A.M.P.added this to TECH / SCI / WK / NEWS?How-To's How to protect your smartphone from hackers and intrudersDigital Trends - Jackie Dove Having your smartphone hacked kind of feels like someone robbed your house — or maybe even worse. It’s a massive invasion of privacy, a violation of …
A.M.P.added this to TECH / SCI / WK / NEWS?Firefox Update your Firefox browser now, there’s an emergency patch you’ll wantThe Verge - Sean HollisterAre you running Firefox version 67.0.3 or Firefox ESR 60.7.1? If the answer is “no,” or you’re not sure, maybe just update your web browser now. Firefox maker Mozilla is warning that the browser has a
A.M.P.added this to POP CULT!Avengers: Endgame The Marvel Cinematic Universe Gets an Honest Trailercomicbook.com - Nicole Drum Now that Avengers: Endgame has hit theaters most fans are looking ahead to what's next for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. They'll get a taste of that …
A.M.P.added this to POP CULT!Octavia E. Butler Let’s Talk About ‘See You Yesterday,’ Where ‘Back to the Future’ Meets Systemic Racism (Podcast)TheWrap - Tim Molloy With special cameos by Michael J. Fox and Octavia E. Butler’s “Kindred” Netflix’s “See You Yesterday” combines the time-travel goofiness of “Back to …
A.M.P.added this to POP CULT!Play buttonGangnam Style The 10 biggest YouTube videos of all timePolygon - Petrana RadulovicAfter nearly 15 years of hosting videos, and with approximately 300 hours of video uploaded to the service every minute, YouTube reinvents itself on a daily basis. And while the YouTube algorithm works
A.M.P.added this to TECH / SCI / WK / NEWS?iMessage Google is finally getting an Android version of iMessage. It's called ChatCNN - By Shannon Liao, CNN BusinessNew York (CNN Business) — Google is bringing its version of iMessage to Android. Starting in the UK and France later this month, people with Android phones will be able to opt into the new texting service,
A.M.P.added this to POP CULT!Doctor Who Doctor Who's "The End of Time" to Be Released in Theaterscomicbook.com - Jenna Anderson Most Doctor Who fans have a certain episode or sequence that continues to pull on their heartstrings, and it looks like some will soon have a chance …
A.M.P.added this to TECH / SCI / WK / NEWS?Josh Hawley Internet giants must stay unbiased to keep their biggest legal shield, senator proposesThe Verge - Makena KellyOn Wednesday, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) is expected to introduce legislation that would heavily modify section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, adding new restrictions to the broad immunity currently
A.M.P.added this to POP CULT!Play buttonMovies Midsommar early screening reactions hail horror 'masterpiece'Entertainment Weekly - Clark CollisOn Sunday, actress Florence Pugh declared the horror film Midsommar — the second movie from Hereditary director Ari Aster in theaters July 3 — to be “one helluva ride.” Following early screenings of the
A.M.P.added this to TECH / SCI / WK / NEWS?Lyft Female drivers feel abandoned by Uber and Lyft after reporting a sexual assaultThe Guardian - Michael SainatoOne month into driving for Lyft around Atlanta, Alicia Dukes was sexually assaulted by a passenger on 21 April after she drove him to a gas station and back to his apartment. “He first asked me if I had
A.M.P.added this to POP CULT!Pokémon Go Harry Potter: Wizards Unite will launch on FridayThe Verge - Sam ByfordHarry Potter: Wizards Unite, the new AR game from Pokémon Go developers Niantic, will start rolling out around the world on Friday, according to an official tweet. The game previously launched in beta
A.M.P.added this to TECH / SCI / WK / NEWS?Apple TV Apple is adding picture-in-picture mode to the Apple TVThe Verge - Chris WelchApple seemingly left one new, upcoming tvOS feature out of the company’s WWDC keynote earlier this month: picture-in-picture. 9to5Mac reports that today’s developer beta of tvOS 13 allows Apple TV users
A.M.P.added this to TECH / SCI / WK / NEWS?Play buttonGoogle Voice Google is finally taking charge of the RCS rolloutThe Verge - Dieter BohnWe’ve been hearing about RCS, the replacement for SMS texting, for over a year now, but actually using the next-generation service has been nearly impossible due to complicated carrier and phone maker
A.M.P.added this to TECH / SCI / WK / NEWS?Play buttoniCloud Comment: iCloud has finally delivered on Steve Jobs’ original promise from 20119to5Mac - Bradley ChambersBack when Steve Jobs unveiled iCloud in 2011, we were pitched a vision of data being available everywhere. Jobs pitched demoting the Mac and moving the digital hub into the cloud. All of our devices had
