OS, and Galaxy Watch 6 owners will be prompted to switch over via a software update.

The new Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 is already using One UI Watch 6. It's receiving very good reviews, thanks to new features such as the Energy Score that's also used by the Samsung Galaxy Ring.

Analysis: Samsung succeeds where Google is struggling

(Image credit: Future)

Samsung has completed its testing and rollout of Wear OS 5, but Google is having a few problems with its own operating system. While Wear OS 5 is running on the Pixel Watch 3, Google has halted the rollout for the original Pixel Watch and Pixel Watch 2.

Users were reporting their devices being bricked by the new operating system, so Google is still working out the kinks there.

Nevertheless, we imagine the update will be rolling out to older Pixel Watch users before the end of the year.

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Are those sleigh bells I hear? Or is it just Max's November 2024 schedule? Last month, one of the best streaming services brought us an array of titles from comedy, action, and horror to fill our October evenings, and as we get closer to the holiday season you can expect to see a load of Christmas movies cropping up in between the best Max movies.

I can't wait to be reacquainted with my childhood favorites The Polar Express (2004), Elf (2003), and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), which I'll be watching on repeat to get me into the holiday spirit. But if you consider yourself to be a bit of a humbug, then Max has you sorted with plenty of other movies and shows, including a new A24 drama Janet Planet (2023).

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Arriving on November 1

A Christmas Carol (movie)
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Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (movie)
Goodfellas (movie)
He's Just Not That Into You (movie)
Janet Planet (movie)
Jurassic Park (movie)
Jurassic Park III (movie)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (movie)
The Addams Family 2 (movie)
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The Full Monty (movie)
The Hangover (movie)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (movie)
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Cleats & Convos episode 104 (TV show)

Arriving on November 3

Before They Kill Again season 1 (TV show)
Invincible Fight Girl season 1 (TV show)
Like Water For Chocolate (Como Agua Para Chocolate) season 1 (TV show)

Arriving on November 4

Holiday Wars season 6 (TV show)

Arriving on November 5

Game Changers season 1 (TV show)
Holiday Baking Championship season 11 (TV show)

Arriving on November 6

Fareed Zakaria Documentaries episode 201 – 204 (TV show)
Feuds Turned Fatal season 1 (TV show)

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Luva de Pedreiro: Viral Moves (Luva de Pedreiro - O Rei Da Jogada) (movie)

Arriving on November 8

Christmas Cookie Challenge season 8 (TV show)

Arriving on November 9

Cleats & Convos episode 106 (TV show)
Gold Rush season 15 (TV show)

Arriving on November 10

Build for Off-Road season 1 (TV show)

Arriving on November 11

Bellator: Fight Week Paris season 7 (TV show)

Arriving on November 12

Christina in the Country season 2 (TV show)
Moonshiners season 15 (TV show)
Operation Undercover season 1 (TV show)
TV on the Edge: Moments That Shaped Our Culture season 1 (TV show)

Arriving on November 13

Beat Bobby Flay: Holiday Throwdown (TV show)
Call Me TedDon't Hate Your House with the Property Brothers season 1 (TV show)

Arriving on November 14

A Very Merry Rickmas Yule LogCalcifer Yule LogCarville: Winning is Everything, Stupid (movie)
Harry Potter: Fireplace (TV show)
Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking season 1 (TV show)
Lost Monster Files season 1 (TV show)
The Dog House: UK season 5 Christmas Special (TV show)

Arriving on November 15

Casi el Paraíso (movie)
The Last Woodsmen season 1 (TV show)

Arriving on November 16

Cleats & Convos episode 107 (TV show)

Arriving on November 17

Dune: Prophecy season 1 (TV show)
Dynasties II season 1 (TV show)
First-Time Buyer's Club season 2 (TV show)

Arriving on November 18

Watchmen: Chapter I (movie)

Arriving on November 19

Night Is Not Eternal (documentary)

Arriving on November 20

Fareed Zakaria Documentaries episode 205 (TV show)
Surveilled (documentary)

Arriving on November 21

Human vs. Hamster (TV show)
Mystery At Blind Frog Ranch season 4 (TV show)
Mysteries of the Abandoned season 11 (TV show)
The Sex Lives of College Girls season 3 (TV show)

Arriving on November 25

Get Millie Black (TV show)

Arriving on November 26

90 Day Pillow Talk: The Other Way season 6 (TV show)
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Arriving on November 27

Barnwood Builders season 19 (TV show)
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Arriving on November 28

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Arriving on November 29

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Arriving on November 30

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Are those sleigh bells I hear? Or is it just Max's November 2024 schedule? Last month, one of the best streaming services brought us an array of titles from comedy, action, and horror to fill our October evenings, and as we get closer to the holiday season you can expect to see a load of Christmas movies cropping up in between the best Max movies.

