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Friday December 27, 2024. 10:01 AM
Microsoft is vocal about the importance of ensuring that Windows users have all of the latest security updates installed, and rightly so. Now the company has warned that using certain installation media to install Windows 11 24H2 could result in not being able to receive any ...
Thursday December 26, 2024. 11:46 PM
I didn’t have the time to post this one before Christmas, but it’s so funny and sad at the same time I don’t want to keep this from you. It turns out that in the days leading up to Christmas this year, users of ASUS computers – or with ASUS motherboards, I guess – were...
COBOL, your mother’s and grandmother’s programming language, is still in relatively wide use today, and with the initial batches of COBOL programmers retiring and, well, going away, there’s a market out there for younger people to learn COBOL and gain some serious job...
TL;DR: Babbel can help you learn the local language of your destination with its 14 language offerings, now $129.97 (reg. $599) until December 31! As much as we'd like to deny it, Americans have earned worldwide recognition for being bad travelers and (generally)...
An indoor kitty with a strong case of FOMO had big dreams of becoming an outdoor cat — until he actually stepped out the front door. 'He wanted out so badly—until the snow said hello,' says the caption of his TikTok video, which shows the tuxedo cat bolting across his...
The Sony Trinitron KX-45ED1, aka the PVM-4300, is considered to be the world's largest consumer tube TV set. With a 43' screen, the hulking CRT weighed 440 pounds. Released in 1988 in Japan and the US a couple years later, the built-to-orderproduct reportedly cost $40,000. —...
In 1979, a wild rabbit swam aggressively toward President Jimmy Carter's fishing boat in 1979. It quickly became known as the 'killer rabbit attack,' and was used against him by Ronald Reagan's campaign in the 1980 election. The incident occurred on April 20 while Carter was ...
Although U.S. prisons sprouted up before the United States were even formed, it wasn't until 1851 that prisoners were given official inmate numbers. And the first gentleman to receive such a number — 00001 — was a 22-year-old cabinet-maker from Sacramento, California. —...
With the threat landscape becoming increasingly sophisticated, companies need agile approaches to improve their defenses and mitigate risks. After all, hackers are adapting their strategies and introducing new tools and technologies to improve their success rates. The...
There is 'endless hyperbole about how incredibly complex and powerful the human brain is,' says California Institute of Technology neuroscientist Markus Meister. 'If you actually try to put numbers to it, we are incredibly slow.' LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? —...
The Shelby County, Alabama Sheriff's Office reports that 'on Sunday, December 22nd, deputies responded to an armed and dangerous suspect attempting to roost in a local church parking lot. A brave, young deputy gave chase, risking his life to protect the church flock.' — Read...
Are humans the result of a pig and a chimpanzee mating? Maybe, says Eugene M. McCarthy, who holds a Ph.D. in genetics from the University of Georgia, and specializes in studying hybridization in animals. Uri Bram, in his delightful Atoms vs Bits essay, says the idea that...
Continuing its tradition of yearly major releases on December 25, the Ruby programming-language project has released Ruby 3.4.0 (followed quickly by 3.4.1, which simply updates the version number). Ruby 3.4 includes lots of changes, including the addition of it as a...
A lucid dream is one in which you're aware of the fact that you're dreaming and can often control what happens. If you can train yourself in the practice, it can help boost creativity, confront fears, practice new skills, and even alleviate recurring nightmares, all while...
TL;DR: Plug 13 things into the 13-in-1 Docking Station, on sale for $44.97 (reg. $70) until January 12 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Sick of all the adapters? Ditch 'em. This Docking Station trades one USB-C port on your computer for 13 ports for everything from monitors to chargers...
AI writing tools can save you time and help you draft, edit, and refine your content, suggesting improvements in tone, structure, and clarity to let you focus on the creative aspects of your writing. Given the vast selection of choices, selecting the right tool can be...
Security updates have been issued by Debian (fastnetmon, webkit2gtk, and xen), Fedora (sympa), Oracle (postgresql), and Red Hat (pcp, tigervnc, and xorg-x11-server and xorg-x11-server-Xwayland).
Cornell University warned international students that they should arrive in the U.S. before president-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated in January, as he is expected to impose a wide-ranging travel ban as soon as he can. A travel ban is likely to go into effect soon after...
Paul Batchelor's Trio presents a simple fretboard to the viewer: click/tap and it will sing. Move the note and the voice follows; hold the note and vocal harmonies will layer themselves upon the note. There's no control over the chord, I don't think, but it sounds beautiful! ...
Mike Jeffries, longtime CEO of mall retailer Abercrombie & Fitch, was charged with sex trafficking over parties where dozens of young men were allegedly paid for sex with money, drugs and modeling gigs. But now he has dementia and late-onset Alzheimers disease, his lawyers...
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