The US Is About to Drown in a Sea of Kittens
Cats are most fertile during the summer months, but in recent years “kitten season” has been starting earlier and lasting longer. The trend is bad news for shelters and wildlife alike.
Read MoreCats are most fertile during the summer months, but in recent years “kitten season” has been starting earlier and lasting longer. The trend is bad news for shelters and wildlife alike.
Read MoreMacworld Whether you’re planning to buy a new Mac or you got one as a gift, your current Mac doesn’t need to end up in a closet. So what do you do with it? If you aren’t planning to give it to a lucky friend or family member, you can trade or sell it to
Read MoreMacworld Plug your MacBook in and out of a multi-port docking station to swiftly add devices and external displays to your laptop. We tested a bunch to find the best Thunderbolt and USB-C docks available to owners of the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro. Thunderbolt 3, 4, USB4 or USB-C The connectors all look the
Read MoreThe XRP price has remained relatively calm amidst the broader crypto market correction this week, experiencing only a 3% decline and trading around $0.61. According to the XRP price prediction post provided by altFINS, the price faced rejection at the $0.75 resistance level in mid-March and subsequently pulled back. However, they suggest that buyers could
Read MoreJessica Lyons reports via The Register: Vulnerabilities in common Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs) required in US commercial trucks could be present in over 14 million medium- and heavy-duty rigs, according to boffins at Colorado State University. In a paper presented at the 2024 Network and Distributed System Security Symposium, associate professor Jeremy Daily and systems
Read MorePlus: The Biden administration warns of nationwide attacks on US water systems, a new Russian wiper malware emerges, and China-linked hackers wage a global attack spree.
Read MoreThere are 0x10 ways to look at ROM programmers: they’re either relatively low-cost tools that let you quickly get about the business of programming vintage ROMs and get back to your retrocomputing activities, or they’re egregiously overpriced on a per-use basis. [Anders Nielsen] seems to land in the latter camp, firmly enough that he not
Read MorePhoto by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Emad Mostaque is stepping down from his role as CEO of Stability AI, the startup that helped bring Stable Diffusion to life. In a press release late on Friday night, Stability AI says Mostaque is leaving the company “to pursue decentralized AI.” Mostaque will also step down from
Read MoreIf you are a fan of the Google Chrome web browser, you might have noticed that the browser automatically suggests super-strong passwords. After generating a password, you even get an option to save it on the password manager. Google Chrome can do this because of its free built-in password manager, Google Password Manager. Even though
Read MoreSmall screen horror that Stephen Kin approves of? Sign me up, please. For those in the dark, From is a show about inhabitants of a town who are trapped there forever, and tormented by shape-shifting monsters who come out when the sun sets. Let’s get into the From season 3 release window, plot expectations, and
Read MoreAn AI tool named Mia, tested by the NHS, successfully detected signs of breast cancer in 11 women which had been missed by human doctors. The BBC reports: The tool, called Mia, was piloted alongside NHS clinicians and analyzed the mammograms of over 10,000 women. Most of them were cancer-free, but it successfully flagged all
Read MoreIt’s a problem that faces every designer of an event badge: how to make something that won’t simply become a piece of e-waste once the last attendee has gone home. Various events have had badges with extra sensors, ones designed to be dev boards, and ones that try to do useful software tasks, but this
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from InterestingEngineering: A concept that began as a doodle at a conference years ago is now becoming a reality. RocketStar Inc. has showcased (PDF) its advanced nuclear-based propulsion technology called the FireStar Drive. It is said to be the world’s first electric device for spacecraft propulsion boosted by nuclear
Read MoreThe Wico Boss joystick was one of the better designs of the 1980s. Yours truly had one, and put it through many brutal hours of Amiga-based gameplay. [Drygol] was recently asked if he could alter some of these sticks to be even clickier than stock, and jumped at the change to do some modding. [Drygol]’s
Read MoreBlowout savings are in effect for standalone Microsoft Office licenses, as well as Microsoft 365 12-month subscriptions. Save up to 90% on the software this weekend. If budget is front and center and you want the lowest price period on Office, the 2019 Home & Business for Mac suite of tools is available for $24.99.
Read More“There is a new side channel attack against Apple ‘M’ series CPUs that does not appear to be fixable without a major performance hit,” writes Slashdot reader EncryptedSoldier. SecurityWeek reports: A team of researchers representing several universities in the United States has disclosed the details of a new side-channel attack method that can be used
Read MoreInstagram has been limiting recommended political content by default without notifying users. Ars Technica reports: Instead, Instagram rolled out the change in February, announcing in a blog that the platform doesn’t “want to proactively recommend political content from accounts you don’t follow.” That post confirmed that Meta “won’t proactively recommend content about politics on recommendation
Read MoreLindsay Clark reports via The Register: The UK Information Commissioner’s Office has received a complaint detailing the mismanagement of personal data at the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), the regulator that oversees worker registration. Employment as a nurse or midwife depends on enrollment with the NMC in the UK. According to whistleblower evidence seen by
Read MoreWhile it might not seem like it to a novice, music turns out to be a highly mathematical endeavor with precise ratios between chords and notes as well as overall structure of rhythm and timing. This is especially true of popular music which has even more recognizable repeating patterns and trends, making it unfortunately an
Read MoreWhile it might not seem like it to a novice, music turns out to be a highly mathematical endeavor with precise ratios between chords and notes as well as overall structure of rhythm and timing. This is especially true of popular music which has even more recognizable repeating patterns and trends, making it unfortunately an
Read MoreThe Asus ROG NUC. | Image: Asus When Asus rescued Intel’s NUC brand of compact computers from the dumpster, I held out hope that the company might also revive Intel’s ambitious miniature gaming PCs. It did, but prepare for a little sticker shock — these systems may cost as much or more than a comparable
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: General Motors said Friday that it had stopped sharing details about how people drove its cars with two data brokers that created risk profiles for the insurance industry. The decision followed a New York Times report this month that G.M. had, for years, been
Read MoreThe Dutch pirate site blocklist has expanded with two new targets, shadow libraries Anna’s Archive and Library Genesis. The court order was obtained by local anti-piracy group BREIN, acting on behalf of major publishers. Interestingly, Z-Library isn’t listed in the blocking order, despite explicit warnings previously issued by BREIN. TorrentFreak reports: All blocking requests were
Read MoreThe Dutch pirate site blocklist has expanded with two new targets, shadow libraries Anna’s Archive and Library Genesis. The court order was obtained by local anti-piracy group BREIN, acting on behalf of major publishers. Interestingly, Z-Library isn’t listed in the blocking order, despite explicit warnings previously issued by BREIN. TorrentFreak reports: All blocking requests were
Read MoreSamsung’s preorder deals are often aggressive, and their TV offer is no different. To celebrate the launch of the 2024 TV and audio lineup, Samsung is throwing in a free 65-inch TV with a qualifying preorder. Select from OLED, The Frame, Neo QLED 4K and Neo QLED 8K models to secure the preorder incentive. Prices
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