Author: Max Milella

REvil’s been on a bit of a digital rampage this year, with its recent hack targeting IT solutions distributor Kaseya having the farthest-reaching effects. The hacker gang offered a decryption key for victims of the Kaseya attack, with a pretty hefty price tag attached to it. Fortunately for those who couldn’t get the key at the time, cybersecurity firm Bitdefender has you covered. Release your machines from REvil In collaboration with “a trusted law enforcement partner”, Bitdefender has developed its own decryptor key and is handing it out for free, reports Bleeping Computer.  Bitdefender told Bleeping Computer that the decryption…

Do you remember the Yellow Pages? That massive tome of dead tree you used to keep next to your landline (if you can remember that relic too) that you could page through if you needed a business’ or neighbour’s phone number? Well, now it’s coming to WhatsApp, in the form of an integrated business directory.  Find your local butcher, baker, and candlestick maker on WhatsApp The Facebook-owned messaging app is trying out the feature first in São Paulo, Brazil, reports Reuters, which Will Cathcart (WhatsApp CEO) says is, “…home to millions of small businesses.” Now, this digital directory is significantly…

You know what sucks? Forgetting your password. There’s nothing worse than trying to log in somewhere, typing in what you’re sure is your password, only to be forced to go through the arduous process of resetting it because you forgot where the capital letter goes for this particular account.  Microsoft agrees that passwords can be a bit of a nuisance, and so is making it possible for its consumers to go completely passwordless on their accounts.  Microsoft: No password? No problem “Nobody likes passwords. They’re inconvenient. They’re a prime target for attacks. Yet for years they’ve been the most important…

Back in January, Samsung Display announced that it would later begin producing 90Hz OLED panels for laptops, promising that they would, “best satisfy the diverse consumer need for laptops used in telework, online education, video streaming, and gaming.” The South Korean tech magnate kept its word, and has now begun mass producing said laptop displays.  Samsung Display delivers Now, OLED displays on laptops aren’t anything new, but they’re not particularly commonplace. Even less so if you’re looking for a laptop in the range of affordable to budget. But thanks to Samsung Displays, more laptop producers will start sticking their hardware…

Dying Light 2: Stay Human, the hotly anticipated sequel to Techland’s brutal open-world zombie basher (or dodger, if you’re the timid type) was originally slated for release in December this year, just in time for the holiday season. Now, Techland has announced that it’s pushing that date out to February of next year. Stay waiting for Stay Human Techland CEO Pawel Marchewka shared the news and a personal message to fans on Dying Light 2: Stay Human’s official website. He explains that while the game is technically finished and currently in playtesting, he and his team think it needs some…

Zoom, the video conference platform everyone turned to at the beginning of last year (sorry, Skype) has had a bumper 18 months. This week it kicked off its ‘Zoomtopia’ conference turned virtual workspace, where it unveiled a healthy handful of new features and updates to make your hybrid work experience more bearable. Here are some of the more notable ones. Video Engagement Center (VEC) With the world the way it is right now, face-to-face interaction between businesses and customers has become a bit of a novelty. It’s also made customer service a bit trickier to navigate. The Video Engagement Center…

Facebook has long championed its (and its cohort’s) rigid and equal moderation rules as indicative of its commitment to safety, quality and privacy. But, much like WhatsApp’s promise of perfectly private end-to-end encryption, this is a bit of a fib. According to documents unearthed by a Wall Street Journal investigation, Facebook has a bit of a whitelist, the members of which get to post whatever they want, whenever they want, without consequences. Some Facebook users are more equal than others Facebook has a pretty straightforward moderation system, with an equally simple penalty system to match. If you say or post…

The Epic vs. Apple showdown has become a bit of a spectator sport over the last few months. The latest episode in that saga unfolded over the weekend, with a ruling in Apple’s favour: Epic now owes the Californian tech-goliath $6 million.  Epic lost the battle, but the war’s not over If you’re still not familiar with this legal brawl, the long and short of it as relevant to this news is that Epic wasn’t happy with Apple’s App store skimming 30% off of the top of any purchases made inside of the Fortnite app. To avoid this tax, the…

As most big tech companies have known for sometime now, AI is the way of the future, whether it be for algorithmic or industrial purposes. Facebook, being one such company, is now developing a machine learning chip in-house to upgrade its existing AI. Facebook goes all in with its chips This new chip will be used for tasks such as recommending content and accounts to users, reports The Information, citing two anonymous sources close to the matter.  Though they don’t say it out loud, given its track record we wouldn’t be surprised to find that Facebook plans to use this…

Like most social media platforms these days, a large number of accounts on Twitter are automated, or, in other words, are run by bots. This doesn’t just apply to those comments promising you crypto-wealth if you follow ten simple steps either, there are some more helpful bots out there. Like, those that function as natural disaster warning systems. Or Inspirobot.  That said, distinguishing bots from living, breathing, flesh-clad human beings can get a little confusing sometimes, so Twitter is rolling out some handy labels to help you spot the difference.  Twitter tells you if these are the droids you’re looking…