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Saturday August 9, 2025. 11:45 PM
'Heather Adkins, Google's vice president of security, announced Monday that its LLM-based vulnerability researcher Big Sleep found and reported 20 flaws in various popular open source software,' reports TechCrunch: Adkins said that Big Sleep, which is developed by the...
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Debian has released its latest version, Debian 13 “trixie”. This release contains over 14,100 new packages for a total count of 69,830 packages, while over 8,840 packages have been removed as obsolete. 44,326 packages were updated in this release. The overall disk usage for...
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TL;DR: Work on your self-growth, boost your professional skills, and become a trivia night menace with lifetime access to Headway Premium—now just $47.99 with coupon code READ20. We're not saying you should cheat at trivia. But if you happen to absorb 15-minute summaries...
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A professional trapper had one question about the wild pig he'd found in California. Why was its flesh blue? The Los Angeles Times explains: [California's Department of Fish and Wildlife] is now warning trappers and hunters to keep an eye out for possibly contaminated...
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'Benchmarking firm Artificial Analysis found that only five of the top 15 AI models are open source,' reports the Washington Post, 'and all were developed by Chinese AI companies....' 'Now some American executives, investors and academics are endorsing a plan to make U.S....
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AOL routinely evaluates its products and services and has decided to discontinue Dial-up Internet. This service will no longer be available in AOL plans. As a result, on September 30, 2025 this service and the associated software, the AOL Dialer software and AOL Shield...
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Quantum sensors can be used in medical technologies, navigation systems, and more, but they’re too expensive for most people. That's where the Uncut Gem open source project comes in.
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They haven't built a spacecraft for travelling to our nearest star system. But 'Engineers have designed a spacecraft that could take up to 2,400 people on a one-way trip to Alpha Centauri,' reports LiveScience: The craft, called Chrysalis, could make the 25 trillion mile (40 ...
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The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The Debian project has published install and live media for Debian 13 'Trixie'. The project's latest release introduces RISC-V support, begins phasing out i386 packages, and offers Plasma 6 desktop. The new...
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'General Motors claimed a new world record for EV driving on a single charge,' reports the Verge, 'after a Chevy Silverado EV traveled 1,059.2 miles without recharging its battery.' The potentially record-breaking run took place over seven days on public roads near GM's...
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In 2023 a 13-year-old girl 'made an offensive joke while chatting online with her classmates,' reports the Associated Press. But when the school's surveillance software spotted that joke, 'Before the morning was even over, the Tennessee eighth grader was under arrest. She...
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'KDE Linux is an all-new desktop Linux distro being developed as a showcase for the KDE desktop project,' reports The Register. 'The project is still in a pre-alpha testing stage, but recently went public on the KDE website. Versions are available to download and try out.'...
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TL;DR: Pok Pok is a Montessori-inspired educational app for kids, and right now it's only $47.99 for a lifetime subscription. Use code DROP20. Kids want screen time. That's not changing anytime soon. What can change is how that time gets spent. — Read the rest The post...
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Remember the old Windows Control Panel? It’s still there, in your up-to-date Windows 11 installation, as a number of settings still cannot be changed in the “new” Settings application. In the latest Insider Preview for Windows 11 in the Dev Channel, Microsoft moved another...
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'California's biggest electric utilities pulled off a record-breaking test...' reports Semafor, 'during the 7pm-9pm window that is typically its time of peak demand as people come home from work.' Pacific Gas & Electric and other top California power companies switched on...
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The drum heralding the end of support for Windows 10 has been beaten almost to death, but even at this late stage there is more news about the death of the operating system. With the mid-October date for mainstream support fast-approaching, there are still plenty of people...
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Users of Microsoft Lens – originally launched several years ago as Office Lens – have just a few short weeks left to use the tool. Microsoft has announced that the incredibly popular iOS and Android app is to be “retired” (translation: killed off). Having started...
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Get those floors squeaky clean with the help of these steamy gadgets.
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Armed with a trunkful of outdoor gear, we hit the beach to source the best trolley for your next family vacation.
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It’s useful to know the quality of the air around your home, but your personal air quality monitor could lead to safer air for everyone.
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