Kongregate, a video game publisher and web gaming portal featuring over 128,000 titles, announced that many features on the site are going away. The site is no longer allowing uploads of new flash games, and will be shutting down forums and chat services. From a report: Previously, anyone who created a game was able to upload their title for anyone to…
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Chinese Bank Required Two Western Companies to Use Tax Software With a Hidden Backdoor
A Chinese bank required at least two western companies to install malware-laced tax software, according to a new report from the cyber-security firm Trustwave. “The two companies are a UK-based technology/software vendor and a major financial institution, both of which had recently opened offices in China,” reports ZDNet: “Discussions with our client revealed that [the malware] was part of their bank’s…
Can Stadiums Replace Fans With Cardboard Cutouts and Avatars?
A new article on The Hustle tries to explain why sports stadiums are suddenly full of fans made out of cardboard:
Back in March, a German filmmaker and soccer aficionado named Ingo Müller was sitting at home, complaining to his wife about not being able to attend the matches of his favorite club team, Borussia Mönchengladbach. “She said, ‘If you’re really pissed…
Facebook Takes Down Trump Ads Featuring Symbol Used By Nazis To Mark Political Prisoners
Facebook on Thursday took down Trump campaign ads against antifa that prominently featured a symbol used by Nazis to designate political prisoners, a spokesperson for the company confirmed to The Hill. From the report: “We removed these posts and ads for violating our policy against organized hate,” Facebook said in a statement. “Our policy prohibits using a banned hate group’s symbol…
Snapchat Firm Unveils Platform Plan To Take On Google and Apple
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Snap, the company behind Snapchat, has revealed plans for a fully fledged digital platform taking on not only Facebook but also Google and Apple. The company is launching an app store, expanding its games platform and offering the facility for external developers to upload machine-learning models to build augmented reality experiences. It…
Upload review: An odd afterlife where your brain is kept in the cloud
Greg Daniels’s new show Upload is fizzing with interesting ideas, but the characters may not be strong enough to keep you interested, writes Emily Wilson Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24632861-000-upload-review-an-odd-afterlife-where-your-brain-is-kept-in-the-cloud/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Turla Hacker Group Steals Antivirus Logs To See If Its Malware Was Detected
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet: Security researchers from ESET have discovered new attacks carried out by Turla, one of Russia’s most advanced state-sponsored hacking groups. The new attacks have taken place in January 2020. ESET researchers say the attacks targeted three high-profile entities, such as a national parliament in the Caucasus and two Ministries of Foreign Affairs in…
Students Are Failing AP Tests Because the College Boards Can’t Handle HEIC Images
Many high school students around the country completed Advanced Placement tests online last week but were unable to submit them at the end because the testing portal doesn’t support HEIC images — the default format on iOS devices and some newer Android phones. The Verge reports: For the uninitiated: AP exams require longform answers. Students can either type their response or…
Copyright Office: System For Pulling Content Offline Isn’t Working
The process to get unlicensed versions of movies, music and other content taken off the internet isn’t working as intended and should be updated, the Copyright Office said in an expansive report Thursday. From a report: Updating that system would require an act of Congress, which can now look to the Copyright Office’s conclusions as it considers legislating on the matter….
Some US Students May Have to Retake Online AP Exams Due to Computer Glitch
“High school students who took Advanced Placement exams online this week may have to do it again next month because of a technical glitch,” writes CNN, sharing some of the students’ horror stories. With 45 seconds left in her exam, 11th-grader Maggie McLauchlin of Jacksonville, Florida, took a video of what appears to be a black screen as she tried to…