Hackers drain $31 million from cryptocurrency service MonoX Finance
Company says it has contacted the hacker in an attempt to recover the funds. Good luck. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Blockchain startup MonoX Finance said on Wednesday that a hacker stole $31 million by exploiting a bug in s.....»»
Report reveals which sealed NES games are the rarest of the rare
Wata Games population report includes some seemingly one-of-a-kind variants. Enlarge / Some copies of The Legend of Zelda might be worth less if they were made of real gold... (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) This summer.....»»
Reddit adds real-time conversation features, live upvote counts, and more
Users will be able to see vote counts and comments change on the fly. Enlarge / The Reddit logo on a mobile device. (credit: Getty Images | stockcam) Reddit is yet again making some changes and adding features to make it more.....»»
Twitch’s “ban evasion” flag is a bigger anti-hate tactic than you might think
Livestreaming platform draws rare line in the moderation sand. Enlarge (credit: Twitch) Twitch, the livestreaming service that largely caters to gamers, has exploded in popularity since being acquired by Amazon in 2014—but t.....»»
OnePlus 10 will come with new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
The next flagship OnePlus phone is set to include the new top-end Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip......»»
Black Friday saw a huge jump in malware attacks
Scammers were relentless in facilitating malicious campaigns, despite shoppers spending less in 2021......»»
FluBot banking malware is spreading like wildfire over SMS
The FluBot malware is once again being distributed by text messages to Android smartphones in Finland......»»
US Confirms Nation"s First Case of Omicron Covid Variant In California
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNBC: U.S. health officials have confirmed the country's first case of the new, heavily mutated coronavirus variant called omicron in California, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday......»»
Reddit Introduces New Real-Time Features To Keep Users Engaged
Social media platform Reddit said on Wednesday it would launch several real-time features, including voting animations and typing indicators, [...] to boost engagement on the platform that has fueled a 'meme-stock' frenzy in the recent past. Reuters.....»»
Jack Dorsey"s Square Changes Corporate Name To Block
Square, the financial services and digital payments company founded by Jack Dorsey and Jim McKelvey in 2010, announced today that it is changing its name to Block. From a press release: Block will be the name for the company as a corporate entity. Th.....»»
Qualcomm"s New Always-On Smartphone Camera Is a Privacy Nightmare
At the Snapdragon Tech Summit 2021 yesterday, Qualcomm introduced their new always-on camera capabilities in the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor, which is expected to arrive in high-end Android phones early next year. The company says this new feature w.....»»
More Than a Third of World"s Population Have Never Used Internet, Says UN
Nearly 3 billion people -- or 37% of the world's population -- have never used the internet, according to the United Nations, despite the Covid-19 pandemic driving people online. From a report: The UN's International Telecommunication Union (ITU) est.....»»
Elizabeth Holmes testifies she reached out to Rupert Murdoch to try to kill a damning Wall Street Journal story
When Elizabeth Holmes got wind that then-Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou was working on a damning expose that would publish in October 2015 about her blood testing startup Theranos, she went straight to the top in an effort to get the sto.....»»
Footprints from site a at Laetoli, Tanzania, are from early humans, not bears
The oldest unequivocal evidence of upright walking in the human lineage are footprints discovered at Laetoli, Tanzania in 1978, by paleontologist Mary Leakey and her team. The bipedal trackways date to 3.7 million years ago. Another set of mysterious.....»»
Parental stress is a contributing factor linking maternal depression to child anxiety and depressive symptoms
A secondary analysis of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (Fragile Families) found a bi-directional relationship where a mother's mental health symptoms impacted the child's mental health symptoms and vice versa, according to researchers.....»»
Unorthodox "exercise in a pill" could offer simple solution for at-risk patients
Unique molecular signals in the body sent to our brain and potentially our eyes immediately after we exercise could be key to helping scientists 'bottle up' the benefits of exercise in a pill for at-risk patients......»»
PlayStation Plus January 2022 PS4, PS5 Free Games
PlayStation Plus January 2022 PS4, PS5 Free Games.....»»
Assetto Corsa Competizione Is Getting A Free PS5 Upgrade For Current Owners In February 2022
Assetto Corsa Competizione will be making its way over to PS5 in February 2022, with a boost to 60 FPS, cross-save between consoles, and more. The post Assetto Corsa Competizione Is Getting A Free PS5 Upgrade For Current Owners In February 2022 appea.....»»
Nvidia"s latest Game Ready Driver changelog confirms the RTX 2060 12GB
In today's Game Ready Driver release notes, for driver version 497.09 WHQL, Nvidia distinctly mentions adding support for what it calls the "GeForce RTX 2060 12GB." Upon first glance, it might seem odd that the company didn't attach the "Super" monik.....»»
How to get your Chromecast connected to a hotel room TV
Google's Chromecast is a small streamer that can be your perfect travel companion. Here's a quick guide on how to get your Chromecast connected to a hotel TV......»»