For a while, ransomware attacks were a hacker’s and scammer’s favorite tool for extracting money from their victims. Now, Microsoft reports that ransomware has now fallen out of favor in place of another kind of attack: cryptojacking. Why Cryptojacking Took the Number One Spot On the Microsoft Security blog, the company details how the scope of […]
Continue ReadingBack in the earliest days of Facebook, when it was still called Thefacebook, Apple was one of the first companies to give Mark Zuckerberg’s social media company a source of recurring revenue for encouraging users to join a dedicated Apple page. Relations have gotten a bit chillier since then. During Facebook’s latest quarterly investor call, […]
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During August 2020’s Galaxy Unpacked event, Samsung announced five new devices in its Galaxy range. If you weren’t lucky enough to watch the presentation when it was live, here’s a summary of the event, with everything you need to know about the five devices. 1. Galaxy Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra Samsung opened the […]
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Keyboard switch manufacturer and designer, Cherry, just announced their newest and most revolutionary product: the Viola mechanical switch which may appear in keyboards by the fourth quarter of 2020 in keyboards costing $ 50 or more. Cherry also announced a series of updates to their Cherry MX line, the MX1A, which comes in four different […]
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In terms of snaffling internet data, Netflix has everyone else beaten hands down. Netflix is also contributing to video being the biggest drain on bandwidth overall, which, given how many cat videos we all watch, should come as a surprise to absolutely no one. We know all of this thanks to The Global Internet Phenomena […]
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Spotify has listed the most-streamed songs of Summer 2018. The list is dominated by Drake, with support from Cardi B and Post Malone. But while the playlist will likely only appeal to a certain age group, it’s a fascinating snapshot of the music business. The Billboard charts are good at informing us what songs have […]
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