Disneyland Fantasmic Fire: Maleficent Dragon Won’t Return

[ad_1] You’ll soon be able to raise a glass to the memory of the defunct Fantasmic dragon on the Rivers of America at Disneyland. Samsung Galaxy Fold 5: Hands-on first Impressions of Samsung’s Big-Screen Flagship Foldable Goodbye, Murphy—as the dragon, which accidentally incinerated itself in April, was nicknamed by the Disney Parks community. In case … Read more

He’s Back For Star Wars Disney+ Series

[ad_1] Donald Glover is back as Lando Calrissian on Disney+.Image: Lucasfilm Hello, what have we here? An actual update on the Disney+ Lando series? Don’t mind if we do. io9 has confirmed that Donald Glover is officially joining the Star Wars series to write and star. He’ll write with his brother, Stephen Glover, but Justin … Read more

A new study found that Facebook’s Pages and Groups shape its ideological echo chambers

[ad_1] New research published Thursday offers an unprecedented dive into political behavior across Facebook and Instagram — two major online hubs where people express and engage with their political beliefs. The studies, published by an interdisciplinary set of researchers working in tandem with internal groups at Meta, encompasses four papers published in Science and Nature … Read more

Mastodon is launching merch to help fund its development efforts

[ad_1] Open source decentralized social network Mastodon, one of the many Twitter, er X, competitors now on the market, has historically been averse to the typical means of monetization other social networks employ, like advertising. Instead, the company has primarily funded itself via Patreon, according to its founder and CEO Eugen Rochko. Now, that’s changing … Read more

Bluesky sends some users personalized apologies after racism controversy

[ad_1] Bluesky, which has been embattled with moderation issues since its launch earlier this year, appeared to apologize for failing to protect Black users and other marginalized groups on the platform.  In emails responding to users who sent feedback regarding the platform’s failure to moderate racist content, Bluesky’s customer support outlined steps to address user … Read more

US, Australia cyber agencies warn IDOR security flaws can be exploited ‘at scale’

[ad_1] U.S. and Australian government cybersecurity agencies are warning that common and easily exploitable security vulnerabilities in websites and web apps can be abused to carry out large-scale data breaches. In a joint advisory published Thursday, U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA, the National Security Agency and the Australian Cyber Security Centre said that the vulnerabilities, known … Read more

Cruise is bringing its self-driving cars to Nashville

[ad_1] Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt said Thursday it will expand its robotaxi service to Nashville as the GM subsidiary ramps up its commercial operations The company’s self-driving vehicles will arrive on Nashville streets this week with a robotaxi service to follow. The announcement is the latest example of Cruise’s aggressive push into commercial operations. Cruise … Read more