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Despite Concord’s failure, Sony says it isn’t giving up on live-service games
Following an eight-year development cycle and a huge budget, the number of concurrent Steam users playing Concord peaked at just 2,388, with the PS5 version unlikely to have fared much better. Two...
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DRAM manufacturers explore new designs to overcome 3D stacking hurdles
While flash memory has made significant strides in capacity through monolithic 3D processing, DRAM has faced challenges in achieving a similar 3D architecture. The primary obstacle has been the need...
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Industry push could see barcodes replaced by QR-style 2D codes within two years
GS1, the global non-profit organization that develops and maintains standards for supply chain communication, including barcodes, aims for widespread adoption of QR-style codes by 2027 through its...
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Belgium has become the first EU country to ban the sale of disposable vapes
As reported by The Guardian, Belgian health minister Frank Vandenbroucke didn’t mince words when announcing the prohibition last year, calling disposable e-cigarettes an “extremely harmful” product...
View ArticleInside the hands-on lab of an experimental archaeologist
Back in 2019, we told you about an intriguing experiment to test a famous anthropological legend about an elderly Inuit man in the 1950s who fashioned a knife out of his own frozen feces. He used it...
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It’s 2025 and Windows 11 Mail & Calendar could stop working any moment now.
It’s been over six months since Microsoft announced that it will end support for Windows Mail and Calendar. Since this announcement users are seeing pop-ups in the Mail and Calendar apps, asking to...
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TV Group Couldn’t Force U.S. ISPs to Block Pirates, UK ISPs May Offer Help
More than two-and-a-half years ago, a group of Israel-based TV companies entered a new phase of their multi-year war against the country’s most popular and resilient pirate sites. Companies including...
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Apple stops Vision Pro production amid weak demand and customer dissatisfaction
Apple is said to have scaled back production of the Vision Pro last summer after building up a large inventory that it believed would last through the year. Now that production has ended, the company...
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Old BitLocker vulnerability exploited to bypass encryption on updated Windows 11
According to a presentation shown during the recently held Chaos Communication Congress at the Chaos Computer Club (CCC), Windows BitLocker can be screwed without a screwdriver. A Hacker named Thomas...
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US Army soldier accused of selling stolen AT&T and Verizon customer data
Cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs wrote that Wagenius went by the name Kiberphant0m online. Shortly after the arrest of Connor Riley Moucka, one of the men accused of stealing sensitive customer...
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Japanese store deploys remote workers as convenience store clerks for...
Interactions through the new system function similarly to a video call for customers, except they interact with cartoon avatars rather than seeing the actual clerk. The remote operator’s movements are...
View ArticleTime to check if you ran any of these 33 malicious Chrome extensions
As many of us celebrated the year-end holidays, a small group of researchers worked overtime tracking a startling discovery: At least 33 browser extensions hosted in Google’s Chrome Web Store, some...
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Manga Publisher Shueisha Wants X to Expose ‘One Piece’ Pirates
Japanese manga comics have always been popular on pirate sites, whereas other categories have seen their growth stall. In contrast, manga piracy continues to grow. This unauthorized activity is a...
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MSI reveals 600Hz gaming monitor, Koorui one-ups with 750Hz model
Joining the long list of products being announced ahead of CES is MSI’s MPG 242R X60N. The monitor is aimed firmly at the esports crowd, with its 24.1-inch size, 1080p resolution, and high refresh...
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Cybersecurity org ESET says get Linux if Windows 10 can’t be upgraded to...
Yesterday, we talked about the unwavering 62% user base of Windows 10, even when it’s just 285 days away from retirement. Now, ESET, a German cybersecurity company rolled out a warning to 32 million...
View ArticleFast radio bursts originate near the surface of stars
When fast radio bursts (FRBs) were first detected in 2007, they were a complete enigma. As their name implies, these events involve a very brief eruption of radio emissions and then typically silence,...
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Canada aims to become a major player in rare earth mining for chips and...
The nation’s latest Critical Mineral Strategy Annual Report for 2024 outlines plans to expand domestic mining of more than 30 minerals designated as critical. There’s particular emphasis on six of...
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Samsung brings 3D back with AI-powered, glasses-free Odyssey 3D monitor
As the tech world gears up for CES 2025, Samsung Electronics has announced a lineup of monitors with features that range from glasses-free 3D displays to AI-powered smart monitors. Read Entire Article
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Apple to pay $95 million to settle claims that Siri recorded private...
The proposed settlement was filed this week in a federal court in Oakland, California, and could finally resolve the long-standing lawsuit over allegations Apple used Siri to eavesdrop on users’...
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Latest Nvidia RTX 5080 leaks hint at DLSS 4 and GDDR7 ahead of CES unveiling
Nvidia, you may remember, announced DLSS 3 during the RTX 4080 and RTX 4090 launch back in September 2022. It’s reasonable to expect that the fourth generation of the upscaler will be unveiled during...
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