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Monday October 20, 2025. 09:19 PM
Attempted exploit was a feeble effort to target Windows users Someone managed to insert a compromised file into the downloads section of the website for Xubuntu, the official Ubuntu flavor with the Xfce desktop environment. The malware was designed to steal cryptocurrency,...
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Government investigators are gathering data to confirm what exactly cracked the windshield of a 737 Max aircraft at above 30,000 feet.
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An anonymous reader writes: 'Hoisted by their own GPTards.' That's how Meta's Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun described the blowback after OpenAI researchers did a victory lap over GPT-5's supposed math breakthroughs. Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis added, 'this is...
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Employees at the company’s Chelsea campus were told to stay home after exterminators found “credible evidence” of an infestation.
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Just when I think I'm out, Any Austin pulls me back in. No one holds up a magnifying glass to the intricacies of game design like this guy and his imaginary OSHA clipboard. Personally, I think his magnum opus is still dissecting the plumbing of Starfield, a game that must be ...
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In just seven minutes, the thieves took off with crown jewels containing with thousands of diamonds along with other precious gems.
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The Method 360 ANC have great active noise canceling and a case built for clumsy folks like me.
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The Sims is in a period of transition -- and as part of that, the ongoing mobile version will be shutting down in a few months. From a report: EA announced that today's update for The Sims Mobile will be its last, and that on January 20th, 2026 the game 'will no longer be...
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AI arms dealer relies on Taiwanese advanced packaging plants for top-specced GPUs US manufacturing of Nvidia GPUs is underway and CEO Jensen Huang is celebrating the first Blackwell wafer to come out of TSMC's Arizona chip factory. However, to be part of a complete product,...
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China says it has uncovered what it describes as irrefutable evidence of American government cyber attacks targeting the National Time Service Center. The Ministry of State Security said the National Security Agency exploited vulnerabilities in employees' mobile phones...
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'US is … the greatest source of chaos in cyberspace' China has blamed the US for a 'major cyberattack' against its National Time Service Center, alleging it could have disrupted the country's communications, financial, and transportation networks, and even caused power...
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An electronic eye implant has restored reading ability to patients blinded by geographic atrophy, a form of dry age-related macular degeneration. Results published Monday in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that 84% of trial participants regained the ability to...
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Jewel thieves in Paris pulled off a Hollywood-style caper, targeting the crown jewels of France. The thieves targeted the museum's Apollo Gallery, which houses what remains of France's crown jewels. They appeared to have used a mechanical ladder to access an upper...
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In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we run through the top stories of the week, including security concerns from satellites leaking sensitive data and the experiences of undeterred Cybertruck owners.
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Musician Kenny Loggins is reportedly furious after Donald Trump shared an AI video using his Top Gun hit 'Danger Zone' and bizarrely depicting Trump crapping on America. The usage was unauthorized, and Loggins' representatives have said the song's use in a political...
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Importing modules in Python is ubiquitous; most Python programs start with at least a few import statements. But the performance impact of those imports can be large—and may be entirely wasted effort if the symbols imported end up being unused. There are multiple ways to...
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There are a lot of off-the-wall creators out there, but one of my personal favorites is Tor's Cabinet of Curiosities. The eponymous Tor has made a decent career out of making video essays on, essentially, whatever the hell he wants to, from the time Wikipedia was besieged by ...
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Law-abiding Chicagoans who have gone through the process of obtaining a Firearms Owners ID card and concealed carry license, and properly disclosed their possession of a gun to Chicago police at traffic stops, have been charged with felonies, apparently because they are...
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You may have heard about a little indie record that just came out called 'The Life of a Showgirl.' Taylor Swift's latest album was accompanied by a movie, shown exclusively in theaters this weekend, 'The Official Release Party of a Showgirl. — Read the rest The post Taylor...
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Arrowhead, the developers of Helldivers 2, have a history of pissing off their community. This time, they seem to have gone to war with their biggest fans, the content creators who keep the community informed. It seems Arrowhead, at a time when their game's performance is...
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