Month: August 2022

Logitech G is working with Tencent Games to launch a dedicated cloud gaming handheld later this year. The new hardware will be designed for cloud gaming services, offering a dedicated device with controls instead of the typical cases you attach to phones. The cloud gaming handheld will support Xbox Cloud Gaming and Nvidia’s GeForce Now service, and Logitech and Tencent are both working with Microsoft and Nvidia on the hardware.

Logitech and Tencent are simply teasing the device today, and there’s no mention of a release date, pricing, or even what the cloud gaming handheld looks like. Logitech will obviously be leaning on its experience building PC and console gaming accessories, while Tencent looks to be more of an operations partner.

“As one of the leading global platforms for game development, publishing and operations, Tencent Games has been at the forefront of innovation and it’s why we partnered with them,” explains Ujesh Desai, general manager of Logitech G. “As someone that grew up playing video games, the idea of ​​being able to stream and play AAA games almost anywhere is super exciting, and we can’t wait to show everyone what we’ve been working on.”

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The new cloud gaming handheld only has a dedicated website where you can sign up for updates, but Logitech is promising to launch later this year so we should get more information in the coming months.

This new mysterious handheld comes months after Valve released its Steam Deck handheld, which has helped transform the idea of ​​PC gaming on the go. Steam Deck supports cloud gaming services like Stadia and Xbox Cloud Gaming, but some people (like Verge managing editor Alex Cranz) might want a cheaper alternative to the Steam Deck that can run cloud games and isn’t reliant on your phone. It looks like Logitech is building just that.

Microsoft today added two new features to its Microsoft Defender security platform: Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence and Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management. These features are based on the company’s acquisition of RiskIQ and with this launch, Microsoft is now bringing some of RiskIQ’s core features to its own security platform (all while RiskIQ continues to operate its own services, too).

“Our mission is to build a safer world for all — and threat intelligence is [at] the heart of it,” Microsoft’s Vasu Jakkal told me. “If you don’t know what’s happening in the world around you, it’s very hard to understand what to do about it and how to act on it. Microsoft has the largest breadth and depth of threat signals today — we are tracking, as we just announced in our earnings, 43 trillion signals [each day] which we see from identities, from devices, from platforms, from email, collab tools.”

With Defender Threat Intelligence, Microsoft is using RiskIQ’s technology to scan the internet and provide additional data to the existing Defender real-time service to help security teams proactively secure their infrastructure. Microsoft, of course, already had a large signal map to power its Defender platform, but Jakkal noted that RiskIQ’s data not only helps enrich this existing data set but also enables an additional layer on top of Defender that gives security teams a view of the entire attack chain.

“They can see the entire attack chain, they can act on it and then — combined with their own human intelligence —– they can see where the attack is going and how to proactively prevent it,” Jakkal explained.

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The service also provides users with a library of raw threat intelligence and analysis from Microsoft’s security experts, which in turn should help security teams find, remove and block adversary tools that may be hidden within their organization.

Meanwhile, the new external attack surface management service helps these security teams understand how a potential attacker sees their network. Like similar services, it provides security teams with a way to discover all of their resources and find those that are unknown and/or unmanaged. Most businesses that start using a service like this end up being surprised by how many internet-facing unmanaged assets they find.

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“All organizations are asking the question: how secure am I? It’s such a simple question but it’s so hard to answer that question. Because the first point is, well, first we need to understand what’s happening in the world of threats. And we need to understand what that looks like. The second thing we need to understand is where our resources are,” Jakkal noted. With these new tools, Microsoft is giving security teams more data to work with to protect their networks and other assets.

SAVE 41%: Typically $299.95, the Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 2 are on sale for just $175.96(opens in a new tab) at Amazon as of August 2. That’s $124 in savings on the best-sounding buds on the block.

Looking for new earbuds to kick off the school year? You can’t beat the sound quality of the Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 2 buds.

Regularly $299.95, the Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 2s are on sale for just $175.96(opens in a new tab) at Amazon. That’s 41% in savings, which makes the price a whole lot easier to justify. (The steep discount only refers to the white buds, though. The black(opens in a new tab) pair is listed at $199.95, or 33% off.)

Our top pick for premium wireless earbuds, the Sennheiser Momentum 2s offer outstanding sound quality, with clear, bright, and well-balanced mid-tones, bold bass, and high notes that don’t sound tinny. They let you block out the world for an immersive, distraction-free listening experience with active noise cancellation — a solid way to study without your roommate bugging you. If you need to stay in tune with your surroundings, there’s also a transparency mode.

Battery life is average at seven hours, but can be extended via the charging case.