No, there’s not a typo in the headline—that’s how Thermalright spelled it. Despite the sun iconography on the packaging and despite the obvious parallels with the sun and heat, Thermalright’s new thermal interface pads for CPU cooling are known as “Heilos” and not “Helios.” Confusing name aside, these pads are an awesome product for folks
Source: Hot Hardware – Thermalright Unveils Heilos Thermal Pads Precision Cut For AMD And Intel CPUs
Monthly Archives: July 2023
The Witcher Sent Henry Cavill Out With a Weird Whimper
After much to do, and a split season to mark the occasion, Henry Cavill has hung up his swords as The Witcher’s Geralt of Rivia. The second volume of the Netflix show’s third season began streaming this week, and they’re a fascinatingly weird trio—but they can’t escape the context surrounding them.
Source: Gizmodo – The Witcher Sent Henry Cavill Out With a Weird Whimper
Here's The Big Overhaul Diablo IV's Getting After That Hated Patch
As promised, Blizzard held a livestream today, July 28, going over what Diablo IV players ought to expect from the game’s upcoming 1.1.1 patch. During the stream, the developers laid out their overall philosophy behind the expected changes, and got into some specifics about what to expect when it lands on August 8,…
Source: Kotaku – Here’s The Big Overhaul Diablo IV’s Getting After That Hated Patch
Facebook Users Have One Month Left to Get a Piece of That $725 Million Settlement
Facebook users are down to their last month to sign up to receive a piece of Meta’s $725 million settlement for privacy violations. The company signed the settlement in December 2022 in response to a class action lawsuit filed by the Keller Rohrback law firm, for its role in sharing users’ data with Cambridge…
Source: Gizmodo – Facebook Users Have One Month Left to Get a Piece of That 5 Million Settlement
How to Fix Blurry Firefox and Chrome Text Under Wayland
Learn how to fix blurry text in Google Chrome and Firefox under Wayland session in major Linux distributions.
Source: LXer – How to Fix Blurry Firefox and Chrome Text Under Wayland
Twitter's rebrand to X is causing scam alerts on Microsoft Edge
‘Twitters swift rebrand to X is generating yet another issue. As reported by Bleeping Computer, the social media platform is causing Microsoft’s Edge browser to throw up a warning, indicating some sort of security problem.
It seems to be related to how Edge and other Chromium-based web browsers deal with favicons (or ‘Progressive Web App Icon Change’, if you want to get super technical about it). With the Twitter rebrand being so sudden, Edge likely thinks X is a scam. The security alert prompts users to review the icon update and reads, “If this web app is trying to trick you into thinking it’s a different app, uninstall it.”
But as Bleeping Computer points out, PWA is working as intended. It is supposed to alert you when a website suddenly changes its favicon as that could indicate a potential redirect to a scam website. Presumably, this is temporary and will be fixed quickly. We’ve reached out to Microsoft for comment and will update this story once we’ve heard back.
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This is similar to an incident earlier this week, where X was blocked in Indonesia as it has laws forbidding gambling or porn. The X.com domain’s previous owners broke the country’s content laws.
Still, this is yet another indicator of how sudden the Twitter-to-X transition was. Other companies such as Meta and Microsoft already own trademarks on variations of X, which could land Musk’s company some lawsuits. X even ran into trouble when attempting to change its signage at its San Francisco headquarters, as it didn’t have the required permits. The company had to abandon its would-be facelift and leave the old bird logo and the letters “er” intact for a day or so.
The sudden name change is part of a larger plan to turn Twitter into a “super app” that’s similar to China’s popular WeChat. The platform could theoretically be used for payments, messaging and calls in the future.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/twitters-rebrand-to-x-is-causing-scam-alerts-on-microsoft-edge-203531493.html?src=rss
Source: Engadget – Twitter’s rebrand to X is causing scam alerts on Microsoft Edge
Android malware steals user credentials using optical character recognition
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Security researchers have unearthed a rare malware find: malicious Android apps that use optical character recognition to steal credentials displayed on phone screens.
The malware, dubbed CherryBlos by researchers from security firm Trend Micro, has been embedded into at least four Android apps available outside of Google Play, specifically on sites promoting money-making scams. One of the apps was available for close to a month on Google Play but didn’t contain the malicious CherryBlos payload. The researchers also discovered suspicious apps on Google Play that were created by the same developers, but they also didn’t contain the payload.
Advanced techniques
The apps took great care to conceal their malicious functionality. They used a paid version of commercial software known as Jiagubao to encrypt code and code strings to prevent analysis that can detect such functionality. They also featured techniques to ensure the app remained active on phones that had installed it. When users opened legitimate apps for Binance and other cryptocurrency services, CherryBlos overlaid windows that mimicked those of the legitimate apps. During withdrawals, CherryBlos replaced the wallet address the victim selected to receive the funds with an address controlled by the attacker.
