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Marvel is making a scripted ‘Wolverine’ podcast for Stitcher

Marvel is taking Logan to the internet. The comics publisher has entered a partnership with Stitcher to produce a premium podcast starring the razor-clawed mutant called Wolverine: The Long Night . Weapon X will be voiced by Richard Armitage, who has lent his voice to Netflix’s Castlevania series as Trevor Belmont. Of course, he was also Thorin Oakenshield in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy . Needless to say, his geek cred stacks up. As for the rest of the production, TechCrunch notes that the 10-episode season finds Wolverine hounded by investigators tracking a serial killer, and that it will debut next spring. This won’t exist on Stitcher’s free service, though. Ben Percy ( Green Arrow , Batman: Detective Comics ) is on writing duties, and the cast also includes Scott Adsit (Pete Hornberger on 30 Rock ) and veteran podcaster Chris Gethard. Sound effects will be recorded in surround sound too, which, combined with the cast, explains why Wolverine: The Long Night will live on Stitcher’s $35 yearly Premium subscription (or $5 per month). After an exclusivity period, it’ll arrive on other platforms next fall. From the sounds of it, this is just the tip of the iceberg. Marvel’s Dan Silver described the podcast to Variety as “the ideal premiere vehicle” and that Marvel will keep exploring the medium. With how well podcasts like Serial , Crimetown and Heaven’s Gate have done, and how comic heroes have invaded pop culture, this seems like an area ripe for expansion — especially given that this is a murder mystery . Wolverine as the star is just the icing on the cake here. Source: TechCrunch

The Ataribox will cost under $300 and ship next spring

Atari has so far kept pretty schtum about its forthcoming Ataribox , but in an email newsletter it’s now revealed a few nuggets of information that should tide fans over until the console’s Indiegogo launch this fall. As the newly-released pictures show, design-wise you can expect an Atari 2600 influence with a modern twist (and yes, that is real wood). Inside, the console will be powered by an AMD customized processor and run Linux, so you’ll be able to tinker with the OS and access games bought from other platforms, as well as do all the usual PC-for-TV things, such as streaming, listening to music and navigating social media. Frustratingly, there’s still no word on pre-loaded games, although the company says it’ll “start talking titles very soon”. However, it has said it plans on shipping in late spring 2018, with an expected price tag of $250-$300 (£185-£225). Fans who get involved with the Indiegogo campaign, coming this fall, will be able to get their hands on special editions and exclusive pricing. And by then they’ll be chomping at the bit.

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The International Space Station’s network bandwidth will be doubled by new upgrades

The internet connection on the International Space Station and other platforms in orbit is getting a serious upgrade that will double its capacity, NASA announced today. But they aren’t sending up a new router or satellite; the improvements are mainly terrestrial. The ISS and dozens of satellites rely on the Space Network, a more or less unified architecture for sending large amounts of… Read More

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Here’s how the NSA spied on Cisco firewalls for years

Edward Snowden leaks revealed that the NSA had the ability to spy on Cisco firewall traffic for years , but just how did the agency do it? We now have a clearer idea. An analysis of data from the Equation Group hack shows that the NSA used a specialized tool, BenignCertain, that uses an exploit in Cisco’s Internet Key Exchange implementation to extract encryption keys and read otherwise secure virtual private network data. Cisco has confirmed that the attack can compromise multiple versions of its old PIX firewalls, which were last supported in 2009. The issue doesn’t crop up in PIX 7.0 or in Cisco’s newer Adaptive Security Appliance, but that isn’t going to reassure many security experts. Ars Technica warns that there appear to be over 15, 000 networks still clinging on to PIX, and there’s a real possibility that many of them are vulnerable. Other platforms have comparable security holes , too, suggesting that the NSA might have snooped on many VPNs . To make matters worse, the Equation Group breach lets any would-be hacker use the exploit. While the past surveillance is alarming, you may need to worry more about everyday criminals going forward. Via: Ars Technica Source: Musalbas , Cisco

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