Monthly Archives: October 2022

No, a new ‘Zelda’ series isn’t coming to Netflix

Fans of Nintendo‘s (highly popular) fantasy game, The Legend of Zelda, will be disappointed. A series of fake promotional posters recently “revealed” the cast of a live-action Zelda series apparently developed for Netflix. On Twitter, these doctored, AI-generated posters created by user Dan Leveille quickly gained traction. Leveille tweeted the images with an imagined cast:…

Save up to £100 with the best Apple Watch deals in Amazon’s Prime Early Access Sale

SAVE UP TO £100: A range of Apple Watches are discounted in Amazon’s Prime Early Access Sale, saving you up to £100 on list price. We’re constantly on the lookout for special deals during major shopping events like Amazon’s Prime Early Access Sale. What constitutes a “special deal” is up for debate, but most would…

Slack CEO seizes latest opportunity to take a swing at email

The founder and CEO of Slack has reiterated his ambition to replace email as the de facto medium of communication in the workplace. Speaking during the keynote session at Slack Frontiers in London, Stewart Butterfield highlighted the limitations of the email format, which he says is bound by nature to create opportunities for misunderstanding and…

LockBit ransomware is spreading from compromised Microsoft Exchange servers

LockBit ransomware affiliates have been caught distributing the malware via compromised Microsoft Exchange servers, multiple sources have confirmed. The issue was first identified by South Korean cybersecurity company AhnLab. This past summer, two servers belonging to one of its customers were infected with LockBit 3.0. As per the report, the attackers first deployed web shell,…

Windows 11 22H2 bug breaks Windows Hello security feature

Windows 11’s first big update (22H2) has run into further trouble, this time related to Windows Hello logins. As Bleeping Computer reports, Microsoft has confirmed that the Windows 11 22H2 update is being blocked from some PCs due to compatibility issues with the security feature, namely that the upgrade breaks Windows Hello. Apparently the gremlin…

Hot or Not: The best (and worst) Amazon Prime Day tech deals, chosen by experts

(Image credit: Future) The second day of Amazon’s Prime Day October sale is underway this morning – and we’ve been pleasantly surprised by the quality of some of the deals so far: there have been some absolute bargains. We’re talking A-grade discounts on products people actually want. (That’s not always a guarantee on Prime Day.)…

Oil giant Exxon was ordered to reinstate 2 employees and pay $800,000 for illegally firing them after suspecting them of leaking information to the media

Brandon Bell/Getty Images Exxon Mobil fired two workers it suspected of leaking information to the WSJ, the DoL said. The company has been ordered to reinstate them and pay them $800,000 in back wages and damages. Employees had told the WSJ in 2020 they thought Exxon’s growth plans in Texas were unrealistic. Oil and gas…

GM takes on Tesla with scheme to let homeowners store power and use their EVs as batteries

The launch will coincide with the 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV going on sale. Tim Levin/Insider General Motors is launching a division that provides homeowners with power storage technology.  The new service is set to launch by the end of 2023, GM said on Tuesday.  GM Energy will provide battery storage devices, and let drivers use…

Oil could plunge to just $60 a barrel if there’s a deep recession next year, RBC says

Oil prices could plunge to $60 a barrel if there’s a recession next year, according to RBC Capital Markets. Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters Oil could fall to $60 a barrel next year in the most bearish scenario, according to RBC. Sticky inflation and a Federal Reserve policy mistake could both slash crude prices, the bank said….