I can't wait to be reacquainted with my childhood favorites The Polar Express (2004), Elf (2003), and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), which I'll be watching on repeat to get me into the holiday spirit. But if you consider yourself to be a bit of a humbug, then Max has you sorted with plenty of other movies and shows, including a new A24 drama Janet Planet (2023).

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Arriving on November 1

A Christmas Carol (movie)
A Christmas Story (movie)
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Dirty Harry (movie)
Elf (movie)
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (movie)
Goodfellas (movie)
He's Just Not That Into You (movie)
Janet Planet (movie)
Jurassic Park (movie)
Jurassic Park III (movie)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (movie)
The Addams Family 2 (movie)
The Extra Man (movie)
The Full Monty (movie)
The Hangover (movie)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (movie)
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Arriving on November 2

Cleats & Convos episode 104 (TV show)

Arriving on November 3

Before They Kill Again season 1 (TV show)
Invincible Fight Girl season 1 (TV show)
Like Water For Chocolate (Como Agua Para Chocolate) season 1 (TV show)

Arriving on November 4

Holiday Wars season 6 (TV show)

Arriving on November 5

Game Changers season 1 (TV show)
Holiday Baking Championship season 11 (TV show)

Arriving on November 6

Fareed Zakaria Documentaries episode 201 – 204 (TV show)
Feuds Turned Fatal season 1 (TV show)

Arriving on November 7

Luva de Pedreiro: Viral Moves (Luva de Pedreiro - O Rei Da Jogada) (movie)

Arriving on November 8

Christmas Cookie Challenge season 8 (TV show)

Arriving on November 9

Cleats & Convos episode 106 (TV show)
Gold Rush season 15 (TV show)

Arriving on November 10

Build for Off-Road season 1 (TV show)

Arriving on November 11

Bellator: Fight Week Paris season 7 (TV show)

Arriving on November 12

Christina in the Country season 2 (TV show)
Moonshiners season 15 (TV show)
Operation Undercover season 1 (TV show)
TV on the Edge: Moments That Shaped Our Culture season 1 (TV show)

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Beat Bobby Flay: Holiday Throwdown (TV show)
Call Me TedDon't Hate Your House with the Property Brothers season 1 (TV show)

Arriving on November 14

A Very Merry Rickmas Yule LogCalcifer Yule LogCarville: Winning is Everything, Stupid (movie)
Harry Potter: Fireplace (TV show)
Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking season 1 (TV show)
Lost Monster Files season 1 (TV show)
The Dog House: UK season 5 Christmas Special (TV show)

Arriving on November 15

Casi el Paraíso (movie)
The Last Woodsmen season 1 (TV show)

Arriving on November 16

Cleats & Convos episode 107 (TV show)

Arriving on November 17

Dune: Prophecy season 1 (TV show)
Dynasties II season 1 (TV show)
First-Time Buyer's Club season 2 (TV show)

Arriving on November 18

Watchmen: Chapter I (movie)

Arriving on November 19

Night Is Not Eternal (documentary)

Arriving on November 20

Fareed Zakaria Documentaries episode 205 (TV show)
Surveilled (documentary)

Arriving on November 21

Human vs. Hamster (TV show)
Mystery At Blind Frog Ranch season 4 (TV show)
Mysteries of the Abandoned season 11 (TV show)
The Sex Lives of College Girls season 3 (TV show)

Arriving on November 25

Get Millie Black (TV show)

Arriving on November 26

90 Day Pillow Talk: The Other Way season 6 (TV show)
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Arriving on November 27

Barnwood Builders season 19 (TV show)
Good Bones season 9 (TV show)

Arriving on November 28

Mysteries of the Abandoned season 11 (TV show)
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Cleats & Convos episode 108 (TV show)

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