More People Need to Watch This 'Black Mirror-Esque' Sci-Fi on Prime Video - CNET

Black Box is worth checking out if you're keen to explore technology gone wrong.

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The Absolute Best Fantasy Movies on Netflix - CNET

Netflix's fantasy options range from pure magic to touching allegories of the human condition.

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The Witcher season 3 is set to release in the summer of 2023. At Tudum 2022 event, Netflix revealed a teaser image for the upcoming Henry Cavill-led season, featuring a shattered Witcher medallion. Clues point towards Geralt journeying to the fortress of Aretuza, in company with Ciri and Yennefer the sorceress.

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'The Witcher' Season 3 Hits Netflix Next Summer - CNET

Prequel series Blood Origin arrives on Christmas day.

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Naomi Watts and Bobby Cannavale star as a couple made to feel anything but welcome in their new neighborhood.

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The first trailer for They Cloned Tyrone has landed online – and it looks like an absolute riot.

Revealed at Tudum 2022, Netflix's global fan event, the Jamie Foxx, John Boyega, and Teyonah Parris-starring sci-fi comedy seems like it could be a major hit when it arrives.

Check out the official teaser for the amusing, 70s-style Netflix movie below:

Little has been revealed about They Cloned Tyrone's plot so far. Before the trailer, the film had only received a brief plot synopsis, which read: "Three lifelong friends find themselves at the center of a mind-bending conspiracy."

With the trailer's arrival, though, we have a better idea of how its narrative will play out. Boyega, Foxx, and Parris star as Fontaine, Slick, and Yo-Yo respectively, with the trio unearth a mass conspiracy after a series of eerie events put them on the trail of a heinous government experiment.

Netflix describes They Cloned Tyrone as a "pulpy mystery caper" and the teaser certainly gives off those vibes. Equally, though, the forthcoming flick feels like a throwback to the blaxploitation era of filmmaking – independent movies, which were shot in the 1970s and celebrated Black culture, racial injustices, and more mature content. Such flicks were made up of Black casts and crews and covered a wide range of genres. They Cloned Tyrone feels like a celebration of that era, based on its characters' attire and its grainy cinematography.

Juel Taylor (Twenties, Boomerang) directs from a script co-penned by himself and Tony Rettenmaier. They Cloned Tyrone doesn't have an official launch date yet, but rumors have suggested it could land on Netflix before the year is out. The trailer states that it's "coming soon", so the chances of it dropping before 2022 ends are likely. Even if They Cloned Tyrone doesn't get released this year, there are plenty of new Netflix movies for subscribers to enjoy in the coming months.

For more Tudum 2022 coverage, be sure to check out TechRadar's archived live blog, where we covered every big reveal and announcement regarding the best Netflix shows and films around.

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Aid your insomnia or inconsistent sleep without NyQuil.

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Apple's iPhone 14 Pro Max did not escape unscathed in a recent drop test versus Samsung's Galaxy S22 Ultra and may have new owners of Apple's flagship phones shopping for cases.

A major caveat here. YouTuber PhoneBuff's new iPhone 14 Pro Max CVS Galaxy S22 UYltra Drop Test was sponsored by - you guessed it - case maker Casetify. A result where neither phone survives is, obviously, in the case maker's best interest. Even so, we've seen drop tests of previous iPhones that employ the similar kinds of drop apparatus, distance to ground, and battery of tests. The results we saw were not surprising but are also a good reminder that these are metal devices wrapped in glass - strengthened glass - but glass nonetheless.

As for the tests, PhoneBuff put an iPhone 14 Pro Max, Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra, and one more iPhone 14 Pro Max in, naturally, a Casetifiy case, through the same series of drop tests from a distance of 1.5 meters from the ground.

PhoneBuff first dropped the phones on their backs, then positioned them so they landed on one corner, and then did another drop where the phones landed on their screens.

The results were, to be charitable, mixed.

In the first drop, the back of the iPhone 14 Pro Max shattered, though all the glass remained attached to the phone. Notably, the iPhone 14 Pro Max's larger camera array also suffered some damage, though the cameras still functioned properly.

Samsung's Galaxy S22 Ultra also cracked, though it didn't look as bad as the iPhone.

Both phones handled the corner drop pretty well, though the Galaxy S22 Ultra's aluminum body looked a little more beat up than the iPhone 14 Pro Max's steel band.

A drop on the face or screen of the devices cracked a corner of the iPhone 14 Pro Max, while the Galaxy S22 Ultra's screen looked more significantly damaged.

A final drop from the same distance, but onto steel sent pieces of the iPhone 14 Pro Max's back glass flying, though it remained functional. The S22 Ultra's display ended up with some dead pixels in one corner.

The results don't surprise us.

While TechRadar is not in the habit of purposely dropping phones to test them, I have accidentally dropped an unprotected iPhone 14 Pro Max from a distance of 24 inches onto the floor without breaking it. And I memorably let a Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra drop (while in a case) from a distance of four feet onto a tiled floor.

In that instance, the Galaxy S22 Ultra screen did crack (it was such a clean break that I didn't notice it immediately). The phone still functions perfectly to this day.

