Month: January 2022
NLRB alleges Amazon broke the law with anti-labor action in New York
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued a complaint against Amazon, alleging that the company illegally threatened, surveilled, and interrogated workers who were trying to start a union at its Staten Island, New York facilities. The company also reportedly hired a union avoidance consultant who told workers that the…
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Microsoft Outlook bug let hackers bypass email security protections
Audio player loading… A bug in Microsoft Outlook for Mac allowed malicious actors to use the email service to distribute malware targeting Windows users, cybersecurity researchers have found. Reegun Richard Jayapaul, Lead Threat Architect at Trustwave SpiderLab, revealed a recent malware campaign that bypassed a specific email security system. As…
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HP’s Elite Dragonfly G3 gets bigger keys and a 3:2 display
HP has overhauled its Elite Dragonfly with some significant changes, some of which will likely be welcome in consumer and business circles alike, and some of which may be… controversial. We got a chance to try out a prototype of the new Elite Dragonfly G3, which isn’t performance-ready but gives…
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Apple made more money than ever, even with the supply chain crunch
Apple has made a regular trend of announcing record-breaking quarterly earnings, especially in the company’s fiscal Q1, which includes the holiday shopping season. And Q1 2022 has managed to top them all: Apple just reported the biggest revenue for any quarter in its history. Driven by sales of the iPhone…
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Death Stranding Director’s Cut on PC will be a $10 upgrade if you already own the original game
Death Stranding Director’s Cut will be launching on PC on March 30th, publisher 505 Games announced Thursday, and people who already own the original version of the game will be able to upgrade for $9.99. The game will be available both on Steam and on the Epic Games Store, and…
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Peacock reveals its strategy for winning subscribers: spend, spend, spend
Comcast executives announced today that Peacock reached 24.5 million monthly active accounts in the US at the end of 2021, with more than 9 million of those being paid members. To continue growing that number, Peacock plans to double its content budget to around $3 billion in 2022 alone. This…
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