Month: May 2023
The company behind World of Jumanji wants to turn even more Sony IP into theme parks
While Nintendo’s Super Nintendo World might be the video game theme park most people are making plans to visit in the near future, it sounds like Sony very much wants to get in on some of the IP-to-destination attraction action while the getting’s good. During a recent interview with Variety…
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The free TV company briefly wasn’t sure what it should do with data from kids
When we pushed the website live on Monday morning at 4:00 AM pacific an old draft version of the privacy policy was uploaded. The correct and final version exists on the app today as it has since launch that everyone can see and download as they complete their registration. The questions…
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The New York Times launches an audio app to court its heaviest podcast listeners
The New York Times is leveling up its audio game. Today, the publication launched New York Times Audio, an iOS app for subscribers that serves as a one-stop shop for all of its audio journalism — including its current slate of podcasts like The Daily and The Ezra Klein Show.…
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A history of metaphors for the internet
When I wrote about this web surfing competition, it got me thinking about different metaphors for the internet. Surfing seemed like an odd one, an artifact from a very particular time in the mid-1990s when people used terms like “information superhighway” and “cyberspace” unironically. Where did these metaphors come from, and…
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Your home or office router could be under attack from a dangerous new Chinese malware
Cybersecurity researchers from Check Point Research (CPR) have discovered a new backdoor for home and office routers (opens in new tab). The backdoor, named Horse Shell, allows threat actors full control of the infected endpoint, the researchers say, as well as letting them stay hidden and giving access to the…
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Amazon overhauls Echo Buds line to create new budget-friendly model
Usually, whenever a company launches a new entry in a series, you’d expect the gadget to be bigger and better than the older models. That’s exactly what Amazon did with the second generation Echo Buds.This time, however, the tech giant is doing the opposite with the latest Echo Buds by…
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