A.M.P.added this to TECH / SCI / WK / NEWS?Technology Israeli company claims it can unlock any iPhone up to iOS 12.3 for policeDigital Trends - Aaron Mamiit Israel-based forensics firm Cellebrite rolled out a system that is capable of unlocking any iPhone, iPad or high-end Android device, renewing the …
A.M.P.added this to POP CULT!Batman Watch Legion Star Aubrey Plaza's Catwoman Auditioncomicbook.com - Jamie Lovett Warner Bros. has named Twilight star Robert Pattinson its new Batman. Pattinson will take up Batman’s cape and cowl in The Batman, director Matt …
A.M.P.added this to TECH / SCI / WK / NEWS?DuckDuckGo It's Time to Switch to a Privacy BrowserWIRED - David Nield There's a new battleground in the browser wars: user privacy. Firefox just made its Enhanced Tracking Protection a default feature, Apple continues …
A.M.P.added this to TECH / SCI / WK / NEWS?Technology Google Chrome 76 will make it easier to bypass paywallsTNW - Ravie LakshmananGoogle may have released Chrome 75 just last week, but it’s already lining up a few nifty features for its upcoming release. Most importantly, the beta version of Chrome 76, which was officially released
A.M.P.added this to TECH / SCI / WK / NEWS?Millennials Here's the 1 Eye-Opening Statistic About Millennials That Big Companies Are Finally Beginning to NoticeInc Magazine - Bill Murphy Jr.Millennials outnumber everyone else in America. On paper they should be the perfect consumers to help continue to build a robust economy well into the second half of the 21t century. But a new report that
A.M.P.added this to TECH / SCI / WK / NEWS?Design Thinking ‘YouTube recommendations are toxic,’ says dev who worked on the algorithmTNW - Már Másson MaackWhere else could you go for you daily dose of how-tos, like this one about draining washing machines, or 15-minute compilations of cats vomiting? This is what YouTube was made for, and it’s beautiful.
A.M.P.added this to TECH / SCI / WK / NEWS?Play buttonAdobe Adobe’s prototype AI tool automatically spots Photoshopped facesThe Verge - James VincentThe world is becoming increasingly anxious about the spread of fake videos and pictures, and Adobe — a name synonymous with edited imagery — says it shares those concerns. Today, it’s sharing new research
A.M.P.added this to POP CULT!Play buttonChris Hemsworth Watch Chris Hemsworth Cover ‘Hurt’ as Fat Thor on ‘Fallon’Rolling Stone - Emily Zemler Anyone who has seen Avengers: Endgame knows that the character of Thor took a really dark turn. The superhero, played by Chris Hemsworth, was so …
A.M.P.added this to TECH / SCI / WK / NEWS?Gmail Gmail’s dynamic emails roll out to all users on July 2androidpolice.com - Hagop Kavafian Back in March, Google introduced Dynamic emails, which made electronic communication more interactive. Indeed, instead of being a mere messaging …
A.M.P.added this to POP CULT!Filmmaking Retcons and Adaptations: A Discussion of Canon in the X-Men Film Franchisefilmschoolrejects.com Since X-Men was released in 2000, there have been twelve movies released in the X-Men universe with the final coming from a pre-Disney-owned Fox …
A.M.P.added this to POP CULT!Batman Local artists celebrate the Dark Knight’s 80th with Batman muralscomicsbeat.com - Josh Hilgenberg DC is keeping the Dark Knight's 80th anniversary celebration going with two dedicated Batman murals in Seattle and Bentonville.The post Local artists …
A.M.P.added this to POP CULT!TV Full-length Pennyworth trailer teases a bloody, sexy Batman prequel seriesEntertainment Weekly - Nick RomanoWith the arrival of the full-length Pennyworth trailer from EPIX comes a much clearer look at this Batman prequel series from the makers of Fox’s Gotham. Jack Bannon’s Alfred Pennyworth isn’t the same
A.M.P.added this to POP CULT!Batman DC Comics will make Mask of the Phantasm’s villain canon for the first timePolygon - Susana PoloOn Tuesday night, Batman writer Tom King gave fans a big hint where his Batman story will head once it splits off from the main Batman series. His twelve-issue Batman/Catwoman series will apparently feature
A.M.P.added this to TECH / SCI / WK / NEWS?Apple Watch Apple iPod touch (2019)PCMag - Sascha Segan Apple's 2019 iPod touch is a small, light handheld media player that's terrific for kids and anyone who doesn't want a full-fledged smartphone. Can …
A.M.P.added this to TECH / SCI / WK / NEWS?Apple TV Apple TV’s surging popularity might surprise youCult of Mac - Ed HardyBecause Apple TVs aren’t used in public, it’s easy to underestimate how many of them are. A market-analysis firm says that 21 percent of US households regularly use an Apple set-top box. And the number
A.M.P.added this to POP CULT!Skrulls Dark Phoenix Villain Aliens Were Originally Skrulls, Not D'BariIGN - Jim Vejvoda Cyclops actor Tye Sheridan made the claim on a new podcast. The greenish, shape-shifting alien villains of Dark Phoenix are referred to in the new …
