Comment SUCKERS (Score 2) 33
Sure they deleted it. Now, how long before the 'deleted data' starts showing up elsewhere? Any guesses?
Submission + - Trump on Iran war's cost: "I don't think about American financial situation." (the-independent.com)
fjo3 writes: President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the plight of Americans finding it harder and harder to make ends meet and rising gas and consumer prices simply aren’t on his mind as the months-long Iran war and impasse over the Strait of Hormuz continue to fuel surging inflation in the United States.
Trump made the stunning brush-off statement as he departed the White House for Beijing, where he will be feted by Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a state visit, including a lavish Thursday night banquet at the Great Hall of the People.
Trump made the stunning brush-off statement as he departed the White House for Beijing, where he will be feted by Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a state visit, including a lavish Thursday night banquet at the Great Hall of the People.
Comment Anecdote much? (Score 1) 62
That just means our security was good. You little anecdote isn't actual data.
Submission + - Russian Ship Carrying Nuclear Reactors Was Heading To North Korea When It Sank (artvoice.com)
schwit1 writes: A Russian cargo ship carrying what its own captain later admitted were components for two submarine nuclear reactors sank off the coast of Spain in December 2024, and a CNN investigation published Monday May 12, 2026 reveals the full picture of where those reactors were likely headed, what they were for and what may have caused the ship to go down.
The vessel, the Ursa Major, also known as Sparta 3, sank approximately 100 kilometers off the Spanish coast on December 23-24, 2024, after a series of explosions killed two crew members.
The Russian state-linked owner called it a terrorist attack. But a Spanish investigation obtained by CNN suggests the hull may have been pierced by a Barracuda supercavitating torpedo, a high-speed weapon possessed by only a handful of the world’s most elite militaries, including the United States.
The suspected destination was not Vladivostok, as the public shipping manifest claimed.
Russian captain Igor Anisimov, per sources familiar with the Spanish investigation, believed he was taking the reactors to the port of Rason in North Korea.
The vessel, the Ursa Major, also known as Sparta 3, sank approximately 100 kilometers off the Spanish coast on December 23-24, 2024, after a series of explosions killed two crew members.
The Russian state-linked owner called it a terrorist attack. But a Spanish investigation obtained by CNN suggests the hull may have been pierced by a Barracuda supercavitating torpedo, a high-speed weapon possessed by only a handful of the world’s most elite militaries, including the United States.
The suspected destination was not Vladivostok, as the public shipping manifest claimed.
Russian captain Igor Anisimov, per sources familiar with the Spanish investigation, believed he was taking the reactors to the port of Rason in North Korea.
Submission + - eBay Rejects GameStop's $56 Billion Takeover As Neither Credible Nor Attractive (reuters.com)
An anonymous reader writes: EBay on Tuesday rejected a $56 billion takeover bid from the much smaller GameStop over financing doubts, calling the proposal "neither credible nor attractive." EBay, which has roughly four times GameStop's market value, also underscored that its turnaround efforts under CEO Jamie Iannone have boosted growth, with its stock returning 201% since Iannone took the position six years ago.
"We have concluded that your proposal is neither credible nor attractive," eBay Chairman Paul Pressler said in a statement. "eBay's Board is confident the company, under its current management team, is well-positioned to continue to drive sustainable growth." He also pointed to concerns with GameStop's bid, including its financing, its impact on eBay's long-term growth and the leadership structure of a potentially combined company.
"We have concluded that your proposal is neither credible nor attractive," eBay Chairman Paul Pressler said in a statement. "eBay's Board is confident the company, under its current management team, is well-positioned to continue to drive sustainable growth." He also pointed to concerns with GameStop's bid, including its financing, its impact on eBay's long-term growth and the leadership structure of a potentially combined company.
Comment Advances (Score 3, Interesting) 25
My friend has a fancy hearing aid, and it has a setting where it focuses in on the voice of the person he is looking at. I think it's even called party mode. It cancels most noises except for the closest person his head is aimed at. He can tweak the sensitivity to the point he can clearly hear people talking from several tables away at a noisy restaurant, if he looks directly at the speaker.
Submission + - There's an Unhinged New Video Game About Trump and the Iran War (wired.com) 1
joshuark writes: A new video game about President Donald Trump’s war in Iran features fights with the pope and New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani. It’s impossible to win, and that’s the point.
