Month: July 2023

Call of Duty Self-Spreading Worm Takes Aim at Player Lobbies

The revival of the beloved online multiplayer video game was short-lived once players detected unusual activity and behavior that portended malware….


4 ways to detect generative AI hype from reality

Every IT vendor is banging the drum for generative AI. Here’s how to make sure the technology you use is in rhythm with your company’s wider aims….


Unesco Recommends Against Great Barrier Reef ‘in Danger’ Listing But Australia Warned More Action Needed

UN scientific advisors have recommended the Great Barrier Reef not be placed on a list of World Heritage sites “in danger” but stressed the planet’s biggest coral reef system remains under “serious threat” from global heating and water pollution. From ……


Keep All Your Gear Powered With $60 off This High-Capacity Anker Power Bank – CNET

The Anker 737 has a lot of great features, from its massive 24,000-mAh capacity to the 140-watt output, and you can grab it for just $90 right now….


Power Your Laptop and More on the Go With This High-Capacity Anker Power Bank – CNET

This Anker 737 portable charger has a 24,000 mAh capacity, supports 140W fast charging and right now you can pick it up for $50 off….


ESA’s Euclid Space Telescope and the Quest For Dark Energy

Timeline of the universe. A representation of the evolution of the universe over 13.77 billion years. The far left depicts the earliest moment we can now probe, when a period of "inflation" produced a burst of exponential growth in the universe. (Size is depicted by the vertical extent of the grid in this graphic.) For the next several billion years, the expansion of the universe gradually slowed down as the matter in the universe pulled on itself via gravity. More recently, the expansion has begun to speed up again as the repulsive effects of dark energy have come to dominate the expansion of the universe. The afterglow light seen by WMAP was emitted about 375,000 years after inflation and has traversed the universe largely unimpeded since then. The conditions of earlier times are imprinted on this light; it also forms a backlight for later developments of the universe. (Credit: NASA)

Most of what humankind and other mammalian species on Earth experience of the Universe is primarily restricted to the part of the electromagnetic spectrum which our optical organs can register. …read more


Windows 11 Getting Multiple Monitor Refresh Rate Improvements

Microsoft is making it a lot more convenient to use multiple high refresh rate monitors with Windows 11. From a report: The software giant has started testing a Windows 11 update that automatically adjusts refresh rates on multiple monitors depending o……


Twitter’s giant glowing X was put up without a permit, say SF officials

Neighbors say it’s an eyesore, but Musk’s underlings won’t let inspectors near it
A giant light-up X logo appeared atop the HQ of the company formerly known as Twitter on Friday, spurring complaints from neighbors and visits from San Francisco building……


Apple’s Vision Pro developer labs kick off this week

Apple will select developers to attend coding labs in six cities worldwide to help them optimize their apps for visionOS….


Fredrick Lee named Reddit’s Chief Information Security Officer

Fredrick “Flee” Lee has been named Reddit’s new Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).