The foreign-currency-exchange giant said that it has been hit by a virus, affecting retail customers and banking partners alike. …read more Source:: Threatpost

But that’s minuscule compared to handsets flogged in Q3 2019 5G is in its infancy and yet Samsung has managed to carve out an impressive slice of the market, shipping more than 6.7 million Galaxy 5G devices during 2019.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

The German brand originally plotted 2025 as the date it would reach the milestone. …read more Source:: CNet

By the end of August 2019, the entire pig population of China had dropped by about 40 percent. China accounted for more than half of the global pig population in 2018, and the epidemic there alone has killed nearly one-quarter of all the world’s pigs. From a report: By late September, the disease had cost…

Hackaday editors Elliot WIlliams and Mike Szczys kick off the first podcast of the new year. Elliot just got home from Chaos Communications Congress (36c3) with a ton of great stories, and he showed off his electric cargo carrier build while he was there. We recount some of the most interesting hacks of the past…

Tens of thousands of Australians are fleeing their homes as hundreds of fires rage across the continent’s southeast coast. And yes, climate change is almost certainly to blame for the extent of the disaster. From a report: With more than a thousand buildings destroyed and 17 deaths since October, it already ranks as one of…

‘Tis the season for leftovers, be they food, regifted presents, or the decorations left behind in the wake of the festivities. Not to mention the late tips we get for holiday-themed builds, like this Duck Hunt ornament that’s completely playable. Details are sparse in [wermy]’s video below, but there’s enough there to get the gist….

Yorkshire and Clydesdale latest to join ongoing game of TITSUP*manship It appears the UK banking system is playing a fiscal game of Top Trumps as both Yorkshire and Clydesdale Bank followed yesterday’s example set by Lloyds by not processing payments into customer accounts.… …read more Source:: Register

The Ranger Raptor isn’t even a thing in the US, and now Australia is getting a V8 model? No fair. …read more Source:: CNet

Music is an ideal medium for interstellar communication. From a report: Each summer for the past 25 years, tens of thousands of people have flocked to Barcelona, Spain, to witness Sonar, a three-day festival dedicated to electronic music, art, and design. To celebrate Sonar’s 25th anniversary in 2018, the festival partnered with the Catalonia Institute…