thegarbz writes: Denuvo, the darling of the DRM industry was once considered by publishers to be the final solution to piracy. Slashdot has documented the slow decline of Denuvo from stories in 2014, and 2016 where publishers were praising Denuvo’s success at mitigating piracy for weeks, to its slow decline last year where games were…

Microsoft had to pull the update after some users reported files being deleted. …read more Source:: CNet

The fake accounts posted about LGBT pride, women’s rights and black communities. …read more Source:: CNet

“There will never be a world without Stan Lee.” …read more Source:: CNet

The iPhone discounts are just getting underway. …read more Source:: CNet

The app features a lineup of live game shows. …read more Source:: CNet

The heads of NXP and Ampere say it’d be impractical for China to insert spy chips into servers. …read more Source:: CNet

An anonymous reader writes: WannaCry, once the greatest cybersecurity calamity in history, now doesn’t work. A website critical to its function is now controlled by civic-minded security researchers, and the fixed deadline to pay the ransom has long passed. Yet WannaCry still accounts for 28% of ransomware attacks — the most of any ransomware family….

In the pre-Harry Potter sequel, fans will get to know young Dumbledore, but initial takes by critics aren’t all that magical. …read more Source:: CNet

Translating rotary motion to linear motion is a basic part of mechatronic design. Take a look at the nearest 3D-printer or CNC router — at least the Cartesian variety — and you’ll see some mechanism that converts the rotation of the the motor shafts into the smooth linear motion needed for each axis. Hobby-grade machines…