Joint action by the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia was taken at 25 properties across several regions of Russia, including Moscow, St. Petersburg and Lipetsk, linked to 14 members of the REvil ransomware group. According to a statement from the FSB, several member of REvil have been detained and charged. Computer equipment has been seized along with cryptocurrency and crypto wallets, as well as over 426 million rubles, $600,000 US dollars and Є500,000 in Euros....

“Bret is a phenomenal industry leader who has been instrumental in creating incredible success for our customers and driving innovation throughout our company. He has been my trusted friend for years, and I couldn’t be happier to welcome him as Co-CEO,” Benioff says in the announcement. “We’re in a new world and Salesforce has never been more relevant or strategic for our customers. Together, Bret and I will lead Salesforce through our next chapter, while living our shared values of trust, customer success, innovation and equality for all....

The South Korean tech giant’s goal is to have foldable smartphones account for over half of the premium smartphones it sells by 2025, TM Roh, head of Samsung’s MX Business said at a press conference with the South Korean media following its Unpacked event, where the company also unveiled new wearables Galaxy Watch 5 and Watch 5 Pro as well as the Buds 2 Pro earbuds. Samsung focused on “perfecting” the foldable formula in preparing for the Z Fold 4 and Z Flip 4 and strengthened the usability of points that only the form factor can offer, Roh said....

The service gives customers a more in-depth look at their Samsung appliances and HVAC systems while also offering a chance to monitor their energy consumption and set targets for usage. Samsung said the tool would improve the “household energy IQ” of some customers and help “reduce monthly energy bills and contribute to a lower carbon footprint.” SmartThings Energy users will be able to get a granular view of a specific device’s energy consumption and cost on top of aggregated electricity usage data and monthly comparisons....

The South Korean tech giant said on Thursday that it recorded 76.78 trillion won in revenue and 10.85 trillion won in revenue. While revenue increased by 3.9% compared to a year ago operating profit dropped by 31.4%. Samsung said inventory adjustments of its memory chip customers exceeded market expectations and demand for consumer products remained weak. However, the company noted that it expects to record its highest annual revenue to date this year __ beating its previous high in 2021 __ thanks to expanded sales across most of its business units....

The Cync smart light bulbs connect directly to your Wi-Fi router, so you can control the lights with smart assistants, including Alexa, Google Assistant, and Apple HomeKit. You can even use these smart light bulbs to increase your home’s security this Halloween by scheduling the bulbs to illuminate at certain times throughout the day and night (to give the effect that you’re home). Plus, when you are home, you can schedule your lights to automatically turn on before you arrive, so you’ll never have to enter a darkened house again....

In conjunction with Memorial Day, TP-Link is offering sale prices across many of their routers. The sale means that you can build a better, more secure mesh system for any home type, be it a 600-square-foot apartment or a 3,000-square-foot home. The sales are expected to last through the end of Memorial Day, so if you were considering a couple options from this list, you will have plenty of time to get them....

“Social media has become a coward’s palace where people can just go on there, not say who they are, destroy people’s lives, and say the most foul and offensive things to people, and do so with impunity,” Morrison said at a press conference. “The companies that [do not] say who they are, well, they’re not a platform anymore. They’re a publisher, and you know what the implications of that means in terms of those issues....

The attackers included a manifesto about Crimea, indicating the attack may have been politically motivated. The attacks feature a suspicious document named “Manifest.docx” that uniquely downloads and executes double attack vectors: remote template injection and CVE-2021-26411, an Internet Explorer exploit. “Both techniques have been loaded by malicious documents using the template injection technique. The first template contains a url to download a remote template that has an embedded full-featured VBA Rat....

What is a tax return? A tax return is a form, or forms, filed with a tax authority that reports the total income an individual has earned throughout the previous calendar year, as well as any expenses, deductions, and tax credits the taxpayer is eligible to receive. A W-2 employee has their taxes deducted by their employer from their paycheck each pay period. These deductions include state and federal income tax, as well as Social Security and Medicare payments....

