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Wednesday January 29, 2025. 05:57 PM
For years we have had occasional requests to be able to receive LWN in a format for ebook readers. It took a while, but we are now happy to announce that all of LWN's feature content is available, to subscribers at the 'professional hacker' level and above, in the EPUB...
Chrome Sync is one of the best features of Google’s world-dominating web browser. The ability to switch between devices and maintain the same bookmarks, passwords, tabs, etc. is a godsend. Not to mention newer features like moving tabs between mobile and desktop. Sadly,...
Two years after participating in a groundbreaking four-day work week experiment, 200 companies in the UK have chosen to adopt the policy permanently, marking a significant shift in workplace norms. By continuing the policy, as many as 5,000 employees at those companies will...
The U.S. Copyright Office declared Wednesday that the use of AI tools to assist in the creative process does not undermine the copyright of a work. Variety: The announcement clears the way for continued adoption of AI in post-production, where it has become increasingly...
Thanks to a unique recycling process, the secret to this high-performance puffer is repurposed climbing kit.
Large language model AI companies have been aggressively scraping content off the web for years, and many of them are known for ignoring things like copyright or the robots.txt files used by sites to stop search engines. One designer decided to send these web crawlers on a...
Blue Screen of Death becomes the Blue Triangle of Doom for your wrist Garmin has experienced its very own CrowdStrike incident after owners of the company's smartwatches complained the faces were showing a blue triangle of death following a seemingly faulty update.…
New Zealand has relaxed its visitor visa rules to attract so-called 'digital nomads' in a bid to boost tourism and the economy. From a report: Visitor visas will now allow people to work remotely for a foreign employer while they are visiting New Zealand for up to 90 days....
Scareware is a type of malware that relies on scare tactics to get you to lower your guard and unknowingly install malware or give away sensitive personal data before you realize you’re being tricked. Typically, these scare tactics are full-screen alerts that mimic...
Security researcher RyotaK has shared a series of vulnerabilities that all have to do with how Git interfaces with external credential managers. In short, while Git guards against newline characters (n) being injected into a repository's URL, some programming languages also ...
At a glanceExpert's Rating Pros Attractive and approachable design Good connectivity including USB-C with 90 watts Power Delivery Google TV is easy to use and supports many entertainment apps Bright, crisp image Cons Low contrast ratio and modest color performance...
TL;DR: Ditch the cloud storage fees and go old school with this speedy 1TB USB-A and USB-C flash drive, now $69.97 (reg. $109.99) through February 2! Let's be honest: when was the last time your phone didn't eat first? You probably have an ungodly amount of perfectly...
One of the risks AI teams face is sensitive data lurking where it shouldn't be -- risks that are increasing as the volume unstructured data grows across all industries, a situation made worse still by GenAI. Unstructured data management specialist Komprise is launching new...
Earthstar is a privacy-oriented, offline-first, LGPL-licensed database intended to support distributed applications. Unlike other distributed storage libraries, it focuses on providing mutable data with human-meaningful names and modification times, which gives it an...
And now you won't stop calling me, I'm kinda busy A new variant of the Mirai-based malware Aquabot is actively exploiting a vulnerability in Mitel phones to build a remote-controlled botnet, according to Akamai's Security Intelligence and Response Team.…
Remember the Windows 11 24H2 update from earlier this month? The first one of the year, which continued last year’s trend of 24H2 updates wreaking havoc for end users? Well, the big issue caused by that one seems to have been addressed — for testers, anyway. Yesterday,...
Virgin Money's AI-powered chatbot has reprimanded a customer who used the word 'virgin,' underlining the pitfalls of rolling out external AI tools. From a report: In a post last week on social media site LinkedIn, David Birch, a fintech commentator and Virgin Money customer, ...
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The OPNsense project develops an operating system for firewalls and routers based on FreeBSD. The project is celebrating its tenth anniversary with a new release, OPNsense 25.1: 'For an entire decade now,...
Will the Kansas City Chiefs become the first NFL team to win three consecutive Super Bowls? Or can the Philadelphia Eagles soar back from their 2023 Super Bowl loss to the Chiefs and secure another title? We’re about to find out. Super Bowl LIX promises drama, high stakes, ...
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