What's going on here?

While we're no experts in drop science, we do know that there are differences in iPhone 14 Pro Max and Galaxy S22 construction that could help explain some of PhoneBuff's and even our own results.

In the case of that shattered back on the iPhone 14 Pro Max, it's worth noting that Apple does not use the same material on the front and back of the device. The back is made of dual-ion glass. It might be considered similar to the Gorilla Glass Victus used on the back of the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra. Neither glass held up all that well in a five-and-a-half-foot drop onto concrete.

On the front of Apple's iPhone 14 Pro Max (and the rest of the iPhone 14 line) is Apple's Ceramic Sheild. This is material infused with ceramic crystals. In PhoneBuff's tests, the iPhone 14 Pro Max's screen held up better in face-down tests. This might be due to the Ceramic Shield. Granted, the glass still cracked, but only in one section. The Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra Gorilla Glass Victus-covered display suffered more significant damage in the drop.

Look, this is one test of the iPhone 14 Pro Max (and Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra) conducted by a company paid by a case manufacturer. On the other hand, if you just paid $1,099 / £1,199 / AU$1,899 or more for an iPhone 14 Pro Max, it couldn't hurt to also buy a case.

We'd start by looking at this list of best iPhone 14 Pro cases.

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The Centre on Friday launched an Indian Sign Language (ISL) dictionary mobile application called Sign Learn containing 10,000 words. The app is available in Android as well as iOS versions, and all the words in the ISL dictionary can be searched through Hindi or English medium, officials said. The sign videos of the app can also be shared on social media.

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Pokemon Go Kartana Raid Guide: Best Counters and Weaknesses - CNET

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Mozilla, the non-profit proprietor of the Firefox browser, has accused Google, Microsoft, and Apple of "self preferencing" and nudging consumers towards using their own browsers.

Examples of consumer harm stemming from this self-preferencing behavior include limited or frustrated choice, lower quality, lower innovation, poor privacy, and unfair contracts, according to Mozilla.

The report lands at a time when "self preferencing" remains a hot topic in the tech regulation space; the UKs competition watchdog has published a final report highlighting "substantial concerns" about the market dominance of Google and Apple.

What does the report allege? 

Mozilla's report accuses the big tech firms of a wide variety of different instances of malpractice.

These include inhibiting independent app discovery, citing how some companies bundle their respective browsers with their operating systems and set them as the operating system default in the prime home screen or dock position. 

"For many people, this placement is sufficient and they will not see or pursue extra steps to discover alternatives," said the report.

Mozilla also called out some big tech firms for prohibiting independent app adoption, citing how Apple lacked settings to switch away from Safari as the default browser until 2020 — meaning that iOS consumers trying to use another browser were locked into continued Safari usage for 13 years. 

The report then highlighted how Safari still cannot be deleted from iOS.

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In addition, the report accused big tech of overriding independent app adoption calling this "even more egregious than prohibiting rival software adoption".

Mozilla alleged that this has been the case on Microsoft Windows computers for a number of years, "saying consumers have faced increasingly aggressive practices, some of which have been aimed at reversing their decisions to use non-Microsoft software, for example, overriding default browser choice and reverting to Edge".

"Consumers should have control over their online experiences and be able to choose which software they wish to use, including something different from what the operating system provider offers," said a Mozilla spokesperson. "People should not have to fight with operating systems that continuously pester, confuse and revert preferences in favor of their own software".

"Browser wars" are nothing new, in the late 1990's Microsoft's Internet Explorer famously pushed Netscape's Navigator out of business. 

Google is an example of one big tech firm that has been responsive to these accusations about it throwing its weight around, and the threat of anti-trust legislation. 

In a blog post, Google’s president of global affairs Kent Walker said that potential antitrust regulations "would impose one set of rules on American companies while giving a pass to foreign companies" and that they "would give the Federal Trade Commission and other government agencies unprecedented power over the design of consumer products".

Walker added: "All of this would be a dramatic reversal of the approach that has made the U.S. a global technology leader, and risks ceding America’s technology leadership and threatening our national security, as bipartisan national security experts have warned".

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Best Cheap Meal Delivery Services in 2022 - CNET

Think meal delivery has to be expensive? Think again. These tasty treats are as cheap as $5 a serving.

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Cybercriminals are targeting businesspeople with an elaborate phishing attack aimed at stealing sensitive data, including credit card and other payment information, researchers have found. 

The attack also abuses a premium LinkedIn feature called Smart Link, which allows users of the social media site to send more than a dozen documents via a single link.

Not only is it more convenient, but it also allows the sender to keep track of how many people opened the link and files inside, how much time they spent with each file, etc. What’s more, Smart Link allows users to redirect the recipients elsewhere.

Sharing key data

Researchers from Cofense discovered the attackers would send a phishing email pretending to be from Slovenská pošta, the Slovakian national postal service. The email would state that the recipient needs to pay a little extra to be able to receive a pending parcel. As usual, the email carries a “confirm” button, which is the LinkedIn Smart Link URL, and which redirects victims to the phishing page. 

