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Thursday March 28, 2024. 12:01 AM
The magical Brick Insights has a page/project charting the price of Lego parts. A couple of weeks ago I received this question by Jared Hinton:'Just a quick question on the PPP data. Most years have a average PPP of 20c+ per part. — Read the rest The post Lego...
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Wednesday March 27, 2024. 11:40 PM
An anonymous reader quotes a report from KrebsOnSecurity: Several Apple customers recently reported being targeted in elaborate phishing attacks that involve what appears to be a bug in Apple's password reset feature. In this scenario, a target's Apple devices are forced to...
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Police went on a wild goose, er, ostrich chase after the bird escaped from a local zoo in South Korea. The feathered runaway looked pretty excited as he dodged authorities for about an hour, running down the middle of busy streets as he stopped traffic and turned heads. —...
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At NYMag, John Hermann takes a deep dive into the moist world of ░P░U░S░S░Y░I░N░B░I░O░ spambots on Twitter, which the company has not and for comical reasons will not deal with. It starts with an amusing tour through Elon Musk's superficial promises to...
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Beware support calls offering a fix Apple device owners, consider yourselves warned: a targeted multi-factor authentication bombing campaign is under way, with the goal of exhausting iUsers into allowing an unwanted password reset.…
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TikTok is being investigated by the FTC over its data and security practices, 'a probe that could lead to a settlement or a lawsuit against the company,' reports the Associated Press. From the report: In its investigation, the FTC has been looking into whether TikTok...
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We're dreaming of a white list, because we're just like the ones you used to know More than half of Americans are using ad blocking software, and among advertising, programming, and security professionals that fraction is more like two-thirds to three-quarters.…
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Two Texas-based bitcoin miners have turned to the foothills of the Andes mountains in Argentina to mine bitcoin using flared natural gas. CNBC reports: Brent Whitehead and Matt Lohstroh, both graduates of Texas A&M University, have been mining bitcoin on the oil fields of...
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Fame is a weird thing. I was talking to some (highly educated) writers in their early 30s when I discovered none of them had ever HEARD of Crosby, Stills & Nash. I was stunned. How is that possible?  Well, fame is fleeting, obviously. — Read the rest The post Lost in time:...
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TL;DR: Take your digital tasks to the next level with the apps offered in either Microsoft Office 2019 for Windows or Mac! Snag the entire suite for just $29.97 through April 2. It's 2024, well into the 'making things easy on ourselves' era. — Read the rest The post Don't...
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Hardware misbehaving in orbit? Time for a reset on the avionics NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) space observatory has had a problem, prompting engineers on the ground to hit the reset button.…
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Anyscale claims issue is 'long-standing design decision' – as users are raided by intruders Thousands of companies remain vulnerable to a remote-code-execution bug in Ray, an open-source AI framework used by Amazon, OpenAI, and others, that is being abused by miscreants in ...
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Brazilian anti-piracy campaign 'Operation 404' has taken down many pirate sites and services over the past five years, but criminal prosecutions have been scarce. This week, anti-piracy group ALIANZA announced a...
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Edifier has introduced the QR65 Desktop Active Monitor speakers. These speakers integrate Edifier's acoustic technology with features such as Lumia light effects and TurboGaN fast-charging capabilities. The QR65 is designed to deliver quality sound, with certifications for...
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The number of adventurers with their sites on Mt Everest is increasing. In 2023, Nepal authorized 473 climbing permits, not including Sherpa guides and support staff. Unfortunately, the popularity of the peak has caused a shitty problem. 'The problem of human waste on...
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The speed with which enterprise-level artificial intelligence has moved from the realm of theoretical -- if not outright science fiction -- to a widely adopted business tool has been nothing short of astonishing. The mad dash to find and implement applications for new,...
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The U.S. State Department has offered up to $10 million for information on the 'Blackcat' ransomware gang who hit the UnitedHealth Group's tech unit and snarled insurance payments across America. From a report: 'The ALPHV Blackcat ransomware-as-a-service group compromised...
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If you read my scoop last week, I bet you’ve been wondering — how well could a Snapdragon chip actually run Windows games? At the 2024 Game Developers Conference, the company claimed Arm could run those titles at close to x86/64 speed, but how fast is fast? With...
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Adds $2.75B to the ML sweepstakes ante and is counting on Claude Amazon says it has concluded its investment in AI super-startup Anthropic, which now stands at $4 billion, a figure the e-commerce colossus committed to last year.…
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A crafty Labrador retriever thought the coast was clear when she swiped a piece of cheese from the kitchen counter. And then she realized her human wasn't heading off into another room after all. So the quick-thinking doggo stashed the dairy snack into her jowl and froze...
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