Category: internet
‘Ready Player Two’ author is going on a virtual book tour in ‘Roblox’
Real book tours aren’t practical during a pandemic, but the virtual kind might suit at least one author very nicely. Ernest Cline is showcasing his new novel Ready Player Two in a Roblox event, and it will appropriately include a treasure hunt. While… Source
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Hackers tricked GoDaddy into helping attacks on cryptocurrency services
GoDaddy’s 2020 security woes aren’t over. KrebsOnSecurity has found that hackers tricked GoDaddy employees into handing ownership or control of multiple cryptocurrency services’ web domains, inadvertently aiding attacks that brought sites down. It’s… Source
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Disney ‘Peter Pan,’ ‘Pinocchio’ remakes may skip theaters in favor of streaming
Disney’s shift toward streaming could have a dramatic effect on some of its highest-profile releases. Deadline sources understand the company is considering releasing live-action remakes Cruella, Peter Pan and Wendy and Pinocchio on Disney+ rather th… Source
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Flash content like Homestar Runner lives on in the Internet Archive
Mere weeks before Adobe’s planned end of support date for Flash, the Internet Archive has come in to save everyone’s favorite mid-aughts plugin and the creative content that came out of it. Over on its website, the organization has created a new coll… Source
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Chrome for M1 Macs is available again after being pulled last night
The Apple Silicon version of Google Chrome is once again available to download. On Tuesday, you could briefly download it before Google pulled the release later in the day due to a bug that caused the browser to crash. You can download the new and ho… Source
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Uber’s expanded rewards program offers Apple Music and HBO Max perks
Uber’s rewards program is becoming much more flexible than it was back in 2018. The ride- and food-ordering company has overhauled the program to not only let you redeem more often, but choose from a larger pool of options. To start, you no longer ha… Source
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