Miscellaneous Tech News
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SynAck ransomware gang releases decryption keys for old victims
The El_Cometa ransomware gang, formerly known as SynAck, has released today master decryption keys for the victims they infected between July 2017 and early 2021.
The keys have been verified as authentic by Michael Gillespie, a malware analyst at security firm Emsisoft and the creator of the ID-Ransomware service. Gillespie told The Record he was able to use the leaked decryption utilities and private keys to decrypt files from old SynAck attacks. The Record will not be making these keys generally available as the decryption process can be somewhat complicated for non-technical users, and former SynAck victims who may try to decrypt older data might end up damaging files even further. Instead, Gillespie said that Emsisoft would be developing its own decryption utility that will be safer and easier to use, which they will be releasing within the next few days. -
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Samsung has its own AI-designed chip. Soon, others will too
Semiconductor software-design maker Synopsys is adding AI to its arsenal.
Samsung is using artificial intelligence to automate the insanely complex and subtle process of designing cutting-edge computer chips. The South Korean giant is one of the first chipmakers to use AI to create its chips. Samsung is using AI features in new software from Synopsys, a leading chip design software firm used by many companies. “What you’re seeing here is the first of a real commercial processor design with AI,” says Aart de Geus, the chairman and co-CEO of Synopsys. Others, including Google and Nvidia, have talked about designing chips with AI. But Synopsys’ tool, called DSO.ai, may prove the most far-reaching because Synopsys works with dozens of companies. The tool has the potential to accelerate semiconductor development and unlock novel chip designs, according to industry watchers. -
The little-known human stories behind emoji designs
You may not think much about the emoji you use to text every day but there are compelling human stories behind them.
"My father's music is message music, to uplift the world from its slumbering mentality," says reggae musician Andrew Tosh, speaking from his home in Kingston, Jamaica. His father, Peter Tosh, was one of the three founding members of the 1960s band The Wailers, along with Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer. Peter Tosh's story doesn't end happily; he was murdered in a horrific attack in the 1980s, but he left both a musical and a political legacy. And if you open your emoji keyboard and search for "levitating", you will find a tiny picture of a man dressed in a dapper black suit, hat and shades. That is Peter Tosh. -
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Why would they delay a patch for this? Do they not know how to resolve the vulnerability?
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The once-doomed MS Paint gets its first redesign in over a decade
Windows 10's version of Paint has been mostly unchanged since 2009.
The latest Windows 11 app to get a coat of paint is Paint, everyone's favorite meme-making sketching and doodling app. It's not available for download for Windows Insiders yet, but Microsoft Chief Product Officer Panos Panay posted a brief video of the new design, showing off its updated look, a new dark mode, better text tools, updated brushes, and other tweaks that collectively serve to modernize the app a bit. -
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
The once-doomed MS Paint gets its first redesign in over a decade
Windows 10's version of Paint has been mostly unchanged since 2009.
The latest Windows 11 app to get a coat of paint is Paint, everyone's favorite meme-making sketching and doodling app. It's not available for download for Windows Insiders yet, but Microsoft Chief Product Officer Panos Panay posted a brief video of the new design, showing off its updated look, a new dark mode, better text tools, updated brushes, and other tweaks that collectively serve to modernize the app a bit.Who the heck is actually using MS Paint or has even considered using it in a decade?!
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@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
The once-doomed MS Paint gets its first redesign in over a decade
Windows 10's version of Paint has been mostly unchanged since 2009.
The latest Windows 11 app to get a coat of paint is Paint, everyone's favorite meme-making sketching and doodling app. It's not available for download for Windows Insiders yet, but Microsoft Chief Product Officer Panos Panay posted a brief video of the new design, showing off its updated look, a new dark mode, better text tools, updated brushes, and other tweaks that collectively serve to modernize the app a bit.Who the heck is actually using MS Paint or has even considered using it in a decade?!
uh - I do, not as much as I used to since using Greenshot.. but there are still things I use it for weekly
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@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
The once-doomed MS Paint gets its first redesign in over a decade
Windows 10's version of Paint has been mostly unchanged since 2009.
The latest Windows 11 app to get a coat of paint is Paint, everyone's favorite meme-making sketching and doodling app. It's not available for download for Windows Insiders yet, but Microsoft Chief Product Officer Panos Panay posted a brief video of the new design, showing off its updated look, a new dark mode, better text tools, updated brushes, and other tweaks that collectively serve to modernize the app a bit.Who the heck is actually using MS Paint or has even considered using it in a decade?!
uh - I do, not as much as I used to since using Greenshot.. but there are still things I use it for weekly
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
M365 price hike...
https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/19/22632888/microsoft-office-365-price-increase-march-2022
Hey everyone are you hooked on the Cloud yet? Nah, no worries we're jacking our prices!
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@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
The once-doomed MS Paint gets its first redesign in over a decade
Windows 10's version of Paint has been mostly unchanged since 2009.
The latest Windows 11 app to get a coat of paint is Paint, everyone's favorite meme-making sketching and doodling app. It's not available for download for Windows Insiders yet, but Microsoft Chief Product Officer Panos Panay posted a brief video of the new design, showing off its updated look, a new dark mode, better text tools, updated brushes, and other tweaks that collectively serve to modernize the app a bit.Who the heck is actually using MS Paint or has even considered using it in a decade?!
I use it regularly when taking screenshots from other peoples PCs
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@nadnerb said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
The once-doomed MS Paint gets its first redesign in over a decade
Windows 10's version of Paint has been mostly unchanged since 2009.
The latest Windows 11 app to get a coat of paint is Paint, everyone's favorite meme-making sketching and doodling app. It's not available for download for Windows Insiders yet, but Microsoft Chief Product Officer Panos Panay posted a brief video of the new design, showing off its updated look, a new dark mode, better text tools, updated brushes, and other tweaks that collectively serve to modernize the app a bit.Who the heck is actually using MS Paint or has even considered using it in a decade?!
I use it regularly when taking screenshots from other peoples PCs
You use MS Paint to take screenshots?
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@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
M365 price hike...
https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/19/22632888/microsoft-office-365-price-increase-march-2022
Hey everyone are you hooked on the Cloud yet? Nah, no worries we're jacking our prices!
It's hardly uncommon for service providers to increase prices... not sure why you'd think MS should be different?
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...especially with the insane amount of inflation this past soon to be year, it's no wonder prices are going up everywhere for everything.
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@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@nadnerb said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
The once-doomed MS Paint gets its first redesign in over a decade
Windows 10's version of Paint has been mostly unchanged since 2009.
The latest Windows 11 app to get a coat of paint is Paint, everyone's favorite meme-making sketching and doodling app. It's not available for download for Windows Insiders yet, but Microsoft Chief Product Officer Panos Panay posted a brief video of the new design, showing off its updated look, a new dark mode, better text tools, updated brushes, and other tweaks that collectively serve to modernize the app a bit.Who the heck is actually using MS Paint or has even considered using it in a decade?!
I use it regularly when taking screenshots from other peoples PCs
You use MS Paint to take screenshots?
You can't explain metaphors to a kleptomaniac. They take everything literally.
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I use MSPaint if I screenshot something and just want to circle something in big red pen/brush
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@hobbit666 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I use MSPaint if I screenshot something and just want to circle something in big red pen/brush
Greenshot, and now even snip & sketch or whatever the new built in thing is called.
