Conti Ransomware Group is one of the most emergent threat groups these days. After the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, Conti released a statement informing the group is supporting the Russian government. The statement was published on its website, as observed below. Figure 1: Conti’s statement fully supports the Russian government. Two days after (Feb. 27, 2022), a new Twitter account was created to publish a large log containing hundreds of thousands of Jabber and Rocket Chat messages related to the internal group communications....

The Chinese OEM Xiaomi has recently launched its Mi 10T lineup devices such as Mi 10T, Mi 10T Pro, Mi 10T Lite. As the name suggests, Mi 10T Lite is the lower or smaller variant under the Mi 10T series. All these three models are successors to the Mi 10 lineup devices. Xiaomi Mi 10T Lite (codenamed gauguin) is a budget-rated 5G connectivity device. Looking for a custom ROM for your Xiaomi Mi 10T Lite 5G?...

Smartphones have largely become a means of entertainment for most people, but there are still a million ways one can use them right to improve their quality of life. Location sharing is one such area that our smartphones are capable of and can dramatically help people to share their live locations and keep a tab on their kids or other family members. While this sounds a tad bit creepy, the benefit that comes out of these apps overrules the downsides....

For nearly a decade there has been a torrent of open-world games. Ever since 2001’s Grand Theft Auto III the genre has been growing in dominance. Grand Theft Auto III was a groundbreaking title that, for the first time, let players freely roam a 3D world from a third-person perspective, practically introducing a whole new genre of games. There’s something special about being given the full freedom to explore a famous city, a mysterious remote island, and new locations, as well as the ability to wreak havoc and get chased by police....

Pre-orders for the all-new Beats Powerbeats Pro totally wireless earphones opened on Friday with deliveries starting later this month. Today we’re taking a quick hands-on look at the new sporty alternative to AirPods before they show up in stores. For a quick recap on Powerbeats Pro, check out these stories: Beats officially unveils ‘totally wireless’ Powerbeats Pro with Apple’s H1 chip in new AirPods, ‘Hey Siri’ Beats releasing black Powerbeats Pro earphones in May, other color options coming this summer Beats Powerbeats Pro pre-order May 3 and launch May 10, totally wireless with ‘Hey Siri’ and H1 chip Stay tuned for our full Beats Powerbeats Pro review later this week after we have more time with the brand new hardware....

Beats President Luke Wood, who runs the audio products side of the business, told Mashable that the acquisition was a great fit because the company shared DNA with Apple. He said that the early days of low-quality digital music resulted in a ‘lost generation’ for premium audio, but that we now live in a very different world … We’re looking at our little audio slice of the world and trying to focus on creating a stellar product experience....

An official trailer for The Current War is here. Benedict Cumberbatch stars in the film as Thomas Edison, the famed inventor who’s ready to (quite literally) light up Manhattan using his DC technology. However, before he can, he’s challenged by George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon), a businessman who believes that he and his partner, Nikolai Tesla (Nicholas Hoult), have found the true way of the future for bringing electricity to America - namely, with Tesla’s AC current....

Best Buy has launched yet another iPhone trade-in special, this time only lasting a few days. The program, which lasts from today through this Sunday, allows an iPhone 4S customer to trade-up to an iPhone 5 at a minimum $200 discount and an iPhone 4 for an iPhone 5 at a minimum $100 discount. The money comes in the form of a Best Buy gift card and is exclusively for Verizon Wireless, AT&T, and Sprint on-contract iPhone 5 models....

All the best farming and agricultural games seem to have one unique relaxing element in common. Regardless of the size of the game or design, games like Stardew Valley with its cute and fun little town games or hardcore agricultural games like Farming Simulator, all cater to the player’s need for farming satisfaction. The effort for investing time and energy into plowing and planting fields reaches out to players’ sense of bond with the land, even if it means that they are sitting in front of a computer screen....

