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Nintendo has successfully obtained a permanent injunction against the RomUniverse operator after winning a $2.1 million damage penalty earlier. RomUniverse, a site hosting Nintendo games illegally, was summoned to cease operations after a complaint from Nintendo two years back. While it was shut, Nintendo convinced the court to grant a permanent injunction of RomUniverse not coming online again. Permanent Injunction Against RomUniverse Until two years back, RomUniverse was one of the popular sites for downloading Nintendo games for free....

VP Brian Shen tweeted, ” may just be the thinnest dual-mode 5G phone in its price segment.” Oppo has tantalized the latest smartphone, the Reno 3 Pro 5G which follows the traditional category of slimmest devices. This phone is supported by 5G standalone networks. It has a covered glass screen at the back and front, with no bezels. While this gadget may be really alluring, being an appealing and pocketable telephone, it is not prone to available in the United States....

Earlier today, PlayStation France confirmed that the VR2 is coming in early 2023 through a tweet. This was soon followed by PlayStation UK handle and the official PlayStation Instagram handle too. While they didn’t mention any specific date, they all shared the original picture of what PS VR2 looks like – both the headgear and the controllers. Sony has already disclosed the core specifications of Sense controllers of PS VR2 earlier this year, which steps up the game very better....

Robinhood, the American financial services platform has disclosed a data breach incident yesterday, which actually happened earlier this month. The company reported an unauthorized party accessing data of over 7 million people but assured that no financial loss to customers occurred since there was no leak of bank accounts, card details, or social security numbers. However, it hired a security firm to investigate the issue further. Robinhood Data Breach In a blog post yesterday, Robinhood informed the public about a data breach incident on November 3rd this year....

Russia’s internet watchdog – Roskomnadzor, has fined Google $358 million for failing to remove the prohibited content from its Search and YouTube. Citing this, the regulator, as per Russia’s Code of Administrative Offenses, fixed a penalty of 10% of Google’s total turnover in the country. This comes after the company was blamed for repeated offenses the same. Penalizing Google For Non-Compliance Google is one of the many companies against Russia in its war in Ukraine....

The Russian lower house of parliament has passed a bill that would give local authorities the power to ban any online platform if found guilty. This law is specifically formed after the Russian government received complaints that Russian content was being suppressed by platforms like YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook. Banning Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube Online platforms that serve the user-generated content are always in trouble. Though they provide just the tools to make content, they’re accused of not regulating their respective platforms’ extremist content....

Weeks after testing, Samsung is finally rolling out the Android 13-based One UI 5.0 to all the public users of the Galaxy S22 series. The new update comes with different version numbers based on the region you live in and packs anywhere between 400-700MB of data. Unpacking it, you’ll see new features and improvements made to most of the Samsung apps and widgets. One UI 5.0 to Galaxy S22 Series Earlier today, Samsung said it’s set to roll out the stable One UI 5....

Declan Harrington has now pleaded guilty for his charges, one of the criminals arrested for hijacking high-profile Instagram accounts and SIM swapping attacks. While waiting for the court sentence, Harrington and his co-conspirator in 2019 have stolen over $530,000 in cryptocurrencies from various high-profile people through hacks and threats. Stealing Through Threats and SIM Swapping SIM swapping is one of the social engineering techniques. A hacker will make the target’s telecom operator believe in a false story and ultimately reassign the phone services to a SIM that the hacker controls....

A phishing campaign reported by BleepingComputer says that threat actors are abusing SendGrid’s Infrastructure for sending phishing emails to take payers. The redirecting phishing web page is also compromised, and the emails were spoofed to be from HMRC, UK’s tax collector. Using SendGrid email delivery helped them bypass spam filters. HMRC Phishing Campaign Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is the UK’s tax collector. Since it’s the official department, any email or letter having a badge of it asking for details will mostly be believed by citizens....

Verishop and Snapchat announced a new partnership to let Snap users try a curated shopping experience on its platform. As per reports, Snapchat will feature Verishop Mini , a specially crafted Verishop shopping section in the Snapchat app to let users shop for branded items and purchases. Moreover, users can share them with others and also try some virtually to know better. Shopping in Snapchat With over 265 million active users, Snapchat for long has been a successful social chat platform in the heated-up messenger space....

