Monthly Archives: July 2022

Mojang blocks NFTs in Minecraft

Minecraft developer Mojang Studios is taking a strong stance against NFTs. In a blog post titled “Minecraft and NFTs,” the studio, which is owned by Microsoft, wrote that “integrations of NFTs with Minecraft are generally not something we will support or allow.” “To ensure that Minecraft players have a safe and inclusive experience, blockchain technologies…

Square Enix summons Meteor, launches its NFT project

Square Enix What had once been a warning of dark times to come is now a reality. Square Enix has finally announced its NFT (or non-fungible token) project after threatening us with the company’s embrace of the controversial and largely reviled-by-gamers blockchain technology. To facilitate this extraordinary waste of fans’ good-will, Square Enix has partnered…

Pro-Russia hack campaigns are running rampant in Ukraine

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Pro-Russian threat actors are continuing their unrelenting pursuit of Ukrainian targets, with an array of campaigns that include fake Android apps, hack attacks exploiting critical vulnerabilities, and email phishing attacks that attempt to harvest login credentials, researchers from Google said. One of the more recent campaigns came from Turla, a Russian-speaking…

Best backpacks for school in 2022

Jeremy Bishop, Unsplash Best overall Herschel Little America Laptop Backpack Check Price A sturdy backpack packed with storage solutions. Best for middle schoolers JanSport SuperBreak One Backpack Check Price A straightforward design with water-resistant polyester lining. Best college backpack Mancro Laptop Backpack Check Price A multi-compartment pack available in five different colors. Backpacks can play…

Tesla Cybertruck on track to launch summer 2023, Elon Musk says

Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed Wednesday that the automaker aims to launch its long-awaited Cybertruck mid-2023. “We are still expecting to be in production with the Cybertruck in middle of next year,” Musk said during Tesla’s second-quarter financial report. “We’re very excited about that product. It might actually be our best product ever.” Although prototypes…

Tesla to increase cost of FSD beta software beyond its $12,000 price tag

Tesla plans to increase the price of its branded “full self-driving” beta software, the advanced driver assistance system that CEO Elon Musk has said will mean the difference between the company “being worth a lot of money or worth basically zero.” Tesla vehicles today come standard with its driver assistance system called Autopilot. For an…

Confirmed: You’re getting new Samsung Galaxy foldables next month

Forget teases, conjectures, and leaks. Samsung’s own leadership has penned a blog post that primes the anticipation pump for multiple foldable devices that may “push the limit of what’s possible,” and will launch during Samsung Unpacked on August 10. In an editorial posted late Wednesday entitled, “The Mainstream Moment for Foldable Smartphones Is Here,” Samsung…

Secret Service may have violated federal law by undergoing process that it says deleted messages 3 weeks after the Capitol attack and are now being requested by January 6 panel

A U.S. Secret Service officer near the White House on November 8, 2020. J. Scott Applewhite/AP The Jan. 6 panel subpoenaed Secret Service for messages sent around the day of the Capitol attack. A “systems migration process” that occurred three weeks after the riot may have deleted all data, per letter from Jan. 6 panel…