WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court narrowed the reach of a federal computer crime law Thursday, ruling that someone authorized to use a computer system does not violate the law when accessing data for an improper reason. The case involved a former police sergeant in Georgia who was offered money to […]
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Windows 10 KB5001391 update causes News & Interests display issues
Microsoft has confirmed a known issue causing the text on the “News and Interests” Windows Taskbar to get blurry after installing recent Windows 10 updates. “After installing KB5001391 or later updates, the news and interests button in the Windows taskbar might have blurry text on certain display configurations,” Microsoft said. […]
Hubble Space Telescope halts amid computer trouble
The Hubble Space Telescope has been hit with computer trouble, with all astronomical viewing halted, NASA said Wednesday. The orbiting observatory has been idle since Sunday when a 1980s-era computer that controls the science instruments shut down, possibly because of a bad memory board. Astronauts Steven L. Smith and John […]
Computer glitch sends aging NASA Hubble Space Telescope into safe mode
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope during deployment in 1990. NASA/Smithsonian Institution/Lockheed The Hubble Space Telescope has spent over three decades bringing us glorious images and data from our universe. But the spacecraft is showing its age. The Hubble team is now troubleshooting a problem with the telescope’s payload computer — […]
BIC’s Video News Show: Internet Computer’s Huge Potential
In this episode of the BeInCrypto video news show, host Jessica Walker takes a look at Internet Computer. Even with its price down 92% after debuting during an inopportune period, we think this one is worth exploring, both as a blockchain project and a coin. What is Internet Computer? If […]
Southwest Airlines grounds all flights amid computer outage
Southwest Airlines grounded flights across the country Tuesday for the second time in less than 24 hours, amid reports of nationwide computer issues. Air travelers took to Twitter by the thousands with reports of what airline staff reportedly told them was a computer system outage — hours after “intermittent performance […]
Windows 10 News and Interests enabled for everyone in latest update
Microsoft has now rolled out the Windows 10 ‘News and Interests’ news feed to everyone and enabled it by default on the taskbar, causing many people to seek how to disable it. In April, Microsoft began rolling out a new taskbar news feed feature called ‘News and Interests’ that displays the […]
Battlefield 2042 revealed: 128 players, Siege-style characters, no singleplayer
The next Battlefield game is called Battlefield 2042, and it’ll be out October 22. It’s set in the near-future (think Boston Dynamics robot dogs, not laser guns), but for once the setting isn’t the biggest thing to talk about. In fact, it’s the least interesting thing about Battlefield 2042, which […]
Massive Qlocker ransomware attack uses 7zip to encrypt QNAP devices
Update 4/22/21: A bug was discovered last night that allowed victims to recover their 7zip password for free but was fixed soon after being discovered. You can find more info in the update below.Update 4/24/21: A frequently asked questions section has been added to the bottom of the article. A massive ransomware […]
How did Internet Computer (ICP) become a top-10 cryptocurrency overnight?
Traders valued Internet Computer (ICP) at $630 in its debut on Coinbase on Monday. On Binance, however, the dollar bids for the token surged to as high as $3,093 as of Tuesday. Meanwhile, HitBTC reported ICP at a peak of roughly $407. The huge price differences across multiple cryptocurrency exchanges […]
Computex 2021: The biggest PC news
One of the most important trade shows in the PC universe, Computex, unfortunately occurred during the wee hours of the Memorial Day holiday in the United States this year. Fortunately, we kept tabs on the announcements from AMD, Intel, Nvidia and more that you need to know about, and we’ve […]
Barrett, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh side with liberal Supreme Court justices in computer fraud case
Trump-appointed Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett and Neil Gorsuch sided with liberal Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan Thursday to endorse a narrow approach on how to apply a 1986 law against computer hacking. The justices overturned the conviction of a police officer, Nathan Van […]
Computer memory maker ADATA hit by Ragnar Locker ransomware
Taiwan-based leading memory and storage manufacturer ADATA says that a ransomware attack forced it to take systems offline after hitting its network in late May. ADATA manufactures high-performance DRAM memory modules, NAND Flash memory cards, and other products, including mobile accessories, gaming products, electric power trains, and industrial solutions. The […]