In early June, complaints began surfacing on Twitter that Outlook was down for as many as 18,000 users at the height of what turned out to be a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack, according to a story in The associated press (AP) this morning. Microsoft acknowledged the attack in a blog [...]
On Thursday, Motherboard reported that Amazon delivery drivers in Palmdale, California have gone on strike, a first for the company. The drivers, who united with the Teamsters in April and were recognized by Amazon “Delivery Service Partner” (DSP) Battle-Tested Strategies in May, demanding better pay and improved safety conditions. The [...]
After Baylor microbiology professor and public health advocate Peter Hotez, MD Ph.D. tweeted a Motherboard article on Spotify’s lack of moderation of Joe Rogan’s misinformation following a podcast episode with guest Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Rogan challenged him to debate Robert F Kennedy, Jr proposing a $100,000 donation to a [...]
As promised, one of the big highlights of Netflix’s Tudum event was our first look at the highly anticipated streamer adaptation of author Cixin Liu’s The three-body problem. The teaser trailer offers just a brief – but still incredibly impressive – glimpse of the sci-fi epic, based on the trilogy [...]
Netflix has been very quiet about the live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender. And while the new teaser trailer released during the Tudum event doesn’t show much at all, it does confirm that the series will start streaming in 2024. Anyway, at least we have our first pictures today: [...]
It’s been a long time coming, but Netflix is finally ready to show off its upcoming adaptation of A piece – we got the very first trailer at the streamer’s Tudum event today. The clip shows about 90 seconds of the live-action pirate series, featuring the main cast – which [...]
Meta is rolling back its covid misinformation rules in countries like the US, where the pandemic national emergency has been lifted as recommended by its independent oversight board in April this year, The Washington Post reported Friday morning (via engaged). In a update on July’s announcement that it had asked [...]
Pivoting edges are back, baby. At least, that seems to be the case according to new leaked photos of Samsung’s next-generation Galaxy Watches. The photos of the Galaxy Watch 6 and Watch 6 Classic come from the German technical site WinFuture, who has a solid track record when it comes [...]
Police officers can’t attach guns to drones in Illinois as of today — and they can’t use drones for facial recognition unless they’re trying to counter a terrorist attack, prevent “imminent harm to life” or make sure a suspect doesn’t don’t get away. But they can do something they couldn’t [...]
Choosing a new iPhone feels like it should be easy. But like so many other modern problems (have you just tried? choosing something to watch on TV lately — an impossible task) it is a bit more complicated than it seems. Counting past models still hanging around along with all [...]