Month: November 2024
How to deactivate your X account
Once upon a time, Twitter — now X — was the place to get your memes, world news, and pop culture. However, even at the time, being an active Twitter user also required sifting through a daily deluge of toxic characters, bots, and deepfakes. Then the Elon Musk circus came…
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Want to unravel the secrets of the big bang, dark matter and the universe? This is what CERN uses to store more than one exabyte of data and beyond
CERN uses over one exabyte of storage for research The research laboratory relies on PROMISE and Toshiba for its needs Toshiba will be supplying CERN with 20TB hard drives As you might expect, the world’s largest particle physics laboratory requires some pretty extensive data storage systems to support its research…
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The final season of What If…? storms its way onto Disney Plus this December
Ahead of What If…?’s season 3 premiere on December 22nd, Disney Plus has dropped a trailer spotlighting some of the new alternate universe stories featuring slightly different versions of previously-introduced MCU characters. The season will see Shang-Chi (Simu Liu) reimagined as a cowboy, Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn) in a cosmic…
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The Boox Palma e-reader is down to a new low price for Verge readers
Amazon announced a slew of new Kindles recently, but if you’re not already locked into Amazon’s ecosystem they may not be the best options. If you’re looking for an e-reader that offers more flexibility, our readers can currently buy the Boox Palma at a new all-time low of $234.99 ($45…
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FBI warns hackers are filing fake police data requests to steal people’s private information
FBI issues Private Industry Notification on emergency data requests Hackers are using stolen .gov email addresses to pose as authorities Mitigations recommended by the FBI should be put in place Cybercriminals are using stolen government email addresses to submit fraudulent emergency data requests to US companies to steal personally identifying…
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An Overwatch: Classic event will take fans all the way back to the beginning
For the first time in over two years, Overwatch 2 players will be able to group up in teams of six. A three-week event featuring that format starts tomorrow, November 12. But there’s a twist: you won’t be able to select Kiriko or Sombra, or battle it out with an…
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