Day: June 11, 2021

Netflix announces first-ever WitcherCon this July – CNET

Netflix and CD Projekt Red partner to host the gaming universe conference, but we still don’t have a release date for season 2 of the popular series. …read more Source:: CNet


Amazon Will Pay $62 Million Over Deceptive Delivery Tips Claims

Amazon will pay almost $62 million to settle allegations by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission that it avoided handing over the full pay and tips it promised to delivery drivers, according to the agency. From a report: The company is giving back the amount it kept, according to a complaint released earlier this year by…


Circuit VR: Arduino Virtually Meets Analog

There was a time when building electronics and building software were two distinct activities. These days, almost any significant electronic project will use a CPU somewhere, or — at least — could. Using a circuit simulator can get you part of the way and software simulators abound. But cosimulation — simulating both analog circuits and…


Julian Assange: UK lawmakers ask Biden to drop charges against WikiLeaks founder – CNET

Pressure from the UK on the US not to try and extradite Assange is mounting. …read more Source:: CNet


Airlines Plan To Plow Billions Into Flying Taxis

Flying taxis moved a step closer to becoming a fixture buzzing across urban skyscapes, as a closely watched effort was unveiled in Los Angeles and startups in the U.K. and Brazil made commercial breakthroughs. From a report: Vertical Aerospace Group, based in Bristol, England, won conditional orders for as many as 1,000 electric aircraft that…


UK tells UN that nation-states should retaliate against cyber badness with no warning

Even nuclear missile attacks came with a 4-minute heads-up Comment Britain has told the UN that international cyber law should allow zero-notice digital punishment directed at countries that attack others’ infrastructure.… …read more Source:: Register


Cyberpunk 2077 Hacked Data Circulating Online

CD Projekt Red confirmed that employee and game-related data appears to be floating around the cyber-underground, four months after a hack on the Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077 developer. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Europe joining NASA for Venus ‘triple crown’ probing the planet’s mysteries – CNET

Japan’s already there. NASA is sending two spacecraft at the end of the decade. Now Europe has greenlit a mission to the inferno planet. …read more Source:: CNet


DOJ charges cybersecurity official for attack on Georgia hospital

Vikas Singla is facing decades in prison for allegedly stealing patient information and disrupting services at a hospital near Atlanta in 2018. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Dealing with the pandemic by drinking and swearing? Boffins say you’re not alone

While social media gets a portion of the blame for COVID-19’s initial spread The impact of lockdowns during a global pandemic appears to be making itself known in a variety of ways – subtle and otherwise – including increased drinking and swearing. Or, as we like to call it, “the weekend”.… …read more Source:: TheRegister