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Tuesday November 11, 2025. 05:49 PM
Firefox 145 has been released. Notable changes in this release include note-taking features for PDFs viewed in Firefox, enhanced privacy protections, and the ability to access and manage passwords in the sidebar. This release also drops support for 32-bit Linux systems.
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The iPad Pro went on sale ten years ago, launching with a 12.9-inch screen that Apple believed would redefine computing through size alone. The company initially resisted making the device a laptop replacement and maintained strict limitations on multitasking, browser...
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KONNI espionage crew covertly abused Google’s Find My Device feature to remotely factory-reset Android phones North Korean state-backed spies have found a new way to torch evidence of their own cyber-spying – by hijacking Google's Find Hub service to remotely wipe...
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Give us only your rich and in shape immigrants; send away the tired, poor, huddled masses. Fat ol' Trump with no sense of irony wants only the healthiest people in America, which is adorable coming from a man who slams down hamberders with his covfeve. — Read the rest The po...
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WIRED spoke with Chuck Borges, the former SSA data chief turned DOGE whistleblower, who is running to represent southern Maryland in the state’s senate.
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Stable genius Donald Trump's latest idea for economic relief sounds simple enough: take the billions supposedly pouring in from his tariffs and hand every middle- and lower-income American a $2,000 'dividend.' Unfortunately, experts say there's one tiny snag: the money...
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A halfling can't become a great fighter. At least, that's what the 1970s Dungeons & Dragons rulebook insisted—racial determinism baked right into the fantasy. When Elon Musk told Hasbro to 'burn in hell' last November for acknowledging those old stereotypes, he wasn't just...
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Apple has launched the iPhone Pocket, a knitted bag designed to hold iPhones. The limited edition collaboration with Japanese designer Issey Miyake costs $229.95 for the crossbody version. A shorter version is priced at $149.95. Apple said the 3D-knitted design was inspired...
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Hungry Hippo won't move to the launchpad until next year Aerospace manufacturer and launch service provider Rocket Lab has confirmed what many have long suspected: its 'Hungry Hippo' Neutron rocket won't be hitting the launchpad until 2026 at the earliest.…
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My buddy Michael Beitz recently broke the lid of an electric tea kettle. The polka-dot kettle was too cute to get rid of, so being the incredible artist they are, they decided to make another lid for it instead. They took the measurements for the opening and made a new one...
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TL;DR: Make your presentations pop with a Microsoft Visio 2021 Professional Lifetime License for Windows, now just $12.97 (reg. $249.99) through November 20. Got big ideas? Make sure you have the tools to bring them to life with some help from Microsoft Visio 2021...
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Adding to the ridiculousness, Portland anti-ICE protestors have held an aerobics class. Dressed in 80s wear, this reminds me of Travolta in 'Perfect.' Watch the video here. Portland does not disappoint! Observing what Trump considers to be 'war ravaged' I think we can also...
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One of my favorite Apple oddities is its lineup of colorful iPod socks, offered 20 years ago for its portable music players. The magic is back as the iPhone Pocket, a knitted phone sock designed by Issey Miyake. Featuring a ribbed mesh structure with the qualities of the...
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VMS/XDE is an OpenVMS x86 development environment for Linux and WIndows (via WSL). It provides a familiar user experience for OpenVMS developers working in Linux and Windows yet offers 100% binary and file system compatilibilty with OpenVMS. VMS/XDE includes OpenVMS V9.2-3...
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As part of the KDE Plasma 6.5 release, we also got a new release of Plasma Mobile. As there’s a lot of changes, improvements, and new features in Plasma Mobile 6.5, the Plasma Mobile Team published a blog post to highlight them all. The biggest improvement is probably the...
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Sam Altman's Tools for Humanity has verified around 17.5 million people through its iris-scanning Orb device. The company has set a goal of reaching 1 billion users, so it is less than 2% of the way there. The startup has raised $240 million from investors including...
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Katie Wilson, a progressive activist and union leader, is ahead of Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell by just 91 votes in the count after last week's election. With almost all ballots counted, she's poised to become the second left-wing candidate in a week to become leader of a...
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In October, one in every 44 GenAI prompts submitted from enterprise networks posed a high risk of data leakage, impacting 87 percent of organizations that use GenAI regularly. A study from Check Point Research finds an additional 19 percent of prompts contained potentially...
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Tails is an unusual Linux distribution developed by the Tor Project; it is designed to help users work around internet censorship and avoid surveillance. It is a 'portable' operating system that is meant to be run from a USB stick or ISO image and to leave no trace on the...
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Want to surprise your feline friend or find the perfect gift for a cat lover? WIRED has you covered.
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