Live Coverage of the Xbox Reveal Tomorrow

Xbox Just a note: we’ll be covering the Xbox event tomorrow, May 21 starting at 10a Pacific/1p Eastern/1700UTC. Join Brian Brushwood, the gamer priest, Fr. Robert Ballecer, and me on live.twit.tv. See you then!

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In Baltimore and Beyond, a Stolen N.S.A. Tool Wreaks Havoc - The New York Times 26 May 2019

It is not just in Baltimore. Security experts say EternalBlue attacks have reached a high, and cybercriminals are zeroing in on vulnerable American towns and cities, from Pennsylvania to Texas, paralyzing local governments and driving up costs.

(58) Handheld Multi-Frame Super-Resolution (TOG 2019 & SIGGRAPH 2019) - YouTube 26 May 2019

Google research for hand-held super-rez images from a camera phone.

Intel Announces 8 Core i9-9900KS: Every Core at 5.0 GHz, All The Time 26 May 2019

The new Core i9-9900KS is an 8-core processor that will run at 5.0 GHz during single core workloads and multi-core workloads.

Apple’s abacus emoji is wrong - The Verge 26 May 2019

Google, Microsoft, and Facebook are the leaders in this field: all three have mathematically and historically correct abaci: Google’s is a Western-style model with ten beads, and Microsoft and Facebook are using a 1:4 Japanese-style model that is correctly oriented. On the other hand, Samsung, Twitter, and WhatsApp’s abaci are also incorrect. All three brands […]

Neal Stephenson Says Social Media Is Close To A 'Doomsday Machine' - Slashdot 26 May 2019

Neal Stephenson: I ended up having a pretty dark view of it, as you can kind of tell from the book. I saw someone recently describe social media in its current state as a doomsday machine, and I think that's not far off. We've turned over our perception of what's real to algorithmically driven systems […]

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