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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Cybernews: Several collections of login credentials reveal one of the largest data breaches in history, totaling a humongous 16 billion exposed login credentials. The data most likely originates from various infostealers....
A massive data breach has exposed 16 billion login credentials, with nearly all of them coming from previously undiscovered databases, according to a report from Tom's Hardware. While most large-scale breaches typically recycle known leaked credentials, this one revealed...
A new paper published in Procedia Computer Science makes an eyebrow-raising claim — researchers say they can predict whether stocks will go up or down tomorrow with 99% accuracy by looking at the stars. According to the authors, when they combined planetary positions and...
To stop AI scam callers, break automatic speech recognition systems Researchers based in Israel and India have developed a defense against automated call scams.…
A new documentary about underground comics pioneer Denis Kitchen has raised over $26,000 on Kickstarter — more than five times its original goal — with just 9 hours remaining in the crowdfunding campaign. Oddly Compelling: The Denis Kitchen Story, explores Kitchen's...
In Trump speak, two weeks generally means 'do not hold your breath.' Like many things Trump has promised will come in 'two weeks,' we can expect Trump not to present his plan on Iran anytime, ever. Maybe we will get a 'concept of a plan' or even a whole week dedicated to the ...
Hackers have stolen hundreds of millions of dollars from cryptocurrency holders and disrupted major retailers by targeting outsourced call centers used by American corporations to reduce costs, WSJ reported Thursday. The attackers exploit low-paid call center workers through ...
This is a Boing Boing exclusive for paid subscribers only. Here's a preview: Although the fear of U.S. fascism under Donald Trump isn't new, for years the alarm bells were just scattered tinkles, coming from people who Trump called 'the enemies from within.' — Read the rest ...
Welcome news coming out of Jolla, the company that develops Sailfish OS. Up until now, if you bought their Jolla C2 smartphone, you had to pay a yearly subscription fee in order to get updates (with the first year included in the purchase price). Today they’ve announced...
FrontPage Remote Procedure Call and others set to be blocked in the name of 'Secure by Default' Microsoft has warned administrators that legacy authentication protocols will be blocked by default from July, meaning that anyone who hasn't made preparations already could be in ...
Google is using its expansive library of YouTube videos to train its AI models, including Gemini and the Veo 3 video and audio generator, CNBC reported Thursday. From the report: The tech company is turning to its catalog of 20 billion YouTube videos to train these new-age...
A historical document is up for auction through Bonhams: Einstein's most thorough statement on his involvement with the atomic bomb, expected to fetch between $100,000 and $150,000 when bidding concludes in June 2025. This typed manuscript, signed by Einstein himself,...
Border Patrol detained a pregnant Angeleno for questioning their practices. US citizen Cary López Alvarado stood up to Border Patrol for arresting her boyfriend and her cousin. Though pregnant and complaining of discomfort, she was put in chains and detained. Luckily, she ...
Simon Willison, commenting on the recent paper from Apple researchers that found state-of-the-art large language models face complete performance collapse beyond certain complexity thresholds: I thought this paper got way more attention than it warranted -- the title 'The...
A Texas woman has been arrested after surprising her ex-boyfriend with an officiated marriage certificate. A 42-year-old Texas man contacted the police to report he was married without his consent. He had intended to marry his ex-girlfriend, 36-year-old Kristin Marie...
Case over bundling Play Store with Chrome and Google Search set to continue A European court has advised [PDF] that Google's appeal against a ruling that found it had abused its market dominance should be dismissed.…
The Chairman of the Federal Reserve is holding steady and waiting to see how severe the inflation caused by Trump's failing economic policy will be. Powell also denied Donnie Two-Pencils' claim that the tariffs will not affect consumers. The baffling economic war declared...
Apple software chief Craig Federighi has ruled out bringing macOS to the iPad, amusingly using a kitchen utensil analogy to explain the company's design philosophy. 'We don't want to create a boat car or, you know, a spork,' Federighi said in an interview. 'Someone said, 'If ...
Asterinas is a new Linux-ABI-compatible kernel project written in Rust, based on what the authors call a 'framekernel architecture'. The project overlaps somewhat with the goals of the Rust for Linux project, but approaches the problem space from a different direction by...
Feds told they can't demand a haystack to find a needle The United States is requesting [PDF] a month-long extension to the deadline for its final decision regarding an appeal against a judge's ruling that obtaining tower dumps is unconstitutional.…
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