The estimated number of Quibi paid subscribers is being disputed by the streaming video service, which says it is doing massively better than a leading analytics firm suggests … Background Quibi picked exactly the wrong time to launch. The company’s marketing was all about short videos you could watch, on mobile devices only, while you were out and about. A big promo spend and a 90-day free trial still saw good take-up, but the coronavirus crisis forced the company to not only rethink its marketing message, but do a U-turn on its mobile-only policy....

At its PAX East panel today, game publisher Gearbox and developer Counterplay Games hinted that more information about the upcoming PlayStation 5 game Godfall will be arriving soon. Although it was originally revealed via a trailer for Godfall at The Game Awards 2019, little has been said by Gearbox about the project since. Godfall is not the only secret that’s related to the PlayStation 5. Not much has been shared about the console in general since its initial announcement....

What is Python 2? What is Python 3? Why should you learn Python 2? Why should you use Python 3? History of Python 2 History of Python 3 What is the Difference Between Python 2 and 3? Python 2 vs. Python 3 Example Code Which Python Version to Use? Some features of Python 3 have been backported to Python 2.x versions to make the migration process easy in Python 3. As a result, for any organization who was using Python 2....

No doubt smartphones are getting advanced. With increasing phone users, the system tends to crash at some point and wifi problems are just the tip of the iceberg but annoying. Well, we understand that almost every other person in the world is connected to the internet via mobile data or wifi or both but the latter is cheaper and widely available which means it is far more penetrative and thus, has more users....

There are many reasons you might want to use a VPN service, from protecting your web access on a public hotspot to blocking trackers, but let’s be honest: probably the number one reason is to bypass geo-restrictions by pretending to be located in another country. This can apply to YouTube and news websites, where you will sometimes see a message stating that the content you’re trying to access is not available in your country, but top of most people’s lists is Netflix …...

Netflix’s Ragnarok season 1 finale may have secretly explained the show’s biggest mystery, which is the identity of the old woman who gave Magne (David Stakston) his Thor powers. Played by Eli Anne Linnestad, Wenche is a mysterious character who pops up in every episode, but never tells anyone who she is or exactly what she expects from Magne. The series premiere of the Norwegian fantasy teen drama kicked off with Magne helping an old man, prompting Wenche, a woman who works as a cashier at a grocery store, to touch him on the forehead....

Basically, pptPlex lets you display the structure of your slides and then zoom in, drill down and bounce around from slide to slide in a fashion that is more visually engaging for the viewer. This little known free add-in from OfficeLabs is guaranteed to wow the socks of a jaded academic or corporate audience. Plus, it makes the data easier to understand. It’s sort of hard to explain what pptPlex does for your PowerPoint presentations, so you may as well check out this overview video first:...

In the previous article, we saw the internal details of the Shellshock vulnerability. In this article, we will see how to exploit the bash bug in the following scenarios. SSH exploit Apache server exploit But before proceeding further, it is recommended to go through the first part of this series. Prerequisites Software required VirtualBox Download and install VirtualBox from www.virtualbox.org A machine vulnerable to Shellshock – Victim I am using Kali Linux since it is vulnerable to the bash bug....

If you’re still weighing up the pros and cons of installing the iOS 14 public beta, it’s worth noting that it disables coronavirus contact tracing apps in Europe if they use the Apple API … Apple lists this as a ‘known issue’ with the beta. Once you have the beta installed, going into Settings > Privacy > Health will show that COVID-19 Exposure Logging is off. If you try to turn it back on, a message says that the feature is ‘Not available in your region....

“QNAP urges all QNAP NAS users to follow the security setting instructions below to ensure the security of QNAP NAS and routers, and immediately update QTS to the latest available version,” the company said in a statement. Attached to the statement is a detailed guide for customers, noting that if you go to the Security Counselor on your QNAP NAS and see “The System Administration service can be directly accessible from an external IP address via the following protocols: HTTP” on the dashboard, you are at high risk....

