From CNET: One of the biggest meat producers in the US paid an $11 million ransom to cybercriminals responsible for temporarily knocking out processing plants last week, the company said Wednesday.

JBS USA made the payment to avoid further disruption to production and to limit the impact on...

From The Verge: Google is changing how its Android search engine choice screen works in Europe, following complaints from rivals about its pay-to-play model, the company has announced in a blog post. The selection screen appears for users when they first set up an Android device, and is designed to...

From PC Mag: Fastly today provided more details on Tuesday's outage, placing the blame on an "undiscovered software bug" that was triggered by a "valid customer configuration change."

The issue dates back to May 12 when Fastly rolled out a "software deployment that introduced a bug that could be...

From CNET: In a supermajority vote by its Congress, El Salvador has become the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender. On Wednesday morning, President Nayib Bukele sent the bill to Congress, where the measure passed the legislature with 62 of the body's 84 votes. News of the move boosted...

From Corsair Press Release: Elgato today announced the launch of Stream Deck 5.0, a major app update that introduces the Stream Deck Store, an online distribution platform for plugins, icon packs, tutorial videos, and pro tips, plus thousands of royalty-free music tracks and sound effects. Stream...

From The Verge: Adobe is now shipping new versions of more Creative Cloud apps that run natively on Apple silicon Macs. Lightroom Classic, Illustrator, and InDesign have all been updated for the M1 processor, and Adobe says that you can expect average performance boosts of up to 80 percent across...

From PC Mag: In an effort to "help more creators make a living on our platforms," Facebook will keep paid online events, fan subscriptions, badges, and upcoming independent news products commission-free for another two years, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

That means creators will continue to...

From CNET: Apple said Monday it's introducing a new feature that will let you move content between a Mac computer and more than two devices, including an iPad, with a single mouse and keyboard.

Apple announced the universal control tool at its Worldwide Developer Conference, a multi-day virtual...

From G.Skill Press Release: G.SKILL International Enterprise Co., Ltd. is thrilled to announce the availability of the latest Trident Z Royal Elite memory series, along with the introduction of new high-speed, low-latency performance memory specifications at DDR4-4000 CL14-15-15-35 and DDR4-3600...

From CNET: Samsung's wide selection of phones worked in its favor in the first quarter of the year, a report from analyst Gartner revealed Monday. The Korean company held more than 20% of the smartphone market share, with more than 76.5 million sold.

The figure matches the one reported by research...