Category: Internet

Amazon’s ‘Tales from the Loop’ trailer is a moving Stålenhag painting

[ad_1] The series, in particular, revolves around a town that’s built above “The Loop,” a supermassive particle accelerator that can make things previously only possible in science fiction possible in real life. It was created by Nathaniel Halpern (Legion), but Stålenhag will co-executive produce with Matt Reeves (10 Cloverfield Lane, The Batman, War for the […]

Senate approves $1 billion budget to help rural carriers replace Huawei gear

[ad_1] Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi said in a statement: “Telecommunications equipment from certain foreign adversaries poses a significant threat to our national security, economic prosperity, and the future of US leadership in advanced wireless technology. By establishing a ‘rip and replace’ program, this legislation will provide meaningful safeguards for our communications networks and more […]

Facebook sues analytics firm that stole user data through third-party apps

[ad_1] News of the exposure first came out last November when Facebook and Twitter verified the findings of independent security researchers. At the time, Facebook said OneAudience and another SDK developer called Mobiburn obtained information like people’s names, emails and gender. Facebook went on to notify 9.5 million users that their data had potentially been […]

YouTube TV to drop Fox regional sports channels following Sinclair dispute

[ad_1] Like with many carriage disputes, though, there’s plenty of he-said-she-said squabbling where both sides portray the other as the villain. YES Network was “not optimistic” it would reach a deal by a February 28th cutoff despite “efforts to negotiate,” and characterized this as a loss that would deprive fans of the Brooklyn Nets’ remaining […]

Facebook cancels F8 developer conference over coronavirus concerns

[ad_1] Of course, Facebook is hardly the first to make such a move. MWC, which takes place in Barcelona at the end of February, was cancelled after multiple high-profile companies pulled out. Similarly, many companies are deciding to pass up on exhibiting at the GDC conference in San Francisco next month — Sony, Facebook and […]

Judges rule that YouTube isn’t bound by the First Amendment

[ad_1] Prager argued that since Google runs YouTube as a public forum, it should be subject to First Amendment scrutiny. However, a US District Court judge disagreed and tossed his lawsuit. The three judges who oversaw the appeal clearly share the first judge’s opinion, writing in their decision: “Despite YouTube’s ubiquity and its role as […]

FCC begins collecting data to help carriers replace Huawei and ZTE hardware

[ad_1] The agency is gathering data from the carriers to help it design a feasible reimbursement program and figure out if it needs to anything else to ensure a smooth transition. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said Huawei’s and ZTE’s designations as national security threats may become final this spring. That’s why the agency is “moving […]

Google Earth finally works on Firefox, Edge and Opera browsers

[ad_1] Earth was originally built using the Chrome-only Native Client solution, so to get the product to other browsers, Google had to switch gears. The search giant decided to rebuild Earth by compiling the C++ code using WebAssembly, a new binary, Java-like language that works across all web browsers. WebAssembly was only recently recommended (on […]

New ‘Shovel Knight’ spinoff is a Tetris-like puzzle game

[ad_1] Yacht Club says Pocket Dungeon will have a dungeon-crawling twist, allowing you to control a hero within the puzzle and featuring monsters from the Shovel Knight universe. In addition to grouping identical foes together for chain attacks, your hero can also bump into enemies to trade damage and grab keys, power-ups and potions that […]