Monthly Archives: April 2024

Sophos Study: 94% of Ransomware Victims Have Their Backups Targeted By Attackers

Research has found that criminals can demand higher ransom when they compromise an organisation’s backup data in a ransomware attack. Discover advice from security experts on how to properly protect your backup.

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Security engineer jailed for 3 years for $12M crypto hacks

Shakeeb Ahmed, a cybersecurity engineer convicted of stealing around $12 million in crypto, was sentenced on Friday to three years in prison. In a press release, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced the sentence. Ahmed … Continue reading

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These 74 robotics companies are hiring

It’s tough out there — and yet, doing my semi-regular jobs post always gives me hope. Seems every time I post one of these, the number increases. At 74 companies, this is undoubtedly the largest list we’ve made, by a … Continue reading

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AMD and Intel dip on report China told telecoms to remove foreign chips

Shares of U.S. chipmakers fell after The Wall Street Journal reported China is ordering the country’s top telecom carriers to stop using foreign processors.

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How Ukraine’s cyber police fights back against Russia’s hackers

On February 24, 2022, Russian forces invaded Ukraine. Since then, life in the country has changed for everyone. For the Ukrainian forces who had to defend their country, for the regular citizens who had to withstand invading forces and constant … Continue reading

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CleanFiber wants to turn millions of tons of cardboard boxes into insulation

The startup has raised $28 million to help fund a nationwide expansion of its cardboard-based cellulose building insulation. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Nintendo Switch Online’s SNES library gets these 3 titles

It might be a while until the Nintendo Switch 2 finally releases, but Nintendo HQ are keeping us well-fed in the meantime as it bolsters its Super Nintendo online retro library with three new games. What games are coming to … Continue reading

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Sportradar extends partnership with China’s basketball league CBA

The Chinese Men’s Professional Basketball League (CBA) has announced an extension to its media partnership with Sportradar. The continuation of the strategic partnership aims to strengthen the integrity of the CBA and to bring a bigger spotlight to the Chinese … Continue reading

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LEGO 2K Drive races onto Xbox Game Pass

Xbox Game Pass is getting a Mario Kart-like in the brick-based form of LEGO 2K Drive this month. The popular racing sim was free for PlayStation Plus subscribers in December and now the rival console gets the LEGO treatment. Those … Continue reading

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Tech Leaders Once Cried for AI Regulation. Now the Message Is ‘Slow Down’

Any dreams of a sweeping AI bill out of Congress are basically a hallucination.

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