“This solution is already live now. Actually, if you visit Singapore and pass through Changi Airport, we’ll be going through the Affinidi’s Universal Verifier with immigration,” he said. “We recognise 15 different global standards today, so that the immigration officer doesn’t matter what country you’re coming from, [and has] a consistent presentation of that information in a safe and secure way to allow free passage.” He explained that using a self-sovereign identity verifiable solution helps remove the need for immigration to “deal with complex sets of information of different pathology reports from around the world”, while also enable individuals to own and control who they share their health data with....

Also: The best Samsung Galaxy S22 cases Smartish also has accessories available for mobile devices and sent along a few items to try out. These include the Cable Wrangler, Charge Island wireless charger, and Crown Joule universal charging cable. All of the products are affordable and built to last with the cable coming with a lifetime warranty. Wallet Slayer Vol. 1 Samsung Pay and Google Pay onboad the Galaxy S22 Ultra means that you can leave your credit card at home and use your phone for various payments....

The Sony Computer Science Laboratories (CSL) FM Mobile app, available on the Apple App store and compatible with a range of digital audio workstation (DAW), features a machine learning model that analyses musical data based on the style palette that users select to match the genre and chord progression of the song they want to create. Users can create their own original style palette in the app or choose from various preset palettes created by Sony CSL....

While the gaming sector isn’t uncharted territory for the PlayStation maker – and Sony has released a number of gaming monitors that we’d love to forget – the company’s new arm, dubbed INZONE, ushers in a new class of hardware dedicated to PC and PS5 users. First to release under the INZONE namesake is a trio of headphones: H3, H7, and H9. Priced at $99, $229, and $299 respectively, the three headsets marry the best features of Sony’s top-selling WH1000-XM5 with aesthetics that PlayStation users will feel at home with....

Suddenly. No, seriously. Also: How to keep your home secure when you travel It’s been far too tempting to be a touch critical about the enormously unconscionable manner in which it treated its customers over the Christmas period. Somehow, Southwest itself made it ever more tempting to be critical by presenting arguments that were, at their heart, sad, self-defensive wind. But now, everything is changing. Can you feel it? I can feel it....

I’m moved, therefore, by this tale of so many people experiencing great anger – anger at the lack of loyalty emanating from their greatest friends. Also: 12 gift ideas for coffee lovers (besides a Starbucks gift card) I know this because I read this headline: “USELESS: Delta Now Charges Over 500,000 SkyMiles One Way For Some Economy Travel.” I should have noted that these people’s greatest friends are large companies that “reward” customers for their “loyalty....

SteelSeries kicked off the line with the Aerox 3 as its initial entry. Unfortunately, the mouse received highly mixed reviews, being praised for its shape and weight but panned for outdated, thin feet and multiple build quality issues. Taking all of this feedback into account, SteelSeries has released a revamp of the problematic mouse dubbed the Aerox 3 2022 Edition that attempts to fix its initial missteps. It also took all of the same improvements and applied them to two new entries: the Aerox 5 and Aerox 9....

For over a week, I tested the Arctis Nova 1 headset across streaming and gaming, and this budget-friendly headset packs a punch. It offers users the SteelSeries signature comfortable, ergonomic ComfortMax design with Airweave Memory mesh earpads and an adjustable stretchy comfort band. When I put them on, my head didn’t feel pinched, even while wearing my glasses. I sat through hours of Far Cry: Primal without experiencing any aches and pains....

Admins should bookmark the date if they want to keep Office apps and others in the Microsoft 365 fold protected with security updates. Two big events coincide on January 10 that affect Office services like ExchangeOnline, SharePoint Online, and OneDrive on Windows 7 Extended Security Updates (ESU) paid program and Windows 8.1. “On January 10, 2023, Windows 8.1 will reach the end of support. Also, on the same day, the three-year Extended Security Updates (ESU) paid program for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 ends....

The review found the superfast broadband program “led to an increase in house prices (of between £1,700 and £3,500) suggesting that buyers valued the technology.” The price rise was observed between 2012 and 2019. “This estimate represents how much house buyers valued access to a superfast broadband connection, accounting for many of the programme’s indirect effects such as enabling greater remote working and reducing commuting times,” the government said. SEE: Guide to Becoming a Digital Transformation Champion (TechRepublic Premium) Superfast broadband is defined as a minimum of 30 megabits per second....