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The Boys Gets Reimagined as a Sitcom Intro

Amazon’s The Boys is known mostly for its incredibly graphic action and mature themes, but in a new video from Amazon, the series is reimagined as a 90s sitcom — complete with a wholesome intro. In a recent tweet shared by Amazon Prime and The Boys‘ official Twitter accounts, The Boys is reimagined into a… Read More: The Boys Gets Reimagined as a Sitcom Intro »

Amazon begins layoffs of up to 10,000 jobs, blames “uncertain” economy

Enlarge / An Amazon Echo Dot 4th Generation smart speaker. Getty Images | Gado reader comments 93 with 0 posters participating Share this story Amazon has started a round of layoffs that reportedly could cut about 10,000 jobs. Layoffs began yesterday in the Amazon hardware division that makes products including Echo, Alexa, Fire, and Kindle… Read More: Amazon begins layoffs of up to 10,000 jobs, blames “uncertain”… »

IoT harmony? What Matter and Thread really mean for your smart home

Enlarge / Matter promises to make smart home devices work with any control system you want to use, securely. This marketing image also seems to promise an intriguing future involving smart mid-century modern chairs and smart statement globes. reader comments 65 with 44 posters participating, including story author Share this story The specification for Matter… Read More: IoT harmony? What Matter and Thread really mean for your… »

How 3 hours of inaction from Amazon cost cryptocurrency holders $235,000

reader comments 50 with 39 posters participating, including story author Share this story Amazon recently lost control of IP addresses it uses to host cloud services and took more than three hours to regain control, a lapse that allowed hackers to steal $235,000 in cryptocurrency from users of one of the affected customers, an analysis… Read More: How 3 hours of inaction from Amazon cost cryptocurrency holders… »

Microsoft EU cloud revisions just so happen to exclude Google, Amazon

Enlarge / Microsoft says its latest cloud licensing terms are meant to give customers more flexibility and cost control—just not on Amazon, Google, or Alibaba servers. Getty Images reader comments 34 with 28 posters participating Share this story Facing European antitrust scrutiny, Microsoft has made it easier to virtualize its software on non-Microsoft cloud infrastructure—just… Read More: Microsoft EU cloud revisions just so happen to exclude Google,… »

Ring patched an Android bug that could have exposed video footage

Enlarge / Ring camera images give you a view of what’s happening and, in one security firm’s experiments, a good base for machine learning surveillance. reader comments 27 with 21 posters participating Share this story Amazon quietly but quickly patched a vulnerability in its Ring app that could have exposed users’ camera recordings and other… Read More: Ring patched an Android bug that could have exposed video… »

The Boys College Spin-off Set Photos Show Patrick Schwarzenegger’s Golden Boy

New set photos from the highly anticipated upcoming spin-off series to Amazon Studios’ The Boys have surfaced, showcasing Patrick Schwarzenegger’s hero and more. RELATED: The Boys Spin-Off Cast Adds Patrick Schwarzenegger & More The new set photos come courtesy of John Francis Gillman, and were taken at the University of Toronto, which had been retrofitted to… Read More: The Boys College Spin-off Set Photos Show Patrick Schwarzenegger’s Golden… »

The Boys Omnibuses & Comics Come to Kickstarter

Dynamite announces a great new way for fans to jump into The Boys comic books and binge the original stories alongside the new hotly anticipated third season, with a pop-up shop on Kickstarter offering a ton of options to match everyone’s interests, including the deluxe way to read the series and rare collectible comics. The Boys is now… Read More: The Boys Omnibuses & Comics Come to Kickstarter »

Amazon adds 5% “fuel and inflation” surcharge to seller fees for Prime shipping

Getty Images | NurPhoto reader comments 107 with 74 posters participating Share this story Amazon said it will impose a 5 percent “fuel and inflation surcharge” on third-party sellers who ship through Amazon starting on April 28. The new fee for shipments in the US was detailed on Amazon Seller Central and applies to the Fulfillment… Read More: Amazon adds 5% “fuel and inflation” surcharge to seller fees… »