Today a staff writer at Salon argues “The Mandalorian” has redeemed the Star Wars universe: The Disney+ series “The Mandalorian” has been both a critical triumph and commercial success. In my judgment, it’s the most compelling live-action story in the “Star Wars” universe since 1983’s “Return of The Jedi”. To that end, the story in “The Mandalorian’s” first two seasons about…
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Ahsoka Tano Standalone Star Wars Series Coming To Disney Plus
Ahsoka Tano, the popular character from The Mandalorian, Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars: Rebels, is finally getting her own series starring Rosario Dawson. It’s set within the timeline for The Mandalorian and will debut on Disney Plus around Christmas of 2021. CNET reports: Disney revealed the news Thursday during an investor presentation, where the company also announced its…
‘Baby Yoda’ revealed as astronauts’ zero-g indicator on SpaceX Crew-1 mission
A few hours after launching to the International Space Station, the Crew-1 astronauts showed off their fifth crew member — a small plush doll of “The Child” or “Baby Yoda.” Source: https://www.livescience.com/spacex-crew1-baby-yoda-child-zerog-indicator.html
France Passes New Law To Protect Child Influencers
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: France has introduced a new law to protect young social media stars. The legislation aims to regulate the hours under-16s can work online and what happens to their earnings. It also enshrines the right to be forgotten, meaning that platforms will be obliged to take down content on the child’s request. The…
US Intelligence Sources Discussed Poisoning Julian Assange, Court Told
hackingbear shares a report: Plans to poison or kidnap Julian Assange from the Ecuadorian embassy were discussed between sources in US intelligence and a private security firm that spied extensively on the WikiLeaks co-founder, a court has been told. Details of the alleged spying operation against Assange and anyone who visited him at the embassy were laid out on Wednesday at…
Jeff Bezos Is Opening His First Tuition-Free Bezos Academy Preschool, Where Each Child ‘Will Be the Customer’
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Hill: Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos on Tuesday announced he’s soon opening the first location of a network of tuition-free “Montessori-inspired” preschools for underserved children. In an Instagram post, Bezos said the first Bezos Academy will open in Des Moines, Wash., on Oct. 19. The network of schools will offer year-round programming,…
Ornament hook stuck in infant’s throat for months led to seizures, brain lesions
Fortunately, the child recovered after the hook was removed. Source: https://www.livescience.com/infant-ornament-hook-brain-lesions.html
Surveillance Software Scanning File-Sharing Networks Led To 12,000 Arrests
Mr. Cooper was a retired high school history teacher using what NBC News calls those peer-to-peer networks where “the lack of corporate oversight creates the illusion of safety for people sharing illegal images.” Police were led to Cooper’s door by a forensic tool called Child Protection System, which scans file-sharing networks and chatrooms to find computers that are downloading photos and…
New $300 Kitchen Playset For Children Includes Amazon’s Alexa
“Kids can play with Alexa in their very own $300 pretend kitchen and grocery store,” CNET reports, “with the Amazon voice assistant dishing out cooking advice, shopping help and plenty of goofy toddler humor.”
The Alexa 2-in-1 Kitchen and Market, from toymaker KidKraft, is making its debut at this weekend’s New York Toy Fair… It uses a mix of RFID sensors and…