Day: July 21, 2018

All the best cosplay from Comic-Con 2018 – CNET

Cosplayers gather once more in San Diego to bring to life their favorite characters from pop culture. See some of the most impressive costumes. …read more Source:: CNet


A Fifth Undocumented Cisco Backdoor Has Been Discovered

Cisco released 25 security updates Wednesday, including a critical patch removing an undocumented password for “root” accounts of Cisco Policy Suite (sold to ISPs and large corporate clients). “The vulnerability received a rare severity score of 9.8 out of a maximum of 10 on the CVSSv3 scale,” reports Bleeping Computer. An anonymous reader quotes Tom’s…


Epic first Aquaman trailer makes a splash at Comic-Con 2018 – CNET

Talking to fish never looked so good. …read more Source:: CNet


Apple reveals 70 new emoji for iPhone X, and iCloud has a Big Brother in China – CNET

Here’s the scoop for iPhones this week. …read more Source:: CNet


The Tech Industry’s War On Kids

Long-time Slashdot reader RoccamOccam summarizes an article now circulating on the web sites of several schools: Child and adolescent psychologist Richard Freed writes, “…parents have no idea that lurking behind their kids’ screens and phones are a multitude of psychologists, neuroscientists, and social science experts who use their knowledge of psychological vulnerabilities to devise products…


A Caterpillar Drive That Actually Looks Like A Caterpillar

[Tom Clancy]’s The Hunt For Red October is a riveting tale of a high-level Soviet defector, a cunning young intelligence analyst, a chase across the North Atlantic, and a new submarine powered by a secret stealth ‘caterpillar’ drive. Of course there weren’t a whole lot of technical details in the book, but the basic idea…


Watch the first Aquaman trailer from Comic-Con 2018 – CNET

Talking to fish never looked so good. …read more Source:: CNet


Geek couture dazzles on Comic-Con 2018 Her Universe catwalk – CNET

Take a stroll down the Comic-Con 2018 catwalk with us and meet the winners who will create an Avengers 4 collection for 2019. …read more Source:: CNet


Lawmakers Call On Amazon and Google To Reconsider Ban On Domain Fronting

An anonymous reader quotes CyberScoop: Amazon and Google face sharp questions from a bipartisan pair of U.S. senators over the tech giants’ decisions to ban domain fronting, a technique used to circumvent censorship and surveillance around the world. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., sent a letter on Tuesday to Google CEO…


Watch the first Shazam trailer from Comic-Con 2018 – CNET

SHAZAM! …read more Source:: CNet