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An East Bay apartment complex has been bought at a price that's well below its prior value. Read more ›
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A PG&E Corp. unit has bought a San Jose building in a move to bolster the utility's South Bay operations. Read more ›
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Smart home devices may make your life easier, but remember that to hackers, they're just another attack vector, like these easily hacked Yarbo lawnmowers. Read more ›
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Your VPN may be less airtight than Android suggests, unless you use the privacy-focused OS. Read more ›
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In honor of World Password Day, Kaspersky researchers revisited their study on the crackability of real-world passwords and found that 60% of MD5-hashed passwords could be cracked in under an hour with a single Nvidia RTX 5090, and 48% could be cracked in under a minute. "The bottom line is that passwords protected only by fast hashing algorithms such as MD5 are no longer safe if attackers obtain them in... Read more ›
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Read 'Sarah's Laugh' by Melissa A Watkins, courtesy of Lightspeed Magazine, right here on io9. Read more ›
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From claims of safety taking a back seat to the "toxic culture" he created, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman faced a tough day in court. Read more ›
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Perplexity today launched a new Mac app with support for its hybrid local-cloud AI agent Personal Computer, plus it expanded Personal Computer access to Pro and Enterprise users, so it is no longer limited to just Max subscribers. Perplexity describes Personal Computer as a "personal orchestrator" that hybridizes local and server environments for security and productivity. Personal Computer is available in the new Mac app, which Perplexity says gives users... Read more ›
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Peter Thiel backs Panthalassa's $140 million round to build floating AI data centers powered by ocean waves, bypassing land-based energy constraints Read more ›
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Layoffs have hit more than two dozen companies in 2026, including Meta, Amazon, and Coinbase, as AI and economic conditions reshape the business landscape. Read more ›
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Today on Uncanny Valley, we’re diving into recent reports that the Trump administration is considering an executive order that would establish some sort of federal oversight over new AI models. Read more ›
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Coinbax took the top spot at Consensus Miami with software built to add compliance controls to onchain payments. Read more ›
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Grinding Gear Games plans to release Path of Exile 2 in full - in version 1.0 - this year. Game director and studio co-founder Jonathan Rogers revealed this intention during a press briefing detailing the game's final early access patch, 0.5.0, Return of the Ancients, due end of May, that I was a part of. Read more Read more ›
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The Instructure-owned learning management platform, Canvas, is down after recently confirming a massive data breach that impacted student names, email addresses, ID numbers, and messages. Students attempting to access the system on Thursday saw a message from the hacking group ShinyHunters, which claimed responsibility for the attack: ShinyHunters has breached Instructure (again). Instead of contacting […] Read more ›
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Cloudflare announced 1,100 layoffs as it restructures for the age of agentic AI, sending shares tumbling. Read more ›
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Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for May 8, No. 592. Read more ›
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Cloud information management company’s Q3 earnings come after layoffs and restructuring. Read more ›
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