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Everyone is freaking out about the season seven premiere of Game of Thrones—and you’re totally behind. Don’t worry, you can catch up and be ready to watch with all your friends in no time.
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Season 7 of HBO’s Game of Thrones premieres this Sunday, giving you just enough time to figure out…
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If You’ve Never Watched Game of Thrones (or Want a Refresher for the Whole Series)
Maybe you’ve never seen Game of Thrones but for some reason decided the final season of the show is the best time to get in on it. Or maybe you’ve been invited to a premiere party and you’d just like to kind-of know what’s going on so it’s not super boring for you. Don’t worry, you don’t have to feel left out this Sunday.
First, watch some good recap videos that give you a quick explanation of the plot thus far. This rundown from the folks at GamesRadar covers the major plot points, is entertaining, and only takes about 10 minutes:
Or this rundown from youtuber Alt Shift X, which only takes about five minutes:
Or this one from HBO, narrated by Samuel L. Jackson. This one is the most entertaining, for sure, but not quite as thorough as the others. Also, it doesn’t have info on season six:
Extra credit: it might also help to watch a recap video like this one from youtuber Finaly Dishonored, which basically just strings every single episode’s “previously on...” segments together in one roughly 40-minute video.
If you’re more of a reader, you can check out this thorough breakdown from Ed Power at The Telegraph, or read through each season’s summary at the Game of Thrones wiki.
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Read more ReadIf You Didn’t Watch Last Season (or Just Need a Season Six Refresher)
If you’re familiar with the world of Game of Thrones and have watched most of the show, you can probably get away with a quick recap of season six. This rundown from GameSpot Universe is solid:
And so is this one from GamesRadar:
If you’d rather read, go right for the season six summary on the Game of Thrones wiki. You’ll be ready to enjoy the bloodshed in no time.
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Read more ReadWeeks after the US Army told personnel to immediately shelve all drones made by Chinese manufacturer DJI, citing unspecified “cyber vulnerabilities associated with DJI products,” the company has introduced a new “local data mode” for its apps.
“We are creating local data mode to address the needs of our enterprise customers, including public and private organizations that are using DJI technology to perform sensitive operations around the world,” company VP for Policy and Legal Affairs Brendan Schulman said in a press release, per TechCrunch.
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DJI’s apps use the internet to update maps, restricted flight zones and other relevant data, as well as have an optional feature to sync with the company’s database to store flight data. The new local mode disables all of those features. It’s clear even by the company’s own admission the timing with the Army announcement is not a coincidence, though TechCrunch reported DJI says the local mode was in development for several months and was not originally spurred by US brass.
“We’re not responding to the Army, which has never explained its concerns to us,” DJI communications director for North America Adam Lisberg told TechCrunch. “... We announced it today because enterprise customers with serious data security have made clear they need something like this for a while, and the Army memo reinforced that concern for them.”
The military has declined to reveal the security vulnerabilities, presumably for operational security reasons—small drones like those manufactured by DJI are already in limited deployment with the US military, and are widely used by some guerilla forces that oppose them like ISIS extremists. DJI also says the Army has not clued them in.
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But it’s not clear that disabling internet access on a drone’s control app would plug whatever hole the military suspects it found anyhow. It’s possible there’s a vulnerability in the way DJI drones remotely interface with its controller, or a way of tricking the drone into leaking data to another user without breaking into the app at all.
It’s also possible the military sees the risk of a drone being hacked into as minimal, but someone didn’t like the idea of any of its data possibly being sent to a private manufacturer in another country, or of US personnel using a commercial drone system at all.
US military use is not Chinese manufacturer DJI’s core target market, though. That the Army uses commercial drones in any capacity at all speaks to a need which will likely be filled in the future by military drones built to specification for use in the field and elsewhere.
Stick Ranger Hacked Online
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