Day: April 7, 2019

Captain Marvel postcredits scenes, explained – CNET

The first one is a doozy. The second one, a cute loose end tie up. …read more Source:: CNet


Real Game of Thrones stars crash SNL when Kit Harington hosts – CNET

Seems like everyone, even Jon Snow’s co-stars, want to know how the HBO hit ends. …read more Source:: CNet


Police Refer Teenaged Crackers For ‘Second Chance’ Jobs at Cyber-Security Company

This week the BBC reported on teenaged “hackers dragged from a world of crime to fight for the other side” at “a fairly ordinary looking cyber-security company” in southwest England. Bruce66423 shared their report: Bluescreen employs hackers the authorities have deemed worthy of a second chance, who pit their wits against some of the anonymous…


WWE Wrestlemania 35: 2019 Start time, how to watch, date, full 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


Restoring An HP LCZ Meter From The 1980s

We are fantastically lucky not only in the parts that are easily available to us at reasonable cost, but also for the affordable test equipment that we can have on our benches. It was not always this way though, and [NFM] treats us to an extensive teardown and upgrade of a piece of test equipment…


Thanks to Samsung and Verizon, 5G is about to all get up in your face – CNET

The Galaxy S10 5G and launch of Verizon’s 5G data network are the first drops in a 5G flood. …read more Source:: CNet


UK Investigates Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo Over Game Subscription Plans

An anonymous reader quotes Variety: The United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is launching a consumer law investigation into video game companies Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo over some of their business practices, it announced on Friday. The CMA is concerned about whether or not some of the companies’ practices are legal, including their use…


MacBooks still have keyboard problems? I went to two Apple stores to find out

Complaints about Apple’s hardware — both MacBooks and now the iPad Pro — have significantly increased over the past few months. How do Apple’s sales staff deal with this? …read more Source:: ZDNet


Robots, VR and 3D printers are served up at this high-tech library – CNET

Oh yeah, it’s got books too. …read more Source:: CNet


Shop-Built Fixtures Reveal the Magic of Switchable Permanent Magnets

Have you ever wondered how switchable magnets work? Not electromagnets, but those permanent magnet fixtures like the ones that hold dial indicators to machine tools, or the big, powerful chucks for surface grinders that can be mysteriously demagnetized at the flick of a lever. It seems like magic. Thanks to [Andrew Klein] and this video…