Month: March 2022

Podcast app Overcast is getting a big design overhaul

Overcast, a popular podcast player for Apple devices, is getting an update that brings a major design overhaul to its main screen, as well as a new theming system that lets you pick the colors used throughout the app. For Overcast users like me, the update is a fresh coat…

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Vidar spyware is now hidden in Microsoft help files

Audio player loading… A new cybercrime campaign has been discovered that abuses Microsoft HTML help files to distribute the Vidar malware.  Cybersecurity researchers from Trustwave reported of a threat actor distributing Vidar through an email spam campaign. In it, the attackers would send a relatively generic-looking email, with the attachment…

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AMD’s next-gen frame rate booster leaves the most popular GPU in the world out in the cold

Audio player loading… The most popular graphics card out there (at least going by Steam’s hardware survey stats) falls below the recommended requirements for AMD’s incoming next-gen frame rate boosting feature. Team Red recently revealed FSR 2.0 (the successor to the original FidelityFX Super Resolution tech), and made it clear…

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Roland’s iconic RE-201 Space Echo returns in two new Boss pedals

It's a good week for guitarists who love a classic echo effect. Just a few days ago, Line 6 released the DL4 MkII, a long-awaited update to its DL4 delay and looper pedal, one of the more widely-used effects pedals of the last 20 years. And now Boss, one of…

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Our Favorite Budget Gaming Headset Is Down to $25

The corded SteelSeries Arctis 1 plugs into nearly every gaming console around and has a removable mic. Source

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Google says it stopped North Korea hacking Chrome

Audio player loading… Google has confirmed it has patched a serious security vulnerability in its Chrome internet browser which allowed malicious actors to spy on people and potentially take over their devices. In a blog post, Adam Weidemann of Google’s Threat Analysis Group said the flaw was being used in…

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