Month: January 2022
Remember That Weird ‘Cube’ on The Moon? Yutu-2 Finally Took Closer Pictures
The Yutu-2 image of the ‘mysterious hut’. (CNSA/CLEP/Our Space) The mysterious Chinese “moon cube” is no longer a mystery. The big reveal: it’s a rock that doesn’t even have the shape of a cube. National rover Yutu2 discovered the object – which appeared to be a gray cube looming…
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Hackers are mailing out USB drives infected with ransomware
Audio player loading… The FBI has warned the US defense industry that a cybercrime group is mailing malicious flash drives to companies in an attempt to infect the target networks with malware. Getting a flash drive via mail might sound as it came straight out of a spy novel, but…
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Google says Apple ‘should not benefit from bullying’ created by iMessage lock-in
Google has accused Apple of benefiting from bullying as part of a deliberate strategy to make Android users into second-class citizens on the iPhone-maker’s iMessage service. Apple’s messaging service includes a number of iOS-exclusive features, like Memoji, and famously turns texts from Android users green instead of the iOS-native blue.…
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Sony could host a ‘pretty big’ State of Play in February
Audio player loading… Rumors are swirling that a PlayStation State of Play event may be coming in February. What’s more, it’s said that it could be a bigger event than recent outings. Insider Tom Henderson (via TheGamer) tweeted that a State of Play event may be coming in February. What’s…
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NASA completes James Webb final deployment
Credits: NASA GSFC/CIL/Adriana Manrique Gutierrez NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope team has fully deployed its 21-foot gold-plated primary mirror, completing the final phase of all major spacecraft deployments in preparation for scientific operations. As a joint effort with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency, the Webb…
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Samsung Display’s new QD-OLED panel can hit 1,000 nits brightness for improved HDR
Key specs for Samsung Display’s new QD-OLED TVs have been revealed by third-party certification company SGS, the South Korean display manufacturer has announced. According to SGS the new panels are capable of hitting a brightness of 1,000 nits, and can display over 90 percent of the BT.2020 color space, which…
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