Alex Ross on Jackie, an eagle whose life in a nest near Big Bear Lake, in the San Bernardino Mountains, east of Los Angeles, was broadcast via web cam to tens of thousands of followers.
A time of struggle ensued. In the 2018-19 season, two chicks were born, Cookie and Simba; the latter successfully fledged. (Names are chosen in consultation with local third graders.) In 2019-20, two… [+4387 chars]
Introduction
COSCUP 2026 was held on August 8–9 at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) in Taipei. As one of Taiwan’s largest annual open-source gatherings, COSCUP brings together developers, users, communities, and open-source advo…
COSCUP 2026 was held on August 89 at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) in Taipei. As one of Taiwans largest annual open-source gatherings, COSCUP brings together developers… [+18868 chars]
Amazon’s Fire Tablets ship with a modified version of Android called Fire OS. That means that while the underlying operating system is based on Android, they have a custom user interface, app store, and other features that are tightly tied to Amazon’s apps an…
Amazon’s Fire Tablets ship with a modified version of Android called Fire OS. That means that while the underlying operating system is based on Android, they have a custom user interface, app store, … [+2593 chars]
KIERAN GILL AT CRAVEN COTTAGE: Xabi Alonso's Chelsea reign got off to a winning start with a 3-2 victory at west-London rivals Fulham.
Xabi Alonso's Chelsea reign got off to a winning start with a 3-2 victory at west-London rivals Fulham.
Chelsea took the lead within seconds when Joao Pedro broke the deadlock before Josh King equal… [+6361 chars]
Zcash's profitability surge could attract more miners, potentially increasing network security but also raising concerns about energy consumption.
The post Zcash mining generates $727 per megawatt-hour, surpassing Bitcoin by more than fourfold appeared first …
Privacy coin's mining economics are trouncing both Bitcoin and traditional data center benchmarks as ZEC prices surge past $800 Zcash miners are pulling in roughly $727 per megawatt-hour of electrici… [+2079 chars]
The e-commerce giant blames increases in component costs for the device price hikes.
Talk about sticker shock. Amazon just raised the prices of some of its most popular electronics — including Kindles, Echos, Fire TVs and more — by up to 60%.
You can thank the so-called RAMageddon f… [+3095 chars]
A cyber attack shut down a small British power plant for four days in July. Hackers affiliated with the Iranian regime were responsible, according to the Telegraph. Tony Diver, Rozina Sabur and Matt Oliver broke the story on Saturday. It is thought to be the …
A cyber attack shut down a small British power plant for four days in July. Hackers affiliated with the Iranian regime were responsible, according to the Telegraph.
Tony Diver, Rozina Sabur and Matt… [+6609 chars]
The Chinese embassy in the Dominican Republic on Sunday accused its American counterpart of spreading "defamatory" remarks by sharing statements made by a U.S. official warning of the potential security dangers that come with using Chinese tech.
The post Beij…
The Chinese embassy in the Dominican Republic on Sunday accused its American counterpart of spreading “defamatory” remarks by sharing statements made by a U.S. official warning of the potential secur… [+5135 chars]
The recursive internet scanner for hackers.
https://github.com/blacklanternsecurity/bbot/assets/20261699/e539e89b-92ea-46fa-b893-9cde94eebf81
A BBOT scan in real-time - visualization with VivaGraphJS
Installation
# stable version
pipx inst… [+7026 chars]
A fake 113GB GTA VI build is packed with malware, using massive empty files to hide a tiny malicious payload. GTA VI hype has reached the point where people are volunteering to infect their own computers just to check if a leak is real. Someone on X asked the…
Cybercriminals Turn GTA VI Leaks Into Malware Bait
GTA VI hype has reached the point where people are volunteering to infect their own computers just to check if a leak is real. Someone on X asked t… [+3663 chars]
Enterprise AI & Python Toolkit: Pre-training, SFT, DPO, Custom Tensor Engine, Ethical Hacking, and the ZenithOS GUI Framework.
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No risk to wider energy system, government tells The Reg
A suspected Iran-linked cyberattack shut down a small UK power plant around the time that a series of digital intrusions disrupted American water utilities across 12 states.
