Why Localization Could Be the Next Big Differentiator in Fintech, per Opo Farsi
Financial markets in the modern day have never been more accessible. While the sector has seen significant developments in terms of speed and easy access, linguistic barriers remain surprisingly persistent. Lack of smartphone access or an internet connection is no...
Why Domain Intelligence APIs Need an “Unknown” State
Disclosure: I’m Esteve Castells, the maker of DomScan. Domain intelligence often enters an application as a simple question. Is this domain available? Does this DNS record exist? Is an email security control configured? Did a public identity signal appear on the...
What pg_stat_statements Actually Tells You About Your Queries
Your slowest query is rarely your most expensive one. A 4-second report that runs twice a day costs your database 8 seconds. A 3-millisecond lookup that runs 40,000 times a minute costs it two minutes of CPU every sixty seconds. Only one of those shows up in a slow...
I Mailed Microsoft an Internet Idea in 1998. Here’s What Happened
I built a push-indexing prototype in rural Russia. Microsoft said no. Two decades later, the industry built it. In October 1998, an envelope from Redmond, Washington, landed in my mailbox in Velikiye Luki. Inside was a five-line letter: "Although your submission is...
I Have Two Testers for my App. One of Them is my Wife
As I’m sipping from my Mojito on the French Riviera, I’ve decided that it’s about time to inform my readers about how I’ve managed to go from a wannabe indie app dev to making enough money to retire on my own yacht and sail into the sunset on the crystal clear waters...
UK cyber bill targets AI users, not the vendors building it
The UK government has rejected proposals from members of the the House of Lords to bring AI vendors within the scope of the Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill. Cybersecurity minister Baroness Lloyd of Effra argued that regulating AI...
GeoNetwork Fixes Unauthenticated RCE Chain Affecting Government Geoportal Backends
Two vulnerabilities in GeoNetwork can be chained to achieve unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) on the open-source geospatial metadata catalog, which sits behind many government and agency geoportals. The project shipped fixes in versions 4.4.12 and 4.2.17 on...
Extradited Russian Hacker Faces Charges Over Excel Malware Campaign That Infected Thousands
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has charged a Russian national, extradited from Cyprus on August 28, with using roughly 255 fake accounts on a freelance platform to send malware-laced Excel attachments to about 80,000 of its users in 2016 and 2017. Searzhudin...
Acer’s Project DualPlay Mini is gaming handheld that becomes a tiny laptop
Acer's Project DualPlay Mini is gaming handheld that becomes a tiny laptop.
Acer shows off its AI desktop future with the RTX Spark design
It's a showcase of NVIDIA's latest chip tech.
Acer’s Vero 16 laptop is built to be easily repaired
The Vero 16 includes removable port covers, a detachable external hinge and a latch on the bottom that doesn't require tools to open.
Acer’s new monitors include a 24-inch, 1,000Hz screen for esports sickos
Acer is also introducing a new 34-inch ultrawide and several models with dynamic refresh rates.
Acer’s Predator Atlas 7 is the brand’s smaller handheld gaming flagship model
Acer is launching a 7-inch version of the Predator Atlas 8.
Connor Blakley used to tell America’s biggest brands what Gen Z wanted. He’s no longer waiting for them to listen
Mark Smucker probably should have taken the meeting. In 2018, Connor Blakley, then 18, mailed a handwritten letter to the CEO of J.M. Smucker Co., the fifth generation of the Smucker family to lead the business. Blakley was pitching the services of his Gen Z...
Why AI detectors can’t solve the problem they were built for
About a year and a half ago, I began deliberately deleting em dashes from my writing. It was for exactly the reason you’re thinking—because AI chatbots tend to overuse them; their presence was becoming a tell. Even if the words were 100% human-generated, I thought...
Chrome and Firefox Updates Patch Dozens of Vulnerabilities
The browser refreshes fix multiple use-after-free, sandbox escape, and privilege escalation bugs. The post Chrome and Firefox Updates Patch Dozens of Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Telli (YC F24) is hiring engineers and designers [Berlin, on-site]
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UK digital ID may be dead, but its legacy IT problem lives on
Legacy government systems would have posed a significant barrier to the UK's abandoned national digital ID scheme, according to the country's spending watchdog. The National Audit Office (NAO) has published a review of the digital identity landscape and the lessons...
A comedian’s viral joke about Lovesac’s 24-box couch assembly wasn’t the problem. The company’s response was
Furniture brand Lovesac, best known for its premium cloud-like oversize beanbag chairs, is receiving backlash online after it attempted to create a cultural moment on social media. Last week, Dallas-based social media creator and comedian Deric Cahill posted a video...
23-Year-Old Sality P2P Botnet Disrupted
The shutdown operation involved peer list manipulation and Sality payload URL takedown. The post 23-Year-Old Sality P2P Botnet Disrupted appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Before your next date, Stud or Dud wants to run a background check
With the rise of dating apps, cyberstalking one’s matches before meeting them IRL, or soon after, has become a routine part of modern dating. Now, a new website is offering to save curious daters some time and effort by doing the internet deep-diving for them. Stud or...
Why leaders struggle with negative feedback
Years of psychological research show that leadership—the ability to coordinate collective human activity to turn a group of people into a high-performing team or unit—can be effective only if leaders are capable of providing people with constructive feedback. This...
Lasso Security launches CPU-only AI guardrail, raises $30M
Artificial intelligence security startup Lasso Security Ltd. today launched a guardrail for AI applications that runs on ordinary server processors, with no graphics chip required. The product is called LEAP. Lasso also announced $30 million in new funding....
Creating the Greenest Possible Clothing with Living Fungi
Despite the wide variety of fabrics used for our clothing, they all share the property of not being living tissues. This could be due to them never having been part of an organism, or having been removed from said organism. Another approach here entails so-called...
Attackers Exploit Critical Switchvox Flaw to Deploy Reverse Shells Without Credentials
Attackers Exploit Critical Switchvox Flaw to Deploy Reverse Shells Without Credentials Go to Source Threat actors are exploiting a severe security vulnerability in Sangoma Switchvox, an enterprise VoIP platform, that could allow...
Authorities Turn Sality’s P2P Network Against Itself, Cutting Off New Malware Payloads
Authorities Turn Sality's P2P Network Against Itself, Cutting Off New Malware Payloads Go to Source The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday announced the takedown of a long-standing peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet known as Sality as...
Researchers Use Claude to Port Pre-Auth RCE Exploit From One PLC Model to Another
Researchers Use Claude to Port Pre-Auth RCE Exploit From One PLC Model to Another Go to Source Forescout Research - Vedere Labs said it used Anthropic's Claude to port a working pre-authentication remote code execution (RCE) exploit...
Stop managing your time. Instead, manage your energy
It’s a familiar scene: After a day of work meetings, calls to extinguish spontaneous fires, and inbox navigation, it’s finally time to sit down and think creatively for a big project.Unfortunately, your brain is still swirling from other tasks, and out of the corner...
The Dell 14S is yet another cheap laptop chasing the MacBook Neo
Dell's latest attempt to match the MacBook Neo looks like a solid contender.
This is the best setting and placement for your Dolby Atmos soundbar
Take the proper steps to fully experience Dolby Atmos sound.