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…
These Changes Stopped Windows Updates From Wrecking My PC Performance
Windows updates are supposed to improve stability and performance, but in practice they often do the opposite. One update runs fine, the next introduces stutter, latency, or sudden slowdowns. The problem is not a single bug. It is how frequently Windows updates change system behavior in ways that are hard to predict and even harder…
LG is announcing its own Frame-style TV at CES
In just the past couple years, the art TV category that’s been dominated by Samsung’s The Frame has seen growth, with additions from both TCL and Hisense. Now LG has announced its own entry, the LG Gallery TV. The TV will leverage the Gallery+ service that LG released earlier this year, which includes thousands of…
New York Mandates Mental Health Warnings on Social Media Platforms
This law closely follows New York’s Child Data Protection Act, which prevents websites and devices from collecting or selling data from users under 18.
Researchers Build Autonomous Robots Smaller Than a Grain of Salt
Researchers from University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan have built what they describe as the world’s smallest fully autonomous robots. The devices are small enough to operate at the scale of biological cells, measuring roughly 200 × 300 × 50 micrometers, about one-tenth the width of a millimeter. Despite their size, the robots are…
LG announces new UltraGear evo gaming monitors with AI upscaling
LG unveiled a whole new line of gaming monitors ahead of CES on Friday. The UltraGear evo line are all high-end monitors covering a range of technologies, but united by 5K resolution and AI upscaling. The three flagships under the new branding are the 39GX950B, the 27GM950B, and the 52G930B. The first number in the…
PS5 Owners Can Get Apple Music Free for Three Months, But With Limits
Sony is offering a time-limited perk for PlayStation 5 owners: three free months of Apple Music when accessed through the console. The promotion has a retail value of about $30, but not everyone will qualify. The offer is available only through the Apple Music app on PS5 and applies to new subscribers and some “qualified…
Two new wireless Samsung speakers for 2026 lean into aesthetics
For years, Samsung has made products that try to camouflage what they are by displaying works of art. The Frame TV is the most famous example, but the company also released the Music Frame, a speaker disguised as a picture frame, at last year’s CES. Now, instead of hiding a speaker with a piece of…
Why Windows File Copy Struggles With Large Files, and What Works Better
Windows’ built-in copy function works well enough for small files. Problems start when transfers involve tens or hundreds of gigabytes, or thousands of files. At that point, File Explorer often slows to a crawl, stalls on “Calculating time remaining,” or fails partway through with little clarity on what actually copied. The issue is not storage…