DARKSIDE — Colonial Pipeline hackers have cashed in spectacularly. Now, they’re feeling the heat. Dan Goodin – May 22, 2021 2:46 pm UTC A crime forum is holding a quasi-judicial proceeding against the makers of DarkSide, the ransomware that shut down Colonial Pipeline two weeks ago, to hear claims from former affiliates who say the…
Shots heard round the world — Nations with sufficient supply could donate doses to vaccinate 60% of world population. Anna Gross, Martin Sandbu, Chris Giles, and Michael Peel, FT – May 22, 2021 1:15 pm UTC Enlarge / A vial with the Pfizer Biontech vaccine.Thomas Lohnes | Getty ImagesThe world could “end the pandemic” in…
In brief: Biomutant is one of those games that we’ve been anticipating for a long time. For those looking forward to playing the game on the PS5, there’s a bit of unwelcome news: it won’t support native 4K resolutions on Sony’s console. Publisher THQ Nordic has been showing off footage of its open-world action RPG…
In context: The next generation of gaming arrived with the launch of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S/X, and unlike some past console launches, these units truly feel fresh and worthy of the next-gen moniker. The PS5, in particular, features a lightning-fast SSD, support for real-time ray tracing, and perhaps most importantly, consistently higher…
Editor’s take: Netflix has been busy building its catalog of original works in an effort to become less dependent on licensing content from third parties, who are slowly locking the best of it away and into their own streaming services. The company is said to be exploring an expansion into video games, which is dangerous…
All the time I spent in this now counts as “work” — Holding a trade show inside an online game is actually pretty fun. Ron Amadeo – May 23, 2021 1:30 pm UTC Virtual Google I/O! It’s just like the real thing. Most of those little characters are real people. Ron Amadeo Behold my beautiful…
Faszinating — The cars have starred in Gran Turismo and on the Nordschleife. Jonathan M. Gitlin – May 23, 2021 1:00 pm UTC This looks like a collection of Porsche 911s, but if you checked each car’s VIN you’d find they were officially recognized as being made by Ruf. Ian Wood Ruf’s most famous car…
Less gas, less tax — Gas taxes are the largest source of funding for highway construction, maintenance. Aarian Marshall, wired.com – May 23, 2021 11:00 am UTC Enlarge / “I think this might be the best-looking EV yet,” Cars Technica’s Jonathan Gitlin in 2018 about the Jaguar I-Pace.Jonathan GitlinLast week, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee—the guy…
A report published on the continent reveals that the pricing of new graphics cards are at their most tempting since February. German language 3DCenter.org published its findings, culminating in a survey this weekend with data from etailers and retailers in Germany and Austria. As well as observing the cheapest prices for consumer RDNA 2 and…
Last month, Bit-Tech wrote about the generally warm reception with which the release of the first batch of AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) games was greeted. There are currently 10 official FSR supporting games available, with the latest addition being Elite Dangerous: Odyssey. However, despite the long list of developer support, we only know of…