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Intel brings out a new wireless driver that has support for the upcoming Operating System, Windows 11. Already, Intel has updated the graphics drivers with support for Windows 11, and now the company has wireless drivers like Wifi and Bluetooth. Intel’s Latest Driver Update Brings Support for Windows 11 Intel has updated its wireless driver and has published it for Windows 11 via Intel’s Support and Assistant Tool. Moreover, it has also fixed bugs to improve the performance....

Kaseya, an IT services provider was hit by REvil ransomware last week, and having the impact of amplifying rapidly ever since. Kaseya has just revealed that about 50 of its direct customers were impacted by this attack, but around 1,500 additional organizations were indirectly impacted through its affected clients. The company is now readying a patch to close the vulnerability. Kaseya Attacks Hits 1,500 Companies Kaseya, an IT solutions provider having VSA as one of its products, is now responsible for one of the largest software supply chain attacks in history....

India’s most loved game and PUBGs reincarnation – Battlegrounds Mobile, is coming to the nation soon. While the pre-registration is already opened for the game, the makers Krafton Inc has released a teaser of it confirming the availability of UAV and Erangel map. This entices the players already, as Erangel is one of the most played maps in PUBG. Erangel in Battlegrounds Mobile India As the ban of PUBG in India significantly hit Krafton Inc, the maker came up with a revamped solution exclusively for Indians....

Meta is expanding its AI translation efforts by partnering with UNESCO to enhance speech recognition and translation for underrepresented languages . Many Indigenous languages lack digital support, making them harder to preserve and integrate into modern communication tools. With this initiative, Meta aims to bridge that gap by improving AI-powered translation systems. As part of its Language Technology Partner Program , Meta invites researchers, governments, and linguistic experts to contribute transcribed speech recordings (at least 10 hours), large written texts, and bilingual sentence pairs ....

Meta is reportedly working on a new social media app similar to Twitter – that’s decentralized and allows users to share timely updates in text format. Hopefully, this new app will target the current Twitter users who are in a confused state after Musk’s acquisition, as the platform is facing a lot of chaos. Though Meta confirmed it’s working on a new platform, there’s no timeline on when we can see this yet....

Following Twitter’s mass layoffs, Meta is reportedly planning to cut thousands of its workforce, too, soon. An official announcement on this is expected to come by Wednesday, with most of the teams across the company seeing sharp job cuts. Meta CEO Zuckerberg reported that most teams will stay flat or shrink over the next year. Employee Layoffs at Meta The parent company of Facebook , WhatsApp, Instagram, and Oculus – Meta is reportedly planning to downsize its workforce soon....

In an effort to interest the Windows 10 gaming community, Microsoft has just announced to reduce the revenue split it takes from game developers in Microsoft Store. This is reducing from 30% to 12%, and let the game developers keep the rest for them. Going to be effective from August 1st, this policy hopes to lure the gaming community and certainly put pressure on Valve’s Steam Store. Microsoft’s New Plan For Attracting Game Developers Microsoft Store...

Citing the Russian invasion against Ukraine, Microsoft today announced suspending all the new sales of Microsoft products and services in Russia. Microsoft said it’s siding with the US, UK, and European Union governments of blaming Russia for this unfair attack, and will cooperate in all the sanctions levied against it. Further, Microsoft said it will help in defending the Ukranian cyberinfrastructure, and supply resources needed for the refugees. Microsoft Dumps Sales in Russia Microsoft joins the bandwagon of tech companies around the world, who decided to suspend services in Russia citing its unfair invasion against Ukraine in recent days....

Hoping to block the humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine, Russian state military hackers are actively engaging in cyberattacks against several supporting nations in Europe to Ukraine. This is based on a pattern that Microsoft observed in recent times, where Sandworm – a Russian intelligence hacking group, has constantly been hitting Ukraine’s infrastructure. Warning to be prepared, Microsoft says such attacks would increase during the winter period against all other NATO nations....

Pushing users to make their own accounts for streaming, Netflix announced a new feature called the ‘Profile Transfer’ – that lets users takeout their profile data out for a new account. This is possible when they want to form a new account and thus transfer their profile data – containing all the viewing history and bookmarks – to a new account. This support is rolling out to all the countries where Netflix is available, starting today....

After months of testing with limited people, Netflix is increasing its Preview Club members by adding tens of thousands more. The Netflix Preview Club will allow selected users to review Netflix Originals before their official public launch and provide feedback to the platform. This may be used by the content makers to tune it further as per reviewers’ interests or release it as it is. Netflix Preview Club Expansion With the OTT space heating up with the tough competition, all the involved platforms are coming up with new ideas to stand out....

Netflix in its first-quarter earnings report of 2022 revealed some shocking results, that washed $40 billion of the company’s value. Netflix New Plans For Growth Thus, it intends to crack down on this practice by charging those freebies too. The platform already started testing an additional payment to those household users, which may be expanded soon to more regions. Future, introducing an ad-tier with cheaper price. Although the CEO of Netflix , Reed Hastings is opposed to this idea initially, he says to be a big fan of consumer choice too, so “allowing consumers who would like to have a lower price, and are advertising-tolerant, get what they want, makes a lot of sense....

A browser named Tuber made by 360 Security, has given millions of Chinese the access to uncensored internet for a while. The app has been downloaded over five million times and was removed by the Appstore without any intimation. Till then, it has let users pass through China’s Great Firewall and browser global sites. Bypassing the Great Firewall It’s widely known that the Chinese government has limited internet accessed by its citizens....

As announced earlier this year, HBO Max and Discovery+ are merging into one – with the new streaming platform coming in the summer of 2023. This was revealed by the company’s executives in the Q2 earnings announcement. While the official name and pricing of the new OTT platform are yet to be revealed, the executives said they’ll introduce a plan without any ads and an ad tier with low cost....

McAfee cybersecurity team has published a report yesterday , where it specifies the US aerospace and defence employees are being targeted by North Korean hackers. The report explains how the Operation North Star is done to lure employees with fake job offers to get their credentials, and to steal the sensitive data. An Offer That’s Too Good to be True! Despite having small economic and political power on the globe, North Korea has developed a sophisticated cyber-espionage team....

Good news for all as Android 10 has reached the market. However, people with non-Google device devices do not need to wait for an eternity now to see the updates in effect on their devices. OnePlus just announced two OxygenOS-based Android 10 beta models. This upgrade will be seen in effect on the OnePlus devices such as OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7 Pro which is a piece of great news for all the owners of these devices....

As ZDNet reported, hackers have been selling over 85,000 databases on the dark web for around $500 worth of Bitcoin for each. These are identified to be most of MySQL databases, and complaints from owners have increased throughout the year. The campaign has been around the start of 2020, with the process made automated. Automation of Stealing and Selling Databases A database selling campaign is reportedly active since the start of this year, where the hackers are stealing MySQL databases and leaving ransom notes to be contacted for settlement....

A popular wrestling t-shirt marketplace named Pro Wrestling Tees has suffered a data breach, resulting in the leakage of credit card data of tens of thousands of its customers. The site after investigating the issue said that a malware virus was the cause, and removed it through forensic experts. While assuring that no personal data of its customers was stolen, it’s now offering the impacted customers a free one-year credit monitoring service to get alerted on any fraudulent transactions....

Realme is set to shake up the smartphone market once again with the highly anticipated launch of the Realme P3 series. Focusing on innovation and affordability, the lineup is expected to include multiple models, such as the Realme P3 Pro, P3 5G, P3x 5G, and P3 Ultra. The company aims to redefine mobile gaming and everyday performance with cutting-edge hardware and software enhancements. A New Era for Mobile Gaming One of the standout features of the Realme P3 Pro is its integration of GT Boost technology, a performance-enhancing feature developed in collaboration with Krafton....

Reverb, a popular online marketplace for musical instruments, has suffered a data breach incident and is now notifying its users. According to it, a database containing the PII of its customers was leaked online for a while and secured immediately after realizing it. Reverb suggested customers’ change their passwords for good, as they regularly do for no reason mentioned how this had happened. Reverb.com Disclosed Data Breach Reverb is a popular marketplace for buying and selling musical instruments, even if they’re vintage....