Collaborate Disseminate
Here’s an update from the Wall Street Journal about a “widespread series of alarming cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure.”
China was behind it, “Chinese officials acknowledged in a secret December meeting… according to people familiar with the matt… Continue reading WSJ Says China ‘Acknowledged Its Role in U.S. Infrastructure Hacks’
Recently [Dillan Stock] over at The Stock Pot YouTube channel bought a $17 ‘mushroom’ lamp from his local Kmart that listed ‘USB-C rechargeable’ as one of its features, the only problem …read more Continue reading Hacking a Cheap Rechargeable Lamp With Non-Standard USB-C Connector
Long-time Slashdot reader sandbagger brings news that in June “a rare screening of the original 1977 Star Wars movie — complete with Han shooting first — will be shown at a theater in London…”
Petapixel reports:
Subsequent alteration… Continue reading Original 1977 ‘Star Wars’ Cut Will Be Shown at a Theater for First Time in Decades
Sometimes, we encounter issues with Microsoft Office applications, like Word, Excel, etc. Microsoft Office applications become completely unusable when they do not launch or crash repeatedly. Restarting the Office applications sometimes works and somet… Continue reading Use Excel Troubleshooter to fix Excel problems on Windows 11
Slashdot reader king*jojo shared this article from The Register:
A 23-year-old side-channel attack for spying on people’s web browsing histories will get shut down in the forthcoming Chrome 136, released last Thursday to the Chrome beta channel. At le… Continue reading Chrome To Patch Decades-Old ‘Browser History Sniffing’ Flaw That Let Sites Peek At Your History
America’s Justice Department “has shut down its unit that investigates cryptocurrency fraud,” reports USA Today.
A Monday night memo from U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the shut down was “effective immediately.”
Blanche directed the … Continue reading America’s Justice Department Shuts Down Its Cryptocurrency Fraud Unit
Lots of people swear by large-language model (LLM) AIs for writing code. Lots of people swear at them. Still others may be planning to exploit their peculiarities, according to [Joe …read more Continue reading Vibe Check: False Packages a New LLM Security Risk?
Black holes “often exhibit long periods of dormancy,” writes Popular Science, adding that astronomers had never witnessed a black hole “wake up” in real time. “Until now…”
In February of 2024 X-ray bursts were spotted coming out of a black hole nam… Continue reading For the First Time Astronomers Watch a Black Hole ‘Wake Up’ in Real-Time
People “are likely to continue working full-time even if they receive no-strings-attached universal basic income payments,” reports CNN, citing results from a recent experiment in Germany (discussed on Slashdot in 2020):
Mein Grundeinkommen (My Basic… Continue reading Germany’s ‘Universal Basic Income’ Experiment Proves It Doesn’t Encourage Unmployment
The White House announced a temporary exemption for smartphones, laptops, and other consumer electronics from the steep tariffs that would hike up prices for many products. Continue reading New White House tariff exemptions for electronics could offer temporary break for tech