Day: April 29, 2019

Avengers: Endgame — The quest for the Infinity Stones explained – CNET

The several expeditions the Avengers have to take to reverse Thanos’ extreme tidiness. …read more Source:: CNet


Pivotal Game of Thrones scene even better with Titanic music – CNET

The Battle of Winterfell was rough, but our hearts will go on and on. …read more Source:: CNet


Ask Hackaday: Is USB Robust Enough?

Earlier this month a single person pleaded guilty to taking down some computer labs at a college in New York. This was not done by hacking into them remotely, but by plugging a USB Killer in one machine at a time. This malicious act caused around $58,000 in damage to 66 machines, using a device…


Microsoft Confirms It’s Distancing Itself From Minecraft Creator ‘Notch’

Minecraft creator Marcus ‘Notch’ Persson, who sold the title to Microsoft for $2.5 billion in 2014, won’t be part of 10-year anniversary plans for the game because of his “comments and opinions,” Microsoft said in a statement. From a report: Minecraft’s creator Marcus Notch Persson has recently made some seemingly controversial white supremacist and transphobic…


Switchzilla rolls out Wi-Fi 6 kit: New access points, switch for a standard that hasn’t officially arrived

Snitches get switches, apparently – as 802.11ax(ed) and sexy 6 moniker stitched Networking overlord Cisco has unveiled Wi-Fi access points and core switches supporting the latest wireless networking standard, the 802.11ax – otherwise known as Wi-Fi 6.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Why did Apple remove those parental control apps? (The 3:59, Ep. 551) – CNET

We also take a look at Tuesday’s Apple earnings and an exposed database. …read more Source:: CNet


Best Buy has deals on speakers and headphones, today only – CNET

This 24-hour flash sale features models from Beats, Bose, Sonos and Ultimate Ears. …read more Source:: CNet


Google Hasn’t Updated Android Distribution Data In 6 Months

An anonymous reader writes: The Android developer website hosts a distribution dashboard that details the adoption of Google’s mobile operating system versions. With over 2 billion active Android devices out there, this is useful information that Google updates on a monthly cadence. But Google stopped updating the page last year — today marks the six-month…


AI at the Edge Hack Chat

Join us Wednesday at noon Pacific time for the AI at the Edge Hack Chat with John Welsh from NVIDIA! Machine learning was once the business of big iron like IBM’s Watson or the nearly limitless computing power of the cloud. But the power in AI is moving away from data centers to the edge,…


Russian-trained spy whale spooks Norwegian fishermen

A month late for April Fool’s Day Norwegian fishermen are being harassed by an apparently Russian-trained Beluga whale.… …read more Source:: TheRegister