Month: September 2025

Withings bringt eine verbesserte Version seiner Hybrid-Smartwatch Scanwatch 2 auf den Markt. Die Uhr soll bevorstehende Erkrankungen besser erkennen. (Ifa 2025, Medizin)

Acer is showing off a new laptop at IFA in Germany this week that’s of the first laptops designed for Intel’s not-yet-available Panther Lake processors. Microsoft has open sourced one of the very first products the company ever released: a BASIC interpreter for the MOS 6502 processor, a port of the software first developed for […]

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Sextortion-based hacking, which hijacks a victim's webcam or blackmails them with nudes they're tricked or coerced into sharing, has long represented one of the most disturbing forms of cybercrime. Now one specimen of widely available spyware has turned that relatively manual crime into an automated feature, detecting when the user is browsing pornography on their PC, screenshotting it, and taking a candid photo of the victim through their webcam.

On Wednesday, researchers at security firm Proofpoint published their analysisof an open-source variant of “infostealer” malware known as Stealerium that the company has seen used in multiple cybercriminal campaigns since May of this year. The malware, like all infostealers, is designed to infect a target's computer and automatically send a hacker a wide variety of stolen sensitive data, including banking information, usernames and passwords, and keys to victims' crypto wallets. Stealerium, however, adds another, more humiliating form of espionage: It also monitors the victim's browser for web addresses that include certain NSFW keywords, screenshots browser tabs that include those words, photographs the victim via their webcam while they're watching those porn pages, and sends all the images to a hacker—who can then blackmail the victim with the threat of releasing them.

“When it comes to infostealers, they typically are looking for whatever they can grab,” says Selena Larson, one of the Proofpoint researchers who worked on the company's analysis. “This adds another layer of privacy invasion and sensitive information that you definitely wouldn't want in the hands of a particular hacker.”

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The ONEXPLAYER X1 Air is a portable computer that’s positioned as a handheld gaming PC. But with an 11 inch, 2560 x 1600 pixel, 120 Hz thanks to a set of detachable controllers that fit onto the sides. First announced in China earlier this summer, the ONEXPLAYER X1 Air is now available for pre-order globally with prices […]

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Most modern smartphones are thin, lightweight devices meant to fit comfortably in your pocket or take up little space in your bag. The 8849 Hike is not one of those phones. Instead it’s a rugged smartphone designed for off-grid use. It has features like a massive battery that should provide days or even weeks of battery […]

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The start of the COVID-19 pandemic is now five years in the rearview mirror, but its effects continue to reverberate. While those leading the US healthcare system have embraced conspiracy theories and junk science to justify a reduced focus on vaccines (particularly the COVID jab) many people are still seeking out immunization. Google Maps isn't a good way to find it, though. In recent days, almost all search results for COVID vaccines have vanished from Google Maps.

In both the mobile app and website, Google Maps returns zero results for terms like "COVID vaccine" and simply "vaccines." We've tested and confirmed this in multiple US regions, as well as internationally. In some places, these searches will return no local results but may include links to facilities hundreds of miles away. Meanwhile, searches for less-contentious injections like "flu vaccine" and "shingles vaccine" continue to get local results. Bing Maps, Apple Maps, and other Google alternatives have no issue showing COVID vaccine providers.

The Food and Drug Administration under Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently approved the updated COVID shot, but the agency only recommends it for those with underlying health conditions and people over age 65. That makes boosters harder for many Americans to get—and the first step is often finding a nearby provider of immunization. For at least the last week, Google Maps has returned no results for those vaccine-related queries.

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On Wednesday, a global antipiracy group, which included Apple TV+, Netflix, The Walt Disney Studios, and Warner Bros. Discovery, announced that it had assisted in a sting operation that took down Streameast, described as the “largest illicit live sports streaming operation in the world.”

Now, accessing websites from the thwarted Streameast brings up a link from the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) that explains how to watch sports games legally. However, people have reported that they can still access illegal sports streams from a different Streameast, which is the original Streameast. The endurance of the popular piracy brand is a reflection of the entangled problems facing sports rights owners and sports fans.

Sting operation kills Streameast “copycat”

Yesterday, ACE, which is comprised of 50 media entities, said the Streameast network that it helped take down had 80 “associated domains” and “logged more than 1.6 billion visits in the past year.” The network had 136 million monthly visits on average, The Athletic reported.

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The Epic Games Store is giving away Monument Valley for free this week – and next week the company will be giving away three games: Monument Valley II, Ghostrunner 2, and The Battle of Polytopia. Meanwhile Paramount+ is offering annual subscriptions at half price, which means you can sign up for a 1-year subscription for […]

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The TCL NXTPAPER 11 Gen 2 is an Android tablet with mid-range features including a MediaTek MT8786 processor, up to 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, and optional support for a pressure-sensitive pen that lets you write or draw on the screen. What sets TCL’s NXTPAPER products apart though, are their displays. And this model features […]

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Atlassian will den Browser Dia zum KI-Browser für die Arbeit machen. Die Übernahme kostet 610 Millionen US-Dollar. (Atlassian, Browser)