Collaborate Disseminate
1.5 million people have now viewed a slick 15-second video imagining Tom Cruise fighting Brad Pitt that was generated by ByteDance’s new AI video generation tool Seedance 2.0.
But while ByteDance gushes their tool “delivers cinematic output aligned wi… Continue reading ByteDance’s Seedance 2 Criticized Over AI-Generated Video of Tom Cruise Fighting Brad Pitt
“Global temperatures have been rising for decades,” reports the Washington Post. “But many scientists say it’s now happening faster than ever before.”
According to a Washington Post analysis, the fastest warming rate on record occurred in the last 30 … Continue reading Earth is Warming Faster Than Ever. But Why?
The lovely thing about the x86 architecture is its decades of backwards compatibility, which makes it possible to run 1990s operating systems on modern-day hardware, with relatively few obstacles in …read more Continue reading Windows 98 on a 2020 ThinkPad P14s Gen 1 Laptop
Doom scrolling is doomed, if the EU gets its way. From a report: The European Commission is for the first time tackling the addictiveness of social media in a fight against TikTok that may set new design standards for the world’s most popular apps. Bru… Continue reading The EU Moves To Kill Infinite Scrolling
Presidents’ Day weekend is upon us, and early savings are here – including on top smart glasses from brands like Meta, RayNeo, and more. Continue reading I found the best smart glasses deals for Presidents’ Day
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Telcos likely received advance warning about January’s critical Telnet vulnerability before its public disclosure, according to threat intelligence biz GreyNoise. Global Telnet traffic “fell o… Continue reading Sudden Telnet Traffic Drop. Are Telcos Filtering Ports to Block Critical Vulnerability?
Anthropic saw visits to its site jump 6.5% after Sunday’s Super Bowl ad mocking ChatGPT’s advertising, reports CNBC (citing data analyzed by French financial services company BNP Paribas).
The Claude gain, which took it into the top 10 free apps on… Continue reading Anthropic’s Claude Got 11% User Boost from Super Bowl Ad Mocking ChatGPT’s Advertising
Musician Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategies are like a Tarot card deck full of whimsical ideas meant to break up a creative-block situation, particularly in the recording studio. They’re loads of …read more Continue reading Honor Thy Error
itv reports: Guernsey’s Data Protection Authority (ODPA) has sanctioned First Contact Health after it failed to implement sufficient security measures to prevent a phishing attack. The cybersecurity breach saw fraudsters successfully target an em… Continue reading Guernsey medical practice sanctioned after cyber criminals access patient data through email account
Abby Sourwine reports: Ransomware attacks against schools and universities held relatively steady in 2025, but the scale of data exposure rose sharply, driven in part by third-party software vulnerabilities and a handful of outsized higher education br… Continue reading Cyber Attacks on Schools Plateaued in 2025, but More Records Exposed