Month: January 2025
An alleged 7-Zip zero-day is actually an AI hoax
Twitter user posts alleged zero-day exploit for 7-Zip software However 7-Zip creator quickly debunks flaw Igor Pavlov says AI hallucination is to blame, and flaw isn’t legitimate As a New Years Day gift, a Twitter user had posted details of a zero-day exploit in popular file compression software 7-Zip –…
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The first 27-inch 4K gaming OLED monitor is here courtesy of Samsung
Ahead of the official start of CES, Samsung has announced a trio of new Odyssey gaming monitors. Of the bunch, the G81SF is the most interesting. Samsung says it’s the first 4K, 27-inch OLED gaming monitor. The panel features a 240Hz refresh rate and 0.03ms gray-to-gray pixel response time. At…
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Telegram adds third-party verification to combat scams
Telegram is trying to crack down on scams with a new feature that lets official third-party services assign verification icons to users and chats, the messaging service announced on Wednesday. This is separate from the verification process Telegram has for public figures and organizations. Instead of displaying a blue checkmark,…
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6 big entertainment stories you missed over the 2024 holiday season: The Batman Part 2 delayed again, The Night Agent season 2 trailer, and more
The 2024 festive season has come and gone, but it wasn’t completely devoid of entertainment-based news. Indeed, the holidays didn’t stop the world’s biggest studios from releasing trailers for new movies and TV shows, or making other notable announcements ahead of New Year’s Day. We covered a couple of those…
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Tesla’s sales fell year-over-year for the first time
Tesla’s production and delivery numbers for 2024 are out, and the numbers are pretty sobering. The premiere EV company in the US produced 1.77 million cars this year, a drop of about 4 percent compared to the previous year, and delivered 1.79 million vehicles this year, or about 1 percent…
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MetLife denies hack after ransomware group claims attack
RansomHub claims intrusion into what appears to be MetLife’s Latin-American division Group leaks MetLife documents to corroborate the claim However MetLife says the intrusion pertains to a company owned by a subsidiary Infamous ransomware group RansomHub claims it breached the Latin-American division of insurance giant MetLife on New Year’s Eve,…
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