Email accounts were breached at nearly 30 US Attorneys’ offices, the DOJ says, as it provides new details of an attack revealed last December. SolarWinds hackers nailed federal prosecutors' offices, Department of Justice says – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Earlier this week during Apple’s earnings call, CEO Tim Cook said that the iPad had experienced its most successful June quarter in nearly a decade. And now IDC is out with its latest worldwide shipment figures that underline Apple’s commanding lead over the tablet competition. After refreshing the
Read MoreLevel up your travel and dining experiences with the right travel rewards credit card. Best travel credit cards for August 2021 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhen fate lands a very high quality lens in front of you, what do you do with it? If you are [Tim Hamilton], the solution is obvious. Use it in a huge large-format camera. The lens came from a newspaper magnifier made redundant by digitalisation and used as a paperweight. It’s an extremely high quality
Read MoreJosh Centers / TidBITS: How Apple became an “antifragile” company, by building a diverse portfolio of products and performing even stronger during the pandemic than it did before — For over two decades, “APPLE IS DOOMED” was a common refrain in Internet discussions. Originally, it was meant in a literal sense … How Apple became
Read MoreIt’s like an Airbnb-style for swimming pools. Your visit may or may not include a giant unicorn floatie. Swimply lets you swim in a stranger's pool. It's less weird than you think – CNET Source: CNet
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Read MoreSeason 4 of supernatural Western Wynonna Earp is out now. Netflix: The 40 best TV shows to watch tonight – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreImage: Google Google has recently been selling a combo-package of the Stadia Controller and 2020 Chromecast as a limited-time promotion. But as spotted by 9to5Google, the company has now made the pair a permanent bundle that it’s calling the “play and watch” package. For $99.99, you get both the controller and streaming dongle. That’s a
Read MoreJaime Llinares Taboada / MarketWatch: UK’s CMA launches an inquiry into Facebook’s acquisition of Kustomer, investigating whether the deal violates the UK’s Enterprise Act 2002 — The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority said Friday that it has started a merger investigation into the acquisition by Facebook Inc. of Kustomer Inc. UK's CMA launches an inquiry
Read MorePhoto by Bernd Muller/Redferns The official video for Rick Astley’s 1987 hit “Never Gonna Give You Up” has surpassed 1 billion plays on YouTube. The song became a lasting part of internet culture thanks to the Rickroll meme and reached the impressive milestone a couple days ago. Astley took to the video’s comments to share
Read More{$inline_image} An increasing fact of life over the coming years will be the decarbonisation of our transport networks, for which a variety of competing solutions are being touted. Railways, trucks, cars, and planes will all be affected by this move away from fossil fuels, and while sectors such as passenger cars are making great strides
Read MoreAnna Nicolaou / Financial Times: A look at the debate over Spotify’s Discovery Mode, whereby artists are prioritized for reduced royalties, a key way for Spotify to improve margins — Executives complain new Discovery Mode is ‘payola’ but one Texas frontman sees it as the future — The Josh Abbott Band … A look at
Read MoreWhether you live in an older home, or just appreciate them (and can lose hours scrolling through the Cheap Old Houses Instagram account), you may have looked at a house and wondered about its history: How old it is, who lived and died there, and what other events took place there over the years. Read
Read MoreGet out from under that oppressive annual percentage interest rate. Best balance transfer credit cards for August 2021 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNanoleaf’s canvas light panels are easy to set up and can display more than 16 million colors. | Image: Nanoleaf If you like your lighting to be on the adventurous side, rest assured that Nanoleaf’s canvas light panels aren’t made to be subtle. The touch-sensitive squares are flashy and versatile, with the ability to display
Read MoreWhether you’re content with keeping your side hustle on the side or want to turn it into your full-time job, you need customers and a strategy. And you know where the customers are: Scrolling Instagram and sending TikToks to their friends TikToks. But how do you get their attention on social media? Read more… How
Read MoreJackie Davalos / Bloomberg: Apple removes Unjected, a social app for “unvaxxed friendly”, citing COVID-19 misinfo; Unjected removed social feed from its Android app after a Google warning — Anti-Vax App Squares Off With Google, Apple Over Misinformation Jackie Davalos31 July 2021, 15:00 CEST … Apple removes Unjected, a social app for "unvaxxed friendly", citing
Read MoreEveryone has their reasons for wearing (or not wearing) deodorant or antiperspirant—whether it’s to avoid sweating, smelling, or giving in to societal norms. But if you’re someone who opts to glide or spray on one of those products, do you know the difference between them? Read more… The Difference Between Antiperspirant and Deodorant (and How
Read MoreImage: Telegram Telegram has announced the latest new features and improvements making their way to the popular messaging app. Video is the focus this time around. After launching group video calls last month, those sessions are now able to tally up to 1,000 viewers. The maximum number of people able to participate and broadcast to
Read MoreMark Harris / Wired: Analysis: since August 2020, 100+ warships from 16+ countries have had GPS-based location data faked to make it look like they crossed into disputed territory — The latest weapons in the global information war are fake vessels behaving badly. — ON SEPTEMBER 17 last year … Analysis: since August 2020, 100+
Read MoreTLDR: The All-Access CompTIA A+ & Network Certification Prep Bundle offers 12 courses and more than 160 hours of training to help land almost a dozen critical CompTIA certificates. Every industry requires its experts to grow and learn new features and new approaches. In no industry is that more important than in tech, where advances
Read MoreIf you’re looking for a new job, there’s a chance you’re feeling unfulfilled in your current position and you’re so over your boss that instead of bringing this up to them and hoping for a change, you’re ready to jump ship entirely. Read more… How to Look for a New Job Without Tipping Off Your
Read MoreThis week we saw a couple DIY tools for small-run manufacturing at home that help make your life easier if you’re climbing out of the happy bucket and into the pit of despair — when you’re making enough of the item that it’s not fun any more, but you still don’t have the volume to
Read More{$inline_image}There should only be one — and preferably only one — obvious way to do it”, says the Zen of Python. Yet there are areas where even seasoned programmers debate what the right or wrong way to do things is. One of these areas is Python classes. Borrowed from Object-Oriented Programming, they’re quite beautiful constructs
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