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Actors behind PyPI supply chain attack have been active since late 2021
The official software repository for the Python language, Python Package Index (PyPI), has been targeted in a complex supply chain attack that appears to have successfully poisoned at least two legitimate projects with credential-stealing malware, researchers said on Thursday. PyPI officials said last week that project contributors were under... Read more
Netflix: The 50 Absolute Best TV Shows to Watch
Netflix has a bulging library of TV shows. Because each week brings new series to watch, it can be tough to find the best of the bunch. No need to worry. We’ve done the hard work for you. You’ll find highlights of new content below, as well as CNET’s full... Read more
Bob the Mini Dishwasher Review: Built for the Truly Lazy
You know where this is heading. About 10 minutes before the end of the first cycle I ran, I heard a gurgle then a splash were there wasn’t supposed to be a splash, and I found a few cups of hot water and a couple bloated coriander seeds and... Read more
Digital twins, unprecedented collaboration: What the metaverse means for developers
Were you unable to attend Transform 2022? Check out all of the summit sessions in our on-demand library now! Watch here. The concept of a metaverse isn’t new — the term itself was coined a full 30 years ago — but public awareness of it has erupted over the... Read more
Sen. Klobuchar’s Big Tech antitrust bill is up against a lot of Big Tech money
Amy Klobuchar’s antitrust push is not dead, the Democratic senator told Kara Swisher at the Code Conference on Tuesday. “Never count us out when the cause is right and it’s something we need to tackle,” she said. Klobuchar has been at the forefront of the antitrust push in Congress,... Read more
With Stable Diffusion, you may never believe what you see online again
Enlarge / Did you know that Abraham Lincoln was a cowboy? Stable Diffusion does. Benj Edwards / Stable Diffusion AI image generation is here in a big way. A newly released open source image synthesis model called Stable Diffusion allows anyone with a PC and a decent GPU to... Read more
Disney World Teases Expansion for Villains, Encanto and Coco at Magic Kingdom
Disney rounded out its Parks and Experiences Panel at D23 Expo on Sunday with a few hints of what’s coming next to Walt Disney World. Speaking about what could possibly be on the other side of the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad area — aka, the edge of the current... Read more
Laptop Buying Guide (2022): How to Choose the Right PC (Step-by-Step Guide)
The letter at the end of the chip name (“U” in our example) is Intel’s designation for the chip’s purpose. For laptops, the letters you’ll see at the end are Y, U, and H . The only one you need to worry about are the Y series chips, which... Read more
Tencent interview: How gameplay can get game studios through a recession
Consolidation is remaking the game industry as we know it, and it is likely going to happen faster as the threat of a recession looms larger. The first half of 2022 has seen more than 651 deals announced or closed with a disclosed value of $107 billion, according to... Read more
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen: “They haven’t really learned the right lesson.”
Meta has made some changes in the year since tech whistleblower Frances Haugen’s revelations, but Haugen doesn’t think it has done enough. “They haven’t really learned the right lesson,” Haugen said at Vox Media’s Code Conference on Tuesday. Haugen, a former product manager at Meta (formerly known as Facebook),... Read more