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Battlefield 2042 will use bots to fill up its 128-player matches, Electronic Arts (EA) has reportedly revealed. The game was announced earlier this month with a game engine footage showing the various multiplayer modes. EA says Battlefield 2042 will have the largest maps and scale yet, allowing up to 128 players in certain modes on PC, Xbox Series X/ S, and PlayStation 5 consoles. Now, it seems like not all players out of 128 will be actual players. Instead, the game will use bots to fill in the server.The reveal trailer…

New Delhi, Microsoft has alerted users of "toll fraud" malware on Android that can drain your mobile wallet by switching off Wi-Fi connection.Compared to other subcategories of billing fraud, which include SMS fraud and call fraud, toll fraud has unique behaviours.According to Microsoft 365 Defender research team, whereas SMS fraud or call fraud use a simple attack flow to send messages or calls to a premium number, toll fraud has a complex multi-step attack flow that malware developers continue to improve."For example,…

Image: Getty Images/iStockphotoMicrosoft has shared its detailed technical analysis of the persistent problem of 'toll fraud' apps on Android, which it said remains one of the most prevalent types of Android malware. Microsoft's 365 Defender Team points out that 'toll billing', or Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) fraud, is more complex than SMS fraud or call fraud because of its multi-step attack flow that developers are improving. WAP fraud involves using an infected device to connect to payment pages of a…

A venture of two New York developers has purchased a one-third empty office building in the city’s financial district with plans to convert it into apartments, one of the largest such conversion schemes to be launched during the pandemic.The venture, which includes Silverstein Properties and Metro Loft, has agreed to pay $180 million for the 30-story building that opened in 1967 and has housed numerous technology and financial-services tenants over the decades. The new owners plan to convert it into 571 market-rate…

It isn’t the office that workers heading into the city despise. It’s the commute.The Covid-19 pandemic led to a surge in remote work, emptying out office towers as more people worked from home. Cities with longer commutes have taken the biggest economic hit, while urban areas where people live closer to work have a higher return-to-office rate, according to The Wall Street Journal’s analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data and building-access company Kastle Systems. Recent polling of office workers supports the analysis. In a…

If the government of one of the richest countries in the world can’t adequately house the people who live in it, then what exactly is its point? The journalist Vicky Spratt doesn’t make this case directly in her first book, but she does lay bare our state’s lack of fitness for purpose in its current condition, showing how scarce, unsafe, cramped, unaffordable and, above all, insecure housing lies at the root of Britain’s ongoing public health crisis.How did we get here? To put it bluntly, we allowed ourselves to be bought…

Junk files making your phone slower? Here’s how to make your Android smartphone feel light while emptying the trash files. Know here how to empty the Trash on Android smartphone. Your smartphone has to deal with several apps, photos, videos and other online activity that keeps the pile of junk files soaring day by day till it starts slowing down. This leads to mush frustration as it takes too long to carry out simple tasks and some tasks even become…

Breadcrumb Trail Links Toronto Raptors NBA Music Basketball Ontario currently only allows 50% capacity or 500 attendees at sporting arenas, whichever is lower Publishing date: Feb 02, 2022  •  February 2, 2022  •  2 minute read  •  Join the conversation Toronto rapper Drake sits in the stands with Raptors president Masai Ujiri during a game against the Heat at Scotiabank Arena on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. Photo by Toronto Raptors /Twitter Reviews and recommendations are unbiased…

In what appears to be the first incident of its kind, police officers recently pulled over a self-driving car with no one inside it. The incident, which took place on a street in San Francisco earlier this month, was caught on video by a passing pedestrian. It shows several traffic cops pondering about how to handle the incident after stopping the vehicle for failing to have its front lights on while driving at night. Welcome to the future. Cop pulls over driverless car (because no lights?) Then Cruise goes on the…

Google Meet is adding new improvements to make video meetings more productive. The video-calling platform will now allow you to exit from meetings when you are the only user left. With this update, when you're the only participant in a meeting for five minutes, you'll receive a prompt asking whether you want to stay or leave the meeting. If you don't respond after two minutes, you will automatically leave the meeting. Further, in order to make switching between menus easier, Google is centralising host management controls…