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A federal judge in California says NSO Group, the Israeli cyber surveillance company behind Pegasus spyware, hacked into the company’s systems by sending malware to thousands of users’ cell phones through its own servers. Agreed with WhatsApp’s view. WhatsApp and its parent company Meta sued NSO Group in 2019, accusing it of spreading malware to 1,400 mobile devices in 20 countries for surveillance purposes. They revealed at the time that some of the targeted phones were owned by journalists, human rights activists, prominent women leaders and political dissidents. The Washington Post reported that District Judge Phyllis Hamilton granted WhatsApp’s motion…
Image: Jason Brown/midlifegamergeek/Kickstarter Not a comic If you are reading this on a site other than midlifegamergeek.com (that link can be broken, deleted, or destroyed by thoughtless, emotionless, but unfortunately persistent bots) ), you manage to create a strange plagiarism of modern forms. While certain words have been changed to avoid the impression of blatant grand theft, it’s clear from the title, to the article itself, to the images, that it’s someone else’s work. Overall. I know it’s a bit of an odd way to start a review of a 2020 Doctor Who comic, but I had to keep that…
Another day, another Tesla recall. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued a notice to owners of approximately 700,000 Tesla vehicles warning them of a problem with a warning light in their tire pressure monitoring system, the Associated Press reported. Ta.This recall affects 2024 Cybertruck, 2017-2025 Model 3, and 2020-2025 Model Y vehicles. NHTSA says the tire pressure monitoring system warning light may not come on until your next drive.Tesla announced it will send an off-road (OTR) update to vehicles affected by the warning light issue. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed on February 15, 2025.There…
Cinematic icon and superspy James Bond seemed to be back on top of the box office just a few years ago, but since then things have turned out to be almost like a shot from a silenced Walther PPK. It’s just as quiet. Daniel Craig took over the role in 2006’s Casino Royale, and took over the baton in 2021’s No Time to Die with one of the most heartbreaking endings in Bond film history (I cried). Please acknowledge that).The only sad thing is why I haven’t seen a new Bond movie since.The Wall Street Journal reports that Amazon and…
A little more than a week after announcing Gemini Deep Research, Google is making the tool available to more people. Currently, the feature is part of the company’s paid Gemini Advanced suite and is available in all countries and languages where Google offers Gemini. In practice, this means Gemini Advanced users in over 100 countries around the world can start using Deep Research today. Previously it was only available in English.As a refresher, Deep Research leverages Gemini 1.5 Pro’s ability to reason through “long context windows” to create comprehensive, easy-to-read reports on complex topics. Providing prompts to the tool will…
While Instagram is still thought of first and foremost as a feed of algorithmically suggested photos, the app is also hugely popular for messaging. If you want to save yourself the stress of forgetting to send a birthday message to a friend, you can now schedule Instagram messages in advance as part of a recent update. Scheduled messages cannot include media such as GIFs, photos, or videos, but you can schedule messages up to 29 days in advance in both the Android and iOS versions of the app.What is Instagram DM?If you’re adamant about using Instagram as a repository for…
Marvel Comics has released all the covers featuring Victor Von Doom, Dinosaur Doom, Tyrannosaurus Rex. T-Rex Doom returns in a nine-issue series by Ryan North and RB Silva, featured in One World Under Doom.Born from a reality where dinosaurs never went extinct, Dinosaur Doom debuted in last November’s Fantastic Four #12 by North and Ivan Coello. Both Dooms teamed up against the Fantastic Four before turning against each other due to their egos. Last seen in an intense battle against a main universe opponent, will Dinosaur Doom rejoin Doom’s side now that he’s on top?Check out the cover below!New York,…
When Intel announced its first Arc video card two years ago, I was more than a little skeptical. Can a company that famously abandoned its last large-scale desktop GPU project in 2009 actually break into a market dominated by NVIDIA and AMD? Now, when reviewed in 2022, the Arc A750 and A770 are not as good as you might think. The results were better than expected, but they were also held back by Intel’s poor drivers. But Intel seems to have learned from its mistakes.The new $250 Arc B580 outperforms AMD’s lower-end Radeon 7600 and may even compete a bit…
Wet Moon is a cult classic comic book for a reason – over the course of seven volumes and set in the American south, the series beautifully tells the stories of over a dozen young adults growing up in goth, punk and emo subcultures in the 2000s. To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the series in 2024, Oni Press has re-released Wet Moon in deluxe editions with new cover art, additional materials and oversized formatting. The Beat reached out to writer / artist Sophie Campbell on how it feels to look back on the series after 20 years. This interview…
Hisense officially announced their new HT Saturn audio system just before CES, and it’s amazing. This 5-piece surround system includes four identical satellite units and one 6.5-inch subwoofer. Overall, it ships with 13 speakers spread across five units, each of which is wireless.The system is specifically built to “complement” extra-large screens, according to the company, and Hisense has announced that the system is the perfect companion to its TVs that are 85 inches or larger. The HT Saturn is particularly feature rich as it is compatible with both Dolby Atmos and DTS:X technologies. hisenseIt also includes a room calibration system…