Day: April 6, 2019

Avengers: Endgame — My mad Marvel race to watch every MCU movie before April 26 – CNET

Update: I just finished Captain America: Winter Soldier. My favorite so far is The Avengers. Nine down, 12 to go, and the clock is ticking. …read more Source:: CNet


Elon Musk: SpaceX Starhopper lifts off (a little bit) – CNET

The latest Starship and Raptor engine test gets a little more exciting. …read more Source:: CNet


Security Expert Launches BreachClarity.com, A New Data Breach Response Tool

A new online tool “analyzes publicly disclosed data breaches and gives concrete advice to victims,” reported CNET last week. Now the site’s creator, data breach expert jimvandyke, is asking Slashdot’s readers for feedback: At BreachClarity.com, just enter the name of any data breach you were in (such as ‘Anthem’, ‘Equifax’, ‘Yahoo’, etc.), and click the…


Verizon defends its 5G network’s rocky start, throws shade at AT&T and T-Mobile – CNET

Carriers like Verizon are playing the long 5G game, but early adopters are stuck with severe growing pains. …read more Source:: CNet


WWE Wrestlemania 35: 2019 Start time, how to watch, date, match card, location, lineup and more – CNET

WWE Wrestlemania 35 is on this Sunday, April 7! Here’s every confirmed match and participant. …read more Source:: CNet


Serverless computing growth softens, at least for now

There has been a sudden slowdown in the movement to serverless architecture. What’s behind the caution? …read more Source:: ZDNet


Cringely Predicts: Professional Drivers With Drone Landing Platforms

In what may be his final year of technology predictions, columnist Robert X. Cringely argues aerial delivery drones “are definitely coming just as fast as regulators will allow them, but I don’t think they’ll be implemented in the way people expect.” As soon as autonomous systems can be shown to be as safe or safer…


This Week: Cyphercon 4.0

Dust off your rainbow tables and grab a burner laptop, this Thursday, April 11, Cyphercon 4.0 roars into Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It’s a security conference with all that entails, but there is a bit of emphasis on crypto. A founding principle of Cyphercon is to support a “free and open discussion on strong cryptography”. You’ll find…


Shazam postcredits scenes, explained – CNET

Let’s take a look at the marvelous DC Extended Universe movie’s two extra scenes. …read more Source:: CNet


MIT Study: Tesla Autopilot Drivers “Maintain Functional Vigilance”

Long-time Slashdot reader Rei writes: Friday, the results of a study by the MIT Center for Transport and Logistics on autonomous system driver attentiveness were released, and the results were conclusive: “drivers do not appear to over-trust the system to a degree that results in significant functional vigilance degradation in their supervisory role of system…