terça-feira, 21 de dezembro de 2021


Log4j Vulnerabilities Are Piling Up as Companies Scramble to Patch

Posted: 20 Dec 2021 05:00 PM PST

The gargantuan crisis spurred by log4j isn't over yet—not even close. Over the past week, new vulnerabilities have been discovered in the unfortunate Apache logging library (whose ubiquitous vulnerability is dubbed "Log4Shell" in the infosec world) but, according to experts, there's no need to outright panic. Here's…

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Russian Businessman Taken By U.S. Accused of Swiping Earnings Reports From Tesla, Others

Posted: 20 Dec 2021 04:40 PM PST

Swiss authorities in Zurich put Vladislav Klyushin, a Russian businessman widely noted for his Kremlin ties, on a flight bound for the U.S. on Saturday, ending a months-long extradition fight that cast a pall over this summer's Putin-Biden talks in Geneva.

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Avatar 2 Will Introduce Jake and Neytiri's Kids, Blue and Otherwise

Posted: 20 Dec 2021 04:15 PM PST

It has taken us so long to get Avatar 2—and will continue to take us so long to get next year—that it makes sense the sequel will deal with the fact that the first film's protagonists, Jake (Sam Worthington) and Neytiri (Zoe Saldana), have been off-screen long enough to have a lot of kids.

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Alligator-Sized Millipede Fossil Found on English Beach

Posted: 20 Dec 2021 04:00 PM PST

A team of paleontologists has described a shockingly large millipede fossil that was found on an English beach in 2018. The millipede that left the fossil was well over 8 feet long and may have been a predator.

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Real-World Quidditch Will Change Its Name Thanks to J.K. Rowling's Transphobia

Posted: 20 Dec 2021 03:15 PM PST

Quidditch players from across the globe are ready to deliver a bludger to the name of the sport they so deeply love, thanks in part to You-Know-Who. No, not Voldemort, but J.K. Rowling, a woman now known for needlessly expressing transphobic views who created the sport for her Harry Potter book series.

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Bitcoin’s Inequality Problem Is Putting the Dollar to Shame

Posted: 20 Dec 2021 02:40 PM PST

Cryptocurrency enthusiasts have long espoused the decentralizing and democratizing effects the technology supposedly encourages, but new research detailed in The Wall Street Journal suggests its inequality problems are worse than the United States' disgraceful performance under the dollar. An incredible feat…

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When Christmas Is Over, It's Time for New Year's Evil

Posted: 20 Dec 2021 02:30 PM PST

New Year's Eve: a time for celebrating, reflecting, and setting new goals. Unless you're the killer in New Year's Evil, and then it's a time to pick off a new victim when the clock strikes midnight in every time zone across America—the ghoulish but inspired gimmick that propels Emmett Alston's 1980 cult classic.

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Huawei's New Smartwatch Might Measure Blood Pressure, but There's a Catch

Posted: 20 Dec 2021 01:20 PM PST

When I was a kid who tagged along with my mom to the grocery store, I loved sitting in the blood pressure monitoring kiosks. The chair was so big! I could push a button! It would fill up a balloon that squeezed around my arm! I had no idea what the numbers meant on screen, but I knew something technological had…

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Spider-Man: No Way Home Spoilers Will Come... From Inside the House

Posted: 20 Dec 2021 01:15 PM PST

The big release of the holiday season is undoubtedly Spider-Man: No Way Home. Sony and Marvel's new cinematic outing has become both the third biggest global opener of all time and Sony's biggest movie ever, with a $587.2 million box office at time of writing.

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Marvel Release Dates: When to See Upcoming MCU Movies & Disney+ Shows

Posted: 20 Dec 2021 01:00 PM PST

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is one of the biggest entertainment franchises of all time. The 26 movies in the MCU (so far) have grossed over $23 billion at the box office, and the 17 television series have driven massive audiences for their respective networks.

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‘Extraordinary’ Mammoth Graveyard Discovered in England

Posted: 20 Dec 2021 12:56 PM PST

Evidence of steppe mammoths, gigantic elk, brown bears, and other ice age animals have been pulled from an English quarry, in what experts are calling a significant discovery.

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Privacy 'Incidents' at DHS on the Rise, Report Says

Posted: 20 Dec 2021 12:40 PM PST

A new government study mostly lauding the Homeland Security Department's handling of Americans' personal information nevertheless detected "gaps" in the ways a few of its agencies have followed procedures designed to ward off security threats.

