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by geekslopJuly 5, 2020

If you or your ISP are running BIG-IP devices, they are almost certainly under active attack right now. On Wednesday, F5 Networks issued patches for a remote code execution vulnerability in BIG-IP devices. Within hours, security researchers reported targeted attacks against BIG-IP devices.

26Jun

Comics and Books News

Finally! Radio-show days return with DC podcasts – Spotify to include original scripted narrative DC podcasts in its lineup.

by geekslopJune 26, 2020

It's finally happening! DC announced today that they will work with Spotify and Warner Bros in a multi-year deal to produce and distribute an original slate of narrative scripted podcasts.

Superconducting quadrupole electromagnets at the Large Hadron Collider

26Jun

General Science News

The record for the largest machine ever built by human hands, the Large Hadron Collider, is about to be beaten.

by geekslopJune 26, 2020

At nearly 17 miles long, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the largest machine every built by human hands. This week CERN says they are planning to build an even larger super collider - about 4-times bigger than the existing collider.

25Jun

Comics and Books News

Are you sitting down? George R.R. Martin’s Winds of Winter will be released in 2021.

by geekslopJune 25, 2020

Seems we’ve found a benefit from the Coronavirus pandemic. George R.R. Martin confined in his home has nothing else to do but write. According to Martin, he’s “in an actual cabin in the mountains” spending “long hours every day” writing The Winds of Winter.

25Jun

Moves, TV, and Music News

Here’s everything that’s coming to Netflix during July 2020 (and a few we can kiss goodbye).

by geekslopJune 25, 2020

Here's a complete calendar of what's coming to Netflix in July 2020. I've highlighted ones that I think will be most interesting.

24Jun

Astronomy and Space News

The mystery deepens – event GW190814, 2019’s epic cosmic collision, continues to baffle scientists and may rewrite what we know about black holes.

by geekslopJune 24, 2020

LIGO researchers released a detailed analysis yesterday regarding the event known as GW198814. The epic cosmic collision was believed to be a collision between a black hole and a neutron star. Now they admit, they don’t know what the heck happened.

22Jun

Moves, TV, and Music News

DC FanDome update – here are the DC Extended Universe reveals and DC Movies for the next two years.

by geekslopJune 22, 2020

What we will hear about DC movies at this year's FanDome With all the conventions cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, entertainment companies are shifting much of their activity to…

Image Comics Walking Dead Negan Lives Issue #1

18Jun

Comics and Books News

Walking Dead spins off new zombie apocalypse one-shot, Negan Lives, exclusively in comic book stores.

by geekslopJune 18, 20200 comment

It's been a year since the Walking Dead comic book suddenly ended. Today we hear the series will continue with a surprise issue, Negan Lives #1. Negan Lives will be a 36-page one-shot centering on the baseball wielding maniac.

Popular series from the 1990's, Animorphs, spinning off into a feature film and graphic novel.

18Jun

Moves, TV, and Music News

Popular series from the 1990’s, Animorphs, spinning off into a feature film and graphic novel.

by geekslopJune 18, 2020

Scholastic Entertainment announces Animorphs feature film and graphic novel to launch October 6, 2020 The popular series, Animorphs, follows five teens (Jake, Marco, Cassie, Rachel, and Tobias) who can morph…

Armed man at Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone

14Jun

Law and Legal

Fox News caught using digitally altered images of Seattle “Autonomous Zone” protests with gunman inserted into photos for dramatic (but deceptive) effect.

by geekslopJune 14, 2020

Fox News demonstrates a unique propensity for creating "fake news". We're not talking bias here, but rather a clear ethical violation in their portrayals of the recent protests against police brutality and racism. This week they went all-in with at least three instances of digitally altered or misleading photos.

12Jun

Hacking and Security, Internet

You can block all YouTube ads by simply adding a dot to the end of the domain name.

by geekslopJune 12, 2020

It's so stupidly simple, you gotta wonder how we missed this all these years. Adding a dot to the end of a domain name throws off the browser's cookie handling (breaks CORS too). This hack works on YouTube (for now, anyway) and many other websites that operate behind paywalls (e.g. New York Times).

12Jun

Hacking and Security

Twitter shuts down massive number of accounts spreading deceptive information from Russia, China, and Turkey.

by geekslopJune 12, 2020

Twitter announced Thursday that it deleted more than 170,000 accounts tied to the Chinese government. The accounts were pushing narratives around the Hong Kong protests and Covid-19 that Twitter considered…

New CallStranger exploit takes advantage of UPnP vulnerability

11Jun

Hacking and Security

New CallStranger exploit takes advantage of UPnP vulnerability in millions of routers, gaming systems, TVs, printers, and other Internet-connected attachable devices.

by geekslopJune 11, 2020

Researchers just announced the discovery of a UPnP vulnerability that impacts any UPnP device exposed on the Internet. The attack, called CallStranger (CVE-2020-12695), is being used for massive DDoS attacks…

11Jun

Operating Systems

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday breaks record with 129 patches including CVEs for 11 critical remote-code execution vulnerabilities.

by geekslopJune 11, 2020

Microsoft rolled out patches for a whopping 129 vulnerabilities in June's Patch Tuesday. It marked the 4th month in a row that MS released patches for more than 110 CVEs. MS has already patched 616 CVEs - and it's only June!

10Jun

Internet

Here are the Internet speeds ranked by country. And no, the USA is not in the top ten.

by geekslopJune 10, 2020

The United States typically fell within the top 10, albeit not the top position as you'd expect from the country that invented the damn thing. But that changed with the latest analysis. The US now sits in the 11th position with 25% of US households having access to speeds of up to 25 Mbps or less.

10Jun

Moves, TV, and Music News

Will we learn Baby Yoda’s real name in Mandalorian Season 2?

by geekslopJune 10, 2020

The Child character was created to explore Master Yoda's origin so it is certain that more information about Baby Yoda is forthcoming but thus far, Disney has not revealed his name. This weeks' teaser from Hargrave however, hints that we may soon find out - possibly even in Season 2.

News

If you’re running a BIG-IP device, you’re under attack right now.

Finally! Radio-show days return with DC podcasts – Spotify to include original scripted narrative DC podcasts in its lineup.

The record for the largest machine ever built by human hands, the Large Hadron Collider, is about to be beaten.

Are you sitting down? George R.R. Martin’s Winds of Winter will be released in 2021.

Here’s everything that’s coming to Netflix during July 2020 (and a few we can kiss goodbye).

The mystery deepens – event GW190814, 2019’s epic cosmic collision, continues to baffle scientists and may rewrite what we know about black holes.

DC FanDome update – here are the DC Extended Universe reveals and DC Movies for the next two years.

Walking Dead spins off new zombie apocalypse one-shot, Negan Lives, exclusively in comic book stores.

Popular series from the 1990’s, Animorphs, spinning off into a feature film and graphic novel.

Fox News caught using digitally altered images of Seattle “Autonomous Zone” protests with gunman inserted into photos for dramatic (but deceptive) effect.

You can block all YouTube ads by simply adding a dot to the end of the domain name.

Twitter shuts down massive number of accounts spreading deceptive information from Russia, China, and Turkey.

New CallStranger exploit takes advantage of UPnP vulnerability in millions of routers, gaming systems, TVs, printers, and other Internet-connected attachable devices.

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday breaks record with 129 patches including CVEs for 11 critical remote-code execution vulnerabilities.

Here are the Internet speeds ranked by country. And no, the USA is not in the top ten.

Will we learn Baby Yoda’s real name in Mandalorian Season 2?

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