Month: February 2022
More cyberattacks come from China than the rest of the world combined, FBI head claims
Audio player loading… China has conducted more cyberattacks against the United States of America than all of the other major nations combined, the director of the FBI has claimed. In a speech earlier this week, Christoper Wray stated that the FBI is currently investigating more than 2,000 incidents in which…
Read More
How to stream the 2022 Winter Olympics
It’s hard to believe we’re just coming off the heels of the last big Olympic event in Tokyo, which took place in summer 2021. But the XXIV Olympic Winter Games are officially here, with the opening ceremony kicking off on Friday, February 4th. Whether you’re planning to tune in with…
Read More
Mozilla is retiring its VR version of Firefox
Mozilla is retiring its virtual and augmented reality web browser Firefox Reality, passing the baton to an outside team that plans to relaunch it under a new name. Free software consultancy Igalia is developing a browser using the source code underlying Firefox Reality, aiming to launch a comparable VR /…
Read More
Cryptocurrency platform Wormhole hit in $320 million hack
Audio player loading… A vulnerability in Wormhole, a cryptocurrency platform that allows users to convert one token into another, has been exploited by attackers who managed to “mint” some 120,000 wETH, or Wrapped Ether, on the Solana network. In layman’s terms, a “wrapped” token is one that does not reside…
Read More
Congress is still spinning its wheels on autonomous vehicle regulation
On Wednesday, Congress held its first hearing on autonomous vehicles in over two years, and there was not a lot to show for it. At the end of the four-and-a-half-hour event, there was no indication that lawmakers were any closer to a consensus on how best to regulate this rapidly…
Read More
Halo Infinite’s Big Team Battle is fixed, again, maybe
If you ask me, the best part of Halo Infinite is Big Team Battle, an epic 24-player mode that lets you squad up with up to 11 friends across Xbox, cloud, and Windows PC — but it’s been riddled with matchmaking bugs that keep games from starting, kick out your…
Read More