Twitter is banning animated PNG image files (APNGs) from its platform, after an attack on the Epilepsy Foundation’s Twitter account sent out similar animated images that could potentially cause seizures in photosensitive people. Twitter discovered a bug that allowed users to bypass its autoplay settings, and allow several animated images in a single tweet using
Read MoreCommentary: We’re in infinite Star Wars now. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker isn't the end, not by a long shot – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIgor Bonifacic / Engadget: Twitter blocks animated PNGs, saying a bug had allowed them, and that they did not respect autoplay settings so could be used to harm people sensitive to motion — Twitter will no longer animate PNG files after trolls hijacked the Epilepsy Foundation’s handle and hashtags last month … Twitter blocks animated
Read MoreLucasfilm Ltd. Two years ago, my former colleague Sarah Jeong laid out how Star Wars: Rogue One — and, indeed, much of the Star Wars mythology — is about internet freedom. A huge amount of the series involves people struggling to copy a sci-fi floppy disc or send the holographic equivalent of an email, exacerbating
Read MoreChrome 79 is ready for public consumption, and while it adds new features and tweaks, it’s also the last chance most users will have to use a handful of hidden Chrome features. Read more… Try These Hidden Features in Chrome 79 Before They Go Away Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreHue Play Starter Kit w/ $50 Best Buy Gift Card | $100 | Best Buy Read more… This Hue Play Starter Kit Is 0 at Best Buy, With a Free Gift Card Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreChris Welch As T-Mobile’s merger trial inches toward a verdict, it’s clear the company has spent years preparing for a merger with Sprint. But a new report made public in connection with the case reveals T-Mobile has also been preparing for a subsequent merger with a cable company, with Comcast seen as the most likely
Read MoreA hand-held plasma cutter is an excellent tool to have if you are working with sheet metal, but it’s not particularly well suited to making long or repetitive cuts. Which is why [workshop from scratch] worked his usual scrapheap magic and built his own motorized track for making perfectly straight cuts. Most of the frame,
Read MoreIt’s very trendy to shun all things resolute this time of year. After all, attempting to improve yourself shouldn’t be a once-a-year activity. On the other hand, the end of a year is the perfect time for reflection. It’s a chance to take stock of how we’re doing, professionally and personally, physically and… Read more…
Read MoreStrange-mas is here. Watch the 12 Days of Stranger Things Christmas – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIt’s the most wonderful time of the year on the island. Fortnite Winterfest: Where to dance in front of Holiday trees – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe spending bill that got approved by Congress this week doesn’t offer any tax breaks for people interested in buying electric vehicles. But it does have some retroactive tax credits you can snag if you already have one of these newfangled contraptions. Read more… How to Get Tax Credits Retroactively for Your Electric Vehicle Source:
Read MoreLet’s bet the Star Wars baby’s name begins with the letter Y, because Y not? Baby Yoda in The Mandalorian has a real name, Disney CEO says – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreImage: Instagram Several prominent models and Instagram influencers are facing backlash after attending and promoting Saudi Arabian music festival, MDL Beast. Commenters are “disappointed” and say they are “quietly ignoring the Saudi Arabian humanitarian crisis” by endorsing the country. The anger comes after Diet Prada — a prominent Instagram account that calls out fashion copycats
Read MoreSergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Researchers: unpatched flaws in Citrix products leave 80,000+ businesses potentially vulnerable to unauthorized network access; Cisco shares steps to mitigate — A newly discovered vulnerability impacting the Citrix Application Delivery Controller (NetScaler ADC) and the Citrix Gateway … Researchers: unpatched flaws in Citrix products leave 80,000+ businesses potentially vulnerable to unauthorized
Read MoreThe holidays aren’t so happy for Fallout 76 players playing on PC. A new hack in the MMORPG allows someone to steal everything in another player’s inventory, seemingly with the snap of a finger. Read more… Stay Off Public Servers in Fallout 76 Until This Hack Is Fixed Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreSo no one told you Friends was going to go away. [handclaps] As of January 1st, 2020, Friends won’t be available to stream on Netflix, and won’t be available to stream on any of the major subscriber-based streaming services for another five months. Between January, when Friends leaves Netflix, and May, when it premieres on
Read MoreGaming’s biggest show drew more eyes than ever and featured several innovative stunts, like a live interview with a character from the game Apex Legends. Geoff Keighley wants The Game Awards to be ‘a prototype’ for ‘a new era of programming’ Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Employees at North, the company behind the augmented reality Focals glasses, warned their CEO that the glasses weren’t ready to ship two months before the January 2019 launch. In an eight-page letter obtained by The Logic, employees portrayed the company as focused on rushing the glasses out
Read MoreMost of us have had the misfortune of interacting with a badly configured chatbot. Whether to return faulty clothes or complain about an incorrect phone bill, we are often left feeling even more frustrated than we were beforehand. Many businesses viewed these chatbots as a cheap panacea to all customer service problems but, in reality,
Read MoreIn this house, we strive to have two types of butter available at all times: cheap cooking butter (kept in the fridge), and snacking butter (kept at room temperature for easy spreading). But I am not a perfect person, and sometimes I forget to refill the butter dish, leaving my kitchen devoid of spreadable snacking…
Read MoreNew York Times: Simply carrying a smartphone to a political rally could tie its owner to the event in commercial datasets, thanks to the realtime tracking tech in mundane apps — IN FOOTAGE FROM DRONES hovering above, the nighttime streets of Hong Kong look almost incandescent, a constellation of tens … Simply carrying a smartphone
Read MoreImage: Rivian Michigan-based EV startup Rivian has announced a massive new $1.3 billion financing round led by T. Rowe Price — one that includes existing investors like Amazon and Ford. It’s the fourth time Rivian has raised money this year, following an Amazon-led $700 million raise in February, a $500 million investment from Ford in
Read MoreI assumed this tip was old news, but I’ve seen a ton of tweets going around that make me feel like a number of holiday gift-givers still don’t know the big secret for giving video games and video game consoles. So, here we are again, fresh with a warm cup of holiday advice that might
Read MoreOne of the brightest stars in the sky makes up Orion’s shoulder and also looks to be on the verge of going supernova sometime between today and 100,000 years from today. Betelgeuse is acting like it's about to go supernova, even if the odds say it isn't – CNET Source: CNet
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