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2022 marked the 50th anniversary of storied instrument maker Roland. But, even though we've switched over to our 2023 calendars, the company took the opportunity at CES to take one more victory lap by showing off its 50th Anniversary Concept Piano. It's an audacious electronic piano built in collaboration with Japanese furniture maker Karimoku. The

After nearly four decades in space, NASA’s retried Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) is about to fall from the sky. On Friday, the agency said the likelihood of wreckage from ERBS harming anyone on Earth is “very low.” NASA expects most of the 5,400-pound satellite will burn up upon re-entry. Earlier this week, the Defense

Singaporean inventor and tech pioneer Sim Wong Hoo passed away on January 4th at the age of 67. Sim may not be a household name these days, but he founded Creative Technology (or Creative Labs in the US), the company behind the Sound Blaster brand of sound cards, back in 1981. Sound Blasters were some

weerapat1003 - stock.adobe.com Proposals to establish a fraud refund mechanism in the UK risk excluding many victims of digitally enabled fraud, a major bank has warned By Alex Scroxton, Security Editor Published: 07 Jan 2023 0:01 Proposals by the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) to establish a new fraud refund mechanism risks excluding many victims of

Parilov - stock.adobe.com A South Africa-based cyber crime gang exploited free trials and introductory offers to run cryptominers via public cloud services, then did a runner without paying By Alex Scroxton, Security Editor Published: 05 Jan 2023 14:05 A South Africa-based threat actor known as Automated Libra has been observed adopting increasingly sophisticated techniques to

Following the disclosure of a critical vulnerability in October 2022, Fortinet VPN devices were exploited in two known ransomware attacks, with access likely sold on the dark web By Alex Scroxton, Security Editor Published: 05 Jan 2023 14:00 Ransomware operators are exploiting Fortinet network devices that remain vulnerable to a critical authentication bypass vulnerability, according

BillionPhotos.com - stock.adobe. The Guardian newspaper’s offices remained shut into the New Year following a supposed ransomware attack, with disruption likely to last some time By Alex Scroxton, Security Editor Published: 05 Jan 2023 12:30 Staffers at the UK’s Guardian newspaper have been informed that their offices will remain shut for at least a month

Denmark saw no bank robberies in a single year for the first time ever, but online fraud continues to increase By Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA Published: 05 Jan 2023 12:15 There were no bank robberies in Denmark last year, as a result of better security and the fact that the banks