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Monday July 28, 2025. 09:30 AM
Update that VPN Reader, bad habits are hard to break. And when it comes to cybersecurity, outdated practices are worse than useless — they can be dangerous. Recently, CSO wrote about seven obsolete security practices that should be terminated immediately. It’s critical...
Linus has released the 6.16 kernel: It's Sunday afternoon, and the release cycle has come to an end. Last week was nice and calm, and there were no big show-stopper surprises to keep us from the regular schedule, so I've tagged and pushed out 6.16 as planned. Headline...
Sunday July 27, 2025. 11:14 PM
Shi Yongxin, the abbot of China's Shaolin Temple, is suspected of misappropriating the legendary institution's funds and assets. Moreover, he is accused of fathering at least one child and maintaining romantic relationships in violation of the Buddhist sect's expectation of...
TL;DR: When you use code LEARN, you can get a Babbel lifetime subscription for only $159 (reg. $299). Learning a new language always sounds like a great idea, until you're faced with a wall of grammar rules and endless vocabulary lists. — Read the rest The post Want to...
Britons sweltering through the nation's latest brutal heatwave have a new weapon in the quest to stay cool. No, not air conditioning. Why spaff it up the wall when you can slather yoghurt on your windows? Dr Ben Roberts, a senior lecturer in healthy buildings at...
With the closure of outlets in Whittier and Burbank, once-mighty retailer Sears is down to its last store in California. Anyone still shopping there will have to go to Concord's Sunvalley Shopping Center. SFGate's Kasia Pawlowska writes that the 139-year-old chain will have...
Tyler Boebert, the 20-year-old son of Colorado congresswoman Lauren Boebert, received a citation for 'criminal negligence' after an incident involving his own son. Already on probation for another crime, he now faces a misdemeanor charge of child abuse. Windsor Police...
TL;DR: Get Windows 11 Pro on sale for $14.97 (reg. $199) while you still can. Love it or hate it, Windows 10's time has finally come. In a few short months, Microsoft will pull support for Windows 10, bringing on a whole mountain of issues for anyone who doesn't upgrade, but...
Ryan Walters—the far-right Oklahoma school superintendent who tried to spend state money on Trump-branded bibles that would be required reading in class, wanted kids to be taught MAGA conspiracy theories and talked openly about politically-motivated firings—was caught...
Saturday July 26, 2025. 11:03 PM
Old Book Illustrations is an online archive of, yes, you've guessed it. But they did have a particular genre in mind: Victorian and French Romantic illustrations. 'We are not the only image collection on the web, neither will we ever be the largest one,' the creators write. ...
TL;DR: Learn a new language and unlock new adventures with a lifetime subscription to uTalk on sale for $99.97. Listen, I'm not saying that being able to speak even the most basic phrases in another language is guaranteed to get a happy grandfather to buy you a pretzel, but...
George Santos, the conman who briefly served as a GOP congressman representing New York's third district (and the state Democratic Party's incredible indifference to campaigning there) has reported to federal prison to serve his 7-year fraud sentence. The federal Bureau of...
Two years ago, a team of researchers from Tel Aviv University discovered that plants under stress emit sounds above the range of human hearing. They also speculated that other plants and animals might respond to those sounds. The same team has just published a paper in the...
Payment processors such as Visa, Mastercard, Paypal and Stripe are extending their control of what you can spend your money on. This authoritarian and censorial trend received more attention this week after they forced software platforms Steam and Itch.io to remove or delist ...
TL;DR: Mondly is offering lifetime access to 41 languages for a one-time payment of $89.99 (reg. $299.99). No subscriptions, no upsells—just a wildly flexible app with bite-sized lessons, speech recognition, and even VR/AR features. Look, we all had dreams of being...
A man from Glendale, California, was arrested Tuesday after menacing a woman at the Burbank Nordstrom's Rack. Police say Calese Carron Crowder, 38, is seen on security camera footage following the shopper before 'crouching behind her and appearing to sniff her buttocks.' —...
Death Stranding's 'photo mode,' which lets players mug and gurn for the camera with actor Norman Reedus's 56-year-old face, is one method youngsters are using to defeat Britain's new online age verification system, part of its sprawling Online Safety Act. — Read the rest ...
Game distribution platforms Steam and Itch.io recently removed adult-themed titles to comply with demands from payment processing companies. These financial institutions—Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, Paypal, and others—are themselves under pressure from reactionary...
AI may be steam rolling its way into the workforce, but it’s not for everyone. A new survey finds that 22% of professionals feel compelled to adopt AI in work situations where they lack confidence — so much so that 16% have admitted to pretending to use the technology....
A dating safety app designed to protect women has exposed the very users it promised to shield. Tea, which recently topped Apple's App Store charts, suffered a data breach that leaked 13,000 verification photos and government IDs of its female users, as reported by NBC News. ...
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