Android Devices Are Being Silently Attacked By Dangerous AbstractEmu Malware

Hot Headlines In Tech For Today [HotHardware.com]( Here Are Today's Hot Headlines In Tech [Android Devices Are Being Silently Attacked By Dangerous AbstractEmu Malware]( By Zak Killian on Oct 29, 2021 02:48 pm [Android Devices Are Being Silently Attacked By Dangerous AbstractEmu Malware]( One of the main reasons that the malware epidemic in the Windows XP days was so severe was because almost all those machines were configured with only a single user account that had administrative privileges by default. That meant that any malware running as that user would have free rein to do whatever it wanted on the system. These days, [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [First Look At Skyrim 10th Anniversary Edition Highlights Fishing And Survival Modes]( By Paul Lilly on Oct 29, 2021 02:44 pm [First Look At Skyrim 10th Anniversary Edition Highlights Fishing And Survival Modes]( The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim turns a decade old next month, and in celebration of 10 years of relevance, Bethesda is releasing a 10th Anniversary Edition to PC and consoles. Bethesda has talked about this before, but now it's offering up a sneak peek at what's in store for all you Dragborn who might be looking for new and fun things to do. A [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Facebook Hints A Key Change Is Headed To Oculus Quest 2 VR Headset]( By Keith May on Oct 29, 2021 02:05 pm [Facebook Hints A Key Change Is Headed To Oculus Quest 2 VR Headset]( Oculus is one of the oldest names in modern gaming when it comes to VR headsets. Propelled to the forefront early on with its ease of access and not requiring room-scale setups, Oculus enjoyed broad appeal. Then in 2014 Oculus was acquired by Facebook and the concerns set in for many of us; we knew what was coming. Then in October of 2020 [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [TeamGroup's T-Force Cardea A440 Pro PCIe 4 SSD Rocks Smoking-Fast 7.4GB/s Read Speed]( By Paul Lilly on Oct 29, 2021 01:57 pm [TeamGroup's T-Force Cardea A440 Pro PCIe 4 SSD Rocks Smoking-Fast 7.4GB/s Read Speed]( The folks at TeamGroup just ripped out one of the fastest solid state drives on the market, based on the rated specifications. TeamGroup's new T-Force Cardea A440 Pro hitches a ride on the PCI Express 4.0 bus to deliver sequential read speeds of up to 7,400MB/s (or 7.4GB/s), and sequential write speeds of up to 7,000MB/s (7GB/s). Drive [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [AMD's Flagship Turin Zen 5 Server CPU Could Be An EPYC 256-Core Chip With 600W TDP]( By Paul Lilly on Oct 29, 2021 12:58 pm [AMD's Flagship Turin Zen 5 Server CPU Could Be An EPYC 256-Core Chip With 600W TDP ]( AMD is evidently going to bring out the heavy artillery in the server space, if the latest round of leaks end up being accurate. Looking beyond what's on tap for AMD's next-gen Zen 4 EPYC processors (codenamed Genoa), it is said the Zen 4 lineup (codenamed Turin) will come loaded with up to 256 cores and 512 threads to tackle server workloads. [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Google Fi Is Getting A Major Privacy Upgrade With End-To-End Encryption, What You Should Know]( By Tim Sweezy on Oct 29, 2021 11:43 am [Google Fi Is Getting A Major Privacy Upgrade With End-To-End Encryption, What You Should Know]( Privacy and data security are always major areas of concern for everyone these days. Google Fi users are about to be given another tool for when they are talking on their Android phones. Google has been one of the leaders in providing tools to its users for online safety and security (including its Pixel phones). To that end, it recently [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [AMD's Next-Gen RDNA 3 Radeon RX 7000 Graphics Cards Allegedly Hit A Major Milestone]( By Paul Lilly on Oct 29, 2021 11:35 am [AMD's Next-Gen RDNA 3 Radeon RX 7000 Graphics Cards Allegedly Hit A Major Milestone]( Who knows when you'll actually be able to buy a graphics card again with little effort (and at sane prices by first-party sellers). It certainly won't happen this week, this month, or even this year. Regardless, GPU makers are not standing pat, and instead are busy tooling next-gen products for a 2022 launch. One of those of AMD's upcoming [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Microsoft's Popular PowerToys Utility Gets A Windows 11 Makeover And New Features]( By Keith May