Tech Tuesday: Why You Should Care About DDoS Attacks (and What You Can DDo About Them)
Player 1: “Everyone attack the boss NOW!” Player 2: “We’re almost there! He’s at 10%!” Player 3: “Healer, I need help! I’m almost out of health points!” Player 4: … Player 1: “Healer! We’re about to lose! What’s going on?” Player 4: … “Sorry friends, my cat was walking across the keyboard.” Player 3: “He’s […]
Culture Clips: Lil Nas X is Music’s New Record-Setting Sheriff
The music industry has a new top dog: “Old Town Road.” It took 24 years to beat “One Sweet Day” by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men as the music industry’s longest-running pop chart-topping song. That ditty spent 16 straight weeks on the top of Billboard’s Hot 100 chart in 1995 and 1996. And while […]
Culture Clips: Will a Curious Trailer Kill These Cats?
In case you missed it, the new trailer for the upcoming movie musical Cats came out this week and audiences are … unsure about how they feel. On the one hand, the movie is taken from one of the longest-running Broadway shows of all time. With its star-studded cast (Dame Judi Dench, Sir Ian McKellan, […]
Culture Clips: Netflix Edits 13 Reasons Why
When 13 Reasons Why debuted on Netflix two years ago, many voices offered a strong word of caution regarding the graphic depiction of a teenage girl’s suicide in the first season’s final episode. Experts worried that the scene could act as a trigger for young or emotionally vulnerable viewers. Plugged In reviewer Paul Asay wrote, […]
Is Summer the Time for Fun and Game … Shows? (TV Sure Thinks So.)
Ah, summer…warm weather, no school, and nothing new to watch on television. Whatever shall we do without the latest episode of This Is Us to keep us entertained every week? The answer—at least the answer broadcast TV execs want us to give : Watch all the game shows! Every summer, as most broadcast television takes […]