It’s fascinating to see how the digital world is evolving. Tech giants are growing even bigger, giving away money as part of their promotion. One way how they do it is by giving away free recharges. There are applications that let you recharge not for a fee, but for a favor that you will do for them. This includes downloading apps, sharing the apps, taking quizzes and surveys, etc. The apps have been tested for authenticity reasons and they all prove to be legit....

Beats debuted the Studio 3 Wireless headphones last fall with the same W1 chip used in Apple AirPods. This year Beats is expanding the Studio 3 Wireless lineup with the new Skyline Collection which includes new gold-accented colors. The new Skyline Collection includes three new colors and adopts one of the original six colors: Midnight Black, Crystal Blue, Desert Sand, and Shadow Gray. The first three colors are each new for Beats Studio 3 with Crystal Blue standing out the most; Shadow Gray has been available since launch and now joins the other gold-accented colors in the new Skyline Collection....

. BestBuy.com has the iPhone 4 in White or Black for $49.99 with a two-year service plan on AT&T, Verizon or Sprint. We have seen many price drops of the iPhone 4 throughout the last few months, but most were specials or small drops. This one appears to be more permanent and may last through to the new iPhone launch. What does this say for when the new iPhone is released?...

iPhone models made up 6 of the 10 best-selling smartphones globally in January, according to a new market intelligence report today. The iPhone 12 mini does, however, find itself farther down the rankings than the iPhone 11 … Counterpoint Research says that a third of sales of the iPhone 12 lineup was in the US. There was some good news for rival Samsung: The company’s promotion of its affordable A-series models appears to have been successful, with two models making the top 10 best-selling smartphones....

Because 2019 is the year of the roadmap in gaming, RAGE 2 publisher Bethesda has put out a post-launch release schedule detailing what’s to come in the post-apocalyptic shooter this year. Though it may seem a little strange that even a single-player game like RAGE 2 is getting the roadmap treatment, the list of things that developers Avalanche Studios and id Software have planned refreshingly point to the game being a finished product with a normal mix of free and paid DLC in the works....

At CES this week, Belkin has announced its second MagSafe charger. This one is a dual-wireless charger for iPhone 12 and AirPods and comes with a more affordable price tag compared to the Belkin Boost Up Charge Pro that recently debuted. Since the Boost Up Charge Pro 2-in-1 Wireless Charger Stand features official support MagSafe, it’s able to offer the full 15W high-speed wireless charging like Apple’s first-party MagSafe chargers. That’s double the 7....

Scheduling things before moving outdoors is essential, and weather plays a major role in making that schedule. Multiple weather apps and websites are available online, but most of the accurate and best weather sites and apps in 2023 are paid services. However, this is the list for you if you want access to good and accurate weather apps and websites without burning a hole in your pocket. The Weather Channel This is a general weather app, but it is among one of the best sources to get weather information from....

Ben Affleck’s scrapped The Batman film was supposed to have a dark psychological narrative set in Arkham. It’s been months since it was officially announced that the actor was departing his DC role, but it was far longer than that since fans first had an inclination that he was looking for a way out. Debuting in 2016’s Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, he reprised the role again the following year in Justice League....

These Spotify alternatives not only give us access to a large collection of free music resources, but we can also use some of them to host our own streaming server. Spotify does not enable you to host the software on your own server. Furthermore, the Spotify client for Linux is not developed by a dedicated team, so expect bugs and glitches with the official Spotify Linux client. In this case, you can look through the following list to see which music application you prefer for your Linux distribution....

HomeKit support may finally be arriving for Belkin’s WeMo smart home products. Belkin officially shared plans to work with Apple’s home automation framework last summer, but missed the target release last fall without offering an update. Now a new version of WeMo’s iOS app is hyping the long overdue launch… Here’s the new message on Belkin and HomeKit found in the WeMo app release notes: What’s New in Version 1.19 Let’s get you ready for the upcoming and much anticipated launch of the Wemo Bridge which will lets you control your Wemo smart plugs and light switches with the Apple Home app and Siri from your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch....