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Ransomware recovery firm claimed it could decrypt files, but may have just paid hackers and pocketed the difference
Posted on Thursday October 08, 2026
The United States Department of Justice has charged Zohar Pinhasi, 50, also known as "Zack Silver" and "Zack Green," with fraud. He ran a Florida-based company called MonsterCloud that told ransomware victims not to pay attackers because it had a way of decrypting their files – for a fee, of course.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
"Software is over": Developer uses AI to build free Adobe clones after frustration with cancellation fees
Posted on Thursday October 08, 2026
As Ars Technica reports, developer Brandon Thomas is taking on seven of Adobe's best-known applications through Artcraft. The project extend beyond Adobe's famous photo editing program to video production, vector graphics, page layouts, and PDF tools.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
The OLED Burn-In Test: 30-Month Update
Posted on Thursday October 08, 2026
After 30 months and 8,000 hours of deliberate abuse, our 4K QD-OLED monitor has measurable burn-in, lower peak brightness, and visible wear. Here's how bad it looks in daily use.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
AMD says FSR 4 is coming to handhelds and laptops by the end of 2026
Posted on Thursday October 08, 2026
Jack Huynh, senior VP of AMD's Computing and Graphics division, recently told South Korean media that official FSR 4 support will come to a range of APUs, gaming laptops, and handheld gaming PCs before the end of 2026. The Elec reports that the company will also launch a new generation...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra starts at $2,600, running Nvidia's RTX Spark chip
Posted on Wednesday October 07, 2026
Pre-orders are now open for the Surface Laptop Ultra and other laptops built on the same Arm-based SoC, which marks Nvidia's entry into the PC CPU market. Microsoft's model starts at $2,600 with 24GB of unified memory.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Seagate and Toshiba are reportedly fighting to acquire TDK's HDD magnetic-head technology
Posted on Wednesday October 07, 2026
According to sources familiar with the matter, Seagate and Toshiba are currently battling each other to acquire TDK's magnetic-head business. The Japanese company is one of the few independent manufacturers still making this crucial electronic component, but HDD giants are now looking to strengthen their supply chains as the entire...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
OpenAI publishes 722 AI-generated math papers as researchers challenge its closed model
Posted on Wednesday October 07, 2026
OpenAI organized the results into 372 groups and said it had given the model about 4,000 problems. The release gives researchers a large collection of proofs to examine, but not access to the proprietary system that produced them.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Denuvo DRM removed from Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, and everyone is wondering why
Posted on Wednesday October 07, 2026
Earlier this month, the studios working on the Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis remake updated the game's entry in Steam's database. The update appears to remove Denuvo's anti-tamper technology, potentially marking a major change coming four months before the game's scheduled release on February 12, 2027.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Paramount now owns Warner Bros, HBO, CBS, and CNN, and Netflix is out
Posted on Wednesday October 07, 2026
Paramount has officially begun its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, turning parent company Skydance into a new media giant. Following the closure, Skydance confirmed that it will eventually combine streaming services HBO Max, Paramount+, and Discovery+.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Jaguar's Type 01 brings its bold concept design to a $130,500 production EV
Posted on Wednesday October 07, 2026
It will go on sale in early 2027, with deliveries expected in the second half of the year. The expected US starting price is $130,500. In Britain, prices will start at £130,000, more than twice the F-Type's roughly £62,000 starting price.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »