Month: May 2024
INDIKA weaves a mature tale of absurdity, hypocrisy and sexual violence
This story contains discussions of sexual violence. Multiple scenes from INDIKA are seared into my brain. A palm-sized person crawls out of a nun’s mouth and runs down her arm, frenzied, in the middle of a Catholic ritual. A man is suspended in the air, his torso impaled on a…
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This might be the most outlandish Mini PC you can buy right now — latest Minisforum oddity sports Intel’s most powerful laptop CPU, two 5Gbps Ethernet ports, Oculink, a webcam and a 4-inch display
When it comes to picking a mini PC, users are often stuck by having to sacrifice power and features for size and portability – but the latest release from Minisforum, which we have reviewed here, is looking to remove this for good. The AtomMan X7 Ti is an Intel Ultra…
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Marvel’s Vision-focused Disney Plus series is coming in 2026
Variety reports that Star Trek: Picard executive producer Terry Matalas has signed on to showrun a currently unnamed Disney Plus Marvel series revolving around Vision (Bettany), the synthezoid Avenger who died in Infinity War and was subsequently resurrected in WandaVision. Back in 2022, Deadline reported that WandaVision showrunner Jac Schaeffer…
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Volkswagen indefinitely delays the ID.7 electric sedan’s arrival in North America
Volkswagen has delayed the launch of its ID.7 sedan in the US and Canada. Before Wednesday’s indefinite postponement, the automaker had slated the EV’s North American launch for this year. The ID.7, which was set to be Volkswagen’s first electric sedan in the US, has seen high demand in Europe,…
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‘Today’s computers are horribly inefficient’: How a US startup is going Apple’s way — combining hardware and software to crack AI’s big 99% power consumption problem
Efficient Computer is living up to its name by creating what it describes as the most energy efficient programmable processor. The startup emerged from stealth in March 2024 with $16m in seed financing led by Eclipse VC, and the claim to have built a completely new technology stack, from compiler…
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Global botnets are being abused by hackers — and they can even hide all the evidence using ORB networks
Threat actors are constantly evolving their techniques to remain undetected when infiltrating organizations, with new research revealing how persistent groups like Volt Typhoon are evading detection. Mandiant has observed increased usage of operational relay box networks (ORBs) to obscure indicators of compromise (IoC). These ORBs are essentially a botnet made…
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