On Friday night, The record and Biping Computer reported that PC maker Acer was hit by a ransomware attack on its back-office network. According to information they saw posted on the dark web, the REvil ransomware gang is demanding $ 50 million to decrypt their computers and delete stolen data instead of leaking it.
Acer has not publicly admitted that an attack is taking place, only that it “reported recent abnormal situations” to the authorities. If you need an example of what to do next, CD Projekt Red can be an example, having publicly recognized a ransomware attack that affected plans to release new patches for Cyberpunk 2077. The game developer may be recovering from this, as he has just posted a video showing the adjustments that will be part of the upcoming 1.2 patch.
While we wait to find out what happens next, don’t forget to take a minute and read Karissa Bell’s look at the changes Twitter is making, 15 years later. As it seeks new features that change the way people can make money on and off its platform, Twitter is suddenly “much more than just tweets”.
– Richard Lawler
DJI’s Osmo Pocket swing camera has dropped to $ 199.
DJI
An Amazon that started over the weekend continued and saw prices cut at the last Echo, Echo Show 5 and Echo Dot, among others. Apple’s MacBook Pro M1 fell to its lowest price thanks to the coupons that accompanied the sale prices, and the Apple Watch SE continues to sell for $ 259. And until Sunday, Best Buy has a limited-time sale in a lot of equipment, including the latest Samsung smartphones, Surface tablets and OLED TVs.
Here are all the best deals of the week that you can still get today, and remember to follow @EngadgetDeals on Twitter for more updates.
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Samsung A series event and Google sleep tracking display
This week, Cherlynn and Devindra joined senior mobile editor Chris Velazco to try to understand Samsung’s ‘Awesome Unpacked’ event. The company not only unveiled new Galaxy A series phones, but also tried painfully to ease its “understanding” of Generation Z jargon. We also take a look at Google’s new Nest Hub, which is a smart display that uses radar to know when you is sleeping. Is that cool or scary? In addition, PC hardware updates from elsewhere arrive with news from Intel, AMD and Alienware.
Stay tuned at the end of the episode for interviews with Living Dead creator Robert Kirkman in his next Amazon Invincible animation series, as well as Fede Alvarez, director of the next Apple TV series Connections.
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You are a grown man, Elon.
In the middle of Tesla’s filing with the SEC, Elon Musk apparently claimed a new title, “Tesla’s Technoking”, for some reason. The company’s CFO, Zach Kirkhorn, has a new position that came out War of Thrones: Master of Currency. There is probably also a reference to the recent Bitcoin machinations of Tesla and Musk himself. Last month, Tesla bought $ 1.5 billion in Bitcoin to help “diversify and maximize” its returns. The news further increased the price of Bitcoin, reaching an all-time high of more than $ 44,000.
The filing notes: “Elon and Zach will also retain their respective positions as Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer.”
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This year’s flagship CPU is 14 percent faster when running ‘Flight Simulator’ in 1080p.
Intel Corporation
Intel has finally given us more information about its next family of desktop CPUs, code-named Rocket Lake S. The fastest offering will be the Core i9-11900K, an 8-core chip that reaches up to 5.3 GHz on a single core. Notably, they are two cores less than last year’s 10900K. Devindra Hardawar explains what performance Intel was able to extract from its 14 nm process and how it compares to AMD’s competition for gamers and professionals.
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A ‘full featured Lenovo Android tablet … with Nook at your heart.’
Barnes & Noble
Designed in collaboration with Lenovo, this Android device is powered by an octacore processor and has a 10.1-inch HD IPS screen that has apparently been certified to be kind to the eyes by dimming blue light. It also has 32 GB of storage with the option to expand with a microSD card and can last up to 10 hours of web browsing on a single charge.
As expected, the $ 130 slate has access to the Nook app for e-books, newspapers and magazines, Google Play and Google Assistant.
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