Month: January 2023
AWS wants to helps big businesses and governments get to grips with blockchain
Audio player loading… Amazon Web Services (AWS) has joined up with Ava Labs, the company behind Avalanche, in a bid to bring blockchain to more businesses, institutions, and government agencies. Speaking to TechCrunch (opens in new tab), Howard Wright, VP and global head of startups at AWS, explained that “web3…
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Netflix’s Luther movie starts streaming in March
Idris Elba is jumping back into one of his most iconic roles for the upcoming Netflix film Luther: The Fallen Sun. Today, the company revealed that the movie will start streaming on March 10th but will also be available in select theaters starting February 24th. For the uninitiated, Luther was…
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How to turn off chat features on an Android phone
If you recently switched from an Android phone to an iPhone and suddenly stopped receiving texts from your Android phone-owning friends, don’t panic. It’s a nerve-racking but easily solvable problem, and it’s one that we’re all too familiar with at The Verge since some of us tend to switch phones…
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VLC media player is being hiajcked to send out malware
Audio player loading… Cybercriminals have been discovered abusing the popular VLC multimedia player to deliver Cobalt Strike beacons to targets in Australia. The campaign includes SEO poisoning and the Gootkit loader malware (opens in new tab) and targets victims searching for healthcare institutions in Australia. The malware was discoverd by…
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Automattic’s website ad tool could give Instagram and Facebook ads a run for its money
Audio player loading… Automattic has extended the availability of an ad tool available for WordPress websites via Jetpack (opens in new tab) and WordPress.com (opens in new tab). First introduced in April 2022 by Tumblr, the Blaze ad tool now lets users reach a wider audience, with an estimated 13.5…
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HBO Max’s first price hike raises the monthly rate by $1
HBO Max is the next streaming service to get a price increase, its first one since launching in 2020. Starting Thursday, the cost of a new subscription to HBO Max will increase from $14.99 to $15.99 per month. Existing subscribers will pay the new price with their next billing cycle…
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