Monthly Archives: October 2022

Millie Bobby Brown doesn’t actually want Eleven to die in Stranger Things season 5

Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown has clarified comments she previously made about wanting her character Eleven to die in season 5. Speaking to Total Film, Brown walked back on what she originally said about Eleven during Stranger Things season 4‘s press tour. Back in May, multiple outlets covered comments made by Brown, which suggested…

7 cybersecurity awareness tips to protect your data against malware apps

From fake camera editor software to VPN services, recent reports show how cybercriminals have refined their tactics in developing seemingly legitimate malware apps.  Meta has recently warned to uninstall over 400 malicious mobile apps after discovering that these tools were designed to steal people’s Facebook login credentials. The harmful services were so well-crafted that they…

US airports are being hit by DDoS attacks from Russia

The websites of a number of airports across the United States have been hit with distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, rendering them unavailable for users. While the attacks did not disrupt flights, they did affect other airline services, it was said. According to a BleepingComputer report, a pro-Russian hacktivist group called KillNet took responsibility…

Microsoft Outlook update will stop sensitive emails ending up in the wrong hands

Business users will soon benefit from improved Microsoft Outlook functionality that will help ensure sensitive information is kept within the appropriate circles. Currently, Microsoft provides a sensitivity labels tool, which lets employees manually dictate the sensitivity status of an email message. There is also an automatic labelling feature that can detect personally identifying information like…

Ex-Russian foreign minister says ‘terror’ is a ‘desperate’ Putin’s only option after his battered army rained missiles down on Ukraine’s civilians

Russian President Vladimir Putin in Veliky Novgorod, Russia, on September 21, 2022. Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP An ex-Russian foreign minister said that “terror is the only thing left” for a “desperate” Vladimir Putin. The Russian military on Monday and Tuesday launched a barrage of deadly strikes on cities across Ukraine. Andrei…

Mark Zuckerberg is making a classic big Silicon Valley mistake — one we last saw made by Marissa Mayer at Yahoo

Alex Wong/Getty Images; Liz Hafalia/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg is making the same mistakes that plagued former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer.  Mayer made ambitious bets that never paid off for Yahoo, which was ultimately sold to Verizon. Zuckerberg, too, is making a big bet on the metaverse, one better suited for…

US stocks slip as bond yields edge higher and investors prepare to sift through corporate earnings

Bryan R Smith/Reuters US stocks fell Tuesday as investors prepare for earnings and CPI data.  Major investment banks will begin reporting quarterly results later this week.  Bond yields rose, with the 10-year Treasury note up about four basis points.  US stocks slipped again on Tuesday as investors prepare themselves for this week’s earnings reports and…

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says he supports the Bank of Japan’s ultra-loose monetary policy even as the yen sinks to a 24-year low

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Getty Images Japanese PM Fumio Kishida backed the Bank of Japan’s loose monetary policy despite the yen sliding to a two-decade low against the US dollar.  He told the Financial Times the BOJ needs to maintain its policy until wages for workers increase.  “At the moment, I am not thinking…