Новости за 15.05.2017

Researchers at Kaspersky Lab have uncovered new evidence linking the WannaCry ransomware code to North Korea. In a post today, the group detailed a segment of code used in both an early WannaCry variant and a February 2015 sample attributed to the Lazarus Group, a Kaspersky-tracked actor tied to the North Korean government. The overlap was first spotted by Google researcher Neal Mehta, and Kaspersky believes the similarity goes far beyond shared code.

For those who haven’t already gone insane trying to navigate New York City’s notoriously congested streets, there’s now a new, more tech-friendly way to rent a car in the Big Apple. Maven, the car-sharing service spun off from General Motors last year, is launching in Manhattan this week with more than 80 vehicles available for hourly and daily reservations.

YouTube’s streaming TV service is adding several new channels today, including AMC, BBC America, IFC, Sundance TV, and WE TV. Some of those are pretty big names, so today’s addition goes a long way toward fleshing out YouTube TV’s offerings and making it a much more viable alternative to a traditional cable package.

Silicon Valley is Mike Judge and Alec Berg’s biting comedy about the American tech industry, now in its fourth season. Every week, we’ll be taking one idea, scene, or joke and explain how it ties to the real Silicon Valley and speaks to an issue at the heart of the industry and its ever-lasting goal to change the world — and make boatloads of money in the process.

The portrait mode on the iPhone 7 Plus is a powerful tool for putting together professional-style headshots with little to no photographic experience.

MTV’s newest half-hour reality program Promposal is about, obviously, “promposals” — over-the-top schemes orchestrated by high school students who want to invite their crushes to only the most important dance of their young adult lives.

Amazon is trying to make sure that when an Alexa device wakes up, it’s because you really called out “Alexa.”

Back in March, rumors suggested that the HTC 11 would be coming at HTC’s next event on March 20th, but that date came and went with no mention of the device. But now that the specs and a hands-on video have leaked out (spotted by MobileScout), it looks like the HTC U 11 will be released in the coming weeks, if not days. The successor to the HTC 10 has a pretty respectable spec list:

Magikarp doesn’t have a whole lot going for it: it’s utterly useless in battle, isn’t especially cute, and just kind of splashes around like an idiot. The fact that it can transform into the incredible Gyarados might be its only truly honorable quality. But there’s one thing that can’t be denied: despite all its faults, even though Magikarp is such a loser, it’s also somewhat endearing. Endearing enough to write a song about it!

Lyor Cohen isn’t off to a good start in his new role as global head of music at YouTube. In an interview with Recode last week, the longtime music executive — who was brought in to smooth over relations with the music industry — claimed that YouTube “had a solution” to help its Content ID team stop users who post full albums without artist or label approval, an issue that has plagued YouTube and infuriated the music industry for years.

Lenovo made its rumored Moto C and Moto C Plus phones official today The two phones, as expected, are the company’s most affordable Moto devices to date, starting at €89, or $97. The phones will be released this spring across Latin America, Europe, and the Asian Pacific, but we don’t know specific country availability. Below are the specs we have for each phone.

Most of us talk to our computers on a semi-regular basis, but that doesn’t mean the conversation is any good. We ask Siri what the weather is like, or tell Alexa to put some music on, but we don’t expect sparkling repartee — voice interfaces right now are as sterile as the visual interface they’re supposed to replace. Facebook, though, is determined to change this: today it unveiled a new research tool that the company hopes will spur progress in the march to create truly conversational AI.

Friday saw the largest global ransomware attack in internet history, and the world did not handle it well. We’re only beginning to calculate the damage inflicted by the WannaCry program — in both dollars and lives lost from hospital downtime — but at the same time, we’re also calculating blame.

Last week the creative minds behind PaRappa the Rapper and Gitaroo Man revealed a mysterious new collaboration — and today they’ve launched a Kickstarter campaign to bring the game to life. Tentatively titled Project Rap Rabbit, the rhythm game is coming to both PlayStation 4 and PC, and will be a joint effort between Masaya Matsuura’s NanaOn-Sha studio and Keiichi Yano’s iNiS. The creators are looking to raise £855,000 (around $1.1 million) to fund development.

A federal judge has rejected Waymo’s request to prevent Uber from using allegedly stolen self-driving technology, which is sure to come as a relief to the embattled ride-hailing company. Under the ruling, Uber can continue to operate its fleet of autonomous cars on public roads in Pennsylvania, Arizona, and California, but it still faces a criminal case ahead about allegations that it stole Google’s self-driving secrets.

It’s spring in California: the birds are chirping, the flowers are blooming, and my sinuses are so swollen they might just pop right out of my face.

Philips has been extending its Hue range of smart home light bulbs with a variety of table lamps for a while now. But the existing selection of lamps, like the Hue Beyond or the Hue Phoenix, all have the similar issue of looking more like strange, glowing space jellyfish than, you know, actual table lamps.

In an effort to speed up bag drops for priority customers, Delta Air Lines will be testing facial recognition technology at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport starting this summer. Customers will be required to scan their passports at specially equipped kiosks, where a camera will scan their face to confirm their identity.

Nick Kennicott lives in rural Georgia, so when Gordon Ramsay asked him to go buy truffles and sea urchin to make an omelette, he balked. “I can’t get sea urchin and white truffle,” he said. “They’re like $500 per ounce.”

Samsung announced yesterday that it’s now preloading its Bixby virtual assistant on its Family Hub 2.0 refrigerator. The company will also roll it out via an over-the-air update for units that have already shipped, according to Pulse News Korea. The assistant will let users search for recipes and weather information with their voice. This definitely makes more sense than having to rely on the 21.5-inch LED touchscreen while in the kitchen.

This evening, SpaceX will attempt to launch its sixth Falcon 9 rocket of the year, sending a communications satellite into orbit for the company Inmarsat. But don’t expect one of the company’s signature landings after launch this time. Unlike most of its missions these days, SpaceX will not try to recover the Falcon 9 post-takeoff.

Qualcomm continues to have a rough start to the first half of the year after being sued by Apple and the United States Federal Trade Commission in separate lawsuits over anti-competitive practices. On Friday, Samsung and Intel both filed briefs backing the FTC in its case against Qualcomm, claiming they have been “harmed” by the misconduct.

Hardware chain Lowe’s is outfitting employees with a simple exoskeleton to help them on the job. The company has partnered with Virginia Tech to develop the technology, which makes lifting and moving heavy objects easier. The non-motorized exoskeletons are worn like a harness, with carbon fiber rods acting as artificial tendons — bending when the wearer squats, and springing back when they stand up.

Asus is reportedly ending development on its ZenWatch line of Android Wear smartwatches, according to a report today from Digitimes that cited sources in Taiwan's supply chain. The report is unconfirmed and The Verge has reached out for comment.

Ahead of Black Panther’s 2018 theatrical release, Marvel turned to Ta-Nehisi Coates to breathe new life into the nation of Wakanda.