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The Witcher Cast Is Slowly Becoming Warhammer's Biggest Ambassadors

Posted: 20 Dec 2021 12:30 PM PST

Games Workshop finds itself in something of an awkward place as it tries, in ways it has rarely been able to over the decades in spite of its gaming success, to bring the worlds of Warhammer and Age of Sigmar to a wider public consciousness. It's got streaming services, comics, games, a desperate attempt to stop…

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Joe Manchin Tanks Solar and EV Stocks With His Build Back Better Bombshell

Posted: 20 Dec 2021 12:10 PM PST

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin is apparently on a mission to see just how much damage he can singularly inflict on the clean energy industry. Stock prices for major renewable energy technology companies were on the decline Monday following the senator's weekend surprise announcement that he was tapping out on efforts…

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Omicron: Most Common Symptoms, When to Get Tested, and Latest Booster Data

Posted: 20 Dec 2021 11:50 AM PST

The Omicron variant of the coronavirus is spreading rapidly in the United States. Reported covid-19 cases are sharply rising in highly immunized cities like New York, and experts expect the variant to become the dominant form of the virus seen in the U.S. in as little as a few weeks, following the pattern seen in…

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Came Out 2 Years Ago—How Do You Feel About It Now?

Posted: 20 Dec 2021 11:40 AM PST

A short time ago in a galaxy so close it's actually ours, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker arrived to conclude the nine-part Skywalker Saga. Two years ago to the day, the movie opened to decidedly mixed reviews and reactions from fans. Some loved all the callbacks to the original trilogy, some found the narrative too…

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Our Favorite iPhone 14 Camera Rumor Was Just Shot Down

Posted: 20 Dec 2021 11:31 AM PST

One of the most highly anticipated iPhone features won't arrive in next year's models, after all. Apple will reportedly equip the iPhone 14 with a 48-megapixel rear camera before adding a periscope lens to the iPhone 15 in 2023, according to reliable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, which means we'll have to wait to get that…

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The 9 Best Animated Series of 2021

Posted: 20 Dec 2021 10:50 AM PST

The year 2021 has had a lot of ups and downs, but if it was anyone's year, it was animation's. On screens big and small, some of the best things we've seen this year have been animated—but TV in particular has been home to some of the best. Here's our picks for the very best of the year.

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Florida Is Locking In Its Own Demise

Posted: 20 Dec 2021 10:25 AM PST

In April, Florida passed a bill that restricted cities and towns from banning fossil fuel use, a defensive piece of legislation similar to bills being pushed around the country by the natural gas industry. Now, the bill is doing exactly what its authors and industry interests intended: stopping cities from setting…

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NASA Delays Launch of Its Megarocket in Wake of Testing Glitch

Posted: 20 Dec 2021 09:35 AM PST

A misbehaving engine computer means the inaugural launch of NASA's Space Launch System, planned to be the most powerful rocket in the world, won't happen in February 2022 as planned.

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Marvel's New Punisher Comic Sure Sounds Like It's Dropping the Pretense He's a Hero

Posted: 20 Dec 2021 09:15 AM PST

Marvel Comics has had a Punisher problem for quite some time. The murderous vigilante's skull logo has been appropriated for years by police officers and members of the military services who seemingly admire the character's ability to act outside of the justice system as judge, jury, and executioner and still…

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The Northman Is Violent Viking Revenge From The Witch Director

Posted: 20 Dec 2021 09:15 AM PST

After only two movies, The Witch and The Lighthouse, director Robert Eggers has easily reached "We'll see any movie he makes" status. And with the first trailer for his third film, The Northman, he may have even eclipsed that to "We'll overanalyze every frame of every bit of marketing until this movie hits theaters"…

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Aviation and Tech Industries Spar Over Whether or Not 5G Can Actually Crash a Plane

Posted: 20 Dec 2021 08:50 AM PST

The US airline industry and telecom giants are still divided over whether or not the new C-Band spectrum crucial for 5G networks could cause dangerous interference with aviation systems. If left unaddressed, concerned critics warn 5G caused interference could lead to disastrous delays, flight cancellations, or even…

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The Utter Hollowness of Joe Manchin

Posted: 20 Dec 2021 08:00 AM PST

After spending months whining about the Build Back Better Act and weakening it, Sen. Joe Manchin went nuclear. Appearing on Fox News on Sunday, the West Virginia Democrat said he was done working with his fellow senators and President Joe Biden.

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Amazon Is Backing Off Its Cell Phone Ban Amid Safety Concerns

Posted: 20 Dec 2021 07:50 AM PST

After six workers died at an Amazon warehouse in Illinois that was hit by a powerful tornado on December 10, the company is walking back its plans to reinstate a workplace ban on cell phones.

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