The ransomware attack against the Los Angeles Unified School District just got worse. TechCrunchreports the group that took credit for the heist, Vice Society, has published a 500GB data cache from the early September breach. The collection includes extremely sensitive details like Social Security numbers, bank account info and health data that extends to students’…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
Google is a relative newcomer to the headphones market. The company’s technology – Google Assistant – has been present in headphones for a number of years, but in terms of the hardware, the Pixel Buds Pro are only Google’s fourth set of headphones. The Pixel Buds started the trend in 2017, but it wasn’t until…
Xiaomi is holding a product launch event tomorrow, Tuesday 4 October 2022, but Amazon seems to have lifted the lid on the two expected phones early. The Xiaomi 12T and 12T Pro have both appeared on Amazon sites across Europe, with Amazon Spain and Amazon Germany both listing the handsets (that we’ve found). A number…
Players have been taking to social media to say their goodbyes to Overwatch. After six years of being one of the most popular multiplayer shooters, Overwatch has been retired ahead of Overwatch 2‘s launch tomorrow. The official Overwatch Twitter account invited players to share their memories and fan creations with the hashtag #SeeYouOnTheOtherSide to say…
So, Stadia finally met its demise last week. After an unsuccessful launch with general apathy from the audience, there’s an argument that the platform was doomed right from the very beginning – despite Google itself investing a gigantic amount of cash into the hardware and various publishing deals. Perhaps the writing was on the wall…
Former staff members at Burnout developer Criterion have revealed their scrapped plans for a sequel to the studio’s first-person shooter project Black. When Black launched in 2006 for PlayStation 2 and the original Xbox, it promised to be Criterion’s revolutionary take on the FPS genre – just as Burnout had won legions of fans for…
Retro Studios, the team behind Metroid Prime and Donkey Kong Country Returns, once pitched a Zelda game for the Nintendo DS akin to Final Fantasy Tactics. This project was dubbed Heroes of Hyrule, and would not have had Link as the main character. Rather, the Hylian hero would have turned up as an NPC. Per…
Anker has one-upped Apple by launching new Soundcore Liberty 4 earbuds with in-ear heart rate sensors – a feature that was rumored to be coming to the AirPods Pro 2 but ultimately never made the cut. Anker’s new earbuds feature a stemmed design reminiscent of Apple’s AirPods, while the right-hand earbud includes a special sensor…
Following the launch of iOS 16.0.2 last Thursday, Apple has stopped signing iOS 16 and iOS 16.0.1, the two previously available versions that came out in mid-September. Since the two versions are no longer being signed, it is not possible to downgrade to those versions of iOS after installing iOS 16.0.2. Apple routinely stops signing…
Former Washington Metropolitan Police Department officer Michael Fanone listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 21, 2022. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Former DC Metropolitan Police officer Michael Fanone is set to release a memoir on October 11….