on Oct 29, 2021 10:51 am [Microsoft's Popular PowerToys Utility Gets A Windows 11 Makeover And New Features]( Microsoft released Windows 11 earlier this month and many people have either migrated or are in the process of moving over to it. Along with new operating system releases come a wave of updates for applications to bring them up to speed with new look as well as new features, and Microsoft's PowerToys has joined in the excitement. With the [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Leaked Meta Smartwatch Image Highlights A Major Feature That Will Make Apple Jealous]( By Tim Sweezy on Oct 29, 2021 10:43 am [Leaked Meta Smartwatch Image Highlights A Major Feature That Will Make Apple Jealous]( The company formerly known as Facebook could be working on a Meta smartwatch. According to an image that has surfaced online, the device could have Apple rethinking its own smartwatch design to match its phones and revamped Macbook Pro laptops Mark Zuckerberg announced the official Meta rebranding of the social media giant, Facebook Inc. [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Intel Reconfirms Flagship Arc Alchemist GPU Specs And Gamers Will Be Stoked]( By Paul Lilly on Oct 29, 2021 10:38 am [Intel Reconfirms Flagship Arc Alchemist GPU Specs And Gamers Will Be Stoked]( Intel had a lot to share during its InnovatiON event this week, which was strategically timed for its Alder Lake launch. But let's not forget, Intel is also getting into discrete graphics. To that end, the chip maker talked a bit about its upcoming Arc Alchemist graphics card, and in doing so, reconfirmed some promising specifications. What [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Roblox Servers Crash Hard Sparking Shutdown Rumors But Is A Burrito To Blame?]( By Brittany Goetting on Oct 29, 2021 09:48 am [Roblox Servers Crash Hard Sparking Shutdown Rumors But Is A Burrito To Blame?]( Could Roblox, the hit video game that is especially popular with children, be gone for good? The recent Roblox outage has sparked rumors that the game is officially shutting down. However, the truth may be even stranger than fiction. The opening of Chipotle’s in-game store and promise of free burritos to players likely caused the outage. Roblox [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Delayed Ethereum 2.0 Merger Is A Crushing Blow For PC Gamers Hunting For A GPU]( By Paul Lilly on Oct 29, 2021 09:44 am [Delayed Ethereum 2.0 Merger Is A Crushing Blow For PC Gamers Hunting For A GPU]( A major update headed to the Ethereum blockchain is supposed to be great news for PC gamers, as it would virtually eliminate the demand for GPUs from Eth miners. And it was supposed to happen in December. Unfortunately, the developers overseeing the full transition to Ethereum 2.0 feel the update is not quite ready, and won't be until next [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Rust Now Lets You Scrounge For Body Parts And Build Your Own Frankenstein]( By Zak Killian on Oct 28, 2021 04:55 pm [Rust Now Lets You Scrounge For Body Parts And Build Your Own Frankenstein]( It's October 28th, and Halloween is nigh. Among other mischieviously-festive events, the Steam Halloween sale is on, with tons of games discounted in celebration of All Hallows' Eve. Bubbling to the top of the pool of discounted titles, you'll find popular survival-craft game Rust. The game and all of its DLCs are marked down 33% for the [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Facebook's Meta Rebrand Is About Its Play to Dominate The Metaverse]( By Tim Sweezy on Oct 28, 2021 04:44 pm [Facebook's Meta Rebrand Is About Its Play to Dominate The Metaverse]( Facebook recently said it was looking to do a rebrand amidst the scandal that was caused from release of internal company documents. Today, Mark Zuckerberg announced that rebrand and it is simply Meta. Zuckerberg has been talking about moving Facebook as a company into what he calls the "metaverse," So, it is no surprise that he chose Meta [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Video Shows All The Ways Zelda Ocarina Of Time Looks Worse On Switch Online Versus N64]( By Zak Killian on Oct 28, 2021 03:48 pm [Video Shows All The Ways Zelda Ocarina Of Time Looks Worse On Switch Online Versus N64]( Like Microsoft and Sony, Nintendo gates its online-capable video games behind a subscription service. In the case of the Nintendo Switch, it's the simply-named Nintendo Switch Online. 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