Ransomware is still running rampant, with several major incidents in the past week alone, but according to analysis by cybersecurity company Coveware, there are signs that recent changes could reduce the total number of ransomware attacks. But while the number of attacks could fall, there’s the possibility that the ransom demands made by successful ransomware groups could rise. SEE: A winning strategy for cybersecurity (ZDNet special report) A number of developments are likely to have improved cybersecurity of enterprises, making them more robust against attacks....

By default, when a Windows domain is created, authenticated users are granted the ability to join up to ten computers to the domain. While this may be very convenient from the end user’s perspective, it is obviously a security risk for most organizations. There are basically two methods to address this scenario. I generally implement both methods to ensure that reverting the changes of one method, does not allow users to continue this practice....

Walt Disney Studios have been hitting a lot of home runs in recent years, especially in their Animated division. However, this wasn’t always the case. If one were to take a look at Disney’s history during the late 2000’s, they would see that they hit a creative rut. A lot of changes were happening internally and eventually, the studio came out on top. During that time period though, they decided to revisit a classic storytelling method which helped to define the company....

PROJECT: PLAYTIME is a Free-to-Play multiplayer horror game where six players attempt to create one giant toy while surviving a terrifying monster that roams the toy factory. After installing the game, Project Playtime has received positive reviews; like other video games, the Project Playtime title also has issues, such as the game Won’t Launch issue in its initial days. Also Read Fix: Project Playtime Keep Crashing on Startup on PC...

Quentin Tarantino’s sophomore directorial effort Pulp Fiction burst onto screens in 1994. It defied genre classification. If you had to put a label on it, it’d be a darkly comic rock ‘n roll spaghetti western shot and edited in the style of French New Wave cinema, but that’s quite a mouthful. Tonally, the movie’s a pitch-black comedy, although Tarantino has insisted that all of his movies are dramas, not comedies. Pulp Fiction flits masterfully between making its audience laugh and making its audience wince in disgust and terror....

In November of 2019, Netflix released Queer Eye: We’re in Japan, Netflix’s Queer Eye spinoff series. This four-part series follows Karamo, Tan, Jonathan, Bobby, and Antoni as they travel to Japan to help four individuals who need some life intervention from the fab five. Queer Eye: We’re in Japan follows the usual format: an introduction to each of the participants and an explanation into why they have been nominated for a life remodel....

The movie adaptation of R.L. Stine’s Fear Street seems to be moving forward, as the trilogy finds its stars. R.L. Stine may be most known for his children’s horror novels called Goosebumps, but Fear Street was another popular horror series written by Stine. Goosebumps was more aimed at children, but Fear Street was a horror series written for teenagers. News of a Fear Street movie has been scarce over the years....

It’s that time of year again, the holiday season is back, and with it, a myriad of gifts for friends and family. There’s still time to start the Harry Potter marathon, as each entry features a wonderful Christmas scene. The aesthetic alone is perfect; an old medieval castle, a roaring fireplace, knit sweaters, and a game of Wizards Chess. But, when the students go home, what gifts await them under the tree?...

The Vine video service officially closes today, so if you have any Vine videos online that aren’t safely stored in your camera roll, you only have a few hours to save them. The Vine app allows you to download your stored videos (Profile page → Save Videos), which you can do either directly to your phone or get a download link which also preserves the Like and Re-vine data. Alternatively, Giphy has a free service that automatically converts each of your Vine videos into animated GIFs …...

Update: The piece is now online. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the original iPhone and while Apple celebrated earlier this year, this month marks the anniversary of when the device was released to the public. To celebrate, CBS Sunday Morning is airing a special segment on the device tomorrow morning… Yahoo’s David Pogue will host the segment, which he says features some “great interviews” and a reunion of early iPhone reviewers: Walt Mossberg, Steven Levy, and Ed Baig....

The Titans season 2 finale has promised that one of the heroes is destined to fall - but which one? A certified hit for the DC Universe streaming service, Titans returned earlier this year for an often much-improved sophomore outing. After a rocky start designed to tie up the lingering threads from season 1 - including dispatching Rachel’s demonic father, Trigon - Titans settled into the rhythm of a new status quo....

Plus, video evidence can make a difference in a court case. It can provide rock-solid proof that burglars or stalkers were trying to break in and terrorize you. Tap or click here to tell if someone is bugging or tracking you. Since video doorbells save lives, it’s essential to use yours properly. For instance, you might make a few home security mistakes that drain your doorbell’s battery too quickly. Here are three ways to squeeze more life out of the battery — and one big no-no you should stop doing ASAP....

Python’s importance to today’s tech can’t be overstated. It has become the go-to language for machine learning, in part because of its wealth of software libraries like NumPy. Thanks to those libraries, Python is now arguably the world’s most popular programming language, jostling for top spot with Java, C, and JavaScript, and it’s used by millions of developers, data scientists and finance workers worldwide to crunch big data. SEE: The IT skills gap is getting worse....

Radio Commander’s commitment to a visual-free military strategy game is an interesting concept, but the execution leaves a fair bit to be desired. Strategy games have always had a strange relationship with the idea of an omniscient player. Smaller scale titles like Age of Empires or Command & Conquer include fog of war to add a layer of mystery to enemy movements, while grander 4X games like Stellaris provide users with an even greater state of visibility....

More than 300 North American IT and cybersecurity decision-makers were polled. Most, 62%, said they plan to increase spending on ransomware protection, as 43% admitted to at least one Ransomware attack within the past two years. The top attack vectors were all from outside the organization, with 37% citing remote worker exploits as a key issue. An additional 35% said cloud infrastructure was to blame, and 32% reported security problems with cloud-based apps....

Update: Red iPhone shipping estimates indicate Tuesday delivery, in-store pickup available as soon as today at some locations. The new iPad delivers March 31st – April 4th; in-store pickup not yet available. The Apple Store website is back up as scheduled; you can now order the new red iPhone and the cheaper $329 iPad from the Apple Online Store. The red iPhone is available in 128 GB and 256 GB sizes only, which means the (RED) iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus are available from $749 and $849 respectively....

With Python you can also access and retrieve data from the internet like XML, HTML, JSON, etc. You can also use Python to work with this data directly. In this tutorial we are going to see how we can retrieve data from the web. For example, here we used a guru99 video URL, and we are going to access this video URL using Python as well as print HTML file of this URL....

Looking to install the firmware file on QMobile X20? then you are at the right place. QMobile X20 under the hood runs on a MediaTek processor. In this guide, we will help you to flash the official firmware file on QMobile X20. To flash the firmware file, you need software known as SP Flash Tool, Formally also called the Smartphone Flash Tool. Android always opens the door to various possibilities such as flashing custom ROM or kernel or APK modding etc....

Update: Rdio officially announced the new plan today. Apple is slated to launch its streaming music service next month, but Rdio is trying to cut off a portion of Apple’s market with a new service. BuzzFeed News reports that Rdio plans to introduce a $3.99 a month streaming music service. The service, called Rdio Select, will be significantly limited, which is to be expected given the low price point… Rdio Select will include two components....

Apple’s first real competitor to AirPods has finally arrived: Beats Powerbeats Pro. Apple has owned Beats since 2014, of course, which explains much of the magic behind the latest truly wireless earphones. So what are Powerbeats Pro? A serious evolution of the wireless-but-with-a-cord version of Powerbeats earphones. Beats describes Powerbeats Pro as ‘totally wireless’, replacing the microUSB-charged corded hardware with a totally cordless version that has its own Lightning-powered charging case....