Over the holidays, I gave my parents a gift card to a local Mexican restaurant. I didn’t expect them to use it right away. But, I was floored when they told me that the gift card is somewhere in their home. Good grief. Hopefully, they’ll find the gift card soon. Why? Because just like any…
Back in November, Nintendo and app developer DeNA announced its joint venture company called Nintendo Systems, which is meant to help reinforce Nintendo’s business and “create value-added services,” according to Nintendo’s Japanese website. Today, the companies officially launched the Nintendo Systems website. “Nintendo Systems was born in April 2023, led by a team of engineers…
Apr 03, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Data Security Data storage devices maker Western Digital on Monday disclosed a “network security incident” that involved unauthorized access to its systems. The breach is said to have occurred on March 26, 2023, enabling an unnamed third party to gain access to a “number of the company’s systems.” Following…
The Apple Watch has been a huge success for the company, pretty much tying up the wearables sector at the first attempt. With 2023 underway, we’re looking forward to seeing what Apple will do with the next generation of its digital timepiece. So, here’s all the news, rumors we’ve discovered so far about the Apple…
The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 is expected to launch this summer, and one of the biggest changes to one of the best foldable phones should be to the outside of the design. And I mean big. Back in December we reported about a report from display analyst Ross Young, who predicted that that the…
Over the holidays, I gave my parents a gift card to a local Mexican restaurant. I didn’t expect them to use it right away. But, I was floored when they told me that the gift card is somewhere in their home. Good grief. Hopefully, they’ll find the gift card soon. Why? Because just like any…
With apologies to John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band for the title of the article on VXN and QQQ puts. The recent red-hot rally in stocks, especially the NASDAQ 100 names, has brought the bulls back charging and put the bears in hibernation. Whether the momentum will continue or not is certainly uncertain. One…
Twitter was supposed to ceremoniously remove legacy verification checkmarks on April 1. While it appears to have put those plans on hold for now, the Elon Musk-led social network has revised the label attached to the check mark to make it virtually impossible to differentiate between those who earned it and all who paid for it.…
Apr 01, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Vulnerability Critical security flaws in Cacti, Realtek, and IBM Aspera Faspex are being exploited by various threat actors in hacks targeting unpatched systems. This entails the abuse of CVE-2022-46169 (CVSS score: 9.8) and CVE-2021-35394 (CVSS score: 9.8) to deliver MooBot and ShellBot (aka PerlBot), Fortinet FortiGuard Labs said in…
The MacBook Air, as far as laptops go, is one of the more reliable options on the market. That kind of dependability, however, tends to carry a pretty hefty price tag. So, if you’re trying to save money, you might consider choosing this refurbished model instead. Even more so this week since you can get it bundled with…
