Egypt Shuts Down Massive Movie and TV Show Piracy Site
For most people living in the West, MyCima may not ring a bell. In Arabic-speaking countries, MyCima was the second-largest piracy ring in the region. The site offered downloads and streams of roughly 12,000 pirated copies of movies and 26,000 TV shows. These streams were embedded and utilized third-party hosting services such as Uptostream and Userload. Free Movies and TV MyCima was most popular in Egypt where it was among the ten...
Two Call of Duty Cheaters Settle For Millions, Judge Issues Warning to Others
Cheating in computer games has existed almost as long as gaming itself. The difference today is that single-player games have mostly given way to multiplayer experiences featuring human competition. Poking around in 8-bit gaming code was something enjoyed in isolation. Deploying a commercial cheating product to ensure ‘victory’ in a multi-player environment is something else entirely. Activision vs. Call of Duty Cheat-Makers...
Stargaze from the web browser with an open source planetarium
Stargaze from the web browser with an open source planetarium cherrybomb Fri, 02/17/2023 – 03:00 If you’ve seen the news recently, you’ll have noticed many articles on the comet with the green tail (C/2022 E3) that will only come once in a lifetime for everyone to see. In theory, you can see the comet through a telescope across several days, but I don’t own a telescope. So my window to see the comet was down to...
The East Palestine, Ohio Train Derailment Created a Perfect TikTok Storm
The social media platform helped push the story into the mainstream while also fueling misinformation and conspiracy theories. Powered by WPeMatico
US Border Patrol Is Finally Able to Check E-Passport Data
After 16 years, the agency has implemented the software to cryptographically verify digital passport data—and it’s already caught a dozen alleged fraudsters. Powered by WPeMatico
