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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plans to vote to restore net neutrality later this month. With Democrats finally holding an FCC majority in the final year of President Biden’s first term, the agency can fulfill the president’s 2021 executive orders and restore Obama-era rules that the Trump administration repealed at the FCC in 2017.The FCC plans to hold a vote at its April 25 meeting. Under Title II of the Communications Act, net neutrality treats broadband service as an important resource, giving the FCC greater power to regulate the industry. It allows the agency to prevent anti-consumer practices by Internet…
The Facebook Live craze may be a thing of the past, but Meta is still working to make the platform suitable for film. The company announced a new video player for unified display of Reels, longer content and live videos on the Facebook app.One of the biggest changes is that all videos on Facebook will now run full screen, even landscape videos. Movies will automatically play vertically, but you can now flip your phone over to watch most content horizontally across the entire device.Like many videos on TikTok, Facebook will now offer a slider at the bottom of the screen…
vix.comWIX’s performance was driven by continued growth momentum across all market segments and the launch of innovative products.Headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, WIX was founded in 2006 and is a cloud-based web development platform. It provides solutions that enable businesses, organizations, professionals and individuals to develop customized websites and application platforms and expand their online presence.Solid financial performance also led to good operations on the trading side. The stock continued its upward trend, rising 37.8% compared with the S&P Composite Index’s gain of 24.9%.With healthy fundamentals and strong growth opportunities, this Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) stock appears to be a…
On Tuesday, the White House issued a policy memo directing NASA to develop a new lunar time standard by 2026. Lunar Time Coordinated (LTC) will establish an official time reference to help guide future lunar missions. Its arrival coincides with the outbreak of the 21st century space race between (at least) the United States, China, Japan, India and Russia.The memorandum directs NASA to work with the Departments of Commerce, Defense, State, and Transportation to develop a strategy to put LTC into practice by December 31, 2026. International cooperation will also play a role, particularly with signatories to the Artemis Accords.…
There’s another The Matrix movie in the works. Warner Bros. just greenlit a fifth installment in the saga, . However, neither Lana Wachowski nor Lily Wachowski will be attached to direct.That honor fell to Drew Goddard, who adapted Martian Adapted and directed the underrated Criminal cabin in the woods. He is also writing a script.Goddard begins writing episodes buffy the vampire slayer, Angel and lostWait – you could tell he knows the genre stuff inside and out. Lana Wachowski will serve as executive producer, so one of the series’ original creators will have some input.It’s not yet revealed what the…
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The dream of quantum computing has always been exciting: What if we could build a machine that worked at the quantum level, capable of processing complex calculations exponentially faster than computers limited by classical physics? But while IBM, Google and others have announced iterative quantum computing hardware, they still aren’t being used for any practical purpose. That may change as Microsoft and Quantinuum announced today that they have developed the most bug-free quantum computing system yet.While classical computers and electronics rely on binary bits as their basic units of information (they can be turned on or off), quantum computers use…
Ubisoft has revealed when its next big showcase will take place. The latest Ubisoft Forward is scheduled to be held in Los Angeles on June 10. It’s the final day of the Summer Game Festival festivities and the same day as Apple’s WWDC keynote.While Ubisoft hasn’t revealed exactly what it plans to show off at Forward, it has promised to release updates and news about the upcoming release. In its latest earnings report, Ubisoft said it would shed more light on some of its upcoming projects in May, but Forward currently appears to be the more likely location.In Forward, we…
ReportApril 3, 2024Editorial DepartmentMobile Security/Zero Day Google has revealed that two Android security flaws affecting its Pixel smartphones have been widely exploited by forensic firms. High-severity zero-day vulnerabilities are as follows: CVE-2024-29745 – There is an information leakage flaw in the bootloader component CVE-2024-29748 – Privilege escalation flaw in firmware components “There are signs that [vulnerabilities] May be subject to limited, targeted exploitation,” Google said in an announcement on April 2, 2024. While the tech giant did not reveal any other information about the nature of the attacks exploiting the flaws, GrapheneOS maintainers said the flaws “are being actively exploited…
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