Up close and personal with the stag beetle in A Real Bug’s Life S2
A plucky male American stag beetle thinks he’s found a mate on a rotting old tree stump—and then realizes there’s another male eager to make the same conquest. The two…
TikTok Users Gleefully Embrace Even More Chinese App To Spite US TikTok Ban
Great job, US government. You went so overboard with your “TikTok is an evil Chinese app” and deciding to ban it that you’re pushing kids to go even deeper into…
Daily Deal: 2-in-1 Keychain Wireless Charger for iPhone and Apple Watch
This 2-in-1 Keychain Wireless Charger with 2,500mAh battery will charge your Apple Watch 3-5 times on a full charge. Its magnetic design ensures perfect alignment and it works seamlessly with…
Lawsuit: Allstate used GasBuddy and other apps to quietly track driving behavior
Texas has sued insurance provider Allstate, alleging that the firm and its data broker subsidiary used data from apps like GasBuddy, Routely, and Life360 to quietly track drivers and adjust…
Elon Musk could be China’s pick to buy TikTok, report says
Chinese officials have reportedly discussed selling TikTok’s US operations to Elon Musk as the threat of a US ban looms. Sources “familiar with the matter” told Bloomberg that Chinese officials…
Parallels Desktop gains “really slow” support for x86 OSes on Apple Silicon
Virtualization software like Parallels and VMware Fusion give Mac owners the ability to run Windows and Linux on top of macOS, but for Apple Silicon Macs, that support was limited…
Google OAuth Vulnerability Exposes Millions via Failed Startup Domains
New research has pulled back the curtain on a “deficiency” in Google’s “Sign in with Google” authentication flow that exploits a quirk in domain ownership to gain access to sensitive…
Microsoft Uncovers macOS Vulnerability CVE-2024-44243 Allowing Rootkit Installation
Microsoft has shed light on a now-patched security flaw impacting Apple macOS that, if successfully exploited, could have allowed an attacker running as “root” to bypass the operating system’s System…
Trump’s DHS Pick, Kristi Noem, Decides To Undermine Public Safety By Cutting Funding For Public Broadcasting
Hitch yourself to a wagon and see what you get. Area dog-killer/current governor/possible DHS head Kristi Noem boarded the Trump Train when it first passed through town nearly a decade…
A NASA astronaut may have just taken the best photo from space—ever
People who appreciate good astrophotography will no doubt be familiar with the work of Don Pettit, a veteran NASA astronaut who is closing in on having lived 500 days of…