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Source: Ars Technica – Android malware steals user credentials using optical character recognition
Turn a Single Peach Into an Air Fried Cobbler for One
Local peaches are at their peak here in the PNW (Peachific Northwest), and I have been consuming two or three a day (sometimes in sandwich form). These peaches don’t need any adornment, or sugar, or cream, and any dessert they happened to be baked into is the elevated by their perfectly ripe, juicy sweetness.
Source: LifeHacker – Turn a Single Peach Into an Air Fried Cobbler for One
New Futurama Clips Address One of the Show's Longest-Held Mysteries
Were you watching Futurama back in 2003? If so, you’ve been waiting 20 years for a certain plot-point resolution. That said, considering the show was off the air for 10 years before its recent Hulu return, even later-arriving fans have been wondering for some time about this one.
Source: Gizmodo – New Futurama Clips Address One of the Show’s Longest-Held Mysteries
This company keeps selling TB-tainted bone grafts, causing deadly outbreaks
Scanning electron micrograph of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, which cause TB. (credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
For the second time, contaminated bone graft products from the medical company Aziyo Biologics Inc. are linked to a highly unusual and deadly outbreak of tuberculosis.
This week, three new tuberculosis cases were identified, bringing the outbreak total to five, according to Politico. One person has died. The contaminated material, used for surgical and dental procedures, was implanted in at least 36 other patients, who are now being treated as if they have tuberculosis.
Aziyo Biologics issued a recall of all of its bone matrix products earlier this month “out of an abundance of caution” after the first two cases were identified. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that all unused products from the affected lot have been sequestered so that they will not be used. The affected materials had been sent to health care facilities in California, Michigan, New York, Oregon, Texas, and Virginia.
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Source: Ars Technica – This company keeps selling TB-tainted bone grafts, causing deadly outbreaks
How to Extend VxFS Volume and Filesystem in Linux
Learn how to add a new disk to the existing Disk Group (DG), and extend VxVM Volume and VxFS Filesystem in Linux with a few easy steps.
The post How to Extend VxFS Volume and Filesystem in Linux appeared first on Linux Today.
Source: Linux Today – How to Extend VxFS Volume and Filesystem in Linux
US Spies Are Lobbying Congress To Save a Phone Surveillance 'Loophole'
An effort by United States lawmakers to prevent government agencies from domestically tracking citizens without a search warrant is facing opposition internally from one of its largest intelligence services. From a report: Republican and Democratic aides familiar with ongoing defense-spending negotiations in Congress say officials at the National Security Agency (NSA) have approached lawmakers charged with its oversight about opposing an amendment that would prevent it from paying companies for location data instead of obtaining a warrant in court. Introduced by US representatives Warren Davidson and Sara Jacobs, the amendment would prohibit US military agencies from “purchasing data that would otherwise require a warrant, court order, or subpoena” to obtain. The ban would cover more than half of the US intelligence community, including the NSA, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the newly formed National Space Intelligence Center, among others.
The House approved the amendment in a floor vote over a week ago during its annual consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act, a “must-pass” bill outlining how the Pentagon will spend next year’s $886 billion budget. Negotiations over which policies will be included in the Senate’s version of the bill are ongoing. In a separate but related push last week, members of the House Judiciary Committee voted unanimously to advance legislation that would extend similar restrictions against the purchase of Americans’ data across all sectors of government, including state and local law enforcement. Known as the “Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act,” the bill will soon be reintroduced in the Senate as well by one of its original 2021 authors, Ron Wyden, the senator’s office confirmed. “Americans of all political stripes know their Constitutional rights shouldn’t disappear in the digital age,” Wyden says, adding that there is a “deep well of support” for enshrining protections against commercial data grabs by the government “into black-letter law.”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Source: Slashdot – US Spies Are Lobbying Congress To Save a Phone Surveillance ‘Loophole’
Hit MMO Final Fantasy XIV Is Finally Coming To Xbox
At long last, Xbox owners will soon get to enjoy the MMORPG PlayStation players have enjoyed for nearly a decade. Final Fantasy XIV is headed to Xbox Series X/S in spring 2024 after being a PlayStation console exclusive since 2014.
Source: Kotaku – Hit MMO Final Fantasy XIV Is Finally Coming To Xbox
Use Flashfood to Buy Discounted Groceries Before They Expire
Imagine, if you can, all the food your local grocery store has that is nearing the expiration date—that they know won’t sell before the food goes bad. Many stores will slash prices on nearly-expired items and put them in designated bargain bins, but most will end up as food waste. Wouldn’t it be beneficial for…
Source: LifeHacker – Use Flashfood to Buy Discounted Groceries Before They Expire
Looks like the Zuck vs Musk fight isn't happening
Sad news for fans of billionaires beating the paste out of one another. It looks like the Mark Zuckerberg vs Elon Musk cage match isn’t happening, according to exclusive audio heard by Reuters. In an audio recording exclusively provided to the publication, the surprisingly buff Zuckerberg told Meta employees at a company town hall that he’s “not sure if it’s going to come together.”
