Month May 2024

Enlarge / But… but I was just about to check out Tacoma. (credit: Getty Images) With Valve’s Steam gaming platform approaching the US drinking age this year, more and more aging PC gamers may be considering what will happen to… Continue Reading →

An anonymous reader shares a report: Did your company recently send you a phishing email? Employers will sometimes simulate phishing messages to train workers on how to spot the hacking threat. But one Google security manager argues the IT industry… Continue Reading →

A server maintained by Cogent Communications, one of the 13 root servers crucial to the Internet’s domain name system, fell out of sync with its peers for over four days due to an unexplained glitch. This issue, which could have… Continue Reading →

Enlarge For more than four days, a server at the very core of the Internet’s domain name system was out of sync with its 12 root server peers due to an unexplained glitch that could have caused stability and security… Continue Reading →

Today’s links How finfluencers destroyed the housing and lives of thousands of people: The real estate speculator bezzle has a very ugly third act. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2024… Continue Reading →

Since 2010, the nonprofit Free Law Project has been working to make the legal ecosystem more equitable and competitive using technology, data and advocacy. It may be best known for CourtListener, its flagship project that houses an immense collection of… Continue Reading →

This week, the agendas of people on X, right wing radio programs, and Disney fan blogs came together to form a Voltron of awfulness around a single issue: Disney canceling beloved Disney icon Tinker Bell for lack of wokeness.”Woke destroys… Continue Reading →