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Wednesday May 28, 2025. 07:20 PM
A fairly comprehensive look at the early personal computer culture reveals that from 1975 through early 1977, personal computers remained 'almost exclusively the province of hobbyists who loved to play with computers and found them inherently fascinating,' according to newly ...
The GNU C Library (glibc) is the core C library for most Linux distributions, so it is a crucial part of the open-source ecosystem—and an attractive target for any attackers looking to carry out supply-chain attacks. With that being the case, securing the project's...
Japan Post has launched a 'digital address' system that links seven-digit combinations of numbers and letters to physical addresses. From a report: Under the system, users can input these seven-digit codes on online shopping websites, and their addresses will automatically...
Open source in-process OLAP system launches rival to Iceberg and Delta Lake table format, and more With a combined market value of around $150 billion, Snowflake and Databricks have divergent visions on how to get customers' analytics and machine learning tools to their...
According to former staffers and a deposition, Nancy Mace has allegedly used her tech background to deploy bots across social media—and asked staffers to surreptitiously post on her behalf.
Sex, slavery, and rebellion collide in Raging Clouds, a lush graphic novel that reimagines 16th-century Holland as a powder keg of female desire and defiance. Korean artist Yudori makes her English-language debut July 15 with this Fantagraphics hardcover about Amélie, a...
The recent surge in cyberattacks is pushing cyber insurers toward a fundamental reassessment of premium pricing, Bloomberg reports, with industry analysts warning of an impending 'inflection point' that could reshape the market. Marks & Spencer's impending $404 million hit...
Take-Two’s latest 10-K report has removed any mention of supporting social justice and LGBT+ rights, as more industries fall in line with President Donald Trump’s anti-DEI agenda.
Mahé Tardy led two sessions about some of the challenges that he, Kornilios Kourtis, and John Fastabend have run into in their work on Tetragon (Apache-licensed BPF-based security monitoring software) at the Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory Management, and BPF Summit. The ...
Project shutdowns at Mozilla are not encouraging, though Another month, another new version of Firefox, with several handy changes. The future is less certain, though.…
Several months ago, a beloved stuffed animal from the La Farge Branch of the Santa Fe Public Library disappeared. Clifford the Big Red Dog, a mainstay of the children's play area, was missing, and the library's young patrons missed him enormously. — Read the rest The post...
Sales of blue book exam booklets have surged dramatically across the nation as professors turn to analog solutions to prevent ChatGPT cheating. The University of California, Berkeley reported an 80% increase in blue book sales over the past two academic years, while Texas...
Watch as a farm uses a clever plastic bag technique for irrigation. In this oddly satisfying video, a water-filled tube of plastic slows the flow of water, giving soil more time to absorb the moisture. As water moves through the bag, it creates a rolling motion across the...
Canonical's Launchpad software-collaboration platform that is used for Ubuntu development will be shutting down its hosted mailing lists at the end of October. The announcement recommends Discourse or Launchpad Answers as alternatives. Ubuntu's mailing lists are unaffected...
These WIRED-tested ebook readers let you take your library anywhere.
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TL;DR: Get Windows 11 Pro for $14.97 before Windows 10 support ends in July. Enjoy better performance, gaming, shopping, and AI features. The clock is ticking. Microsoft 10 officially ends support on July 20, 2025, and that means no more security updates or bug fixes. —...
Mac Schwerin reports on the use of 1993's Doom to illustrate the computing power of random gadgets with screens, from alarm clocks to pregnancy tests: 'The Monster-Slaying Game You Can Play Almost Anywhere.' Doom's most entertaining developments happen in the shadow of the...
Wall Street was turned upside-down by President Donald Trump's tariffs, but now we've been through a few rounds of him posting then withdrawing threats and trying to shake down foreign governments, things are settling down. They have a nickname for him, 'Taco,' to remind...
Great swathes of the planet's oceans have become darker in the past two decades, according to researchers who fear the trend will have a severe impact on marine life around the world. From a report: Satellite data and numerical modelling revealed that more than a fifth of...
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