In the new DC Comics issue of Superman #13, Clark Kent (Superman’s alter ego) quits his day job as a news reporter at The Daily Planet (the Metropolis newspaper), where he’s worked since the character’s creation back in 1938, to eventually become a community journalist / blogger. Images from issue #13 of Superman can be seen below where the change of career for the Man of Steel takes place as well as a broadcast on the subject matter by ABC News.
Superman comic book writer Scott Lobdell told USA Today:
This is what really happens when a young man of 27 years behind a desk and have to take instructions from a cluster along with concerns that are not necessarily their own. Superman is the most powerful person on the planet, but how long you can stand to be sitting at his desk with someone who treats it as the least important person in the world.
There’s something about New York City that is simultaneously frightening and calming. What if the tranquility of an early morning commute across the Williamsburg Bridge and the bustling nightlife of the East Village came together? What would that look like?
SEE ALSO: Stunning Time-Lapse Video Gives You a Fast Tour of New York City
Watch the time-lapse, animation hybrid above to see the Big Apple as the video takes you through Williamsburg, Midtown, Chinatown, Central Park like you’ve never seen before.
Everything is better together, especially video games. What if we could turn one of the most nostalgia-inducing single-player experiences into a two-player adventure?
A hack released Wednesday allows two players to explore the massive world of Super Mario 64 together. The hack was released by a gamer named Skelux, and allows players to control two different versions of Mario.
The hack is only playable on ROM versions of Super Mario 64, so you’ll need a Nintendo 64 emulator to run them. YouTube comments on the above video indicate some players have already been able to run the game successfully.
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After this ruling from the Court of The Hague, you can just imagine how popular webhosting for torrent sites will be in the future.
Hollywood-backed anti-piracy outfit BREIN has won a landmark case against XS Networks, the former hosting provider of torrent site SumoTorrent. The Court of The Hague ruled that the provider is responsible for damages copyright holders suffered through the torrent site’s activities. The Dutch verdict has far-reaching implications for the liability of hosting providers for the conduct of their clients.
A recent UN report from the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force reads like a primer on Internet control and censorship. Entitled “Use Of The Internet For Terrorist Purposes,” the document, which discusses the dangers of “open Wi-Fi” and suggests ISPs maintain retention standards, focuses on the possibility of “terrorists” using the “Internet” to terrorize, a problem akin to trying to solve the problem of “criminals” walking in “parks.”
You can download the report here but there are a few fun zingers in there that really show that this UN task force has its finger on the pulse of the Internet. TechDirt dug up this one:
ISPs may require users to provide identifying information prior to accessing Internet content and services. The collection and preservation of identifying information associated with Internet data, and the disclosure of such information, subject to the appropriate safeguards, could significantly assist investigative and prosecutorial proceedings. In particular, requiring registration for the use of Wi-Fi networks or cybercafes could provide an important data source for criminal investigations. While some countries, such as Egypt, have implemented legislation requiring ISPs to identify users before allowing them Internet access, similar measures may be undertaken by ISPs on a voluntary basis.
I feel that when you point to the tools of a formerly dictatorial regime as a model of Internet security, you may be barking up the wrong tree. China, too, gets high marks:
In the terrorism context, in China there are provisions criminalizing different forms of terrorist activities, including article 120 of the Criminal Law, which criminalizes activities related to organizing, leading and participating in terrorist organizations. This broad criminalization provision covers a wide range of terrorism-related activities, including those carried out over the Internet.
Most of the advice in the report is fairly simplistic – increase cooperation, make sure terrorists don’t use Yahoo – but one line in particular is quite galling. In a set of recommendations, the task force notes that “Regulation of Internet-related services (e.g. ISPs) and content control” is an important must-do.
However, the report isn’t all doom and gloom. After all:
It is a commonly accepted principle that, despite the heinous nature of their acts, alleged terrorists should be afforded the same procedural safeguards under criminal law as any other suspects. The defence of human rights is a core value of the United Nations and a fundamental pillar of the rule-of-law approach to the fight against terrorism.
Does the report have enough teeth to be worrisome? I doubt it. However, as a model for legislation I believe that while the aforementioned terrorists will be afforded procedural safeguards, I think the spy first and ask questions later is an affront to not only those safeguards but to our privacy itself
Everything is better together, especially video games. What if we could turn one of the most nostalgia-inducing single-player experiences into a two-player adventure?