Month: October 2020
This climate activist says he was silenced on Twitter
A Ugandan environmental activist was suspended from Twitter in the midst of a high-profile campaign — a suspension he believes is connected to his opponents in the country’s government and industries linked to deforestation. Twitter won’t say what caused the account to be frozen, but environmental groups worry it’s part…
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Dune reportedly delayed until 2021 as the future of blockbuster movies looks bleak dune 2020 release date
The new adaptation of Dune from director Denis Villeneuve has reportedly been delayed. Collider says the film has now vacated its December 2020 release date and is planned to launch on October 1, 2021. This comes around a month after the film’s first trailer dropped. We’ve reached out to Warner…
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Avast! Boss Audio’s new weatherproof touchscreen brings CarPlay and Android Auto to boats
Apple’s CarPlay and Google’s Android Auto are meant for, well, cars and automobiles, but despite the emphasis on landlubber locomotion, there’s technically no reason that one couldn’t use them for navigating the high seas. And that’s just what Boss Audio’s new aftermarket MRCP9685A head unit promises: a weatherproof module that…
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This new “linkless” phishing scam is even tricking tech experts null
The cybersecurity firm Sophos has observed two new phishing campaigns in the wild that use a new trick to help them avoid detection. Email phishing scams typically employ a three-stage process to get potential targets to give up their credentials which begins with an email that contains a URL they…
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Dune delayed to October 1st, 2021
Dune is the latest movie to get pushed back to 2021, following a number of other highly anticipated blockbuster films, including Black Widow and No Time to Die. It’ll now be released on October 1st, 2021 — nearly a full year after the original December 18th release date, Collider and…
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Python set to overtake Java in latest programming language rankings null
Java’s days as the world’s second most popular programming language could be numbered according to Tiobe’s latest programming language rankings which show Python is becoming increasingly popular among developers. The firm’s Index for October 2020 shows that Java has been overtaken by C as the world’s most popular programming language…
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