Author: pekandesigns

WOW. That’s all we can say about the sheer number of augmented reality glasses and virtual reality headsets and mixed reality thingys and extended reality whatsits being announced at CES 2023. Wow. In all shapes, sizes, and colors, these gadgets aim to bring real-time translation, navigation, gaming, conversation, and more to your field of view. […]

Microsoft’s cybersecurity researchers have revealed it spotted an uptick in the deployment of the Kinsing malware on Linux servers.  As per the company’s report, the attackers are leveraging Log4Shell and Atlassian Confluence RCE weaknesses in container images and misconfigured, exposed PostgreSQL containers to install cryptominers on vulnerable endpoints. Microsoft’s Defender for Cloud team said hackers […]

TWICE, Residential Systems and TechRadar Pro are proud to announce the winners of this year’s Picks Awards, the brands’ annual program honoring the best and most influential consumer technology that was at CES 2023 or introduced in 2022. The judges selected winners based on innovation, quality, and the impact they’re expected to have on the consumer electronic industry. More details on […]

Top US security agencies are developing a virtual environment that uses machine learning in an effort to gain insight on cyberthreats and share findings with both public and private organizations.  A joint effort between the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) – housed within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) – and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure […]

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania's final trailer has given Marvel fans plenty to be excited about – but nobody can agree on one particular villain's design. The teaser, which debuted online on January 9, gave us our best look yet at the Marvel Phase 5 movie, which arrives in theaters worldwide on February 17. From […]

A popular GPU tool, MSI Afterburner, is seemingly under threat, although despite the controversy which has just bubbled up around the app, MSI assures us that there are no plans to ditch the utility (which is used for overclocking and more besides). Tech Powerup originally picked up this story, finding a post from the developer […]

Microsoft has confirmed the acquisition of Fungible in the latest high-powered deal to boost its Azure cloud computing platform. Following December 2022 reports of a potential deal, and earlier suggestions of a failed Meta takeover, Microsoft has now confirmed its acquisition of the company in a move that will see it obtain the company’s high-efficiency, […]

Sony has unveiled a prototype in collaboration with Honda which allows you to stream PS5 games from the passenger seats of an electric car. Bizarrely, unless Sony announces anything before the Honda Afeela goes on sale, this means you’ll be able to stream PS5 games on a car before any other devices outside of the […]

I've been threatening to start a Raspberry Pi project since buying one of the little computers during the original lockdown. While those plans never came to fruition, Raspberry Pi's new Camera Module 3 could just be the spark that relights my DIY camera fire. Raspberry Pi has made camera modules before – in fact, the first […]

Hackers are utilising the continued popularity of the Pokemon universe and the bizarre rise of non-fungible tokens (NFT) to trick people into installing remote access tools (RAT), take over their devices, and steal any valuables they might find. Cybersecurity researchers from ASEC recently discovered at least two malicious websites – beta-pokemoncards[.]io, and pokemon-go[.]io pretending to […]