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1. Car allergic to vanilla ice cream (2000) Total comment counts : 75 Summary error Top 1 Comment Summary In the late 90s, a member of staff at a workplace experienced issues with their mouse. The mouse would stop working between certain hours of the day, particularly during lunchtime. Interestingly, the problem only occurred on sunny days, while it worked perfectly on overcast days. Upon investigation, it was discovered that the issue was caused by the mouse being cheaply made with thin plastic....

1. Snowden leak: Cavium networking hardware may contain NSA backdoor Total comment counts : 49 Summary The article states that JavaScript is disabled in the current browser and suggests enabling it or switching to a supported browser to continue using Twitter. It also mentions that a list of supported browsers can be found in the Help Center. The article includes information about the company’s Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, and Imprint, as well as stating that it is copyright © 2023 X Corp....

1. Data accidentally exposed by Microsoft AI researchers Total comment counts : 37 Summary The article discusses a data exposure incident on Microsoft’s AI GitHub repository caused by a misconfigured SAS token. The researchers accidentally exposed 38 terabytes of private data, including sensitive information and internal team messages. SAS tokens, which allow data sharing from Azure Storage accounts, were configured to share the entire storage account instead of specific files. The article highlights the risks organizations face when working with AI models and the need for additional security checks and safeguards....

1. Cystic fibrosis treatment wins Breakthrough Prize Total comment counts : 22 Summary The article discusses how a triple-drug combination called Trikafta has significantly improved the lives of people with cystic fibrosis. The researchers who developed this treatment, Sabine Hadida, Paul Negulescu, and Fredrick Van Goor, have won a Breakthrough Prize for their work. Trikafta helps a faulty protein function correctly, leading to better lung function and overall health for individuals with cystic fibrosis....

1. Subdomain.center – discover all subdomains for a domain Total comment counts : 36 Summary The article discusses how Subdomain Center uses a combination of tools, including Apache’s Nutch, Calidog’s Certstream, OpenAI’s Embedding Models, and some proprietary tools, to identify more subdomains than any other service. The service has implemented a rate limit of 3 requests per minute to prevent abuse, but they apologize for any downtime or delays that may occur....

1. Willingham sends Fables into the public domain Total comment counts : 45 Summary error Top 1 Comment Summary DC has released a response stating that the Fables comic books and graphic novels, along with their storylines, characters, and elements, are owned by DC and are protected under copyright laws. They assert that these works are not in the public domain and that they will take action to protect their intellectual property rights....

1. Don’t mess with a genius (2010) Total comment counts : 30 Summary The article discusses Newton’s lesser-known career as Warden of the Mint and his efforts to bring criminals to justice. It highlights his role in the Great Recoinage, where he successfully re-coined the country’s currency, and his work in investigating and prosecuting counterfeiters. The article also mentions his rivalry with William Chaloner, a notorious counterfeiter, and the steps Newton took to ruin him....

1. Any sufficiently advanced uninstaller is indistinguishable from malware Total comment counts : 56 Summary error Top 1 Comment Summary The article is discussing two CodeProject links that provide examples of self-deleting executables. The author questions whether the code in these examples follows the licensing terms, and suggests that one of the examples using a bat file may be a better option. The two links mentioned are https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/17052/Self-Deleting-Executables#Whereartthou,Oh%20greatentrypointoftheremoteprocess2 and https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/4027/Writing-a-self-destructing-exe-file....

1. Quiet – Encrypted P2P team chat with no servers, just Tor Total comment counts : 29 Summary The article discusses a private, peer-to-peer (p2p) alternative to messaging platforms like Slack and Discord called Quiet. It is built on Tor and IPFS, ensuring privacy and security as messages are synced directly between devices without the need for a central server. Each community using Quiet has its own isolated network, with data never touching devices of users in other communities....

1. Microsoft has not stopped forcing Edge on Windows 11 users Total comment counts : 66 Summary The article discusses Microsoft’s recent blog post about Windows system components beginning to respect the default web browser setting. However, the author claims that after extensive testing, they have not found any changes in the new Windows Insider version. The confusion seems to stem from a highlighted but vague entry in the changelog for a recent Windows 11 Insider preview build....