Zuckerberg’s comments on the match occurred during a company-wide discussion regarding Meta’s recently-launched Twitter rival, Threads, which has been stuttering a bit in the weeks since blasting onto the scene.
Zuck didn’t actually say the match is off, just that it remains unlikely. So keep that glass half full, fight fans. Musk, who loves the letter “X” more than most people love clean air, hasn’t issued a response, but given Zuckerberg’s recent penchant for jiu jitsu, he could be relieved.
The cage fight was supposed to be a glitzy Las Vegas affair, with the pair of billionaires dancing around the topics of date and venue for the past month or so. Zuckerberg has seemed pretty serious about the fight from the get-go, and Musk eventually relented, tweeting (x-ing?) that he was “up for a cage match” if the Meta CEO was. Musk also said he has this “great move” called “the walrus” where he lays on top of opponents and does nothing.
Zuck certainly seemed ready to take on the challenge, according to trainer and MMA legend Alex Volkanovsky. And though he generally treated the whole thing as a joke, Musk did sort of prepare for the fight by accepting a training offer from UFC champ Georges St-Pierre and sparring with podcaster Lex Fridman. Of course, that’s when he’s taking a break from retweeting (re-xing?) hateful anti-trans content and changing the site’s rules to allow for misgendering. Dana White, president of the UFC, has also told reporters that the organization was ready to assist with the event.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/looks-like-the-zuck-vs-musk-fight-isnt-happening-195538503.html?src=rss
Source: Engadget – Looks like the Zuck vs Musk fight isn’t happening
SpaceX Edges Closer to Next Launch With High-Power Test of Starship’s Water Deluge System
Earlier today, SpaceX performed the second test of its newly installed Starship deluge system. This test was considerably more powerful than the first one, which the company conducted on July 17.
Source: io9 – SpaceX Edges Closer to Next Launch With High-Power Test of Starship’s Water Deluge System
Ticks Are Giving Tons of Americans an Allergy to Red Meat
Lots of Americans have had the potential joy of eating a juicy steak taken away from them by a measly tick, new research out this week has found. The study estimates that up to 450,000 people in the U.S. have developed alpha-gal syndrome since 2010, otherwise known as an allergy to red meat. The condition is caused by…
Source: Gizmodo – Ticks Are Giving Tons of Americans an Allergy to Red Meat
Lizzo Is Living Her Best Life in the Shire
Look out Grogu, Lizzo the Duchess has left a galaxy far, far away for a visit to Middle-earth.
Source: Gizmodo – Lizzo Is Living Her Best Life in the Shire
Four Minute Books Is $40 Right Now
Book summary platforms give condensed versions of popular books, and Four Minute Books has a wide range of bestsellers with summaries that can all be finished in—you guessed it—four minutes or fewer, and it’s on sale right now for $39.99.
Source: LifeHacker – Four Minute Books Is Right Now
'Final Fantasy XIV' comes to Xbox next spring
It took a decade, but Square Enix’s premier massively multiplayer online role-playing game is finally coming to Xbox consoles. The developer has revealed that Final Fantasy XIV will be available for Xbox Series X/S in spring 2024. Like its PS5 counterpart, this version will support 4K visuals on Series X and faster loading times. It’s not yet clear if there will be Xbox-only upgrades.
An open beta is expected for patch 6.5X. In other words, the Xbox port should be ready in time for the Dawntrail expansion due in summer next year.
FINAL FANTASY XIV is coming to Xbox. pic.twitter.com/aDen8UtwRC
— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) July 28, 2023
Microsoft has been eager to add Final Fantasy games to its catalog. In 2019, it added 10 titles to Game Pass that included many of the releases from VII through to XV. The deluge didn’t include XIV, however, leaving Xbox players without an active MMO. The game debuted on PS3 and PC in 2013, with ports for PS4 (2014), Mac (2015) and PS5 (2021) in subsequent years.
The incentives are clear. Final Fantasy XIV helps court fans of the series, particularly those left out by the timed PS5 exclusive for XVI. It’s also an attempt to reach out to both Japanese gamers and JRPG enthusiasts. The Xbox has struggled in Japan due in no small part to local studios skipping the platform in favor of domestic consoles from Nintendo and Sony. This game won’t suddenly improve Microsoft’s fortunes, but it does eliminate a barrier to adoption for some players.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/final-fantasy-xiv-comes-to-xbox-next-spring-192903645.html?src=rss
Source: Engadget – ‘Final Fantasy XIV’ comes to Xbox next spring