The US Department of Commerce has just added yet another Chinese company into the corporate Entity List. OFILM , the global supplier of OV lens, fingerprint technologies, and other smart gadgets for automobiles is the new one being added to the list. This results in barring the company to use technologies of American companies freely, and need a special export license. US Adds Chinese OFILM to Entity List Trump’s administration has been stamping down several Chinese companies since last year....

Aaron DeVera, a member of Cyber Sexual Assault in New York’s Task Force reported the discovery of more than 70,000 user photos of Tinder was just dumped in an online cybercrime forum, which is primarily meant for trading malicious softwares. The issue is yet unknown whether Tinder had a data breach or someone internally had scraped the data. Somehow, they reached the dark forum and is ready to be exploited....

WASHINGTON, December 15, 2025 – The Trump administration introduced the U.S. Tech Force on Monday, a recruitment program to bring approximately 1,000 early-career technologists into federal agencies for two-year terms, with a focus on artificial intelligence implementation, software engineering, data systems, and cybersecurity. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM), directed by Scott Kupor, leads the effort. It targets professionals with five to seven years of experience or less, who make up only 7% of the federal workforce compared to 22% in private industry....

Washington, D.C. – March 10, 2025 – U.S. President Donald Trump suggested on Sunday that a resolution to the fate of TikTok, the embattled Chinese-owned social media platform, may be near. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump revealed that his administration is in talks with four prospective buyers, stating, “It could happen soon. We’re dealing with four groups, and many people want it … all four are good.”...

Credit card skimming attacks are often heard with unsung sites, as well-known firms secure and monitor their gateways frequently. But here’s a story of reputed plastic container manufacturer – Tupperware, which has a malicious skimming code dwelling in its payment page for 5 days, and is not responding to any intimations. Unseen Payment Page Malwarebytes, an American CyberSecurity firm that unearthed this fact claims to have contacted Tupperware in all the ways possible but didn’t receive any reply....

Following the crazy growth of Threads, Twitter threatens its parent company, Meta, with a potential lawsuit, citing the latter misappropriating its trade secrets and intellectual property. Further, Twitter accused Meta of poaching its former employees to build its new Threads, calling it a violation of state and federal laws. Well, Meta refuted these claims saying that no former Twitter employee was put on the Threads engineering team. Threatening With a Lawsuit A day after the hyped launch of Meta Threads, Twitter called for a lawsuit against Zuckerberg’s company for stealing its ex-employees, trade secrets and violating its copyrights ....

Since earlier this week, several Microsoft product users complained about the automatic deletion of files. The issue was seen persistent in SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams. Users say all the files they’ve shared among themselves are being deleted without informing and are seen in recycling bins. Microsoft hasn’t shared why it’s happening. Unreasonable Deletion of Files in Teams and SharePoint On Monday this week, we’ve seen a full-on outage of Microsoft’s cloud-based services like Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams, Xbox Live, Exchange Online, Outlook....

The US Commerce Department has just made it harder, rather impossible for Huawei to access high-end chips for its future smartphones. The department announced the expiration of Huawei’s license and also added 38 new companies that are linked to Huawei to the Entity List . These restrictions leave Huawei with no proper chip maker that’s capable of catching its pace. The US Adds 38 New Companies of Huawei to Entity List May the US is forcing Huawei to run out of the smartphone business, as it’s doing everything to knockout the every chip supplier somehow....

Understanding Android’s file system is complex. When browsing the Android file system, you may come across files you might have never seen and don’t know their use. One such file you may have encountered is com.google.chrome. Anyone seeing this file may wonder what it is and why it takes up space on their Android phone. It’s no wonder that you are thinking of the same. You need not worry about anything; we are here to guide you on what is com....

If you’re wondering why some of your Snapchat contacts have a gray X next to them and want to know what it means, we have the best explanation. We will cover all the X-related topics on Snapchat, so read this article carefully. Snapchat is a viral image-sharing platform where you can share your daily activities with your friends and family through Snaps? However, many people find Snapchat complicated to use, especially if they are using it for the first time....