Mozilla wants the Web to be a platform that's fit for any purpose. That's why the company is investing in Firefox OS—to fight back against the proliferation of platform-specific smartphone apps—and it's why the company has been working on WebGL, in order to bring 3D graphics to the browser, Emscripten, a tool for compiling C++ applications into JavaScript, and asm.js, a high performance subset of JavaScript. … [Read more...] about Mozilla making the Web a gaming platform with Unreal 3 engine in a browser
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Antifa.com redirects to White House website as trolls needle Biden
The website redirect, a phenomenon that's dogged Biden since before he won the November election, is a good reminder to avoid jumping to conclusions based on something you see on the internet. Be even more careful about sharing your find with family and friends until you've vetted the source. Simply put, there's no shortage of disinformation, misinformation, propaganda, baseless conspiracy theories and flat-out lies online. … [Read more...] about Antifa.com redirects to White House website as trolls needle Biden
How to watch Charmed online from anywhere
How to watch Charmed in the UK UK viewers can watch seasons one and two of Charmed on Channel 4's E4. Unfortunately though, a UK premiere date has not been announced for season 3 of the show yet but Channel 4 will likely start streaming the latest season of the show once it finishes airing in the US. If you can't wait till then, you can always grab a VPN and follow the instructions above to watch the latest season of Charmed early in the UK. … [Read more...] about How to watch Charmed online from anywhere
Dear Asus router user: You’ve been pwned, thanks to easily exploited flaw
"The vulnerability is that on many, if not on almost all N66U units that have enabled https Web service access via the AiCloud feature, [they] are vulnerable to un-authenticated directory traversal and full sensitive file disclosure," Lovett wrote in his earlier dispatch. "Any of the AiCloud options 'Cloud Disk,' 'Smart Access,' and 'Smart Sync' (need another verification on this one) appear to enable this vulnerability." … [Read more...] about Dear Asus router user: You’ve been pwned, thanks to easily exploited flaw
Uncharted 4 is the best (and possibly last) game of its kind
Why not? Films became, in the 20th century, the most popular form of storytelling. Spread across dozens of genres and forms, films can be funny or sad, artsy or pedestrian, unabashedly childish or confidently mature. They play on towering screens in Times Square theaters just as well as they do on bedsheets strung from tree to tree in a backyard patio. People who sit at sturdy tables made of exotic woods and drink tiny bottles of electrolyte water invest hundreds of millions of dollars into films, so that they can screen at massive temples across the world where countless strangers spend their afternoons and evenings watching quietly, communally, and in the dark. Films retain a power and cultural capital that many people who publish video games envy. … [Read more...] about Uncharted 4 is the best (and possibly last) game of its kind