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Nearly half of organisations falling victim to ransomware encryption pay up, says report—although half of those often negotiate the payment down first

Cybersecurity provider Sophos has released a report entitled “The State of Ransomware 2026,” pulling together responses from 2,158 survey participants, ranging from IT directors to company executives, in regards to ransomware incidents. Comparing the results to previous reports indicates that ransom demands themselves are actually decreasing—although 48% of organisations whose data was encrypted paid their…

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New method teaches AI to make 2D designs 3D and now I’m afraid this will be how the robots learn to build themselves without us

New research explains a method that helps AI make 3D CAD programs from images, which would help product designers and engineers more quickly and easily create 3D prototypes. Naturally, this also sparks deep-rooted dread over it helping robots to build themselves, relegating humanity to the trash. But setting aside my noir nightmares, the new method…

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Star Wars Zero Company is going all in on Clone customisation, but my favourite armour is restricted to the Deluxe Edition

While it’s one of the biggest games this year, new details on Star Wars Zero Company have been few and far between, even after the gameplay trailer at the start of June. That changed yesterday when developer Bit Reactor hosted a Discord Q&A answering the community’s questions on everything from the game’s length to permadeath….

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