Parasite ended its award show sweep this season by taking home Best Picture, making it the first non-English speaking film to win the Academy’s most prestigious award. Bong Joon-ho’s movie about a lower-income family who infiltrates a wealthy household, only to learn a much darker secret, has led the awards season. The movie scored multiple
Read MorePhoto by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Speaking with journalists after winning his first Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, Jojo Rabbit and Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi had other things on his mind. When asked what he thought writers should be demanding in the next round of discussions with producers, Waititi put Apple’s controversial laptop keyboards on blast.
Read MoreAsa Fitch / Wall Street Journal: How power companies are turning to AI, drones, battery systems, and sensors to shorten outages, save money, and help run an increasingly complex power grid — Power companies are turning to AI, drones and sensors to curtail outages, save money and help operate an increasingly complex electricity grid. How
Read More{$inline_image} Asa Fitch / Wall Street Journal: How power companies are turning to AI, drones, battery systems, and sensors to shorten outages, save money, and help run an increasingly complex power grid — Power companies are turning to AI, drones and sensors to curtail outages, save money and help operate an increasingly complex electricity grid.
Read MoreQuibi’s 30-second commercial during last week’s Super Bowl left many people asking: “What the hell is Quibi?” Tonight’s series of ads at the Oscars is Quibi’s best try to answer that question. There are five ads in total, and all take place in bizarre situations. An astronaut in space nearly out of air; an asteroid
Read More1917 wins best sound mixing, Ford v Ferrari wins best sound editing and Laura Dern takes home best supporting actress. Oscars 2020 winners: Full list of results with live updates – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNetflix’s Marriage Story netted a supporting actress win for Laura Dern, while feature documentary American Factory won too. Netflix entered 2020 Oscars with the most nominations. It's won two so far – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe last names of female directors embroidered on the cape included Little Women director Greta Gerwig. Natalie Portman's Oscars dress honors snubbed female directors – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA teaser for Tuesday’s Unpacked event. Samsung unveils Galaxy Z Flip phone during Oscars 2020 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreImage: WinFuture It’s not just leaks that let us know what big tech companies plan to announce at their keynotes, increasingly it’s the companies themselves. Since this year’s Academy Awards fall ahead of Samsung’s February 11th Unpacked keynote, the company decided to go for a huge tease of the Galaxy Z Flip — it basically
Read MoreThe North has evaded America’s “maximum pressure” campaign with a 300 percent increase in internet use that has opened up new opportunities for cybercrime. North Korea’s Internet Use Surges, Thwarting Sanctions and Fueling Theft Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Inside Netflix’s aggressive Oscars campaign that’s spending an estimated $100M+ mainly to promote two films, while other studios usually spend $5M-$20M per film — With lavish parties, huge billboards, and screenings around the world, awards campaigning may never be the same Inside Netflix's aggressive Oscars campaign that's spending an estimated 0M+ mainly
Read More{$inline_image} In case you thought that we learned everything we need to know to land on the Moon fifty years ago, think again. NASA still has a lot of questions, and has scheduled the first of many commercial missions designed to fill in the blanks. As part of the Artemis program, which aims to land
Read MoreSamsung is planning on making some pretty big announcements Tuesday. The company is holding its annual Unpacked event at 2pm ET/ 11am PT on February 11 in San Francisco, where it’s expected to announce a new flagship smartphone and a new foldable phone along with a number of other things. Read more… How to Watch
Read MoreBefore the awards kick off, check out what the stars brought to red carpet show and tell. Oscars 2020 red carpet highlights: Parasite cast, Billy Porter and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIt made $30 million less than projected. Birds of Prey's M opening weekend the weakest in the DC Extended Universe – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe e-commerce titan joins LG, Ericsson and Nvidia in skipping Mobile World Congress this year. Amazon pulls out of MWC 2020, citing coronavirus concerns – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHaaretz: Homepage source code of an app used by Israel’s Likud party exposed admin passwords, letting anyone access info on 6M+ voters in the country’s voter registry — Names, identification numbers and addresses of over 6 million voters were leaked through the unsecured Elector app Homepage source code of an app used by Israel's Likud
Read MoreHackers are locking people out of their networks and demanding big payments to get back in. New data shows just how common and damaging the attacks have become. Ransomware Attacks Grow, Crippling Cities and Businesses Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThese are the films that give the phrase “video game movie” a bad rap. The 40 worst video game movies of all time, ranked – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe retailer once said it would sell “the good, the bad and the ugly.” Now it has banished objectionable volumes — and agreed to erasing the swastikas from a photo book about a Nazi takeover. In Amazon’s Bookstore, No Second Chances for the Third Reich Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreLaurence Dodds / Telegraph: Court docs: Facebook employees discussed security issues with long-lasting access tokens, one of the reasons behind Sept. 2018 breach, at least since Dec. 2017 — Exclusive: Employees described feeling remorse and ‘guilt’ that they ‘could have prevented’ the cyber attack that affected 29m people Court docs: Facebook employees discussed security issues
Read MoreWhen you’re cooking dinner, at least at my house, one question that always pops up is what we plan on drinking with it. Read more… How to Use Alexa to Figure Out What Beer and Wine to Pair With Your Dinner Source: Life Hacker
Read More{$inline_image} Brian Heater / TechCrunch: MWC bans visitors from China’s Hubei province, will require those who have been to China to prove they were outside the country for 14 days before the event — A couple of weeks out, Mobile World Congress organizer, the GSMA, has issued some fairly sweeping safeguards over growing concerns around
Read MoreSave $44 on Apple’s smartwatch with an always-on display. Want the latest Apple Watch for cheap? Get an Apple Watch Series 5 for 5 – CNET Source: CNet
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