Mastodon is hurtling toward a tipping point
With rising popularity comes rising costs, culture shifts—and potential legal risks. Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto via getty) Rodti MacLeary started a Mastodon instance, mas.to, in 2019. By early November 2022, it had am.....»»
Google Teaser Gives us an Official First Look at the Pixel 9 Pro
It comes with AI features, in case you already didn't know at this point. The post Google Teaser Gives us an Official First Look at the Pixel 9 Pro appeared first on Phandroid. With Google’s upcoming launch event only a few weeks awa.....»»
Cerbos Hub simplifies authorization management
Cerbos announced the general availability of Cerbos Hub, following a successful beta phase. Cerbos Hub is a managed Policy Administration Point offering for the popular open source authorization product, Cerbos Policy Decision Point (PDP). Cerbos let.....»»
NDAY Security ATTACKN identifies critical exploitable security vulnerabilities
NDAY Security unveiled the latest release to its automated offensive security platform, ATTACKN. This all-in-one platform enables organizations to deploy, monitor, and manage critical offensive security measures, including: Point-in-time Penetration.....»»
Paris Mayor Defies Poop Threats to Swim in Seine, and Prove a Point
French politicians’ pledge to make swimming possible in the iconic river is a way to ward off criticism about the cost of the cleanup operation......»»
Additional taxes vs. water quotas: Study compares systems to manage water consumption in agriculture
Based on a mathematical programming model, a study finds that the proportional allocation of water, and not additional taxes on the resource, is more effective from the point of view of those engaged in agriculture......»»
SYS01 info-stealer pushed via Facebook ads, LinkedIn and YouTube posts
Malicious Google ads are a well known threat, but malvertising can also be found on other popular online destinations such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube. Case in point: an enduring campaign that aims to infect Facebook users with the SYS01 infor.....»»
Put a Roborock smart robot vacuum on your floor this Prime Day
If you’ve ever considered buying an intelligent robot vacuum, your time for effortless, immaculate floors has arrived! Roborock’s 2024 Prime Day Sales Promotion is one you won’t want to miss. There’s a model for every price point and lifesty.....»»
Google Officially Ends Support for Android Lollipop
Users on older phones are also urged to upgrade to newer devices. The post Google Officially Ends Support for Android Lollipop appeared first on Phandroid. We suppose it had to happen at some point – just recently, Google officially.....»»
Climate model suggests extreme El Niño tipping point could be reached if global warming continues
A trio of physicists and oceanologists, two with the University of Cologne's Institute of Geophysics and Meteorology and the third with the GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel, all in Germany, has found via the CESM1 climate model that an.....»»
Loss of oxygen in bodies of water identified as new tipping point
Oxygen concentrations in our planet's waters are decreasing rapidly and dramatically—from ponds to the ocean. The progressive loss of oxygen threatens not only ecosystems, but also the livelihoods of large sectors of society and the entire planet,.....»»
New Hands-on Leak Gives Another Look at the Pixel 9 Pro’s Design
The Pixel 9 leaks once again. The post New Hands-on Leak Gives Another Look at the Pixel 9 Pro’s Design appeared first on Phandroid. At this point we’ve gotten a ton of Google Pixel 9 leaks just a month before the official laun.....»»
The iPhone 16 might be more important than you think
We've heard tons of iPhone 16 leaks at this point. Now, we're learning about why this year's iPhone launch could be especially important......»»
Popular climate assessment method can be enhanced to improve tipping point accuracy
The optimal fingerprinting method (OFM) has been used extensively to detect and attribute the effects of climate change. A recent analysis of the various assumptions used by OFM has revealed several ways the method could be improved to enhance its us.....»»
Physicists discover a way to imprint a previously unseen geometrical form of chirality onto electrons
Have you ever placed the palm of your left hand on the back of your right hand in such a way that all fingers point in the same direction? If you have, then you probably know that your left thumb will not touch its right counterpart. Neither rotation.....»»
3 of the most successful US tech companies to work at right now
By Amanda Kavanagh It’s been a buzzy year for Big Tech in America. As the ongoing AI boom continues, large organizations are hurtling towards valuations … The post 3 of the most successful US tech companies to work at right now appeared.....»»
Ivory for Mastodon updated with Hashtag Lists and more
Ivory, the popular Mastodon client available for Apple platforms, has just gotten a major update to version 2.0. The new version of the app adds Hashtag Lists, as well as other new features and improvements such as a redesigned Hashtags tab. Read on.....»»
Zero-day patched by Microsoft has been exploited by attackers for over a year (CVE-2024-38112)
CVE-2024-38112, a spoofing vulnerability in Windows MSHTML Platform for which Microsoft has released a fix on Tuesday, has likely been exploited by attackers in the wild for over a year, Check Point researcher Haifei Li has revealed. “Check Poi.....»»
British jails are at a breaking point—here"s how the Dutch halved their prison population
Amid the many historic appointments in his cabinet, the new prime minister Keir Starmer made one particularly noteworthy announcement: James Timpson to become minister for prisons, parole and probation. Timpson is not a politician but the head of the.....»»
Testers unearth touchscreen UI in tvOS beta, signs point to a touchscreen HomePod
Rumors of a touchscreen HomePod stretch back to 2021. Enlarge / A screenshot of tvOS 17. Recent betas have included evidence that Apple is working on a touchscreen-enabled version of the interface. (credit: Andrew Cunningham).....»»
Employee ownership models can increase worker productivity and well-being
A new paper examines how high-quality jobs can increase innovation and productivity. It found that higher pay does motivate workers, alongside other metrics, but that after a certain tipping point more money does not help job satisfaction......»»