Petya – newest and meanest ransomware attacks Europe

Watch out! Unknown group of hackers (it is speculated that the group is based in Russia) has created an effective and difficult to beat computer virus that quickly spreads over Europe. Originally only a number of Russian and Ukrainian companies and facilities, like Russian Rosneft and Boryspil airfield in Ukraine were targeted, but the virus has soon made its way to Romania, Norway, Poland, Great Britain and other European countries. Petya is a highly advanced ransomware virus. It works by locking access to the user’s computer, returning it only after the hackers receive a steep ...

BlackBerry is allegedly working on two new phones

Thanks again, Evan!. This time Evan Blass, our Leakster Extraordinaire, has dug up a juicy rumour that will please all the BlackBerry fans. According to Blass – and he is right more often than not – BB is working on two brand new (okay, brand will be old) smartphones bearing codenames Krypton and Juno. Hopefully these new additions to the BlackBerry roster will wipe off the rather so-so impression that the BlackBerry KeyOne left. Tweet Vote on HN ...

New rumours about LG V30. Glass body, wireless charge

Famous Twitter leakster going by the name OnLeaks believes that the LG V30 smartphone will be supporting the wireless charge technology. Due to this, OnLeaks also believes that the phone will be covered with glass body (so that it can better conduct wireless charge?). OnLeaks also believes that LG V30 will come with; dual camera, rear-mounted fingerprint scanner, 5.7′, QHD display, Snapdragon 835 CPU, 4 or 6 gigabytes of RAM as well as 3200mah battery.The device is said to be released on August ...

Motorola Moto X4 delayed, Moto E4 out in the US on June 30

Originally, both devices were supposed to be released by the end of this month. Now, though, it seems that Moto X4 will be delayed. Why is that? Rumour is that the reason is Qualcomm’s difficulties in producing sufficient numbers of the Snapdragon 660 CPUs, which were supposed to be used in Moto X4s. Speaking of which, not much is known about X4’s specification, but we do know it will have a 5.5-inch display, 1080p and a 3800mAh battery with Quick Charge 3.0. Tweet Vote on ...

Google says it will not scan our mails any longer. No more personalized adds? Or just marketing bull***t?

It sucks, but ever since 2014 our Google Mail messages have been scanned by Google. Scanning a mail does not mean that someone actually read it, of course, but it does mean that someone got the general gist of what you are usually writing about. Internet security is, as of late, one of the hottest topics world-wide, which may have prompted Google to stop doing this – at least officially (yeah, I do not really trust corporations).Diane Green, Senior Vice President of Google Cloud, announced that some time this year Gmail stop scanning user’s mails and will instead test a new ...

Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017) out in the US soon!

Interestingly, phone will be sold in the United States as Galaxy Halo. According to Evan Blass, it will only be available via Cricket Wireless.Specification:– 5.5-inch FHD display,– Exynos 7870 CPU, 8-core, 1.6GHz,– Mali-T830MP2 GPU,– 3GB RAM, 16GB internal storage,– 13mpx rear and front cameras,– 3,600mAh battery, non-removable.Galaxy Hero will probably cost around $380. It will be available in four colour variants: black, blue, pink and gold. We do not know its date of release, but it is rumoured to happen sometime by the end of ...

Nokia 6 out in the US in July, will cost 229 dollars

Nokia 6, the high-end model from the most recent Nokia lineup, will very soon become available for you Americans. Exact day of release is unknown, but it is certain that it will take place sometime next month. Phone will be available through Amazon only. Should you even care, though? You be the judge:– 5.5′ display, 1080p,– Snapdragon 830 CPU,– 3GB RAM, 32GB storage,– Android Nougat OS,– silver and black colour variants. Tweet Vote on HN ...

Andy Rubin’s Essential PH-1 receives FCC certification. US release coming soon

Phone with the model number A11 has just passed telecommunications regulator; its FCC identification number is 2ALBB-A11. That, unfortunately, is all that we know, as the documentation does not give away one bit of phone’s specification. This, then, may be a good occasion to recollect what we know about the device.Essential Phone is a startup project of Andy Rubin, ex-Senior Vice President of Android Mobile. It will be run by Android OS, but Mr. Rubin promises that it will be free (yeah, right) of Android’s vices like overgrown software and planned obsolences. What else? Well, ...

Honor 9 available for pre-order in the United Kingdom

Price? £379.99. Device can be pre-ordered from Amazon. We still do not know the phone’s retail release date, although some say it will happen on June 27th, when the device is also supposed to become available in the rest of Europe. What does the device offer? 5.15-inch Full HD display, Kirin 960 chipset, 4GB RAM, 64GB internal storage, 2.5D body made of glass (four colour variants), 20mpx + 12mpx rear camera, 8mpx front camera, 3200mAh battery, Android Nougat OS. Tweet Vote on ...

Sony Xperia XA1 will arrive in Canada on July 5th. Why the delay?

Originally, Xperia XA1 was to debut in Canada yesterday, June 22. Cause of delay is, at least officially, no biggie – Sony reportedly has some problems with shipping the device abroad. If there is some interesting story behind it, perhaps something about a government corruption and Reptilians infiltrating human society, we know nothing about it.Hopefully the delay will not damage Xperia XA1’s sells, at least not too badly. Once it arrives to the land of snow and hockey, phone will be available to buy from Videotron and Freedom Mobile. Here is the phone’s specification, in ...