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I will unofficially update this website on random dates within any random time interval.

Friday, April 16, 2021

EFF and DuckDuckGo's new partnership is about enhancing secure browsing and protecting user information on the web



Although most web browsers now automatically switch you to the secure HTTPS (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure) version of a website if you try to go to a non-secure HTTP address, the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) offers another option.

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Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Democrats to introduce bill to expand Supreme Court from 9 to 13 justices



WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats will introduce legislation Thursday to expand the Supreme Court from nine to 13 justices, alongside progressive activists pushing to transform the high court.

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Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Netflix is working on a live-action Gundam movie



A live-action Gundam movie has been in the pipeline for several years, and it has taken a giant step closer to a screen near you. Netflix has snagged the worldwide rights to the film, except in China, where Legendary Pictures will release it in theaters.

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The Morning After: Even NASA’s Mars drone needs software updates



Anyone who has ever brought a drone knows that after it comes out of the box, the first thing you do is install a ton of software updates. It turns out that things work similarly when you’re NASA, and the drone is a helicopter preparing to take flight on Mars, 174 million miles away from you.

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ISS Vaccine





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The FCC Wants You To Use Its Speed Test App to Figure Out Where Internet Is Bad



The Federal Communications Commission is encouraging folks to use its internet speed test app, available for free across the country to anyone with an Android or iOS device, so it can collect more accurate internet speed data for its broadband deployment efforts.

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Zero Trust: The Mobile Dimension



Hank Schless, senior security solutions manager at Lookout, discusses how to secure remote working via mobile devices. After embarking on a second unforeseen year of mass remote work, everyone is now accessing corporate resources through the cloud.

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