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Thursday February 6, 2025. 04:31 PM
For those for whom a runny white or a hard yolk is just not good un œuf Researchers have put computational fluid dynamics software to good use in devising a solution to the age-old problem of the perfect soft-boiled egg.…
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One thing you need to have in your purse or backpack at all times is a power bank. You never know when you’re going to need extra juice for your phone before it dies and leaves you stranded. Right now, this Iniu power bank is only $10.79 on Amazon, which is 51 percent off...
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Lose yourself for a while in this fine collection of vintage film cameras of the 1930s at the Living Image Museum. [via Hacker News] 'Their true value lies with the images they recorded for posterity, but they do have a beauty and charm of their own, write the curators. —...
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AMD will launch its new Radeon RX 9070-series graphics cards in March 2025, promising 'high-quality gaming to mainstream players' amid struggling sales. The company's gaming division reported $563 million in Q4 2024 revenue, down 59% year-over-year. The new cards will target ...
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Open source is often described as a 'gift economy'—an ecosystem where contributors are motivated by a desire to make the world a better place. That is, sometimes, true. However, James Bottomley used his main track slot at FOSDEM 2025, on February 1, to make the case that it...
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There are critical vulnerabilities in HP’s Universal Print Driver Series (PCL 6 and PostScript) that could allow attackers to inject and execute malicious code, according to a security advisory from HP. Updates have been released and should be installed immediately. The...
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The latest Phishing Trends Report from Hoxhunt -- based on a global sample size of 2.5 million email users, 50 million phishing simulations, and millions of real phishing attacks -- shows a 49 percent increase in phishing since 2021, driven partly by the rise of blackhat AI. ...
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Paper Apps are pen and paper games cunningly disguised as little reporter-style notepads, pitched as a 'fun, smart alternative to screen time.' There are games themed around dungeons, space exploration and golf, each vaguely reminding me of 1980-era textmode games. — Read...
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Chrome’s security features are simple, but as of late, they’ve been improving at a faster rate. Google wants you to know it, too—the most current version of its What’s New page highlights two improvements that aren’t strictly fresh, but likely new to many users....
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You really don’t need to pay upwards of $1,000 for a powerful computer these days. Mini PCs are way more capable than they used to be, and they’re way more affordable than equivalent laptops. This decked-out GMKtec M7 Pro, for instance, is down to just $500 on Amazon,...
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In these troubled times, it's good to see someone doing some proper shoe-leather reporting! Cabel Sasser reviews the snacks and cereals of 2024. I've been on a keto diet so reading this is cheating in my heart. Potato Shreds hold a special place in our collective Panic...
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20 years? More like five for real-world workloads, says q-AI lead Despite ongoing breakthroughs, quantum computing has struggled to shake the perception that it's always another ten years away from being practical. However, researchers at Google now argue the tech is...
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AI researchers at Stanford and the University of Washington were able to train an AI 'reasoning' model for under $50 in cloud compute credits, according to a research paper. From a report: The model, known as s1, performs similarly to cutting-edge reasoning models, such as...
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Security updates have been issued by Debian (asterisk and chromium), Fedora (FlightGear, java-1.8.0-openjdk, java-11-openjdk, java-17-openjdk, java-latest-openjdk, and SimGear), Mageia (bind, chromium-browser-stable, python-django, and vim), Oracle (buildah, bzip2, firefox,...
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Last week’s optional Windows 11 update, known as patch KB5050094, was nice because it fixed several issues, including broken USB audio playback and Auto HDR for gaming. But like with so many Windows 11 24H2 patches in the past, this update has broken a few things itself,...
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From weatherproof jackets and pants to puffers, gloves, and socks, WIRED’s winter sports experts have got you covered.
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According to a new study of 750 business and tech leaders, 58 percent say key business decisions are based on inaccurate or inconsistent data most of the time, if not always. The research from IT consulting and digital services provider SoftServe shows the majority don’t...
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Technically sound, Samsung’s latest Android phones are a bit of a snooze.
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Concerns around unfixed problems remain after system resulted in harm to some 150 patients The US Department of Veterans Affairs has restarted a project to implement Oracle electronic health records in its hospitals after the project was suspended in 2023.…
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Joseph Firmage, a former Silicon Valley prodigy who built a $2.5 billion web services company in the 1990s, is now being sued by investors who claim he defrauded them through an alleged antigravity machine scheme. In 1998, at the height of his success as CEO of USWeb,...
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