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Friday October 10, 2025. 06:45 PM
Federal employees say that flying is still safe despite the strain on air traffic controllers. But expect even more airport delays ahead.
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A distraught family shared the story of Customs and Border Patrol entering their home without permission and murdering their dog. Unsurprisingly, the CBP agent responsible attempted to hide and refused to share his identification. The son answered the door and, while he...
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An anonymous reader shares a report: Poland's critical infrastructure has been subject to a growing number of cyberattacks by Russia, whose military intelligence, has trebled its resources for such action against Poland this year, the country's digital affairs minister told...
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Xi to the left of me, Trump is to the right; Huang I am, stuck in the middle with GPUs The US Senate has passed a provision that would give US firms first dibs on advanced chips, just as China tightens customs checks on Nvidia GPUs, leaving the company caught between...
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An interview with the Portland Chicken, one of the most visible inflatable heroes of the 'War in Portland,' explains their absurdist assault on the false reality of an 'Antifa Army' engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the pigs from ICE. Can you put into words what that...
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The Trump administration has launched what it calls a 'whole-of-government approach' against antifa, with officials from the FBI, Justice Department, and Homeland Security promising to work together to go after its members. At what MSNBC describes as a 'bizarre gathering,'...
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Forty-four years after Ronald Reagan fired more than 11,000 striking air traffic controllers, in a union-busting act of bravado, reshaped federal labor policy, and left the FAA chronically understaffed, the ghosts of that decision are on the radar screens once again. — Read t...
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Tata Consultancy Services made its steepest-ever job cuts as strained ties with the US and a rapid shift toward AI reshape the country's $280 billion IT services sector. From a report: India's biggest private-sector employer cut 19,755 employees in the quarter ended Sept....
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Usually we’d say patch up… not this time Security research firm Huntress is warning all users of Gladinet's CentreStack and Triofox file-sharing tools to urgently apply an available mitigation, as a zero-day is being actively exploited and there's no patch available.…
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Our friends at Laughing Squid have shared filmmaker Steve Bustin's new documentary on SantaCon, tracing how a small San Francisco art prank snowballed into an international, booze-fueled holiday ritual. The documentary, which was was directed by Seth Porges of Class Action...
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Viva Insights turns AI guzzling into a leaderboard Microsoft is adding Copilot adoption benchmarks to Viva Insights, a tool that lets managers monitor teams to spot those that are gulping down the AI Kool-Aid fastest.…
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This guy has a pet giant centipede, and he might be the bravest man on planet Earth. This pet is not for the faint of heart. It's longer than the man's forearm, about as wide as a hot dog, has a ton of tiny little wiggling legs, and makes me want to hide under my blankets. —...
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A Meta executive in charge of building the company's metaverse products told employees that they should be using AI to 'go 5X faster,' according to an internal message obtained by 404 Media. From the report: 'Metaverse AI4P: Think 5X, not 5%,' the message, posted by Vishal...
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TL;DR: Make losing your wallet a thing of the past with the KeySmart SmartCard with Wireless Charging (3-Pack) — just $74.97 (reg: $119.97) until October 12! Ever lost your wallet and thought, 'I wish there were a tracking app for this'? — Read the rest The post Meet the...
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In Aarhus, Denmark, the main library in town is often filled with the sound of a giant tubular bell called Gongen. The bell rings multiple times a day for a sweet reason. Atlas Obscura explains that the ringing of the bell signifies that a child has been born at the hospital ...
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Stephen Totilo, reporting at Game File: In July of last year, word began to trickle through Ubisoft that an ambitious new installment of the company's top franchise, Assassin's Creed, had been cancelled. The new game would have brought the history-spanning series to one of...
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At the Linux Security Summit Europe (LSS EU), Scott Constable and Sebastian Österlund gave a talk on an enhancement to a control-flow integrity (CFI) protection that was added to the kernel several years ago. The 'FineIBT: Fine-grain Control-flow Enforcement with Indirect...
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Here's a fun collection of vintage robot halloween costume photos shared by GotWeird on Instagram. All of these delightful costumes are DIY. It looks like so much love and creativity went into each one.  I love all of the different robot styles in these photos. — Read the...
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New regulation from the UK’s competition authority means Google may be forced to make major changes in the way that people use its search engine.
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Forescout's phony water plant fooled TwoNet into claiming a fake cyber victory – then it quietly shut up shop Security researchers say they duped pro-Russia cybercriminals into targeting a fake critical infrastructure organization, which the crew later claimed - via their...
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