Day: October 6, 2019

Joker movie: How Joaquin Phoenix put on a happy face – CNET

Makeup artist Nicki Ledermann got in Phoenix’s face to apply the iconic makeup. “I wouldn’t wanna call him weird…” …read more Source:: CNet


DNS-over-HTTPS causes more problems than it solves, experts say

Several experts, companies, and national entities have voiced very convincing concerns about DoH and its features. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Videogame Records Site Refuses To Reinstate ‘King of Kong’ Billy Mitchell’s High Scores

An anonymous reader writes: Billy Mitchell is the intense videogamer made famous in the 2007 documentary The King of Kong. Last month he threatened to sue both the Guinness Book of World Records and the videogame record-keepers at Twin Galaxies for defamation after they revoked an entire lifetime’s worth of videogame high scores. An online…


Dominic Monaghan posts first look at his Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker character – CNET

Details on Monaghan’s Star Wars character haven’t been revealed yet, but at least now we know what he looks like. …read more Source:: CNet


Is It Possible To Build a Warp Drive?

appedology.pk quotes Popular Mechanics: Warp drive is one of the many futuristic ideas proposed in Star Trek, allowing for faster-than-light travel across the galaxy. Einstein’s Theory of Relativity prevents anything from moving faster than light. In 1994, a theoretical physicist proposed a workaround: creating a bubble within space-time that would twist distances, allowing anything within…


New York Comic Con 2019 cosplay: Stranger Things, Marvel and Harley Quinn – CNET

Superheroes, Netflix icons and video game characters are running around the Javits Center for this year’s New York Comic Con. Check out some great cosplay highlights that we found on the convention floor. …read more Source:: CNet


Jojo Rabbit review: Taika Waititi swaps Marvel movies for Hitler hilarity – CNET

A boy comes of age with the help of the fuhrer in this touching but perhaps too gentle satire. …read more Source:: CNet


To Fight Spectre-Like Attacks, Intel Suggests a New Kind of Memory

Intel researchers published a paper last week suggesting a new kind of CPU memory to block side-channel attacks like Meltdown and Spectre, according to ZDNet: SAPM — or Speculative-Access Protected Memory — is the work of Intel STORM (STrategic Offensive Research & Mitigations), a team of elite security researchers that Intel assembled since 2017 to…


Building a Cyberpunk Multi-Touch Input Device

This multi-touch touch panel built by [thiagesh D] might look like it came from the retro-futuristic worlds of Blade Runner or Alien, but thanks to a detailed build video and a fairly short list of required parts, it could be your next weekend project. The build starts with a sheet of acrylic, which has a…


TSMC Accuses GlobalFoundries of Infringing 25 Patents For Node Processes

AmiMoJo quotes ZDNet: Semiconductor manufacturer Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd (TSMC) has filed multiple lawsuits against its competitor GlobalFoundries, saying the US company allegedly infringed upon 25 patents related to its node processes. TSMC said on Monday that the lawsuits are seeking injunctions to stop GlobalFoundries from manufacturing and selling semiconductor products that allegedly infringe…