OpenToonz, the 2D Animation Software Used by Studio Ghibli, Is Now Free

Toonz, the software used to create Studio Ghibli films like Spirited Away and TV shows like Steven Universe and Futurama, is now OpenToonz. It’s open source and free for any budding animator to download and use. Read more…

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OpenToonz, the 2D Animation Software Used by Studio Ghibli, Is Now Free

ISIS Damage to Ancient City of Palmyra Is ‘Enormous’

Late last week, Islamic State militants were routed from the historic city of Palmyra, a UN World Heritage site. A preliminary investigation of the ancient ruins suggests that the damage is not as bad as feared, and that a significant portion of the relics could be restored quickly. Read more…

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A Virus Has Forced an Entire Hospital Chain to Shut Down Its Computers

Hackers and hospital computers are a bad mix , as a string of attacks has been proving. The latest victim is MedStar Health, a company that operates a chain of hospitals around the Baltimore and Washington area. Read more…

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The Government Didn’t Need Apple’s Help Unlocking the San Bernardino iPhone After All

The saga over whether the government should legally be allowed to force Apple to write software to help it unlock seized iPhones may be over soon—or at least the first round. The government has confirmed that it was able to get the data off the iPhone of the San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook without Apple’s help. Read more…

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The New Apple TV Is Jailbroken, Provided You Didn’t Just Update It

Pangu, the team behind the most recent jailbreaks on iOS , have just released a jailbreak for the Apple TV. There are a lot of caveats for using it, including the fact you’ll need to still be running tvOS 9.0/9.0.1. Read more…

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Moore’s Law Stutters as Intel Switches From 2-Step to 3-Step Chip Cycle

Intel has announced that it’s moving away from its current “tick-tock” chip production cycle and instead shifting to a three-step development process that will “lengthen the amount of time [available to] utilize… process technologies.” Read more…

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Heat-Assisted Data Storage Could Squeeze 10 Times More Data on a Drive

Whether it’s on your laptop or in a data canter, extra storage is always welcome. Now, it’s been shown that heat-assisted magnetic storage could let us squeeze over ten times more data into the same volume. Read more…

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A Former State Department Employee Is Going to Prison for Twisted Sorority-Girl ‘Sextortion’ Scheme 

A former State Department employee will spend 57 months in prison for a “sextortion” cyberstalking crime that sounds like an SVU sweeps-week plot, only weirder and more awful. Read more…

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A Former State Department Employee Is Going to Prison for Twisted Sorority-Girl ‘Sextortion’ Scheme