Collaborate Disseminate
Carole takes us into the sinister side of Barbie, while Graham describes a stalkerware operation that has been spilling its secrets.
All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by cybersecurity veterans Gr… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #333: Barbie and the stalking spouse
Warner Bros. in Japan issued an official apology after U.S. social media teams played up a connection to ‘Oppenheimer.’ Continue reading Warner Bros. Apologizes to the Nation of Japan for Memeing Barbenheimer
Just how much do porn websites know about your sexual peccadillos? How are Barbie dolls involved in identity scams? And would you trust a completely free telly?
Oh, and Graham has some opinions to share about “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”…. Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #329: Pornhub, Barbie dolls, and can you trust a free TV?
The view from America has long seen French women as synonymous with thin and/or beautiful. France is well-known for culinary skill and delights, and yet many of its female inhabitants seem to view eating heartily as passé. At a recent workshop devoted to creating DIY amusements, [Niklas Roy] and [Kati Hyyppä] built an electro-mechanical sushi-eating game starring Barbie, American icon of the feminine ideal. The goal of the game is to feed her well and inspire a happy relationship with food.
Built in just three days, J’ai faim! (translation: I’m hungry!) lets the player satiate Barbie one randomly lit piece …read more
Continue reading Sushi-Snarfing Barbie Uses Solenoid to Swallow
Mattel’s Hello Barbie Hologram brings 3-D animation to the voice-assistant space, providing a next-gen IoT solution for your enterprise. The post So, Barbie’s a Hologram Now. Oh, and She Responds to Your Voice appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading So, Barbie’s a Hologram Now. Oh, and She Responds to Your Voice
If you have worked in an office that contained a typewriter, the chances are you’ve been in the workplace for several decades. Such has been the inexorable advance of workplace computing. It’s a surprise then to discover that one of the desirable toys from many decades ago, the Barbie Typewriter, is still available. Are hipster parents buying toy versions of vintage office machinery for their children to use in an ironic fashion?
Gone though are the plastic versions of mechanical typewriters that would have been the property of a 1970s child. The modern Barbie typist has an electronic typewriter at …read more
Real smart homes could learn a thing or two from Barbie’s latest voice-controlled abode. The post Barbie’s New Smart Home Is Crushing It So Hard appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading Barbie’s New Smart Home Is Crushing It So Hard
If it wasn’t for the weird Dutch-Norwegian techno you’d presumably have to listen to forever, [Gianni B.]’s doll house for his daughter, [Rita] makes living in a Barbie World seem like a worthwhile endeavor. True to modern form, it’s got LED lighting. It’s got IoT. It’s got an app and an elevator. It even has a tiny, working, miniature television.
It all started with a Christmas wish. [Rita] could no longer stand to bear the thought of her Barbie dolls living a homeless lifestyle on her floor, begging passing toys for enough monopoly money to buy a sock to sleep …read more
Continue reading Rita’s Dolls Probably Live Better Than You Do
