Month: January 2024

iOS 17.3 is out, adding Stolen Device Protection for your iPhone

iOS 17.3 is out, and it comes with a new security feature that’s supposed to prevent thieves from taking your iPhone and quickly taking over access to anything stored in iCloud as well as other important accounts like your bank or email. Instead of relying on your lock screen passcode…

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Awesome Games Done Quick 2024 raises $2.5 million for cancer research

Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) 2024 has wrapped after a nonstop weeklong speedrunning marathon. This year’s charity raised over $2.5 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. Other highlights included four broken world records and a dog named Peanut Butter beating the oddball NES classic Gyromite. This year’s AGDQ, which took…

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Dangerous TA866 malware returns with devious new phishing campaign

After a nine month hiatus, the infamous TA866 threat actor is back, a new report from cybersecurity researchers Proofpoint has claimed, having recently observed a large phishing campaign targeting people in North America. As per its report, Proofpoint says TA866 sent “several thousand emails” with subjects such as “Project achievements”,…

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Amazon just dropped Super Bowl TV deals – save over $1,000 on 4K, OLED and QLED TVs

While we wait to see what teams advance to the Super Bowl, there’s no time like the present to upgrade your TV for the big game. Amazon has a massive Super Bowl TV sale right now with incredible deals on big-screen displays from brands like Samsung, LG, and TCL, with…

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Developers speak out against Global Game Jam AI sponsor

Various developers have spoken out against this year’s Global Game Jam (GGJ) list of diversifiers and sponsors which incudes two AI tool websites.  A Polish game developer, Sosowski, took to Twitter/ X to voice his disdain over the latest list of diversifiers at GGJ. “[I] didn’t expect [GGJ] to be…

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Latest Apple rumor has got me excited for April 2024 when M3 MacBook Air and a handful of iPads could finally launch

A new rumour has popped up surrounding potential new Apple products – and I don’t mean the Apple Vision Pro; we could be treated to new iPad and MacBook Air models as soon as April, with each product receiving a decent spec bump and (hopefully) a slightly refreshed look.  Bloomberg’s…

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