Spoiler-free review: Marvel goes off on a bizarre but confidently delivered tangent, bringing back familiar characters in a fresh and imaginative way. …read more Source:: CNet

You’ve got a machine hooked up to the Internet via a shiny new cellular modem, which you plan to administer remotely. You do a quick check on the external IP, and try and log in from another PC. Try as you might, SSH simply won’t connect. What gives? The reality of the modern internet is…

Silicon Valley’s leading lobby, the Internet Association, is struggling to manage the competing interests of the companies it represents just as the industry faces a tide of bipartisan anger. From a report: Tech will fight policy battles around antitrust, content moderation and privacy without a unified industry voice. Major tech firms have drawn attention in…

Just your Stylus? Pen support moves to latest flagship models It’s flagship Thursday at Samsung, which for the better part of a decade has squatted over the premium sector of the Android market.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

With Thursday’s test of the New Shepard crew capsule, the Jeff Bezos-owned startup continues to inch closer to sending paying customers on an epic trip. …read more Source:: CNet

Blue Origin launched its first mission of 2021, flying its New Shepard rocket in West Texas to a medium height of just over 350,000 feet. From a report: This is the first flight for this particular booster, and for the capsule it carried, which was equipped with a range of new passenger safety, control and…

The porcine portrait, found at in the back of an Indonesian cave, demonstrates impressive artistic attention to detail. …read more Source:: CNet

The Beagle V, a RISC-V-based single board computer from a collaboration between BeagleBoard and Seeed Studios aims to be “The First Affordable RISC-V Computer Designed to Run Linux”. RISC-V is the open-source processor architecture that everyone is interested in because it bypasses proprietary silicon of manufacturers such as Intel or AMD, allowing companies to roll…

DNA evidence shows that the now famous — and extinct — dire wolf species couldn’t mate with gray wolves. …read more Source:: CNet

A combined total of $575m deleted… and counting A couple of news items about what we’ll call “cryptidiots” wriggled into the mainstream media this week, momentarily shedding light on the important topics of e-waste and password hygiene for the masses.… …read more Source:: TheRegister