A recent cyberattack on Hoya Corporation was conducted by the ‘Hunters International’ ransomware operation, which demanded a $10 million ransom for a file decryptor and not to release files stolen during the attack.
Not just competitive but available without platform limitations and special streaming contracts. Sports is the only thing keeping traditional cable alive and also drives digital TV subscriptions. The rest of the crap on TV is trash. Even then, it should always be on demand without restrictions. And blackout areas.
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You have a good point. You generally don’t get the other side of the story. Mainly just op-eds that yeah one side. Would love to have actual journalism back.
Arstechnica seems to be the last bastion of actual journalism even though sometimes I feel even they succumb to the click bait shit.
I used to read ghacks daily. It’s like the drudge report of tech news. Maybe even blues news.
Google Pixel 9 series to get emergency satellite connectivity, new modem (www.androidauthority.com)
Chromium Manifest V3 Explained for Toddlers (youtu.be)
Most people still haven’t heard of Manifest V3, so if you are one of those not using Firefox, this is for you....
Fangs (aka Snakes) (1974) (feddit.nl)
https://feddit.nl/pictrs/image/834a2535-a997-47d7-8478-693de6b32c83.jpeg...
Papers please (lemm.ee)
Danish celebrities report Meta to police over fraudulent ads (web.archive.org)
Android 15 will free you from using Google Wallet as your default wallet app (www.androidauthority.com)
Android 15 is now adding the ability to set a default wallet app. So on Pixels, you can change from Google Wallet to a third-party app.
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 04/12/1993 (youtu.be)
The Grateful Dead sang the US national anthem before the San Francisco Giants’ home opener
Optics giant Hoya hit with $10 million ransomware demand (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
A recent cyberattack on Hoya Corporation was conducted by the ‘Hunters International’ ransomware operation, which demanded a $10 million ransom for a file decryptor and not to release files stolen during the attack.
The Story of The Oregon Trail - The history behind one of the most successful edutainment games of all time, and why the original creators never made a penny. (www.youtube.com)
Digital Man (1995) (feddit.nl)
https://feddit.nl/pictrs/image/03cf33bc-65ef-4b59-b362-40fbe6ac684a.jpeg...
Movie industry demands US law requiring ISPs to block piracy websites (arstechnica.com)
The Motion Picture Association will work with Congress to start blocking piracy sites in the US (www.engadget.com)
Guitar stolen from Jerry Cantrell (discuss.tchncs.de)
Edit: it’s been found. Apparently it was misplaced during a busy day and they were afraid it was stolen....
The MPA has big plans to crack down on movie piracy again (www.theverge.com)
House, Senate leaders nearing deal on landmark online privacy bill (archive.is)
Over 92,000 exposed D-Link NAS devices have a backdoor account (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Mozilla Stands Against Google's New Advertising Tech (news.itsfoss.com)
Fuck ads at the gas pump
Idk if this is the right instance for this, but how fucking tired of these forced ads at gas pumps is everyone else?...
Nintendo submit Yuzu DMCA request to Internet Archive (reddthat.com)
Proton Mail says that the new Outlook app for Windows is Microsoft's new data collection service - gHacks Tech News (www.ghacks.net)