Written by Alina Polishchuk,
Palmeiras Digital LDA
Hackers drain $8M in assets from Bitkeep wallets in latest DeFi exploit
While many are still enjoying the holiday season, hackers are hard at work, draining around $8 million in an ongoing BitKeep wallet exploit.
Meta settles Cambridge Analytica scandal case for $725m
Facebook owner Meta has agreed to pay $725m (£600m) to settle legal action over a data breach linked to political consultancy Cambridge Analytica.
The year 2022 became the year of generative artificial intelligence
In 2022, generative AI has generated a lot of excitement (and hype). DALL-E and Stable Diffusion are models used to create images for social media platforms such as Twitter and Reddit.
LastPass says hackers stole customers’ password vaults
Password manager giant LastPass has confirmed that cybercriminals stole its customers’ encrypted password vaults, which store its customers’ passwords and other secrets, in a data breach earlier this year.
How to throw Elon Musk in the trash (in Cyberpunk 2077)
If you’ve ever wanted to experience throwing Elon Musk down a garbage chute, there is, to my knowledge, at least one option: a side quest in Cyberpunk 2077.
400M Twitter users’ data is reportedly on sale in the black market
400 million Twitter users’ data containing private emails and linked phone numbers have reportedly been up for sale on the black market.
The End of Netflix Password Sharing Is Nigh
The end of password sharing is coming to Netflix soon—and it will be a challenge for both viewers and the streaming giant.
Strange Elden Ring Video Shows Night’s Cavalry Jumping Off A Cliff
An Elden Ring player witnessed a bizarre occurrence when a Night's Cavalry boss abandoned the fight to jump off a nearby cliff. Elden Ring has cemented itself as one of the best role-playing games of all time in the months since its release, winning Game of The Year at The Game Awards 2022 recently.
Microsoft set to battle FTC over $68.7 billion Activision Blizzard deal
Microsoft and Activision Blizzard, a gaming company famous for hits like Call of Duty, disputed the Federal Trade Commission’s challenge to their proposed $68.7 billion merger on Thursday, writing in a court filing that the U.S. regulator’s concerns that the deal would undermine fair competition in the gaming industry are “unfounded” and “absurd.”
A car from a Chinese startup can fly over traffic jams
Chinese airline Xpeng Aeroht has already made two public flights of its flying car. The first took place in the UAE, the second in China.
Microsoft says three future Bethesda games will be Xbox-exclusive
Starfield, The Elder Scrolls VI and... Indiana Jones, perhaps? In its reply to the FTC lawsuit seeking to block the Activision Blizzard deal, Microsoft says three exclusives have already been picked.
Netflix will be next on Microsoft’s shopping list
The two companies are already closely aligned. Netflix chose Microsoft as its advertising partner for a new advertising-supported subscription service. Microsoft President Brad Smith also sits on the Netflix board. Part of the rationale for a deal is that Microsoft wants to offer a video-game streaming service over multiple device