What makes this attack vector particularly dangerous is the fact that Smart Link is a legitimate feature and does not get flagged by email security products. When the victims click the button, they get sent to a page where they’re asked to pay €2.99 - not a big sum, but money is not the goal here, anyway - data is.

On the page, victims need to share all kinds of sensitive data, including all the credit card details needed to make a payment. Finally, when all is complete, the victim is redirected to an SMS code confirmation page which, as researchers found, is only there to add legitimacy to the whole campaign. 

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LinkedIn has been notified of the malicious campaign abusing its services, and says it’s currently investigating the matter. 

In a statement to BleepingComputer, the company said: “Our internal teams work to take action against those who attempt to harm LinkedIn members through phishing. We encourage members to report suspicious messages and help them learn more about what they can do to protect themselves, including turning on two-step verification.”

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The next iPad is rumored to launch at an event in October, and we’ve been hoping for a major redesign. One of the key changes was the expected removal of the home button, bringing the base model iPad in line with the iPad Air, iPad Pro, and just about every fancy iPhone Apple sells besides the bargain-basement iPhone SE. 

New rumors suggest the iPad 2022 model, the tenth generation of iPad tablet, will get a new look but will keep the familiar old button. This leak comes from a newsletter sent by Twitter leaker LeaksApplePro, available only by subscription. Presumably, this means the bezel around the screen won’t shrink too much. We’ve also heard that the sides of the device will get flattened, making it look more like the iPad Air in profile. 

Our leaker also expects the next iPad will, like the more powerful iPad Pro, use USB-C. This comes from the same leak that suggested the next iPhone 15 family could use USB-C for every model. It’s entirely possible we’re at the beginning of the end of Apple Lighting on mobile devices. 

The next iPad may also get support for Apple’s fanciest writing utensil, the Apple Pencil 2. Currently, the Pencil 2 only works with the iPad mini, iPad Air, and iPad Pro, but not the regular old iPad. The next iPad could change that. We’ve recently seen a slip-up from Apple Crayon maker Logitech showing support for iPad Pro models to come, but nothing indicating base model iPad support. The Logitech Crayon Digital Pencil uses the same technology as Apple’s own Pencil stylus. 

Finally, after some delay, we will see the launch of iPad OS 16. The phone version of Apple’s mobile OS, iOS 16, arrived a few days after the iPhone 14 family was announced. We have been following the beta progress for iPad OS 16, but have not heard official news of when it would be available to the mainstream. Now it seems like iPad day will be the big day for software and hardware alike. If you want to familiarize yourself with the whole iPad family before the big launch, you can check out our best iPad roundup. 

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Analysis: An older-looking iPad should have an older-looking price tag

We won’t be hasty to dismiss this iPad just because it keeps a feature that Apple has been slowly killing on every other device it makes. Clearly, the home button has no long-term future with Apple, but that doesn’t mean this won’t be a great tablet to buy. After all, the iPhone SE represents a powerful bargain in the iPhone family lineup, and its aging exterior belies hardy tech within. We consider it one of the best iPhones you can buy. 

If anything, this could mean we won’t see a huge price increase for the new iPad 2022. A major redesign that completely changes the face of the device offers more justification for Apple to jack up prices. If the new iPad looks like an evolutionary upgrade of the last model, but not a whole new beast, it may start at the same price. In this year of a huge cost of living crisis, that may be considered the most welcome feature. 

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A rather old unpatched Python security vulnerability has resurfaced, causing researchers to warn that hundreds of thousands of projects might be vulnerable to code execution. 

Cybersecurity researchers from Trellix have recently spotted CVE-2007-4559, a flaw in the Python tarfile package, first discovered back in 2007. 

However, back then, the flaw never received a patch, but rather just a warning published in a security bulletin.

Identifying vulnerable projects

The vulnerability is in code that uses un-sanitized tarfile.extract() function, or the built-in defaults of tarfileextractall(). “It’s a path traversal bug that enables an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files,” the publication wrote. 

Now, researchers are saying, the flaw gives a bad actor access to the file system. Python’s bug tracker was updated with an announcement of a closed issue, with a further addition that “it might be dangerous to extract archives from untrusted sources.” The flaw is abusable both on Windows, and on Linux, it was said.

Fifteen years is a long time, and apparently, some 350,000 projects might be vulnerable. Trellix’s researchers first took a sample of 257 repositories(61%) were vulnerable. An automated analysis came back with a 65% positive rate. 

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Then, together with GitHub, Trellix’s researchers found 588,840 unique repositories that include “import tarfile” in its Python code, which drew them to the conclusion that 350,000 (or roughly 61%), might be vulnerable. 

The problem is present in a “vast number” of industries, the researchers further found. The development sector is, unsurprisingly, the most impacted one, followed by web and machine learning technology. 

Trellix’s researchers issued fixes for some 11,000 projects, available as a fork of the affected repository. These patches will be added to the main project via pull request at a later date, it was added. Another 70,000 projects should get their fixes within a couple of weeks, but for all to be remedied, it’s going to take a little while.

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