The main characters on Pretty Little Liars each had their own unique styles, personalities, strengths and passions, and for Hanna Marin, fashion was her thing. She enjoyed shopping, the others turned to her for advice, and she always looked glam, no matter where she was going or what she was doing. While all of her outfits were fab, there were a few that stood out in special ways. These were one-of-a-kind and trendy outfits that she put her fun and funky twist on, to make them even better....

It’s always a good idea to accept iOS dot updates as soon as they are available as they generally have significant security fixes. But iOS 10.3.3, released yesterday, fixes one particularly nasty vulnerability, making a swift update a particularly good idea … Apple’s security document describes it in rather mundane-sounding terms. But what Nitay Artenstein of Exodus Intelligence discovered – and reported to Apple – was that it was able to exploit the issue to ‘run code in the main application processor....

Apple’s ‘just works’ philosophy has hit a snag for those shooting video on an iPhone for editing in Final Cut Pro X: the app doesn’t yet support the new H.265 High Efficiency Video Coding used in iOS 11. The HEVC codec is, as the name suggests, a far more space-efficient way to compress video, reducing the space needed to store video by as much as 50%. But right now, any HEVC video footage you import into FCP X will be unusable …...

Both new films and catalogue titles will be available from a range of studios, including 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Lionsgate, Image Entertainment and First Look Studios. We’re thrilled to bring iTunes Store customers new films for purchase day-and-date with the DVD release," said Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice president of iTunes. “We think movie fans will love being able to buy their favorites from major and independent studios....

O TikTok começou a experimentar publicidade no final de 2018, embora não tenha decolado até o ano seguinte. Houve muita discussão nos primeiros dias sobre o alto custo dos anúncios TikTok. Pode custar às marcas de $50.000 a $100.000 para assumir o canal TikTok popular, por exemplo, e o custo de um desafio de hashtag tem uma taxa fixa de $150.000 por seis dias, com as empresas gastando dólares adicionais na promoção do desafio....

BQ Aquaris is one of the leading manufacturers in the smartphone industry. The devices released by the company are versatile and of multiple price ranges, which gives enough choices to the customers to the select the devices they wish for. Bought a BQ Aquaris device and facing Wi-Fi Connectivity issue? Although it is a huge issue to face, it is a common problem seen across all other brands of smartphones and it has raised the anxiety of users who are addicted to the Wi-Fi or those who require a Wi-Fi connection to complete their tasks....

Random House Children’s Books has officially launched Random House Graphics. The imprint will specialize in new graphic novel imprints for younger children. Its first release is Runaway Princess by Johan Troïanowksi, which tells the story of a bored princess named Robin who meets new friends while embarking on an adventure through a magical world. News of the imprint emerged back in May 2018 with the hiring of Gina Gagliano, previously associate director of First Second....

If you’ve been waiting impatiently for your Apple Watch to arrive, there may be some good news today. Quanta vice chairman CC Leung reportedly said that while the company had struggled to meet orders to date, the company’s capacity problems have been solved and production is now fully up to speed. While not identifying the Apple Watch by name, there seems little doubt that this is the ‘wearable’ in question … Because of labor shortages during the Lunar New Year holidays, Quanta was forced to borrow manpower from other manufacturers and was only able to deliver limited shipments in the first quarter....

Few authors create worlds with the richness and depth of J.R.R. Tolkien. The landmarks, landscapes, creatures and races he created have inspired generations of people around the globe. Each race is fully fleshed out with its own unique culture. Some even have fully developed languages spoken by avid fans. We’ve analyzed the races from the Tolkien universe and ranked them from weakest to strongest. In a world as diverse as Tolkein’s it’s important to know where each race stands in the pecking order....

Smart home devices are potentially one of the bigger security threats since there is no easy way to check what they are up to on your network. That’s a problem Princeton University has set out to solve, with the Princeton IoT Inspector. It works on HomeKit and non-HomeKit devices alike … The tool is Mac-only for now. Using it, you can see: a list of all the IoT devices on your home network when they exchange data with an external server which servers they contact whether those connections are secure For example, using it I was able to see that my Philips Hue bridge contacted meethue....