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Cybercriminals Who Have Extorted Over $10 Million Were Arrested
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested two cybercriminals from Las Vegas and New York. Suspects tricked around 7,500 people, from whom they cheated more than $10 million in total.
hardware & software
Bart Swiatek
September 23, 2019
WoW Classic - Perpetrator of Recent DDoS Attacks Arrested
Blizzard informed about the arrest of a person suspected of having launched DDoS attacks on the company's servers. The problems affected both World of Warcraft Classic and Overwatch players.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
September 20, 2019
Nokia Documents Reveal How Russia Puts its Citizens Under Surveillance
SORM, a system used to monitor the Internet and telecommunication activity of Russians, has once again become a subject of controversy. The disclosed Nokia documents show how the system helps Russia to keep track of its citizens. One might start asking some uncomfortable questions about human rights violation.
hardware & software
Julia Dragovic
September 19, 2019
Two Popular AdBlocks Used by Millions of People Accused of Fraud
The team responsible for creating one of the AdBlocks has recently published a text that makes it clear that two popular ad-blocking plugins do some other things as well, about which the user is not informed. The worst part, however, is that they were installed by millions of people.
hardware & software
Barth Faryna
September 18, 2019
New iOS 13 on iPhones Warns You Not to Use Facebook
The iOS 13 system, which is due to be launched this week, offers many new measures to protect users' privacy. One of them is to notify people when applications try to secretly spy without their consent. People who downloaded early versions of the software are warned about Facebook.
hardware & software
Barth Faryna
September 17, 2019
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Vanishes From Russian PSN
Sony has withdrawn Call of Duty: Modern Warfare from the Russian version of PlayStation Store. It seems that players in Russia will have to do without it.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
September 13, 2019
Nintendo Sues Another ROM Website; Millions of Dollars are at Stake
Nintendo has filed another lawsuit in connection with illegal sharing of games on the Internet. This time it was the RomUniverse website, from which the publisher demands substantial compensation.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
September 12, 2019
Trump Administration Wants to Monitor Phones of Mentally Ill People
Donald Trump's government is considering a new proposal to combat mass shootings, whereby the phones of people with mental health problems would be tracked to prevent acts of aggression.
hardware & software
Paul Wozniak
September 12, 2019
NBA 2K20 is the Second Worst Rated Game on Steam
In just 6 days since its launch, NBA 2K20 has become the second worst rated production on Steam. This is due to the controversial microtransaction system, which is often referred to as a gambling simulator. Players also complain about bugs and a small number of changes compared to the previous part.
video games
Bart Swiatek
September 11, 2019
Take-Two Took Down Fan-made Red Dead Redemption Remaster for PC
Thanks to Take-Two Interactive's intervention, work on Red Dead Redemption: Damned Enhancement Project - an unofficial remaster of the first RDR, created with PCs in mind - was suspended.
video games
Adrian Werner
September 10, 2019
Google and Facebook Accused of Breaking Electoral Silence in Russia
Facebook and Google were accused of breaking the electoral silence during the local elections held in Russia last Sunday. The companies were supposed to display advertisements and political spots in violation of the law. The Russian media supervisory authority has not informed about possible consequences for the companies.
hardware & software
Bart Swiatek
September 9, 2019
Star Wars Battlefront 2 Mentioned in Guinness World Records
Star Wars Battlefront 2 from Electronic Arts has received a mention in Guinness World Records. All thanks to the comment of one of the publisher's representatives, whose entry defending the microtransaction collected over 683 thousand downvotes on the Reddit.
video games
Conrad Hazi
September 7, 2019
Facebook: 419 Million User Phone numbers Leaked
Facebook's got another big flop. A total of 419 million Facebook user phone numbers were found on a server, which could be accessed by almost anyone because it was not even password-protected.
hardware & software
Barth Faryna
September 6, 2019
Not Only AMD. Intel Equally Guilty of Misleading Advertisements
Intel has prepared a marketing presentation in which it highlights the advantages of its processors in real-world applications. Slides were created on the basis of statistics that have very little relevance to the topic.
hardware & software
Bart Swiatek
September 6, 2019
AMD Will Improve CPU Performance to Match the Advertising
AMD issued a statement on the latest Ryzen 3000 series processor scandal, which did not reach the declared Boost speeds. The case got so big that something had to be done about it.
hardware & software
Barth Faryna
September 4, 2019
Chucklefish Comments on the Exploitation of Young Programmers
Chucklefish's response to accusations of exploitation of young programmers during the development of sandbox game Starbound has seen the light of day. Not everyone is happy with the words in the studio's statement.
video games
Barth Faryna
September 3, 2019
ZAO - Popular Chinese Alternative to FaceApp May be Dangerous
The Chinese application ZAO, which allows you to superimpose your face in a video or photo, breaks records of popularity. In an instant, it became the most popular downloadable program in the Chinese App Store and... a true deep-fake machine.
hardware & software
Konrad Serafinski
September 3, 2019
PEGI Takes Flak for Lack of Gambling Warning in NBA 2K20
The European PEGI expressed its opinion on the controversy surrounding the microtransaction-filled trailer of NBA 2K20. Under the current criteria of the organization, the game does not contain gambling elements. However, discussions on the subject are ongoing.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
September 2, 2019
Der8auer: only 5.6% of Ryzen 9 3900X CPU achieve declared speeds
A well-known hardware reviewer and overclocking specialist, der8auer, conducted a survey which showed that a small fraction of Ryzen 9 3900X CPUs achieve the declared Boost speeds.
hardware & software
Barth Faryna
September 2, 2019
The Co-creator of Night in the Woods Passes Away
Canadian developer Alec Holowka, co-creator of Night in the Woods, has passed away on Saturday. His death was most likely the result of a suicide. Last week, the developer was accused of physical and psychological violence and blocking the careers of several women with whom he had worked in the past.
video games
Bart Swiatek
September 2, 2019