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x https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhIl_XJ-OGA Now that it’s officially Geeked Week, Netflix has released a third teaser trailer for Minions: The Rise of Gru — the family-friendly animated feature that will serve as the fifth installment in the fan-favorite Despicable Me franchise and will aim to provide an origin story for supervillain Gru (Steve Carell) and his eventual army of Minions. In the hilariously funny short clip, which can be seen above, several beloved Minions — namely, Kevin, Stuart, and Bob — are…

via Lucasfilm Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker sputtered at launch, is generally considered the worst movie in the Skywalker Saga, and squandered any remaining goodwill for the Sequel Trilogy. Say what you like about the prequels, but at least those films have memorable moments and some great individual scenes. As it stands, though, the finale of Disney’s trilogy felt designed by committee, and a severe overreaction to the online backlash against The Last Jedi. Many of the problems stem from the boneheaded…

It costs about $1.85 million to recover systems after a ransomware attack in healthcare, the second-highest across all sectors, according to a new report by cybersecurity firm Sophos. Ransomware attacks on organizations in the healthcare sector rose a sharp 94% in 2021, driving the spike in providers paying the ransom demand in this industry. The report titled, “The State of Ransomware in Healthcare 2022" said in 2021, 66% of healthcare organizations were hit, while…

The doctors in Bengaluru are witnessing cases of brain fog among patients who have recovered from Covid according to a report. What is brain fog? Brain fog is a term which is used by individuals to describe how they feel when their thinking is sluggish, fuzzy, and not sharp. According to a report published in Harvard Medical Journal, Covid-19 can also have long-term effects on other organ systems. So-called long haulers can have other lingering symptoms…

LinkedIn is THE social media platform for work - everyone knows that. But unfortunately, we're just finding out how it can also be a data source for scammers. Warwickshire Police has registered a considerable rise in bogus boss scams on the social platform, with victims reporting how scammers impersonated their bosses and asked for financial favors. In this thread, our community discusses their thoughts on the latest scams.Slogging (Slack Blogging)Your Slack? Insightful words by highly intelligent people. Your tech blog?…

According to auto analysts, the drop reflects the market’s early pent-up desire for such vehicles, which was manifested in large bookings. They claim that the figures will grow even more “realistic.” The major causes for the drop are believed to be electric scooters catching fire, chip shortages and supply difficulties, and low demand seasonality. Let’s take a look at how much each company has been affected. EV sales in India Ola Electric has lost its number one position, which it had held since April, to Okinawa, based…

Source: Capcom (screenshot) Monster Hunter Rise continues to receive acclaim from fans for its streamlined gameplay and new features like the Wirebug, which can only be found in this iteration of the franchise. Wirebugs weave and emit threads that can be used to mount monsters in the game, and can also be used to execute special devastating moves called Silkbind moves. These moves are unique to each weapon and can use Wirebug power to unleash devastating attacks on your hunting target. The new paid DLC for the game,…

There has been a rise of around 82 percent in hate speech on social media platform Facebook and 86 percent jump in violent and inciting content on Instagram, according to a monthly report released by Meta. The majority of the content in the report is based on detection by social media platforms before users reporting to them.According to the report released on May 31, Facebook detected 53,200 hate speech in April, which is 82 percent higher compared to 38,600 detected in March, on which the platform took action.The report…

Q1 of this year was the 3rd best quarter for foldable smartphones, according to DSCC. It didn’t reach the record highs of the holiday quarter (Q4’21), but with 2.22 million shipments in total it is up 571% compared to the Q1 of last year. Clamshells continue to dominate – the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3 alone accounted for 51% of all foldables shipped. The Galaxy Z Fold3 was the second most popular foldable in Q1. As you can imagine, Samsung remains the market leader by a wide margin, it controlled 74% of the market,…

A total of 41.7 million smartbands and smartwatches were shipped globally in Q1 2022 based on data from Canalys. 32 million of those were smartwatches with the product category experiencing a 15% growth compared to the same period last year. On the other side of the table, smart bands saw a 37% drop in shipments for the quarter which marks the sixth consecutive fall since Q4 2020. Apple shipped the most smartwatches in Q1 2022 with a total of 9.2 million units. Cupertino also earned 22.1% of the global market share…