Finding ways to put backdoors into various programming-language package
repositories (e.g. npm, PyPI, and now RubyGems) seems like it is becoming a new Olympic
sport or something. Every time you turn around, there is a
report of a new backdoor. It is now…

It’s been a while since I’ve posted a hot take.  And, to be fair, this is probably a lukewarm take, at best.  I’m taking a slightly aged tweet, and I’m going to react to it in a slightly oblique way. Here’s the tweet. Unpopular career advice: speaking at…

The Trump DOJ is exploiting animosity toward Assange to launch a thinly disguised effort to criminalize core functions of investigative journalism.

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As I started my first JavaScript project in 2015, I used JetBrains WebStorm, which is an IDE (integrated development environment) for JavaScript development. I was already used to JetBrains IDEs as I worked before with Android Studio, which is based on IntelliJ…

The anesthetic-cum-party drug restores the ability to make connections among brain cells

Subaru StarLink persistent root code execution. Contribute to sgayou/subaru-starlink-research development by creating an account on GitHub.

Copying an element from a photo and pasting it into a painting is a challenging task. Applying photo compositing techniques in this context yields subpar results that look like a collage --- and...

The level of nitrogen oxide has dropped by 38% after local authorities made 472 hectares off-limits to most vehicles at the end of November

A hacker group has breached several FBI-affiliated websites and uploaded their contents to the web, including dozens of files containing the personal

A Swedish software engineer with close ties to Julian Assange was arrested while trying to leave Ecuador as authorities investigate the WikiLeaks founder’s alleged efforts to fight his eviction from

Norway’s OSM Aviation, a firm that specializes in recruitment and training for the aviation industry, has ordered 60 all-electric planes from Colorado-based electric aircraft manufacturer Bye Aerospace. OSM Aviation announced the order on its website. The…

Few cities in China have had as grim a history over the past century as Chongqing. Now the enormous city is prospering, but faces a wave of pink slips at factories.

Talks between TV and movie writers and their agencies on a new code of conduct broke off before a midnight deadline. “It has become clear a big change is necessary,” the Writers Guild of America said.

Russia has become the de-facto expert in GPS spoofing attacks, which it uses both internally and outside its borders.