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22 hours agoCurrent Event dynamite
Google will boost Android security through firmware hardening
Google has started working to harden the security of Android at the firmware level, a component of the software stack that interacts directly with the various processors of a system on a chip (SoC). The plan is to expand the security in Android devices beyond the operating system, which runs on a multi-core CPU, to the other processors on the SoC for dedicated tasks like cellular communication, media processing, or security modules.
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7 days agoCurrent Event dynamite
9-hour cut of Avatar 3 reportedly coming to Disney+ after theatrical release
As well as getting a theatrical release, there are new reports indicating that Avatar 3 may be turned into a limited series for Disney+, with this version of the project clocking in at nine hours worth of content. James Cameron’s Avatar films are some of the most successful movies ever made, with both projects currently sitting in the top 5 for highest-grossing films of all time.
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8 days agoCurrent Event dynamite
“Don’t ask questions. Just withdraw the money now”
"Stop everything you are doing now and give an order to withdraw all your money from SVB. Don't ask me questions, just do it. Then we will think about what to do next and ask the questions," wrote Avi Eyal, managing partner of venture capital fund Entrée Capital, in a dramatic WhatsApp message to his portfolio companies on Thursday evening, noon New York time.
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13 days agoCurrent Event dynamite
College ump suspended after egregious strike call
Plate umpire Reggie Drummer, who made an egregious third strike call to end Friday's game between New Orleans and Mississippi Valley State, has been suspended indefinitely.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event dynamite
A bright comet is heading towards Earth and could outshine the stars in the sky, say astronomers
Comet C/2023 A3 last visited Earth about 80,000 years ago. When it visits us in 2024, it could be about 100 times brighter than the green comet.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event dynamite
’John Wick 4’ Star Donnie Yen Reveals The Changes He Requested
Even though the John Wick series features gratuitous violence and guns on guns on guns, the process of making the movie is probably (hopefully) a little bit nicer than it seems. We know that Keanu gives his input to make Wick look cool, and Chapter 4 brings in a new dangerous assassin from the High Table who considers John an ally.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event dynamite
Are telescopes on the Moon doomed before they’ve even been built?
For radioastronomers, the far side of the Moon could be the last unspoilt refuge in the Solar System. Planet Earth — and all the human-made electromagnetic noise it spews out into space — stays permanently below the horizon, so that any radio observatories positioned there would be free to observe the cosmos without interference.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event dynamite
FTX Confirms $9 Billion in Customer Funds Vanished
According to a presentation to customers, ex-FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried allegedly let Alameda borrow $9.3 billion from customer accounts.
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1 month agoCurrent Event dynamite
China’s Pig High-Rises Are Horrifying. So Are America’s Factory Farms.
Every few months in recent years, Western news readers have been treated to a macabre tale: companies in China building massive multistory pig factory farms to feed the country’s appetite for pork. The agro-industrial phantasmagoria grows in scale with every iteration.
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1 month agoCurrent Event dynamite
Singapore's digital banks dangle incentives to win new customers — is it sustainable?
Digital retail banks in Singapore are pulling out all stops to win new customers, but industry observers question if it's sustainable in the long term.
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1 month agoCurrent Event dynamite
Apple Watch user recounts harrowing health scare: ‘I’d have just passed out and died without ever knowing'
Time and time again, the Apple Watch has been credited with saving lives with its heart monitoring, Emergency SOS, and fall detection features. Now, an Apple Watch user has taken to Reddit to share how their Series 7 saved their life, saying, “I’d have just passed out and died without ever knowing if not for my Apple Watch.”
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1 month agoCurrent Event dynamite
Astronomers spot a rogue supermassive black hole hurtling through space leaving star formation in its wake
Supermassive black holes (SMBHs) lurk in the center of large galaxies like ours. From their commanding position in the galaxy's heart, they feed on gas, dust, stars, and anything else that strays too close, growing more massive as time passes. But in rare circumstances, an SMBH can be forced out of its position and hurtle through space as a rogue SMBH.
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1 month agoCurrent Event dynamite
Why Stephen King wrote under the pseudonym Richard Bachman?
In 1977, Stephen King’s career flourished. His first three books, Carrie, Salem’s Lot and The Shining, had become worldwide bestsellers, and the author was already creating another blockbuster – over a thousand pages of The Stand. In addition, he had a drawer full of previously unpublished novels. With a frantic pace of creation (the author supported himself with stimulants), the writer had more material than he could publish. In those days, most publishers were limited to one book a year ...
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1 month agoLevel Up dynamite
Level 39
dynamite is now level 39 with 6,606,745 XP.
View Unlocks- Save Credits The maximum amount of save credits you can store has been raised by 2 to a total of 55.
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1 month agoCurrent Event dynamite
Google just took the wraps off its long-awaited ChatGPT rival: Meet Bard
Learn about Bard, Google's new AI chatbot that will compete with OpenAI's ChatGPT for dominance in the buzzy new field that could change everything.
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1 month agoCurrent Event dynamite
This James Webb Space Telescope image shows spiral galaxy in stunning detail
A newly released image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope shows a crowded field of galaxies and stars, with a distant spiral galaxy standing out in stunning detail. The large galaxy that sits at the bottom of the image, LEDA 2046648, is so clear in the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST or Webb) image that its individual spiral arms are visible.