Day: March 17, 2021

Fortnite season 6 brings crafting, Lara Croft and Russo Brothers directed cinematic – CNET

Time to get primal. …read more Source:: CNet


Disney hints Marvel’s Black Widow may come out online same time as theaters – CNET

If Black Widow does stream on Disney Plus, that decision will probably be made “at the last minute,” Disney CEO Bob Chapek said. …read more Source:: CNet


Florida mother, daughter charged with hacking homecoming queen election – CNET

And then there’s the case of the Pennsylvania cheerleader deepfake videos. …read more Source:: CNet


Intel Puts Apple’s ‘Mac Guy’ Into New Ads Praising PCs

Intel has hired Apple’s former “I’m a Mac” actor Justin Long to create new ads praising PCs. From a report: Long starts each commercial with “Hello I’m a… Justin,” with the typical white background you’d find on Apple’s Mac vs. PC ads from the 2000s. Naturally, the ads focus on Mac vs. PC again, with…


Samsung’s latest Galaxy A phone embrace features we miss on at a lower cost – CNET

The new phones feature four back cameras, big screens and items dropped from Samsung’s high-end Galaxy S series like headphone jacks and expandable memory. …read more Source:: CNet


US Moves Toward Barring More Chinese Carriers On Security

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission moved toward barring China Unicom (Hong Kong) and ComNet from the U.S., calling the Chinese telecommunications carriers a security risk controlled by the Beijing government. From a report: The action against two of China’s three major telecommunications operators was decided by a 4-0 vote by agency. It continues a security…


Best TV sales for March 2021: Deals on TCL, LG and Vizio for March Madness – CNET

Ready for a living-room upgrade? Just in time for the NCAA basketball tournament, some of our favorite TVs are on sale at Amazon and Best Buy. …read more Source:: CNet


Mimecast bins SolarWinds and compromised servers alike in wake of supply chain hack

Signs up for Cisco, says some encrypted creds were stolen Email security biz Mimecast has dumped SolarWinds’ network monitoring tool in favour of Cisco’s Netflow product after falling victim to the infamous December supply chain attack.… …read more Source:: Register


Running 57 Threads At Once On The Arduino Uno

When one thinks of the Arduino Uno, one thinks of a capable 8-bit microcontroller platform that nonetheless doesn’t set the world alight with its performance. Unlike more modern parts like the ESP32, it has just a single core and no real multitasking abilities. But what if one wanted to run many threads on an Uno…


If at first you don’t succeed: Engineers power up the computers of NASA’s monster SLS core stage once again

Second hot-fire scheduled for (checks weather) tomorrow… maybe NASA has fired up the avionics of the Artemis I core stage ahead of tomorrow’s planned redo of the prematurely terminated hotfire test.… …read more Source:: Register