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Thursday February 13, 2025. 04:17 PM
Huge pages can increase the performance of many programs, but they can also have unfortunate performance impacts of their own. Over the last few years, multi-size transparent huge pages (mTHPs) have increasingly been seen as a happy medium that bring the benefits of huge...
New research finds that 47 percent of organizations have experienced a data breach or cyberattack over the past 12 months that involved a third-party accessing their network. The study, carried out by the Ponemon Institute for Imprivata, also shows 64 percent of respondents...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration operates a network of passive acoustic monitors—underwater mics—and it turns out they likely recorded audio of the Titan Submersible's deadly implosion on June 18, 2023. The vessel was heading to view the wreck of the...
CNN reports that the inflation rate rose half a percent in January, driven by the price of groceries, uncertainty over Trump's tariffs, fears of dimished state capacity, etc. And 'it's not just eggs,' writes Alicia Wallace, tracking a 3% annualized rate—the highest since...
User-friendly fraud kits that enable amateurs to execute complex attacks against thousands of accounts in minutes are widely available on the dark web according to the latest 2024 Report on Global Identity Fraud from AU10TIX. FaaS platforms provide all the tools, templates...
Let’s be honest -- exercising sucks. While some people enjoy fitness, many people (such as myself) absolutely detest it. Whether you love or hate being active, however, it is undoubtedly an essential part of good health. In other words, a fully sedentary life is destined...
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (doxygen and openssl), Debian (dcmtk and webkit2gtk), Fedora (chromium, clevis-pin-tpm2, envision, fido-device-onboard, gotify-desktop, keylime-agent-rust, keyring-ima-signer, libkrun, python3.10, python3.11, python3.14,...
Donald Shoup, who died on February 6th, 2025, changed how cities handle a mundane yet costly problem: parking. As The Works in Progress Newsletter reported in its recent eulogy, his key insight was that 'free' parking actually costs cities billions. — Read the rest The post...
Fitbit failed to promptly report a burn hazard with its Ionic smartwatches and will pay $12.25m in penalties. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission published the settlement and a press release announcing the outcome of the case. The device was recalled in March, 2022...
A former advisor to President Bill Clinton didn't hold back while on the subject of Elon Musk and his 19-year-old senior advisor in charge of firing federal employees. 'Who the hell voted for 'Big Balls'?!' he raged. The Democratic strategist, Paul Begala, was referring to...
Wondering what typeface was used in any given video game? Charlotte Couderc's Game Font Library is exactly what it claims to be. You can search by game, genre, studio, typeface or even foundry. Game Font Library is a platform created to showcase and share the official...
Remember that asteroid we told you about that had a 1-in-77 chance of ruining everyone's 2032 Christmas plans? Scientists now say there's a 1-in-48 chance this cosmic bullet will hit Earth. Known as 2024 YR4, this potential planet puncher could be anywhere from 130 to 330...
What's the source of the dark goop washing up on Florida's beaches? The U.S. Coast Guard is scanning the shores from Port Everglades to Palm Beach after locals reported sticky balls of sludge amid the sands. They're far from unique—'While some tar balls may be as large as...
A mushroom dubbed 'Himalayan Viagra' sells for $136,000 per pound in Beijing. By comparison, a pound of gold costs $41,824. The fungus, cordyceps sinensis, grows from dead moth larvae in the Himalayas and has been part of traditional medicine for centuries. — Read the rest ...
Email remains a vital channel for business communications, but the availability of easy-to-use AI tools makes protecting the inbox a challenge as it's easier than ever for cybercriminals to launch sophisticated attacks. A new report from Abnormal Security charts the rise of...
AVerMedia has released its newest capture card, the Live Gamer ULTRA S, model GC553Pro. This device is primarily designed for gamers who livestream. AVerMedia says it offers recording at high frame rates, captures true-color RGB24, and provides 5.1-channel surround sound....
With Google and Apple renaming The Gulf of Mexico 'The Gulf of America' in their mapping services to honor Donald Trump's whimsical executive order, anticipatory compliance seems to be corporate America's favored coping strategy for his second administration. But not all are ...
On the battlefield and in the trenches of entrepreneurship, victory comes to those who dare to think unconventionally and act with precision. As a former Green Beret, I've seen firsthand how the principles of unconventional warfare can translate into the business arena. Both ...
John Hoffman, a professional drummer born in Honolulu but residing in Shreveport, Louisiana, is the new drummer for Primus! The band announced its decision last week after months of searching and narrowing down the list of contenders from 6200 initial applicants, to nine...
Chatbots quickly surpassed human physicians in diagnostic reasoning — the crucial first step in clinical care — according to a new study published in the journal Nature Medicine. The study suggests physicians who have access to large language models (LLMs), which...
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