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Russia frees REvil hackers after sentencing

Four members of the REvil ransomware group have been released from custody despite pleading guilty to fraud and malware distribution charges. The Dzerzhinsky Court of St. Petersburg allowed Roman Muromsky, Andrei Bessonov, Mikhail Golovachuk, and Dmitry Korotaev to walk free after sentencing them to five years in prison on Monday, ruling that the gang members had spent enough time in a Russian detention center while awaiting trial. The case is unrelated to the prolific and high-profile ransomwa

CDC’s once-revered vaccine panel now a “farce”—calls grow to scrap meeting

After anti-vaccine advocate and US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired all 17 experts who sat on a revered federal vaccine panel and restocked it with eight dubious members, a growing chorus of lawmakers, health experts, and public advocates are calling for a pivotal meeting scheduled for Wednesday to be scrapped and for the panel to be "dissolved" and remade with qualified members. On June 9, Kennedy unilaterally cleaned out the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Co

All 17 fired vaccine advisors unite to blast RFK Jr.’s “destabilizing decisions”

All 17 experts ousted from the federal vaccine advisory committee have spoken out about the drastic changes that anti-vaccine advocate and current US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made since taking office. Those changes include unilaterally restricting access to COVID-19 vaccines and summarily firing the entire Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which had guided federal vaccine policies for more than 60 years. "We are deeply concerned that these destabilizing deci

Amazon Prime Day will take place July 8 to July 11, with six bonus PC games via Prime Gaming

Amazon announced that Prime Day 2025 will take place from Tuesday, July 8 through Friday, July 11, and gamers will be able to get six free PC games via Prime Gaming. Prime Gaming members are in for another year of some great deals available during both the lead-up to Prime Day and during Prime Day itself, Amazon said. To celebrate the lead-up to Prime Day from June 17 through July 7, and in addition to the previously announced June Prime Gaming content, Prime members can claim an assortment of

MasterClass deal: Get up to 50 percent off for Father's Day

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . If you're stumped on what to get your dad for Father's Day, consider a digital gift like a Nintendo Switch Online membership or a subscription to MasterClass. The latter has appeared in many of our gift guides in the past, including our favorite gifts for teachers, but it's a great gif

24 Amazon Prime Perks You Might Not Be Using (2025)

It’s common knowledge that a Prime membership gets you free two-day shipping. But there are Amazon Prime perks that make the service more worthwhile—and considering the cost of a yearly membership, you're doing yourself a disservice if you aren't taking advantage of all of them. Below, we've listed some of the perks you should be using as an Amazon Prime member. Arguably, these incentives alone aren't worth the cost of a membership, but chances are at least one of them will come in handy. Amazo

Adidas plugs its website and app into Amazon’s ‘Buy with Prime’ program

is a reviewer covering laptops and the occasional gadget. He spent over 15 years in the photography industry before joining The Verge as a deals writer in 2021. Adidas’s site and app will soon get “Buy with Prime” Amazon fulfillment, allowing Prime members to receive free shipping and streamlined returns when ordering directly from the three-stripe brand. Beginning in the spring, paying US-based Amazon Prime subscribers will see Prime-eligible items for sale on adidas.com and through the Adida