If you’ve ever broken up with someone—and been on the receiving end of an angry series of texts or phone calls—you might recoil at the idea of ending a relationship when it isn’t working. To save yourself from having the talk altogether, you might even ghost dates instead. Read more… Practice Breaking Up With Someone
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple pushed out a software update today to repair a problem that it had previously patched — and then somehow unpatched. Update 12.4.1 introduces a fix for a vulnerability in which, according to Apple, “a malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges” —
Read MoreChristopher Bing / Reuters: Amid recent ransomware attacks against local governments, US officials fear similar attacks on election databases; CISA to launch a program to help secure them — WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government plans to launch a program in roughly one month that narrowly focuses … Amid recent ransomware attacks against local governments,
Read Morepalantir logo In September, the LGBTQ tech organization Lesbians Who Tech will throw its annual conference in New York, including a range of high-profile speakers, breakout sessions, and a job fair aiming to place talented LGBTQ employees at high-profile firms. Sponsors include some of the biggest names in tech, including Google, Oculus, and Verizon. Last
Read MorePorsche’s first EV, the Taycan, has set a new record for the fastest lap by a four-door electric sports car at the hallowed Nürburgring in Germany. The previous record-holder was… well, probably no one, since Porsche is kind of stretching here in the name of claiming that the Taycan set a record. Automakers love bragging
Read MoreApple has released a trailer for its upcoming Apple TV Plus original series Dickinson. It’s a half-hour anachronistic comedy show starring Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit, Pitch Perfect 2 and 3) as the eponymous poet Emily Dickinson. Per Apple’s capsule description, “Dickinson audaciously explores the constraints of society, gender, and family from the perspective of rebellious
Read MoreSpecifically, the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia is a leading contender. Tesla reportedly eyes Germany for new factory – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreEmily Baumgaertner / Los Angeles Times: Source: DHS exposed sensitive data from a bioterrorism defense program on an insecure website for over a decade, despite warnings, before being secured in May — The Department of Homeland Security stored sensitive data from the nation’s bioterrorism defense program on an insecure website … Source: DHS exposed sensitive
Read MoreAnalytics can save higher education, according to a bold new statement from the Association for Institutional Research, Educause and the National Association of College and University Business Officers. The associations’ call for action highlighted the importance of harnessing analytics to improve completion rates, campus operations, strategic decision-making and more. Associations Offer 6 Principles for Leveraging
Read MoreIt would have allowed iPhone owners to send messages without cell coverage, a report says. Apple reportedly shelves iPhone walkie-talkie project – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIn the sequel to the 2013 hit, the characters embark on a dangerous journey as they search for answers about Elsa’s powers. Frozen 2: Release date, trailers, cast and everything we know so far – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe Notable Women app takes on heightened meaning after the plan to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill was pushed back. Google puts women on US currency with an AR workaround – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThere’s nothing quite like building something to your own personal specifications. It’s why desktop 3D printers are such a powerful tool, and why this scalable plotter from the [Lost Projects Office] is so appealing. You just print out the end pieces and then pair it with rods of your desired length. If you’ve got some
Read MoreThe U.S. federal deficit is expanding faster than originally anticipated. The Congressional Budget Office said last week that the annual deficit will exceed $1 trillion in the next fiscal year, which starts in October. Over the next decade, the federal deficit will expand by about $800 billion more than previously… Read more… What You Should
Read MoreRemember those old push-to-talk phones? You know, the ones that basically worked like a walkie-talkie, letting people chat without connecting to a cellular network or dialing a phone number? As it turns out, Apple might’ve tried to stick a walkie-talkie-like feature of its own on future iPhones. The feature has since been put on hold. A
Read MoreThe science community has a crisis on its hands. Some anarchist physicists recently started kicking the tires on the Standard Model and they figured out the universe is expanding faster than it should be. This means the worst possible outcome imaginable has come to pass: scientists got some math wrong. Either that, or the universe
Read MoreManish Singh / TechCrunch: CRED, a 9-month old Indian startup, raises $120M Series B to help people improve their financial behavior; source: the startup’s valuation is now $430M-$450M — Many Silicon Valley companies and fintech startups in India today share a common mission: They all want to bring their financial services to the next billion
Read MoreI have only seen one episode of HBO’s Succession, but that does not mean I am left out of the Succession-focused Monday morning discourse, particularly when the episode features an eerily familiar workplace scenario or, in the case of last night’s episode, a food or beverage hack. Read more… Hyperdecanting: Better Wine in a Minute,
Read MoreLet’s face it, synthesizers are awesome. But commercial synths are pretty expensive. Even the little toy ones like the KORG Volca and the MicroKORG will run you a few hundred bucks. For the most part, they’re worth the price because they’re packed with features. This is great for experienced synth wizards, but can be intimidating
Read More{$inline_image} Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: Hackers seen attacking enterprise networks’ Webmin servers and VPN services by Pulse Secure and Fortinet, after critical flaws were recently made public — Enterprise networks across the world are at risk after hackers start exploiting three very popular products. Hackers seen attacking enterprise networks' Webmin servers and VPN services by
Read MoreRisk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan. Backdoor.Syskit Source: Symantec lastest threats
Read MoreDisney today released footage from the upcoming Star Wars film, The Rise of Skywalker, from this weekend’s D23 convention, and the internet is afire for it. Granted, the Star Wars franchise rouses several generations of fanpeople like no franchise on earth — and given the trailer begins with a sizzle reel of major events from the previous two trilogies, it’s likely Disney
Read MorePhoto by Tom Warren / The Verge Microsoft’s new Your Phone service that helps connect Android phones to Windows has stopped working for users today. “We’ve identified an issue causing connection problems for the Your Phone app,” explains a Microsoft service outage page. “Users may receive ‘Can’t connect’ or other error banners when using the
Read MoreLorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: Apple releases iOS 12.4.1 to patch a bug, inadvertently reintroduced in iOS 12.4, which allowed up-to-date iPhones to be jailbroken for the first time in years — The company released a patch to fix a dangerous bug on Monday, a week after hackers had released a jailbreak for fully patched iPhones.
Read MoreIn April, the Cut spoke to Debby Montgomery Johnson, a 60-year old victim of an online dating scam that cost her more than $1 million. “We talked about everything, we talked about kids … For me, looking back now, it was very therapeutic, because I could write so much more than I could ever articulate
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