Save over $300 on this powerful MacBook Pro with an M4 chip — Apple’s laptop with upgraded 24GB RAM & 1TB storage is $300 off right now

The entire industry is navigating a dire component crisis, with memory prices in particular skyrocketing to record-breaking levels. In times like these, Apple’s otherwise-insane RAM upgrades look downright reasonable, but even without those, the MacBook Pro is one of the best laptops around. Plus, ever since the M5 models came out, previous-gen M4 models are […]

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Microsoft issues emergency fix after a security update left some Windows 11 devices unable to shut down

If you weren’t able to shut down your Windows 11 device recently, Microsoft has rolled out an emergency fix addressing a couple of critical bugs that popped up with its latest January 2026 Windows security update. The latest “out-of-band” update repairs an issue for some Windows 11 devices that would only restart when users tried […]

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GootLoader Malware Uses 500–1,000 Concatenated ZIP Archives to Evade Detection

Ravie LakshmananJan 16, 2026Malvertising / Threat Intelligence The JavaScript (aka JScript) malware loader called GootLoader has been observed using a malformed ZIP archive that’s designed to sidestep detection efforts by concatenating anywhere from 500 to 1,000 archives. “The actor creates a malformed archive as an anti-analysis technique,” Expel security researcher Aaron Walton said in a […]

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