Archives January 2023

Less than a week before the Galaxy Unpacked 2023 event, new images have emerged for Samsung’s upcoming laptop line: the Galaxy Book 3; more specifically the Pro, 360, Pro 360, and Ultra models.

Keep in mind that these are leaked renders from MySmartPrice (opens in new tab) so it’s possible the final products will look a bit different. If these images are to be believed, the new devices won’t look all that different to the previous Galaxy Book 2 line – Samsung isn’t reinventing the wheel design-wise. Plus, all three will come with the same basic ports like a microSD card slot and headphone jack. The more important changes, it seems, will happen under the hood. 

Lexmark has urged its customers to update their printer’s firmware, following the publication of a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit allowing remote code execution (RCE).

The exploit in question, designated CVE-2023-23560, can give attackers access to print job queues, reveal Wi-Fi network credentials, and allow access to other devices on a network.

In the face of climate change and the increase of the environmentally conscious business, we’re all responsible for doing our bit to help the planet.

Office life can be a significant burden to the environment, with large amounts of energy being used to keep us warm, keep the lights on, power equipment, and so on.

Russian internet giant Yandex has denied it suffered a cyberattack after some of its internal source code was posted online.

The leaker posted 44.7GB worth of files, which they say are “Yandex git sources”, as Torrent on a well-known hacker forum, with much of the company’s source code believed to be included.

Ubisoft is working on not one, but two new Far Cry games. The first is the somewhat predictable Far Cry 7, but the second is intriguing, a standalone multiplayer spin on the traditionally solo (and recently co-op) shooter. Kotaku claims Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot mentioned both these prospective games in an internal company meeting. 

With Ubisoft positively churning out the Far Cry games over the years and Far Cry 6 releasing back at the end of 2021, you may have been expecting a new game to be right around the corner. However, the progress towards these new games could be further away than you may think. Kotaku reports in an article (opens in new tab) that Ubisoft is apparently switching from the Dunia engine to Snowdrop for the new games. Snowdrop is the tech powering The Division games and Ubisoft’s upcoming Star Wars game. 

It doesn’t matter if you work on a hit Nintendo RPG, that won’t get you special treatment. One of Fire Emblem Engage’s lead voice actors could not get his hands on a collector’s edition of the game despite having pre-ordered. 

Brandon McInnis, who voices the male version of the Fire Emblem Engage’s protagonist, was disappointed to learn that GameStop was unable to fulfill his preorder of the game’s Divine Edition. 

When it comes to Xbox Series X storage, you’ll want to know exactly what you’re dealing with before you can start thinking about diving into your favorite games. The Xbox Series X comes with ample storage to begin, but depending on how many games your library is compiled of, you may want to look into further storage later down the line.

Despite the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S being far more user-friendly than gaming PCs, the storage situation isn’t as straightforward as it should and could be for a first-time user. There are a few caveats to note, and with a decent amount of out-of-the-box storage, you’ll want to ensure you know exactly what you’re buying and why it can be so helpful.

Following a three-month beta testing period, Canonical has announced the general availability of Ubuntu Pro which promises even better, timely CVE patches and compliance with a range of regimes like HIPAA and PCI-DSS.

It’s set to be available to a varied group of users and promises to be especially affordable (or, in some cases, free).

Cybersecurity company Trend Micro has uncovered details of a new type of ransomware it found targeting the Windows ‘Everything’ search tool to attack English and Russian-speaking Windows users.

The malware was first observed back in June 2022, and has been “deleting shadow copies, terminating multiple applications and services, and abusing Everything32.dll functions to query target files that are to be encrypted.”

I’ve never finished the single-player part of GoldenEye, even though I’ve been playing it since 1999 – and that’s mainly due to how good the multiplayer side is. For so long now, I’ve had to dig out a Nintendo 64 and four controllers just to play Rare’s game from 1997 with friends to grab the golden gun, but finally, that’s no more.

On January 27, 2023, GoldenEye was made available for both the Nintendo Switch and Xbox Game Pass, and even though the Switch has exclusive online multiplayer, the single player campaign, and local split-screen multiplayer, are available for both platforms. While you’ll need a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership to play it on Nintendo Switch, it’s well worth the entry price to play one of the best games from Rare.