Day: May 28, 2021

AMC, Cinemark and Regal theaters drop mask requirement for vaccinated moviegoers – CNET

Fully vaccinated against COVID-19? You’re now free to take the mask off at the movies. …read more Source:: CNet


Biden Administration Continues To Defend Social Media Registration Requirement in Court

In a terse court filing on Friday, the Biden administration indicated that it would continue to defend a controversial Trump administration rule that requires millions of visa applicants each year to register their social media handles with the U.S. government. From a report: The registration requirement, which stems from the Muslim ban, is the subject…


Peacock TV: Everything to know about the part-free, part-paywalled app – CNET

Peacock TV has free movies and TV shows to stream, but to unlock everything — including all of The Office, Premier League, Yellowstone and WWE — you have to pay. …read more Source:: CNet


Chinese APT Groups Continue to Pound Away on Pulse Secure VPNs

Security vendor says it has observed threat groups using a set of 16 tools specifically designed to attack Pulse Secure devices since April 2020. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Big Video Game Leaks Like ‘Far Cry 6’ Are Nearly Impossible To Stop

Big games beget big leaks, especially this time of year when the gaming industry’s porous promotional machinery is revving up for the E3 trade show. From a report: It happened again Thursday when eight minutes of Ubisoft’s upcoming “Far Cry 6” leaked online, a day before it was supposed to appear. It was deleted in…


Paramount Plus: Shows, movies and everything else about CBS All Access’ revamp – CNET

Paramount Plus replaced CBS All Access with a new name, wider catalog and the promise of new big-screen movies that’ll stream sooner than before. …read more Source:: CNet


Amazon Prime Video: The 25 best TV shows to stream tonight – CNET

New Hunger Games-esque young adult series Panic is out now. …read more Source:: CNet


Hackers Exploit Post-COVID Return to Offices

Spoofed CIO ‘pandemic guideline’ emails being used to steal credentials. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Twitch Warns Streamers Another Wave of Copyright Strikes is Coming

Twitch has received a “batch” of new takedown notices from music publishers over copyrighted songs in recorded streams (known as VODs), the company said in an email to streamers today. From a report: The notice may be worrying for some streamers who were affected by the waves of takedowns that hit last year, because if…


Big Tech has a big problem with Florida passing a law that protects politicians from web moderation

Disney and Comcast get a pass from the Sunshine State, though Two technology grade groups backed by Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Twitter among others, on Thursday challenged the constitutionality of a new Florida law, SB 7072, that prohibits social media companies from deplatforming state political candidates and establishes a right for citizens to sue over…