Author: Caran Sheppard

Google Chrome Working on Setting to Let You Mute Websites That AutoPlay Videos

Videos that automatically play loudly when you visit many websites and especially those that are just advertisements are a real annoyance when browsing on the internet. But Google’s Chrome browser has added a new feature setting to their beta product called Canary that allows users to permanently mute websites on a per domain basis. Google’s Chrome evangelist François Beaufort announced the addition, noting that the Chrome team is still “experimenting with the setting to mute/unmute a website directly from the Page Info bubble.”  “This will give you more control about which website is allowed to throw sound at you...

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Military Drones Getting Smarter and Geared For Urban Combat

While companies like Amazon have ambitious plans for advancing drones to deliver packages, it comes as no surprise that the U.S. military has enterprising plans to advance autonomous flying vehicles too.  As remote control assassins, the U.S. military has recorded more than 1,000 deaths from long distance remote drone strikes since 2002. Last night the CBS show “60 Minutes reran an episode covering a new autonomous drone swarm named Perdix. The tiny drone swarms are launched from weapon mounts of F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jets and behave like swarming insects, communicating with each other to decide how to collectively fulfill their programmed...

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4D Puzzles & Balloon Animals That Teach Children How Things Are Put Together

Looking for a good toy for your inquisitive young one to explore.  Or do you just want to display a cool decorative piece that will surely get a double take?  Check out these 4D Master models, which is one of the well-known brands of the Fame Master Enterprise Limited at www.famemaster.com These models are amazing and fit together so well! So fun but challenging to assemble and they look great to display.  The major product line of 4D MASTER ® is the 4D PUZZLE ™ with over  500 items in the series.  There are many captivating product groups to choose from like Space, Vehicles, Mythic, Animal, Prehistoric, Reptile World, Cuddly Pets,...

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The VW Bus Returns in 2022 and it Will be Electric

One of the world’s most recognizable and beloved vehicles sold in America for 41 years was the Volkswagen (VW) minibus.  The earliest first-generation split-windscreen models known officially as the Type 2 Transporter, dating from 1950 to 1967 was the original minivan.  It was cherished by hippies, surfers, campers alike and has become one of the most iconic and treasured vehicles by collectors. Hope for those days of yore emerged when Volkswagen showed off the I.D. Buzz (pictured above) concept vehicle earlier this year at the Detroit Auto Show. Now Volkswagen executives announced this weekend at the prestigious Pebble Beach...

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A Simple Way to Disrupt Dark Web Drug Marketplaces?

Whatever someones unlawful intentions are, there’s likely a supplier on the dark web or “DarkNet” that can deliver for the right price. The dark web is around 400 to 550 times larger than the World Wide Web, that search engines like Google have indexed.  We recently published an article about how the dark web is becoming a go to place for buying guns or perhaps worse plans for printing plastic guns (as in no metal detection) on 3D printers.  Not surprising that another hot item for sale on the dark web are drugs in this specific case opiates.  Researchers from...

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