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Wednesday February 19, 2025. 01:32 PM
Someone needs to check up on YouTuber justinthetrees and his unhealthy relationship with… well, trees. Last year, he made the rounds for taste-testing sawdust to see if he could tell exactly what wood it was made from, and now he's going around turning wood into ice cream...
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Grab yourself a cup of coffee and carve out half an hour to read this fascinating (and beautiful—the essay includes 600 gorgeous photographs) typography deep dive into the 150-year history of a ubiquitous font that you've certainly seen but never paid much attention to. —...
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NGMN reports what telcos want, but admits most can be delivered by 5G Mobile operators are pushing for consensus on the key components of next-gen 6G networks, warning that a new radio interface could add complexity – though they acknowledge it would also allow for higher...
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Tina and Milo, a pair of adorable stoats, are the mascots of the upcoming Winter Olympics. Tina, wearing a white winter coat, is the mascot for the 2026 Winter Olympics, while her brother Milo, dressed in a brown summer coat, represents the mascot for the 2026 Paralympics. —...
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This shiny coffee maker and grinder arrives with an innovative autogrind feature pretty much unheard of in drip coffee.
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WIRED tests the benefits and limitations of using generative AI, specifically ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode, as a language tutor for travelers.
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Windows and most applications save their configuration in the registry database — or registry, for short. Whenever you change a setting, this affects the corresponding value in the registry, but there are also values in the registry for which there is no equivalent in a...
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Have you ever been in a situation where your PC was almost out of storage space? Or you needed to transfer lots of big files between machines? It’s a tough spot to be in if you aren’t prepared. For many, the simplest solution is to grab some external storage, whether...
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The FOSS world has replicated most of it in Lazarus Delphi is still very much with us, but the FOSS world also has its own, largely compatible, GUI-based Object Pascal environment – and it's worth a look.…
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Meta’s Waterworth Project will provide internet connectivity on five continents, with landing points in India, the United States, Brazil, and South Africa.
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Google warns that hackers tied to Russia are tricking Ukrainian soldiers with fake QR codes for Signal group invites that let spies steal their messages. Signal has pushed out new safeguards.
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For decades, Microsoft Office has been the business world’s dominant productivity software suite. If you use word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and email applications, particularly on Windows, those apps are very likely to be Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and ...
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Former Social Security commissioner Martin O'Malley did not mince words when referring to Elon Musk's team of '19-year-old nitwits' hired to 'rummage' through the personal files of American citizens. When asked about the so-called social security abuse that Musk accused...
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Google’s Pixel phones are practically overflowing with useful stuff. And some of the best options of all are things you’ve probably never even noticed. That’s true for the Pixel’s core Android software as well as its Google-made apps — everything from...
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Also hammers another nail into Cortana's coffin with the end of Location History Microsoft had a Valentine's Day gift for Windows Insiders, firing another arrow into the heart of Cortana while also attempting to soothe European privacy concerns.…
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Microsoft is reminding IT administrators that WSUS driver synchronization will be deprecated on April 18, 2025, urging them to transition to cloud-based update solutions like Windows Autopatch, Azure Update Manager, and Microsoft Intune. 'For on-premises contexts, drivers...
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Increased use of open source and third-party code leaves organizations open to more attacks on the software supply chain. Open source vulnerabilities have become a prime target for attackers and organizations need to strengthen their defenses. We spoke to Richard Clark,...
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Showbiz members' passport scans already plastered online A London talent agency has reported itself to the UK's data protection watchdog after the Rhysida ransomware crew last week claimed it had attacked the business, which represents luminaries of stage and screen.…
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Elixir is one of the most interesting stories in the world of programming languages right now. Built on the Erlang ecosystem, Elixir offers a fresh take on functional programming and new ways of thinking about concurrency and fault tolerance. We’ll start with a quick...
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