Collaborate Disseminate
“Hackers briefly turned a widely trusted developer tool into a vehicle for credential-stealing malware that could give attackers ongoing access to infected systems,” the news site Axios.com reported Tuesday, citing security researchers at Google.
There were a plethora of tiny, local ISPs in the days of dial-up internet. Along with the big providers, many cities would have more than one. Some of those have …read more Continue reading The Smallest Dialup ISP is a Raspberry Pi and a Prison Phone
Nine days ago Microsoft released a non-security “preview” update for Windows 11 — not mandatory for the average Windows user, notes ZDNet, “but rather as optional, more for IT admins and power users who want to test them.”
TechRepublic adds tha… Continue reading Microsoft Pulls Then Re-Issues Windows 11 Preview Update. Also Begins Force-Updating Windows 11
The LeafyPod smart planter will turn even the worst plant killer into a green thumb. Continue reading I let a smart planter maintain itself while I was away for 2 months – here’s the result
From outer space to down here on Earth, there are many places where ionizing radiation levels are high enough that they effectively bar access for humans, but also make life …read more Continue reading Exposing a Radiation-Hardened 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi Receiver to 500 Kilograys
A former U.S. spy spoke to The New Yorker about “years of clandestine work for the C.I.A. — which, he said, had ‘prevented Iran from getting a nuke’.”
[Kevin] Chalker told me that, as he understood it, the Pentagon had suggested running commando… Continue reading America’s CIA Recruited Iran’s Nuclear Scientists – By Threatening To Kill Them
Slashdot reader Kirkman14 writes: A year before the Web opened to the public, Texas entrepreneur Don Lokke was trying to syndicate weekly political cartoons to bulletin board systems. His “telecomics,” as he called them, represent an overlooked early e… Continue reading Before Webcomics: Selling Political Cartoons On BBSes In 1992
MarketWatch looks at “surveillance wages,” pay rates “based not on an employee’s performance or seniority, but on formulas that use their personal data, often collected without employees’ knowledge.”
According to Nina DiSalvo, policy director at lab… Continue reading Are Employers Using Your Data To Figure Out the Lowest Salary You’ll Accept?
Extension cords are fine for smaller devices, but some appliances can be dangerous to use with them, particularly in cold weather. Continue reading Don’t plug these 7 common household gadgets into an extension cord – according to an electrician
Every collector ends up with items that are worthless, usually because they are broken or incomplete. When [Graindead] found a 1920s glass-plate reflex camera for pennies with plenty of missing …read more Continue reading Scrap Vintage Camera Goes Digital with Scanner Parts