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Wednesday March 5, 2025. 11:55 PM
C++ memory safety issues have come under heat recently, with rising interest in projects like TrapC and Safe C++ that attempt to tackle the issue. But C++ designer Bjarne Stroustrup remains steadfast in promoting profiles as essential for safety in C++. Profiles can offer...
Now that we have examined the vulnerability that enables arbitrary microcode patches to be installed on all (un-patched) Zen 1 through Zen 4 CPUs, let’s discuss how you can use and expand our tools to author your own patches. We have been working on developing a collection...
In October 2026, Microsoft Publisher will reach its end of life. After that time, it will no longer be included in Microsoft 365 and existing on-premises suites will no longer be supported. Microsoft 365 subscribers will no longer be able to open or edit Publisher files in...
A photo (below) of a giraffe in the back of a pickup truck purportedly in Detroit was making the rounds online, raising all kinds of questions about its authenticity, provenance, and, well, its vitality. Turns out, the giraffe's chauffeur was Darren Wehner of St. — Read...
Microsoft is planning a string of new AI agents to automate mundane tasks and improve worker productivity. The company on Wednesday announced two AI-based sales agents that can autonomously follow up on sales leads. The company is also focusing on using agents to automate...
The Google Bug Hunters blog has a detailed description of how a vulnerability in AMD's microcode-patching functionality was discovered and exploited; the authors have also released a set of tools to assist with this kind of research in the future. Secure hash functions are ...
TL;DR: Get PDF Converter Pro for just $23.99 (reg. $99.99) with code SAVE20 and convert files like a pro—for life. We all know that dealing with PDFs is the corporate equivalent of wrestling an alligator. One minute you're trying to extract an image, the next you're...
Congratulations to Jackie and Shadow, proud parents of two baby eaglets living in a treetop within San Bernardino National Forest! You can tune into their nest 24/7 via two livestreams (below) from cameras installed in 2013 by Friends of Big Bear Valley. — Read the rest The...
Economist Paul Krugman explains that Trump's promise of growth in the US auto industry is directly contradicted by his tariffs; also Krugman draws a sad parallel between the US and burning to death in one of Tesla's suddenly unpopular EVs. Formerly of the New York Times,...
A treacherous avalanche has buried three skiers near Anchorage, Alaska today. 'Based on the information provided by the operator, unfortunately, we do not believe that any of the three missing persons survived the avalanche,' said Austin McDaniel, a spokesperson for the...
Bedtime routines aren't just for humans, at least when it comes to a boxer named Poppy. And when her routine is disrupted — e.g., her eye-mask falls off — she just can't sleep. Which is why we see the pampered pup standing on her bed, crying and pointing with a paw at...
One of the most effective urban legends of the 1980s, the 'Blue Star Tattoo Legend,' led to millions of school children across the world on the look-out for strangers handing out lick-and-stick fake tattoos of Mickey Mouse. The stickers were said to be laced with LSD. — Read...
US Fish and Wildlife Service researchers found this absolutely massive pet store goldfish swimming in Pennsylvania's Presque Isle State Park on Lake Erie. 'Call me Megalodon,' reads a USFW caption for the above photo. Pet goldfish should remain pets, urge USFW authorities....
On Sunday, a spacecraft named Blue Ghost beautifully stuck a lunar landing. It was the second private spacecraft to soft-land on the lunar surface. From Firefly Aerospace: Blue Ghost Mission 1 delivered 10 science and technology instruments to the lunar surface as part of...
In his address to Congress last night, President Donald J. Trump called the CHIPS Act “horrible,” and said whatever money hasn’t been spent should now be used to reduce the national debt. The CHIPS Act, enacted into law in 2022 under then-President Joseph R. Biden...
Version 2.0.0 of FerretDB has been released. FerretDB is an open-source alternative to MongoDB, which switched to a non-open license in 2018, built on top of PostgreSQL. This release utilizes the DocumentDB PostgreSQL extension for better performance, adds vector search, and ...
YouTube is finally rolling out Premium Lite in the USA (coming soon to Thailand, Germany, and Australia). For the princely sum of $7.99 per month, Google is promising subscribers a mostly ad-free experience. Although Premium Lite offers an official way to remove ads, it...
I've been rediscovering Limmy's Show lately, and among his finest work is this sketch about the hovering salespeople in high-street electronic stores and how they transmit market segmentation to the customer. The key difference between Scotland and America is that in America ...
Functional programming languages have a long association with graphs. In the 1990s, it was even thought that parallel graph-reduction architectures could make functional programming languages much faster than their imperative counterparts. Alas, that prediction mostly failed ...
The lack of a unified Democratic front and scattershot attempts at protest at Convicted Felon's speech before the joint Houses of Congress were remniscent of the dance protest at the Kennedy Center, still Republicans are pissed off. Democrats didn't clap!! — Read the rest ...
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