Creativity
Special VHS Release for ‘Alien: Romulus’ Announced by 20th Century Studios
On Saturday, 20th Century Studios announced that the latest entry in the Alien sci-fi horror franchise will get a limited-edition VHS release on December 3 — just in time for the holidays. The VHS release of Alien: Romulus is the first such release from a major studio since 2006… a Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
Microsoft’s Honeypots Lure Phishers at Scale – to Spy on Them and Waste Their Time
A principal security software engineer at Microsoft described how they use their Azure cloud platform “to hunt phishers at scale,” in a talk at the information security conference BSides Exeter. Calling himself Microsoft’s “Head of Deception.” Ross Bevington described how they’d created a hybrid high interaction honeypot” on the now Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) The Planet (on, and off)
After Second Power Outage, 10 Million Cubans Endure Saturday Afternoon Blackout
Cuba’s electrical grid shut down again early Saturday, leaving the island without electricity after authorities tried but failed to restore power following an earlier nationwide blackout on Friday. The island’s Electric Union reported a second “total outage” at 6:15 a.m., just hours after officials reported they had restored power in Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
Electric Motors Are About to Get a Major Upgrade – Thanks to Benjamin Franklin
A technology pioneered by Benjamin Franklin is being revived to build more efficient electric motors, an effort in its nascent stage that has the potential to be massive. A handful of scientists and engineers — armed with materials and techniques unimaginable in the 1700s — are creating modern versions of Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) The Planet (on, and off)
West Virginia Town of Green Bank Has Become a Refuge For Electrosensitive People
Brandon Barrett arrived here two weeks ago, sick but hopeful, like dozens before him. Just a few years back, he could dead lift 660 pounds. After an injury while training to be a professional dirt-bike rider, he opened a motorcycle shop just north of Buffalo. When he wasn’t working, he Read more…