A British government spo… [+2348 chars]
Security research, ethical hacking, and building stuff.
Finding housing in NYC is hard. Everyone knows that. But what not everyone knows is that it is easier to find the last four digits of someones Social Security number than an apartment
I was applying… [+5527 chars]
As debate intensifies over surveillance cameras, a photojournalist in Philadelphia has set out to document the omnipresent devices monitoring us.
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A security system watches over an intersection in Washington, DC, with a portrait of President Donald Trump visible in the background | Photo by Matthew Hatcher
As debate intensifies over surveillan… [+4759 chars]
I played two brand new Control Resonant missions and feel foolish for ever doubting it. Our final preview:
I first played Control Resonant back in June, having made my way through the same couple of hours as my colleague, Mitchell Saltzman, detailed in IGNs first preview
. Much like him, I had a great ti… [+10247 chars]
Today, the UK’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) announces the launch of seven refined research opportunities aimed at hacking humans, nature, and the climate. ARIA has been busy refining its approach to research opportuntities by consolidating …
Today, the UKs Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) announces the launch of seven refined research opportunities aimed at hacking humans, nature, and the climate.
ARIA has been busy refini… [+10097 chars]
Fake Codex pages used Google Sites, sponsored search and ClickFix to target Mac users
A fake Codex download campaign has used sponsored search results, legitimate Google Sites pages and ClickFix instructions to trick macOS users into executing malware.
In a technical write-up publish… [+3297 chars]
Enterprise AI & Python Toolkit: Pre-training, SFT, DPO, Custom Tensor Engine, Ethical Hacking, and the ZenithOS GUI Framework.
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Sinan Can Demir wanted to spend the last week of July burnishing his resume. Instead, he engaged in a battle with an artificial-intelligence agent unleashed by a British government lab.
A suspected China-linked hacking group is exploiting a critical flaw in Broadcoms VMware vCenter Server, compromising systems in 47 countries. Researchers at German firm QUIRSO counted 361 victim IP … [+609 chars]
Emacs 31.1 has been released, whee! Also, Divya's post An Introduction to Canvas in GNU Emacs is really cool and I'm looking forward to that becoming generally available in Emacs 32. =)
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Emacs 31.1 has been released, whee! Also, Divya's post An Introduction to Canvas in GNU Emacs is really cool and I'm looking forward to that becoming generally available in Emacs 32. =)
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ChatGPT, Meta AI and Google now use memory, connected apps and past chats to personalize ads and responses in ways most users overlook today.
You probably tell an artificial intelligence chatbot things you would never post publicly. Maybe you ask about a health concern. Perhaps you need help sorting through a financial decision or dealing … [+16284 chars]
Big security risks come in small packages. While enterprise security teams focus on policing the proliferation of employees using ChatGPT and Claude for quick drafting tasks, a more urgent threat is posed by a handful of AI super-adopters who are quietly hard…
Big security risks come in small packages. While enterprise security teams focus on policing the proliferation of employees using ChatGPT and Claude for quick drafting tasks, a more urgent threat is … [+6652 chars]
Emacs 31.1 adds a slew of quality-of-life features. It retires its quirky unexec dumper; there are general improvements to tree-sitter, including a much-wanted auto-installer for grammars; and much more.
Emacs 31.1 is finally out! Unlike earlier Emacs versions, there is not a singular big-bang feature in this release. From what I could gather, the new garbage collector was possibly planned for inclus… [+244574 chars]
The fear of hacking has made some people turn to other forms of technology ignored by new generations of cyber criminals.
Militaries are also known for being reluctant to take chances. Even the world's most active militaries are known to occasionally rely on old technologies for reasons of reliability and security. "One… [+263 chars]
As AI hostilities between countries cannot be ruled out, India can’t afford to overlook the classic rules of battle readiness. One big lesson from the historical record is that offensive capacity is never enough. A sword needs a shield to go with it.
Using experts, the weapons were graded and tested in four categories: short range weapons like knives and clubs; mid-range ones like swords, spears and axes; long-range bows, muskets and firearms and… [+4694 chars]
