Month: April 2022
This Borat-themed malware is not funny in the slightest
Audio player loading… Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a potent new malware strain that comes with a number of dangerous features and abilities. Named Borat (after the protagonist of the popular Sacha Baron Cohen film), the malware is a remote access trojan (RAT), ransomware tool and spyware all in one, which…
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Microsoft set to double down on Android with dedicated business unit
Audio player loading… Microsoft is reportedly set to consolidate its Android efforts into a single division in a move that could pave the way for even tighter integration between Google’s mobile operating system and its own Windows platform. Windows Central says Surface Duo OS, SwiftKey, Phone Link and several other…
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Google offers employees free electric scooters to get them back to the office
Google is preparing to bring its employees back to the office this week, and as an added bonus, it’ll be offering them free electric scooters to help ease the transition. The tech giant is teaming up with e-scooter maker Unagi to launch a new program called “Ride Scoot,” in which…
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AMD GPU driver bug reportedly messes with some Ryzen CPUs, with users unaware
Audio player loading… AMD’s graphics driver has been observed to mess with certain CPU settings according to fresh reports, in what can only be described as a very odd affair. This comes from Igor’s Lab (via Tom’s Hardware), with the German tech site pointing out that the apparent problem was…
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How to use Apple TV’s picture-in-picture mode to view a HomeKit camera feed
Picture-in-picture mode has been an option on Apple’s streaming media device, the Apple TV, for a couple of years now. But with the recent tvOS 15.4 update, Apple has made it easier to view a live feed from HomeKit cameras in a small window on top of any other content…
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Alphabet’s Wing kicks off drone delivery service in Dallas on April 7th
Wing, the drone delivery company operated by Google-parent Alphabet, will launch its first commercial service in the US on April 7th. The company’s quadcopters will be available to “tens of thousands” of homes in the suburban towns of Frisco and Little Elm, both of which are part of the Dallas-Fort…
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