The cast, the plot, the universe and Baby Yoda: Here are the details about Jon Favreau’s Star Wars show, which is getting a second season this fall. …read more Source:: CNet

Modern home cinema equipment is well-equipped with features for interoperability and convenience, but in practice, competing standards and arcana can make it fall over. Sometimes, you’ve gotta do a little work on your own to glue it all together, and that’s what led [Victor] to develop a little utility of his own. ChromecastControls is a…

Network intruders are staying undetected for an average of 95 days, enabling them to target critical systems and more completely disrupt business. …read more Source:: DarkReading

Annual global PC shipments rose for the first time in eight years, according to data released by industry tracking firms late Monday. New submitter mimil writes: International Data Group said late Monday that global PC shipments rose 2.7% year-over-year to 266.7 million units, the first annual gain since 2011, when PC shipments rose 1.7%. “This…

Google has announced plans to limit the ability of other companies to track people across the internet and collect information about them, a significant change that has widespread ramifications for online privacy as well as the digital economy. From a report: The company said Tuesday that it plans to phase out the use of digital…

RAM, bam, thank you .. actually… hmmmm. That’s kind of excessive There’s just a few short weeks until the Samsung Unpacked launch event, where the South Korean giant will unveil this year’s ultra-pricey flagships. Predictably, most of the pertinent details have already dripped out. The latest pertains to the potent Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra*, which…

Doomguy also has a new sword to slay with. …read more Source:: CNet

The brave sungrazer never stood a chance. …read more Source:: CNet

The Mandalorian’s little buddy wasn’t cheap to make, according to actor Adam Pally. …read more Source:: CNet

Why do customers buy products seemingly irrelevant to their web and voice assistant searches? That’s a good question — and one a team of Amazon researchers sought to answer in a study scheduled to be presented at the upcoming ACM Web Search and Data Mining conference in February. From a report: In it, they say…