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Monday June 2, 2025. 08:10 PM
An anonymous reader shares a report: Internet service provider Frontier Communications agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by major record labels that demanded mass disconnections of broadband users accused of piracy. Universal, Sony, and Warner sued Frontier in 2021. In a...
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For a show that pokes so heavily at the sprawling, tangled mass of IP that is the MCU, The Boys often feels like it's on the verge of becoming the monster it fights — it is produced by Amazon, after all. — Read the rest The post Gen V season 2 promises more gore and MCU-st...
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In cybersecurity, every second counts. But when the same hacking group goes by half a dozen different names depending on which company you ask, defenders are left wasting time instead of stopping attacks. Now, Microsoft and CrowdStrike are teaming up to clean up the mess...
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In cybersecurity, every second counts. But when the same hacking group goes by half a dozen different names depending on which company you ask, defenders are left wasting time instead of stopping attacks. Now, Microsoft and CrowdStrike are teaming up to clean up the mess...
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Stardock has released Fences 6.0, a major new release of its desktop organization tool for Windows users. The app, which allows users to create windowed 'fences' to keep desktop icons under control, adds two major new features in this latest release. The biggest update by...
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From layout choices to advanced algorithms, this video shares the secrets of drive-thru science. There should be no surprise that chain restaurants have invested a significant amount in drive-thru architecture, design, and marketing to maximize the use of space, sell...
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The older I get, the more I become convinced that the best thing for me is to move the hell away from everyone. Someplace quiet, deep in the woods, with naught but some billionaire jerk's Satellite Internet technology and an unkindness of ravens to keep me company. — Read...
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Automated web-scraping bots seeking training data for AI models are flooding scientific databases and academic journals with traffic volumes that render many sites unusable. The online image repository DiscoverLife, which contains nearly 3 million species photographs,...
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Here's a short fable about a lawyer used quick thinking to save his career. From How to torture your mind; paradoxes, fallacies, dilemmas, figures, and word wonders by Ralph L. Woods (1969): Two business partners placed $20,000 in the hands of a lawyer as custodian, with an ...
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Version 3.22.0 of the Alpine Linux distribution has been released. Notable changes in this release include the removal of the X11 session for KDE Plasma, a switch to systemd-efistub, and experimental support for user services with the OpenRC init system. See the release...
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$100 million+ deals are beholden to enterprises' on-prem upgrade cycles Snowflake's ability to grow in the market for larger enterprise customers is hampered by the renewal cycle for older, on-prem data warehouse and analytics tech.…
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Kees Cook's 'hardening fixes' pull request for the 6.16 merge window looked like a straightforward exercise; it only contained four commits. So just about everybody was surprised when it resulted in Cook being temporarily blocked from his kernel.org account among fears of...
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Jurupa Valley High's AB Hernandez, a transgender high school athlete, achieved top placements at California's state track championships, receiving widespread support from fellow competitors despite Trump threatening to withhold funding to the state. Non-competitor adults are ...
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Microsoft will require all USB-C ports on Windows 11 certified laptops and tablets to support data transfer, charging, and display functionality under updated hardware compatibility program rules. The mandate targets devices shipping with Windows 11 24H2 and aims to...
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Invoking the tooth fairy and Jesus in her non-apology, Senator Ernst sounds like the wicked witch. Iowa Senator Joni Ernst recently told someone unhappy about losing their medical care that no one lives forever. Rather than own the mean-spirited and ugly remark, Ernst...
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s now-famous GTC 2025 reveal where he held up a palm-sized AI supercomputer and likened it to the original DGX-1 “with Pym particles” wasn’t just a show of engineering flair. The DGX Spark, as it’s now officially called, marks a turning...
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My everyday carry hasn't changed much over the years. It includes a small number of items: a medical kit, a knife, a flashlight, keys, a Midori Traveller notebook and whichever laptop or tablet I happen to be using at the time. — Read the rest The post Review: Triple Aught...
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If you've ever caught someone in a lie and thought 'Hmm, I bet they do this all the time,' you might be onto something. A new study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology has found that dishonesty is actually consistent behavior — in other words,...
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When asked who is behind all this 'voting machine fraud,' MyPillow Conspiracy Theorist Mike Lindell identifies 'Satan.' Perhaps Lindell's insanity defense needed a stronger foundation. At a press conference leading up to a defamation trial in which Lindell is accused of...
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Apple has filed an appeal with the European Union's General Court in Luxembourg challenging the bloc's order requiring greater iOS interoperability with rival companies' products under the Digital Markets Act. The EU executive in March directed Apple to make its mobile...
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