Two cybersecurity employees plead guilty to carrying out ransomware attacks

Two cybersecurity employees plead guilty to carrying out ransomware attacks

Two former employees at cybersecurity firms – one of whom was a ransomware negotiator – have pleaded guilty to carrying out a series of ransomware attacks in 2023. The Department of Justice announced the guilty pleas on Tuesday, saying 40-year-old Ryan Goldberg and 36-year-old Kevin Martin extorted $1.2 million in Bitcoin from a medical device…

The OneXSugar Wallet is the first gaming handheld with a folding screen

The OneXSugar Wallet is the first gaming handheld with a folding screen

Folding OLED displays are still most commonly found on premium smartphones and laptops, but One-Netbook is bringing the tech to a new gaming device. Its new OneXSugar Wallet is reminiscent of the company’s folding OneXSugar Sugar 1 handheld that launched earlier this year. But instead of two screens, the Wallet handheld unfolds to reveal just…

GameSir put a tiny force feedback steering wheel on its new Swift Drive controller

GameSir put a tiny force feedback steering wheel on its new Swift Drive controller

GameSir is no stranger to experimenting with unique controller features – its Tarantula Pro can automatically swap its face button labels to accommodate alternate layouts, and its Pocket 1 clamps Game Boy controls onto your phone. What sets its new Swift Drive controller apart is a small steering wheel located smack-dab in the middle of…

Anker’s portable backup battery is an even better investment now that it’s nearly half off

Anker’s portable backup battery is an even better investment now that it’s nearly half off

Anker’s 521 PowerHouse can power up to six devices. Winter storms across the country are bringing heavy snow, rain, and — in some cases, as this Californian who briefly lost power a few days ago can attest — outages. If you want to prepare, Anker’s 521 PowerHouse can help keep your essential devices running and…

The FCC has probably killed a plan to improve smart home security

The FCC has probably killed a plan to improve smart home security

The US Cyber Trust Mark Program, an Energy Star-style certification for smart home security, could be winding down less than a year after it launched. Safety testing company UL Solutions has announced that it is stepping down as the program’s lead administrator, just a few months after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) began investigating it…

GOG’s Steam-alternative PC game store is leaving CD Projekt, staying DRM-free

GOG’s Steam-alternative PC game store is leaving CD Projekt, staying DRM-free

GOG is splitting from CD Projekt, the game company that launched the preservation-focused PC gaming marketplace in 2008. In an update on Monday, GOG announced that its co-founder, Michał Kiciński, has acquired the digital storefront and its online gaming platform GOG Galaxy from CD Projekt – which he also co-founded – for $25.2 million. The…

Turn your PC into a Super Nintendo with Epilogue’s new USB dock

Turn your PC into a Super Nintendo with Epilogue’s new USB dock

After announcing and teasing its design well over a year ago, Epilogue’s new SN Operator will finally be available for preorder starting tomorrow. Like the company’s GB Operator that debuted in early 2021, the SN Operator is a standalone USB cartridge slot that lets you play and archive old Nintendo console games on PCs, Macs,…

This experimental camera can focus on everything at once

This experimental camera can focus on everything at once

Researchers have developed a system that brings multiple objects at different distances into sharp focus. | Image: The Verge via Yingsi Qin, Aswin C. Sankaranarayanan, Matthew O’Toole | Carnegie Mellon University A camera lens, historically, can only focus on one thing at a time, just like the human eye. That could be a thing of…