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Sunday, December 12, 2021

Spider-Man: No Way Home Tickets Now Live Across India

Spider-Man: No Way Home ticket bookings are now live in India on BookMyShow, Paytm, PVR Cinemas, and INOX. https://ift.tt/3lUocV9

Salesforce Chief Revenue Officer admits the MuleSoft unit is "going through a bit of a rough patch", amid a wave high-level departures and sales growth slowdown (Joe Williams/Bloomberg)

Joe Williams / Bloomberg:
Salesforce Chief Revenue Officer admits the MuleSoft unit is “going through a bit of a rough patch”, amid a wave high-level departures and sales growth slowdown — - Unit key to company's future ‘Customer 360’ ambitions — Executive says MuleSoft has hit ‘a bit of a rough patch’

Saturday, December 11, 2021

Gaming While Driving: Tesla Allows it, Mercedes Announces Recall

Mercedes-Benz has issued a US recall to remove distractions for drivers after reports surfaced that Tesla allows drivers to play video games on dashboard touch screens while vehicles are moving. https://ift.tt/3lXxSON

COVID-19 Vaccination Data Targeted in Brazil Health Ministry Website Hack

Brazil health ministry's website was hit on Friday by a hacker attack that took several systems down, including one with information about the national immunisation program and another used to issue... https://ift.tt/3GEpAU5

Nintendo Pioneer Masayuki Uemura Dies at 78

Masayuki Uemura, the creator of NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) and the Super NES consoles, has died at the age of 78. https://ift.tt/3yf4p7Y

CES 2022 Attracts 15,000 Sign-Ups Despite Omicron Fear

CES 2022, which is being held as an in-person event in Las Vegas in January, has seen over 15,000 sign-ups so far. https://ift.tt/33mOER9

Australian Police Is Using New DNA Tech to Predict What Suspects Look Like

Australian federal police say they are using an advanced DNA sequencing technology to predict the physical appearance of potential suspects. https://ift.tt/3yirrLb

How a bug in Microsoft Teams and Android 10 and above, triggered by the user not being logged in to the Teams app, may have caused 911 call fails (Mishaal Rahman)

Mishaal Rahman:
How a bug in Microsoft Teams and Android 10 and above, triggered by the user not being logged in to the Teams app, may have caused 911 call fails — Written by Mishaal Rahman (@MishaalRahman) and edited by @linuxct, Kuba Wojciechowski (@Za_Raczke), and Al Sutton (@alsutton).

Nintendo game console pioneer Masayuki Uemura is no more

Masayuki Uemura, a Japanese home computer game pioneer whose Nintendo consoles sold millions of units worldwide, has died, according to the university in Kyoto where he taught. https://ift.tt/3EPl7xb

Blue Origin Investigated Over Alleged Safety Concerns

US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) investigating allegations made against Blue Origin's human spaceflight program said it found no safety issues. https://ift.tt/3pHzOfs

Serious bug puts Apple iCloud, Twitter, Minecraft at risk of hacking

Several popular services, including Apple iCloud, Amazon, Twitter, Cloudflare and Minecraft, are vulnerable to a 'ubiquitous' zero-day exploit, cybersecurity researchers have warned, leaving IT security teams at several companies scrambling to patch the vulnerability called 'Log4Shell'. https://ift.tt/3dM43fu