The game, Operation Epic Furious: Strait to Hell, was developed by Secret Handshake, an anonymous group of artists behind a handful of satirical works mocking the Trump administration. The game is available to play online, but three fully functional arcade cabinets are currently installed at the Washington, DC, War Memorial. The games will remain there for the next few days.
In the game, Trump is the playable character, on a quest to collect barrels of oil and ideas for Truth Social posts, to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and win the war. During the game, Trump’s social media posts do little to move the needle, creating an endless cycle of tasks and threats that ultimately lead nowhere. Even if the game is unwinnable, players can lose, and do so abruptly.
The game, Operation Epic Furious: Strait to Hell, was developed by Secret Handshake, an anonymous group of artists behind a handful of satirical works mocking the Trump administration. The game is available to play online, but three fully functional arcade cabinets are currently installed at the Washington, DC, War Memorial. The games will remain there for the next few days.
In the game, Trump is the playable character, on a quest to collect barrels of oil and ideas for Truth Social posts, to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and win the war. During the game, Trump’s social media posts do little to move the needle, creating an endless cycle of tasks and threats that ultimately lead nowhere. Even if the game is unwinnable, players can lose, and do so abruptly.
Comment Agreed (Score 3, Interesting) 42
They spent a lot of time and money making sure CUDA worked right. For a while AMD's compute API wasn't backwards *or* forwards compatible. You had to do some rewriting and a recompile every time a new API was released.
Intel has gone through three completely different, and mostly incompatible, hardware stacks. Remember Phi? Altera? Now it's AVX for some compute tasks, and Xe for other tasks.
Intel has gone through three completely different, and mostly incompatible, hardware stacks. Remember Phi? Altera? Now it's AVX for some compute tasks, and Xe for other tasks.
Submission + - Kingston shipped 100 million A400 SSDs and SATA still refuses to die (nerds.xyz)
BrianFagioli writes: Kingston says it has shipped more than 100 million A400 SATA SSDs globally since the budget drive launched back in 2017. While the storage industry keeps pushing ever-faster NVMe hardware, the milestone is a reminder that millions of people still rely on humble SATA SSDs to keep older desktops and laptops alive. The A400 became especially popular with repair shops, budget PC builders, schools, and Linux users looking to breathe new life into aging hardware without spending much money.
The Kingston A400 was never marketed as a high-end enthusiast product, but replacing a mechanical hard drive with even a basic SATA SSD can still make a dramatic difference in real-world performance. In an era dominated by AI hype and increasingly expensive PC hardware, the continued success of a straightforward, inexpensive storage upgrade says a lot about what regular computer users actually need. SATA may not be glamorous in 2026, but it clearly is not dead either.
The Kingston A400 was never marketed as a high-end enthusiast product, but replacing a mechanical hard drive with even a basic SATA SSD can still make a dramatic difference in real-world performance. In an era dominated by AI hype and increasingly expensive PC hardware, the continued success of a straightforward, inexpensive storage upgrade says a lot about what regular computer users actually need. SATA may not be glamorous in 2026, but it clearly is not dead either.
Comment DIY PC (Score 1) 90
My very first PC build was a 486 built out of pulled parts from the computer lab where I worked.
My first real DIY build was a K62-300 with a Matrox G200 video card. Ran every bit as good as my friend's P2 at half the price.
Submission + - Vibe coding has cybersecurity asking what AI can — and can't — repla (scworld.com)
spatwei writes: Vibe coding has the cybersecurity industry talking.
As thousands of practitioners attended talks about the promise and risk of AI agents at RSAC 2026 in March, and hundreds of vendors — both legacy and startups — presented their latest AI-powered tools in the expo hall, hard questions about the impact of this technology on the field arose in the back of many attendees’ minds.
At least one person expressed their thoughts on the industry’s future in the AI era by publishing a satirical website titled “RSA 2026: The Great Cooking.” The site, which saw some circulation among social media circles, states 61.9% of RSAC 2026 exhibitors “could be replaced by a weekend of vibe-coding in Cursor.”
While created with unclear methodology, and an “unhealthy amount of spite,” as its creator states, the website’s sharp criticism seemingly resonated with several cybersecurity pros seeking to cut through the noise and really understand what AI can and can’t achieve.
