IT&Software
WannaCry Ransomware Gets Upgraded and This Time There Is No Kill Switch
The attack began in the afternoon of Friday, May 12. On Friday a number of agencies and businesses around the globe, including the U.K.'s National Health Service , were disrupted by the malware, which is estimated to have hit over 100,000 organizations in 150 countries, Rob Wainwright, executive director of Europol, the European law enforcement agency, told ITV . [Full Article...]
ARMS Direct To Air On May 17
ARMS seems to be an attempt to make lightning strike twice - the second major new IP push in two console generations in a row. The Switch game is set for launch on June 16th. The last ARMS gave us a closer look at a couple of the characters, so we can expect to see even more details about the game at large tomorrow night. [Full Article...]
NHS 'open for business' amid 'international manhunt' for cyber attackers
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt confirmed there had not been a second wave of attacks on NHS trusts and said it was "encouraging" that the level of criminal activity was at "the lower end of the range" anticipated. Speaking on ABC's Good Morning America show, Tom Bossert, President Donald Trump's homeland security adviser, said people "should be thinking about this as an attack that for right now w... [Full Article...]
Microsoft President Slams NSA For Massive Ransomware Attack
Smith compared the NSA losing track of its cyber weapon to the US military having Tomahawk cruise missiles stolen. "The attack targeted machines that use older software (Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 8) and USA companies tend to adopt modern systems on a more regular basis", said Kevin O'Brien, chief executive officer of GreatHorn, a Boston-based security company. [Full Article...]
First Apple store in Singapore to open on May 27 along Orchard
It is also the first Apple Store in South-east Asia. According to the new " Today at Apple " website , the early lineup includes performances in the U.S.by Lil Buck, Charlie Puth, and Leon Bridges in San Francisco; Christopher Martin and Estelle in Brooklyn and SoHo NYC, respectively; a music lab by Steve Lacy in Brooklyn; as well as art and photography related sessions featuring Tyler Hansen a... [Full Article...]
The internet is whipping out some Core-i9 tales
So we can take it that LGA2066 is the same size and shape as LGA2011-3. These are based on the Kaby Lake-X architecture. Also, i7-7700K will upgrade to i7-7740K, but none of the other CPUs will feature less than 6 cores. It has twelve threads and 28 PCIe lanes, as well as a base clock speed of 3.5 GHz that can go up to 4.0 in Turbo mode. That is the point when we expect AMD Whitehaven to break c... [Full Article...]
Trump Today: President defends his information sharing with Russian Federation
Every time they walk out of their office they will be met by reporters. Coming days before Trump's first trip overseas, it also raised questions about his standing with world leaders and led some countries to start second-guessing their own intelligence-sharing agreements with the U.S. [Full Article...]
Microsoft Slams NSA Over Ransomware Nightmare
The ransomware takes over users' files, demanding 300 dollars to restore them. For example, computers using older editions of the Windows operating system that haven't been kept up to date with the latest security patches and drivers were vulnerable to WannaCry. [Full Article...]
Alexa wants to make sure you really said her name
Amazon is trying to make sure that when an Alexa device wakes up, it's because you really called out "Alexa". The move promises to be pretty useful considering that it will allow users to receive information brought up by skills as soon as it becomes available. [Full Article...]
WhatsApp fined over $3 mn for data sharing in Italy
We have also gone through many reports about this issue continuing in the Indian court. However, this would happen only if the court comes to conclusion it required judicial interference, said the bench in course of the hearing of a plea by petitioners Karmanya Singh Sareen and Shreya Sethi who have challenged the Delhi High Court's September 23, 2016 order allowing WhatsApp to roll out its ne... [Full Article...]
Facebook finds another measurement bug; Instagram copies Snapchat
Facebook (FB ) said today that it inaccurately charged advertisers for link-based video carousel ads appearing on its mobile site when clicked on by smartphone users. Facebook said these advertisers will receive a full credit for the charges they incurred for these misattributed clicks. In some cases, when people clicked on one of these ads to watch an advertiser's video, Facebook was report... [Full Article...]
Apple could update its entire MacBook line at WWDC next month
Apple is also supposedly working on a 12-inch MacBook which will also be powered by an Intel CPU. Citing people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reported that Cupertino will announce internal makeovers for its laptops at the annual developers conference, which is scheduled for June 5-9. [Full Article...]
Monday morning blues as cyberattack 'WannaCry' hits at workweek's start
The cyberattack that took computer files hostage around the world appeared to slow on Monday as authorities worked to catch the extortionists behind it - a hard task that involves searching for digital clues and following the money. The attack therefore spread faster than previous, smaller-scale ransomware attacks. Bad guys generally target Windows far more than Apple's operating system because ... [Full Article...]
Nokia's first iPhone 'killer' shown in leaked official video
The leak also appears to show off the phone with a full metal and glass body. "Yesterday, HMD Global announced the availability of the most-awaited feature phone "Nokia 3310" in India and we would expect other three phones 'Nokia 6, Nokia 5 and Nokia 3" to be made available in Indian market very soon. [Full Article...]
Roseanne Returning to ABC
Throughout its nine seasons, Roseanne chronicled the lives of the Conners, a working-class family from IL. ABC confirmed rumors of the revival Tuesday , announcing that fans will have eight new episodes to look forward to in 2018. The cast of " Roseanne " after acceptiong the Innovator award backstage at the 6th Annual "TV Land Awards" held at Barker Hangar on June 8, 2008 in Santa Monica, ... [Full Article...]
V30 to be LG's first OLED phone, launch set for September 2017
It followed the tradition of high-quality LCD panels we've come to expect from LG flagships, though a report from South Korea suggests we might see a change of direction for the company's display choices. Samsung holds the sway in the OLED market with nearly 70 percent of its smartphones being shipped with it. Samsung Display, the company's display-making unit dominates over 95 percent of the mo... [Full Article...]
Cyberattack havoc could grow as work week begins
And the United Kingdom government called an emergency meeting over the crisis. Governments "need to take a different approach and adhere in cyberspace to the same rules applied to weapons in the physical world", Smith says, urging agencies to "consider the damage to civilians that comes from hoarding these vulnerabilities and the use of these exploits". [Full Article...]
Preparing for WannaCry and other ransomware attacks
The attack began in the afternoon of Friday, May 12. The discovery caused Renault to temporary shut down their factories in France. Other sources rely on different methodologies, such as the United States government's own digital analytics service , which bases its data on visitors directly accessing government sites. [Full Article...]
Intel Core i9 benchmarks: Core i7-7920X with 12C/24T
Experts though opine that the Skylake X chips would be positioned in the same segment as the Intel HEDT (high-end desktop) range did in the past. COMPUTEX Taipei takes place this year from May 30 to June 3, and Intel is rumored to unveil the new processor series at the event with availability following that same month. [Full Article...]
Sonic Forces will feature custom characters; Gameplay trailer released
A trailer above introduces the Hero Character feature, while the one below shows some new Sonic Forces gameplay. The customizable characters are also equipped with a grappling hook. For example, there's Bear , which blows away enemies with a homing attack. The list is: " Wolf - Automatically draws in rings when near them". Meanwhile, dog characters will restart with five rings after the play... [Full Article...]