Quiz
Because of which emoji with a mysterious meaning is Montreal businessman Ryan Cohen, who became CEO of GameStop last September, the subject of a US$1.2 billion class action?
Answer
This is the full moon emoji 🌝, with a rather obscure meaning, but which Ryan Cohen used in August 2022 on X to describe a company in which he owned shares, Bed Bath & Beyond. The stock tripled in value, Cohen made a profit of US68 million and investors recently obtained authorization to initiate a class action.
Texting without discrimination
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According to what Apple revealed to TechRadar, its iPhones would now be compatible with the RCS standard used by Android devices, which would abolish the color distinction between text messages from the two types of devices.
Some news went rather unnoticed last November: Apple confirmed to an internet media outlet, TechRadar, that its iPhones would henceforth be compatible with the RCS standard used by Android devices. Which clearly means that there will no longer be a distinction between text messages from iMessage and those from Android devices. Gone, among other things, is what is called in the United States “the green bubble of shame”, the color displayed on an iPhone by a text message from an Android phone, blue being reserved for the Apple ecosystem.
Superb and demanding
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In Roots of Yggdrasilsurvivors must repopulate the world one island at a time after the Ragnarok apocalypse.
Roots of Yggdrasilfrom independent Montreal studio ManaVoid, is the ultimate fantasy for the city management enthusiast. SimCity with viking sauce. After the Ragnarok apocalypse, survivors will have to repopulate the world one island at a time. Everything would be fine without the Ginnungagap, a vortex that will cause you to lose all your progress. The design is superb, but after several sessions of play, we are far from having grasped most of the mechanics. We hope for more complete tutorials when it launches in early access on Steam on January 24.
A tireless virus
PHOTO FRED TANNEAU, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ARCHIVES
Researchers from the cybersecurity firm Trend Micro announced this week that they had spotted a particularly harmful new virus, Phemedrone Stealer, especially worrying because it manages to bypass the Windows Defender antivirus software, installed by default on PCs.
Researchers at cybersecurity firm Trend Micro announced this week that they had spotted a particularly harmful new virus, Phemedrone Stealer. Its specialty: generating internet.url shortcuts which subsequently allow hackers to collect, in particular, passwords saved in automatic filling modules. It is especially worrying because it manages to bypass the Windows Defender antivirus software, installed by default on PCs. The best solution: keep your Windows system up to date, Microsoft having published a patch last November for this known vulnerability.
Retro, but not too much
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In Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, the action takes place only on two dimensions as at the time with a main character who virtuoso manipulates his two swords, jumps from one wall to another to reach platforms… and is quickly killed.
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown which lands on shelves on January 18, achieves the rare feat of reminding us of the arcades and the PlayStation 2 while offering mechanics worthy of 2024. The action takes place only on two dimensions, from top to bottom and from left to left. straight, but never in depth, with a main character who virtuoso manipulates his two swords, jumps from one wall to another to reach platforms, must unlock gears to move forward… and is killed quickly. A delicious return in time.