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Activision Blizzard reorganizes Raven tester department that voted for union
Join gaming leaders, alongside GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming, for their 2nd Annual GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit | GamesBeat: Into the Metaverse 2 this upcoming January 25-27, 2022. Learn more about the event.  Activision Blizzard game-testing workers in Wisconsin are expected to file for a union with the National... Read more
A bug lurking for 12 years gives attackers root on every major Linux distro
Linux users on Tuesday got a major dose of bad news—a 12-year-old vulnerability in a system tool called Polkit gives attackers unfettered root privileges on machines running any major distribution of the open source operating system. Previously called PolicyKit, Polkit manages system-wide privileges in Unix-like OSes. It provides a... Read more
What the Cybersecurity Executive Order Means for the Private Sector
Companies and governments have suffered from delaying the fundamental cybersecurity overhauls necessary to defend against increasingly sophisticated and common attacks for too long. The Executive Order As a response to this threat landscape, President Joe Biden issued an executive order on improving the nation’s cybersecurity, specifically with Zero Trust security architecture.... Read more
BMW’s next art car is an 8 Series by Jeff Koons
That’s a car, I promise. BMW The 2023 BMW 8 Series will spawn a new art car designed by artist Jeff Koons. We don’t yet know exactly what this’ll entail, but from what we can see in a handful of teaser images released Tuesday, this car definitely won’t be... Read more
Why the Belarus Railways Hack Marks a First for Ransomware
For years, idealistic hacktivists have disrupted corporate and government IT systems in acts of protest. Cybercriminal gangs, meanwhile, have increasingly held hostage the same sort of enterprise networks with ransomware, encrypting their data and extorting them for profit. Now, in the geopolitically charged case of a hacktivist attack on... Read more
How popular content creators are building inclusive community with Facebook Gaming
Join gaming leaders, alongside GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming, for their 2nd Annual GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit | GamesBeat: Into the Metaverse 2 this upcoming January 25-27, 2022. Learn more about the event.  What does it take to build an online gaming community — and why is a commitment... Read more
Booby-trapped sites delivered potent new backdoor trojan to macOS users
Researchers have uncovered advanced, never-before-seen macOS malware that was installed using exploits that were almost impossible for most users to detect or stop once the users landed on a malicious website. The malware was a full-featured backdoor that was written from scratch, an indication that the developers behind it... Read more
Samsung’s Tizen to extend into Iran and the Middle East
Samsung has reached South Asia and Southeast Asia, but the Korean giant is not done with its Tizen OS expansion plans. Now, the company has its sights set on Iran and the Middle East (West Asia), where it intends to set up a Tizen development centre in Iran and... Read more
US government warns that electronics chip supply crunch remains dire
The global chip shortage shows no signs of improving. Stephen Shankland/CNET The global computer chip shortage won’t end anytime soon. That’s the analysis from the US Department of Commerce. A new report issued Tuesday by the department outlines the fragility of the worldwide semiconductor supply chain. Specifically the main issue... Read more
The Best Veterinary Telemedicine Services for Your Pet (2022)
Virtuwoof, like TeleVet, connects you to your current vet. If yours isn’t in the network yet, you can use the Ask Virtuwoof option for advice and recommendations, without prescriptions or diagnosis as there isn’t a valid VCPR. The process is just as easy as TeleVet. You make profiles for... Read more