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Friday April 25, 2025. 07:22 PM
After being lost in the desert wilderness for 16 hours, a 2-year-old boy was rescued by a smart and caring dog. The dog, Buford, found the boy near a tree and guided him back to safety at Buford's owner's nearby ranch, where they were able to get help. — Read the rest The po...
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How long can this dude stay submerged in ice from neck to toe? André Belibi Eloumou from France trained for four years in order to break the current record for how long a person can stay submerged in ice. Eloumou was indeed able to stay chill enough to break the record, and ...
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Data is a window into understanding not just how your business operates, but how consumers engage with, and select, your solutions. But according to this annual analyst report from Precisely and Drexel University, 67 percent of organizations don’t trust the data they are...
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GOP puppy thief George Santos has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison for his long list of terrible con jobs. George Santos pleaded guilty to a list of schemes so stupid it is hard to believe people fell for them. — Read the rest The post Conman...
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The iconic 'You Wouldn't Steal a Car' anti-piracy campaign, which dramatically equated digital piracy with physical theft, appears to have used a pirated font in its own materials. New evidence indicates the campaign utilized 'XBAND Rough,' a free clone of the commercial 'FF ...
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Trump's nominee for Surgeon General was caught by CBS News doctoring her medical pedigree like a teenager editing their fake ID. Turns out our Dr. Janette Nesheiwat got her degree from a Caribbean medical school — which she conveniently forgot to mention while claiming she ...
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Biofuel lowers pollutants, but won't eliminate 'em, and could mean DCs compete for supplies Datacenter operators are being encouraged to adopt hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) as a replacement for diesel in generators, however, analysts say the sustainable stand-in is not...
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One step forward and one step back as earlier hopes of progress dashed by latest update Marks & Spencer has paused online orders for customers via its website and app as the UK retailer continues to wrestle with an ongoing 'cyber incident.'…
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Pete Koomen, a Y Combinator partner, argues that current AI applications often fail by unnecessarily constraining their underlying models, much like early automobiles that mimicked horse-drawn carriages rather than reimagining transportation. In his detailed critique, Koomen ...
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I'm often left feeling a bit freaked out when I realize how much time has passed since the New Year. It's as if I've blinked, and a few months have already gone by. This ever-changing website connects where we are in the year to different events to give perspective on time's ...
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A Thai park ranger was fired after ordering Russian tourists off a beach for greeting him with 'ni hao' — the Mandarin Chinese word for hello. Siranudh 'Sai' Scott, 26, an adviser to Thailand's Department of National Parks Wildlife and Plant Conservation, filmed himself...
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German software giant paywalls details, but experts piece together the clues SAP's latest out-of-band patch is for a perfect 10/10 bug in NetWeaver that experts suspect could have already been exploited as a zero-day.…
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Apple plans to shift the assembly of all US-sold iPhones to India [alternative source] as soon as next year, according to Financial Times, which cites people familiar with the matter, as President Donald Trump's trade war forces the tech giant to pivot away from China. From...
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China just canceled a 12,000-metric-ton order of American pork, after the Dealmaker-in-Chief slapped a 145% tariff on Chinese imports, prompting Beijing to return fire with a 125% tariff of their own. As reported in The Hill, American pork now faces a skull-crushing 172%...
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Some would call it a prank while others might consider it a time-out, but the Army didn't see it that way when photos of Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth were flipped around to face the wall. And so they've suspended the Wisconsin commander who committed the egregious act. —...
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Upgrading your wine glass game is a window into the finer things in life. These are our WIRED-tested favorites.
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The FBI arrested Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan on obstruction charges after she allegedly helped an undocumented defendant avoid ICE agents in her courthouse last week. FBI Director Kash Patel announced the arrest on X, stating Dugan 'intentionally misdirected federal...
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TL;DR: Internxt is a private, encrypted Dropbox alternative that offers 10TB of lifetime cloud storage for just $279.99, using code STORAGE20 through April 27. Between rising subscription costs and concerns about data privacy, finding a trustworthy and permanent cloud...
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This ominous looking cloud appeared over Australia on a rainy day, and people are calling it a 'doomsday cloud'. I would certainly feel like doomsday was upon me if I saw this black, smokey cloud formation coming towards me. — Read the rest The post Terrifying "doomsday...
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The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. have withdrawn several statements regarding banks' crypto-related activities in an effort to support innovation and clarify current policies. From a report: Two joint statements from 2023 on liquidity and...
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