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Wednesday January 8, 2025. 11:43 PM
As hurricane-force winds fan the most destructive wildfires in California history across bone-dry foothills, communities face the dual threat of natural forces and a warming world.
The Eclipse Foundation has released GlassFish 7.0.21, an update of the enterprise Java application server that focuses on fixing a few tenacious bugs. The release also brings improved connection pool lookup messages and improved error messages on deploying apps larger than...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: The Nobel peace prize winner Maria Ressa has said Meta's decision to end factchecking on its platforms and remove restrictions on certain topics means 'extremely dangerous times' lie ahead for journalism, democracy and...
Capitol police arrested a man carrying three knives and a machete today at the Capitol Visitor Center — just hours before Donald Trump was scheduled to arrive. 'Our officers spotted a machete in the man's bag, stopped the X-ray machine, arrested the man, and secured the...
Authorities say that before a Green Beret blew up a Cybertruck in front of the Trump International Hotel, he consulted ChatGPT—exactly the scenario police have been warned of for the past year.
Visitors to the Home Appliances wing of LG Electronics’ vast CES 2025 exhibit will likely be drawn first to the most visually enticing new products: a breakthrough LG Signature Microwave oven, redesigned indoor gardening appliances, and a hyper helpful robot that...
Telegram's Transparency Report reveals a sharp increase in U.S. government data requests, with 900 fulfilled requests affecting 2,253 users. 'The news shows a massive spike in the number of data requests fulfilled by Telegram after French authorities arrested Telegram CEO...
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Astronaut and astrophotographer Don Pettit gifted the world with the breathtaking video below of the Aurorea Borealis as seen from the International Space Station, approximately 250 miles above Earth. LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! —...
The Register's Connor Jones reports: Marc Rogers, DEF CON's head of security, faces tens of thousands of dollars in medical bills following an accident that left him with a broken neck and temporary quadriplegia. The prominent industry figure, whose work has spanned roles at ...
The future of work could look very different soon, according to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who predicts that “virtual employees” powered by artificial intelligence are almost ready to join the workforce. In a blog published Monday, January 6, Altman wrote that these AI...
Crews battle to keep people, homes, science safe Updated With several major wildfires raging out of control in Los Angeles County, fire crews are risking their lives to protect people, homes, and a key NASA facility.…
In Napa Valley, California, a one-ounce South African Krugerrand gold coin valued at thousands of dollars was discovered in a Salvation Army donation bucket. Meanwhile, in Washington County, Pennsylvania, someone dropped an Elizabeth II gold coin valued at $2,700 into the...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: AT&T, following last year's embarrassing botched update that kicked every device off its wireless network and blocked over 92 million phone calls, is now promising full-day bill credits to mobile customers for future...
3 CVEs added to CISA's catalog Cybercriminals are actively exploiting two vulnerabilities in Mitel MiCollab, including a zero-day flaw – and a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic Server that has been abused for at least five years.…
Smug fraudster and MoviePass mastermind Ted Farnsworth finally faces justice after years of exploiting investors' dreams – but his potential 25-year sentence feels light for someone who made a career of destroying trust and retirement accounts. The 62-year-old serial...
At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, health tech brand Withings introduced Omnia, a groundbreaking conceptual device that merges a smart mirror with a scale—all powered by artificial intelligence. Designed to analyze, interpret, and provide...
Indonesia will continue to block iPhone 16 sales despite Apple's planned $1 billion AirTag factory investment, as the facility does not meet local content requirements for smartphones, Industry Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita said on Wednesday. Indonesia banned iPhone 16 ...
Is Collins' Pocket Interpreters: France (1937 edition) the most pessimistic phrasebook ever published? What was meant as a practical tool for British tourists instead became an accidental masterpiece of travel anxiety literature, suggesting that a trip to France was less...
Columbian police arrested Kevin Orlando Arias Forero for allegedly murdering two people in April 2024. Forero had been on the wanted list for months. Why did it take authorities so long to nab him? According to Forero, he had the assistance of a 'diabolical goblin' in...
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