Month: January 2023
Ransomware attack hits maritime giant DNV
Audio player loading… Norwegian shipping classification society DNV has been hit by a ransomware (opens in new tab) attack which forced the company to shut down some of its servers. The attack affected roughly 1,000 ships using DNV’s ShipManager software – a tool that its customers use to monitor different…
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WhatsApp now lets you chat with yourself
WhatsApp will now let you freely message yourself. The new Message Yourself feature has been gradually rolling out to WhatsApp users over the past couple of months and has appeared in the release notes for the latest app update this week. It’s not Meta’s latest AI invention but more of…
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PSVR2 adds Tetris Effect and Rez Infinite ports to its ‘launch window’ games list
While the new additions consist mostly of ports from the first PS VR or PC headsets, that list does include two popular puzzle games made by Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s Enhance studio, Tetris Effect and Rez Infinite. Both titles earned stellar remarks from us in their previous VR iterations, so it’s good…
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The US State Department is in disarray after it changed its default font
Audio player loading… The US State Department has sent shockwaves throughout its workforce after ditching Times New Roman as the font of choice in official communications. The evergreen staple has been used by the government body since 2004, but a leaked cable has revealed that this is about to change. …
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‘Birth’ is the macabre indie game quietly crushing the convention circuit
Madison Karrh’s booth at Summer Game Fest 2022 was on the far right side of the demo area, hugging a wall at the front of the small industrial space in downtown Los Angeles. Her game, Birth, was one of the first projects you’d see after grabbing a swag bag, but…
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Amazon, Meta and Google are actually spending big on clean energy
Audio player loading… Amazon, Meta, and Alphabet-owned Google are the top corporate investors of wind and solar power in the US, new figures have claimed. A report (opens in new tab) from the American Clean Power Association (ACPA), a pressure group, which also revealed that, while the technology industry is…
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