Day: December 11, 2020

California files to join US Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit against Google – CNET

It’s the first Democratic state to sign onto the landmark complaint. …read more Source:: CNet


Harrison Ford Will Return in a Fifth ‘Indiana Jones’ Movie

New submitter Arthur, KBE writes: Harrison Ford will be grabbing his whip and ramming on his hat for a fifth “Indiana Jones” movie, Disney has confirmed — a mere 41 years after the first installment, “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” was released. Disney said in a tweet on Friday that the movie would be produced…


FBI, CISA, MS-ISAC: Cybercriminals Increasingly Attacking K-12 Distance Learning

Ransomware attacks reported against US K-12 schools jumped from 28% in January through July to 57% in August and September. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Microsoft launches COVID-19 vaccine-management platform

Microsoft Consulting Services has built a vaccine-management platform solution for government and healthcare customers. …read more Source:: ZDNet


M1 MacBook Air review: Impressive, but doesn’t beat my Intel MacBook Pro

Apple promises faster performance, longer battery life, and video editing capability with the new M1-based MacBook Air. But can it really handle all that work? …read more Source:: ZDNet


Putting the Finishing Touches on a 60W Laser

At this point if you’re even remotely interested in home laser cutters, you know about the K40. These imported machines are very impressive considering they only cost around $400 USD, but naturally, quite a few corners had to be cut to get the price down. If you’re looking for something with a bit more punch…


2021 Subaru WRX and WRX STI prices are good news for potential buyers – Roadshow

Why? Because the prices remain favorable for another model year. …read more Source:: CNet


Security Issues in PoS Terminals Open Consumers to Fraud

Point-of-sale terminal vendors Verifone and Ingenico have issued mitigations after researchers found the devices use default passwords. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Buggy behavior bites .NET SqlClient, but only for those not using Windows

.NET devs have been struggling to deal with errors affecting non-Windows MySQL clients under heavy load Back in February, .NET software developers using Microsoft.Data.SqlClient, an open source data access driver for Microsoft SQL Server, noticed that certain queries were slow or timed out on Linux under specific circumstances.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Adrozek Malware Delivers Fake Ads to 30K Devices a Day

The Adrozek ad-injecting browser modifier malware also extracts device data and steals credentials, making it an even more dangerous threat. …read more Source:: Threatpost