Director Cate Shortland talks about making a superhero feel human and offers insight into Marvel Studios’ inner workings. …read more Source:: CNet

“We’re building a chip. A fast chip. A safe chip. A trusted chip,” explains the web page at Libre-SOC.org. “A chip with lots of peripherals. And it’s VPU. And it’s a 3D GPU… Oh and here, have the source code.” And now there’s big news, reports long-time Slashdot reader lkcl: Libre-SOC’s entirely Libre 180nm ASIC,…

The Edifier TWS 330NB, a very good set of active noise canceling earbuds, are 30% off on Amazon and a real bargain. …read more Source:: CNet

A few months ago PC Magazine explained eSIMs: You almost certainly have a SIM card: a thumbnail-sized chip that sits in your mobile phone, telling it which carrier and what phone number you use. Now those SIMs are going digital (or “e”) and moving your information to a reprogrammable, embedded chip. A SIM card is…

“The Rust for Linux project, sponsored by Google, has advanced…” reported the Register earlier this week: A new set of patches submitted to the Linux kernel mailing list summarizes the progress of the project to enable Rust to be used alongside C for implementing the Linux kernel. The progress is significant. – ARM and RISC-V…

Plus: A tool that automatically shames politicians distracted by their phones during official business In Brief The Biden Administration has cracked down on Chinese AI companies over their links to human rights abuses against Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and other Muslim minority groups in Xinjiang.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Last year, as my Corona Hobby, I took up RC plane flying. I started out with discus-launched gliders, and honestly that’s still my main love, but there’s only so much room for hackery in planes that are designed to be absolutely minimum weight and maximum performance; these are the kind of planes that notice an…

With 775 horsepower, this truck means business. …read more Source:: CNet

Cybersecurity is one of the most important topics on the global agenda, boosted by the pandemic. As the global digitalisation is further accelerating, the world is becoming ever more interconnected. Digital ecosystems are being created all around us: countries, corporations and individuals are taking advantage of the rapid spread of the Internet and smart devices….

An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: Barry Diller made his name in the film industry as the chairman and CEO of two Hollywood studios, Paramount Pictures and what was then 20th Century Fox. Now, he is declaring the industry dead. “The movie business is over,” Diller said in an exclusive interview with NPR…