Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Microsoft releases emergency patch for 'crazy bad' Windows zero-day bug and other top stories.

  • Microsoft releases emergency patch for 'crazy bad' Windows zero-day bug

    Microsoft releases emergency patch for 'crazy bad' Windows zero-day bug
    Microsoft Microsoft has released a patch rapidly developed to combat a severe zero-day vulnerability discovered only days ago.Late Monday, the Redmond giant issued a security advisory for CVE-2017-0290, a remote code execution flaw impacting the Windows operating system.The security vulnerability was disclosed over the weekend by Google Project Zero security experts Natalie Silvanovich and Tavis Ormandy.On Twit..
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  • We hope the iPhone 8 is as sleek as these renders show

    We hope the iPhone 8 is as sleek as these renders show
    This isn't the real iPhone 8, but I wouldn't be disappointed if it were.Instead, the images here are part of a set of iPhone 8 renders that recently appeared from OnLeaks, a prolific mobile tipster, in conjunction with GearIndia. They're supposedly based off of Apple's computer-aided design (CAD) images. Even though this doesn't guarantee that they will resemble the actual phone later this year, they give us an idea of what we could maybe expect based off of rumors. The first thing that pops o..
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  • Who you gonna call? Dinosaur named for 'Ghostbusters' beast Zuul

    Who you gonna call? Dinosaur named for 'Ghostbusters' beast Zuul
    By Will DunhamWASHINGTON (Reuters) - It was more of a leg buster, but scientists have named a spiky, tank-like dinosaur that wielded a sledge-hammer tail after the fanciful beast Zuul from the blockbuster film "Ghostbusters" that menaced Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and friends.The scientists on Tuesday described fossils unearthed in the northern Montana badlands of the four-legged, plant-eating dinosaur called Zuul crurivastator that was about 20 feet (6 meters) long, weighed 2-1/2 tons and lived 7..
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  • Square Enix Splits With Hitman Creators IO Interactive

    Square Enix Splits With Hitman Creators IO Interactive
    In 2009, Square Enix took control of Hitman developers IO Interactive. Today, the two companies part ways.Square initially assumed ownership of IO when it bought Eidos Interactive, IO’s parent company. But in a statement released today, the Japanese publisher says “to maximize player satisfaction as well as market potential going forward”, they have “regrettably decided to withdraw from the business of IO INTERACTIVE”. “As a result of this the Company started discussions with potential new inves..
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  • Mass Effect: Andromeda patch improves cinematics, boosts weapon and powers damage

    Mass Effect: Andromeda patch improves cinematics, boosts weapon and powers damage
    The Mass Effect: Andromeda 1.06 patch promises to bring a number of "performance and stability" enhancements to the game, along with improvements to "cinematic scenes, particularly in the opening hours," and of course all sorts of individual bug fixes. There are also significant "combat balance updates" that BioWare said will address complaints about weapons and powers not getting the job done at higher difficulty levels. "We’ve received a lot of community feedback about balance issues in mul..
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  • Google just acquired one of the most successful VR game studios

    Google just acquired one of the most successful VR game studios
    Google announced today that it's acquiring Owlchemy Labs, the VR-focused studio that created Job Simulator and Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality. Owlchemy will keep releasing VR games for multiple platforms, but with backing from Google — similar to ...
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  • Snap is the new stubborn, slow-growing Twitter

    Snap is the new stubborn, slow-growing Twitter
    Twitter fell apart in 2013 when its growth slowed significantly in the face of competition and copying from Facebook, and users found it too hard to find the best content due to its unsorted reverse chronological feed. Its share price fell 18 percent a quarter later as the growth troubles continued. Snapchat fell apart today when its growth slowed significantly in the face of competition from Facebook, and users found it too hard to find the best content due to its unsorted reverse chronologic..
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  • NVIDIA Volta Unveiled: GV100 GPU and Tesla V100 Accelerator Announced

    NVIDIA Volta Unveiled: GV100 GPU and Tesla V100 Accelerator Announced
    Today at their annual GPU Technology Conference keynote, NVIDIA's CEO Jen-Hsun Huang announced the company's first Volta GPU and Volta products. Taking aim at the very high end of the compute market with their first products, NVIDIA has laid out a very aggressive technology delivery schedule in order to bring about another major leap in GPU deep learning performance. As a quick history lesson, NVIDIA first unveiled the Volta architecture name all the way back in 2013. What eventually happened w..
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  • Switch players won't have to pay more for 'Rime' after all

    Switch players won't have to pay more for 'Rime' after all
    According to a blog post from publisher Grey Box, "additional development, manufacturing, and publishing costs" drove up the price on the Switch version, but they're hoping to make a bargain to keep prices in line across all platforms. Physical copies of the Nintendo version will still cost a cool $10 more due to the realities of putting out a packaged product, but Grey Box will also include a free code for David García's complete original soundtrack -- something that will also be sold separate..
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  • FCC Buried By Fake and Hate-Filled Comments on Net Neutrality

    FCC Buried By Fake and Hate-Filled Comments on Net Neutrality
    As if the debate over net neutrality rules couldn't get any more polluted, reports are surfacing that the Federal Communications Commission is being flooded with fake comments.Thousands of electronic comments submitted to the FCC's website contain identical, duplicated messages that favor rolling back the 2015 rules, which were intended to protect websites and online services from being slowed or blocked by Internet service providers.And when reporters from The Verge started contacting the suppo..
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FIRST LOOK: Atlanta's first cat café opens in Grant Park (SLIDESHOW) .Marietta Square Art Walk: 16 things to do this weekend near Atlanta .
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