Dec 24
“John Doe” has been held without charges and without counsel for over three months.
Dec 24
Firefighters continued battling the blaze over the holidays.
Dec 24
Subaru sells emotion. Their entire marketing strategy is about “love,” which is actually a pretty accurate take on how we buy cars. There’s very little logic in a lot of our buying decisions. Consider how much time some of us spend in our vehicles –…
Dec 24
Trump reportedly made the remark hours after signing the GOP tax bill into law.
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The PC world is taking another step towards laying 32-bit systems to their eternal rest. Nvidia has announced that it will soon be making the switch to only supporting 64-bit operating systems, with the upcoming Version 390 of its graphics card drivers being the last to support 32-bit versions of Windows (7, 8/8.1, and 10), Linux, and FreeBSD. While 64-bit … Continue reading
Dec 24
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Dec 24
It’s been a wondrous week working up to Christmas Eve and not just for the guys with the Tommy Guns. Alamo Drafthouse announced it is starting a rental store and loaning out rare VHS, Protera is going to wake up tomorrow with an order for 25 of its e…
Dec 24
Comcast doesn’t have the best of reputations and recent reports are not going to help the company improve its image. According to reports, the company signed up users for a deception protection plan without their consent. The plan in question is called the Service Protection Plan or SPP. It costs users $6 per month. The plan apparently provides little to no value for $6 per month.
The reports stem from an amendment to an existing lawsuit against Comcast that was filed last year. A statement by the Attorney General of Washington mentions that the plan’s mandate extends to a diagnosis of the program. It doesn’t do much to actually cut down the cost of repairs for the customer.
“[The plan] simply covers the technician visiting the customer’s house and declaring that the customer’s equipment is broken,” the statement mentions.
The lawsuit against Comcast has been amended to claim that Comcast signed up many of its customers in the Washington area for the Service Protection Plan without their consent. Most of the calls to customers in which representatives tried to sell them this plan reportedly never mentioned the SPP.
Others allegedly told customers that the plan was being added to their accounts for free. Some reports even suggest that even customers who explicitly refused to sign up for this program ended up being signed up by Comcast reps anyway.
The Attorney General now believes that Comcast has violated the state’s Consumer Protection Act “over 1.8 million times,” adding that these types of deceptive practices were discovered in more than 50 percent of a random sample of SSP enrollments that were reviewed by the state.
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Dec 24
As if websites trying to hijack visitors’ CPUs to mine digital currency wasn’t enough, a new report suggests that hackers have created malware that targets Facebook Messenger users in order to secretly mine the Monero digital currency. The malware is called Digmine and it was discovered by researchers at the Trend Micro cybersecurity firm. They claim that the malware is targeting as many machines as possible in order to mine Monero.
The researchers have also expressed concerns that the malware could enable attackers to completely take over a Facebook account.
The malware has been designed to look like a video file, according to Trend Micro, and that it only works when it’s spread using the desktop version of Facebook Messenger on Google Chrome.
If the infected file is opened via Messenger on another platform such as a mobile device, the malware won’t function so it will cause no harm.
Nevertheless, it still remains a risk as it can potentially enable hackers to take over the victim’s account. It may also slow down the machine and even use the victim’s Facebook account to target their friends.
“If the user’s Facebook account is set to log in automatically, Digmine will manipulate Facebook Messenger in order to send a link to the file to the account’s friends,” Trend Micro researchers claim.
Facebook Messenger users should certainly be careful about the links that they open. If they’ve received one from someone they don’t know, it’s always best to exercise caution.
Facebook Messenger Malware Secretly Mines Monero Digital Currency , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Dec 24
Xbox owners can rejoice as Microsoft has now confirmed the Xbox Games with Gold for January 2018. Xbox Live Gold subscribers get access to a handful of free games every month as part of this subscription. Microsoft reveals the upcoming titles towards the end of the previous month. It has now confirmed the titles that will be available for free next month to subscribers who own an Xbox One or an Xbox 360.
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing III, the final chapter of the Van Helsing trilogy, will be free for Xbox Live Gold subscribers on the Xbox One starting January 1st through January 31st, 2018.
Zombi, which will have players fighting for their survival on the streets of London during the zombie apocalypse, will be free for Xbox One from January 16th through February 15th, 2018.
Tomb Raider Underworld is going to be free for Xbox 360 until January 15th, 2018. Army of Two will then go free on January 16th and remain available until January 31st. Both Xbox 360 titles are backward compatible so they will also be available for the Xbox One.
That’s not all. Microsoft is also adding ten new titles to its Xbox Game Pass service next month. It’s offering the subscription for just $1 for a limited time. However, the promotional pricing is only being offered to those who haven’t subscribed to Xbox Game Pass before.
Xbox Games With Gold For January 2018 Announced , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
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