“The Great Cooking website was great satire on the reality of the current cyber market — lots of hype, lots of wrapper companies faking it until they make it, lots of legacy companies that are going to struggle to differentiate, and a few truly differentiating cyber companies that are solving hard problems,” Horizon3.ai CEO and Co-founder Snehal Antani, who shared the site on LinkedIn, told SC Media.
Amy Chaney, SVP of technology at Citi, also praised the site as a “light-hearted review,” but said it is just that — a “funny read” and “not a buyer’s guide.”
“Many of the RSA ‘cooked’ solutions are high viability market winners, many of the exhibits labeled ‘actually hard’ will solve no problems,” Chaney said.
The satire taps into a large debate already going on in cybersecurity about how AI-assisted development — or “vibe coding” — is disrupting industry norms around software creation and the state of security itself.
Even where claims about AI’s capabilities may be exaggerated, vibe coding’s explosion in popularity is undoubtedly making its mark on security teams and in boardrooms around the world.
“I’ve never seen a bigger disconnect between what investors want to hear and what CISOs are trying to solve, and unfortunately, corporate marketing has over rotated to the investor narrative instead of focusing on solving problems that matter to practitioners,” Antani said.
As thousands of practitioners attended talks about the promise and risk of AI agents at RSAC 2026 in March, and hundreds of vendors — both legacy and startups — presented their latest AI-powered tools in the expo hall, hard questions about the impact of this technology on the field arose in the back of many attendees’ minds.
At least one person expressed their thoughts on the industry’s future in the AI era by publishing a satirical website titled “RSA 2026: The Great Cooking.” The site, which saw some circulation among social media circles, states 61.9% of RSAC 2026 exhibitors “could be replaced by a weekend of vibe-coding in Cursor.”
While created with unclear methodology, and an “unhealthy amount of spite,” as its creator states, the website’s sharp criticism seemingly resonated with several cybersecurity pros seeking to cut through the noise and really understand what AI can and can’t achieve.
“The Great Cooking website was great satire on the reality of the current cyber market — lots of hype, lots of wrapper companies faking it until they make it, lots of legacy companies that are going to struggle to differentiate, and a few truly differentiating cyber companies that are solving hard problems,” Horizon3.ai CEO and Co-founder Snehal Antani, who shared the site on LinkedIn, told SC Media.
Amy Chaney, SVP of technology at Citi, also praised the site as a “light-hearted review,” but said it is just that — a “funny read” and “not a buyer’s guide.”
“Many of the RSA ‘cooked’ solutions are high viability market winners, many of the exhibits labeled ‘actually hard’ will solve no problems,” Chaney said.
The satire taps into a large debate already going on in cybersecurity about how AI-assisted development — or “vibe coding” — is disrupting industry norms around software creation and the state of security itself.
Even where claims about AI’s capabilities may be exaggerated, vibe coding’s explosion in popularity is undoubtedly making its mark on security teams and in boardrooms around the world.
“I’ve never seen a bigger disconnect between what investors want to hear and what CISOs are trying to solve, and unfortunately, corporate marketing has over rotated to the investor narrative instead of focusing on solving problems that matter to practitioners,” Antani said.
Comment Re:This should go well. (Score 2) 102
If these guys are actually treating a user agent string as an authentication mechanism
Yep, this is as dumb as it gets. It's like being told only to open the door for Bob, and then complaining that you opened the door for someone who says he's Bob.
Comment Re:beat them senseless (Score 2) 102
it's mostly about ghost guns from what I have seen.
Then they better craft some bills to add this snitch technology to lathes, mills, drill presses, and every bit of CNC machinery in existence because all of those things can be used to make 'ghost guns' as well...even though it's 100% legal to make your own firearms.
Then they can start on adding it to hacksaws, files, tin snips, pliers, etc etc etc.
Comment Re:The clutch sounds like a good idea for people w (Score 1) 94
"Sounds like they're trying to make a ladies bike"
Wow, that's some 1pth century anti women on bike BS right there.
Comment Re:Reminds me of a similar product (Score 1) 94
Ys, for a kid. an adult wants a pretend part because they can't get with the times is pathetic.
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