14 place 183 fresh
The Internet Archive has been hit with a series of DDoS attacks this week that have taken the service offline. The Verge noticed a popup on the site today when the online database went down. The popup has since disappeared, but the site is not currently available.
🚨🚨🚨The Wayback Machine looks like it has been compromised.web[.]archive[.]org pic.twitter.com/MvPshUrs7i— Dark Web Informer (@DarkWebInformer) October 9, 2024
Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle has been publishing updates on the attacks on
A newsletter a day!
You may get 10 most important news around midday in daily newsletter. Press the button and we will send you the most important news only, no spam attached.
LIKE us on Facebook so you won't miss the most important news of the day!
Engadget
A retired homebuilder lives in a house he said is "hurricane-proof." He feels confident in its strength and is not evacuating for Hurricane Milton. Read more ›
4,247 fresh
Allison Gilgenbach is staying in Orlando with her two daughters. The mom bought water and Lunchables in case the hotel runs out, and has battery packs. Read more ›
1,989 fresh
Stephen and Monica from "Love Is Blind" season 7 bonded in the pods. They got engaged and went to Mexico, but things took a turn in the new episodes. Read more ›
1,601 fresh
Neal Mintz, 26, landed a job at Wischoff Ventures after three weeks of interviews with the fund's founder Nichole Wischoff. Read more ›
1,292 fresh
Dragon Age, a series not exactly known for being shy when it comes to chucking in a spider or two, is taking a novel approach to the increasingly common practice of implementing an arachnophobia mode for its upcoming fourth instalment: it's getting rid of all its spiders. Read more Read more ›
830 fresh
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Back in 2019, Google made waves by claiming it had achieved what has been called "quantum supremacy" -- the ability of a quantum computer to perform operations that would take a wildly impractical amount of time to simulate on standard computing hardware. That claim proved to be controversial, in that the operations were little more than a benchmark that involved getting... Read more ›
805 fresh
The hack exposed the data of 31 million users as the embattled Wayback Machine maker scrambles to stay online and contain the fallout of digital —and legal—attacks. Read more ›
765 fresh
"Living with intention actually makes life so much better because I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything," LaJuan told BI. Read more ›
743 fresh
Lego just released Luke Skywalker's lightsaber from Return of the Jedi as a set and it's got a hidden gem, literally. Read more ›
635 fresh
AI outperformed human CEOs in most situations in a recent simulation of running a company. It also didn't know how to handle unexpected events. Read more ›
620 fresh
Kevin Stuteville's home was damaged due to Hurricane Helene, but he's staying during Milton to help out his other properties. Read more ›
517 fresh
With iOS 18.1, Apple plans to introduce the first Apple Intelligence features, but we're only getting a small sample of the functionality that's going to be rolling out over the next year. Writing Tools, summaries, and smart replies are coming, but more exciting AI options like Image Playground won't be available until later. This guide includes what's not coming in iOS 18.1, along with current rumors on when we can... Read more ›
469 fresh
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge When visiting The Internet Archive today, The Verge was greeted by a pop-up message claiming the site has been hacked. After closing the message, the site loaded normally, albeit slowly. Here’s what it says: “Have you ever felt like the Internet Archive runs on sticks and is constantly on the verge of suffering a catastrophic security breach? It just happened. See 31... Read more ›
458 fresh
In a moment of enigmatic revery, Nintendo has announced it'll be playtesting a mysterious new Switch Online feature later this month, and it's inviting up to 10,000 people to get involved. Read more Read more ›
442 fresh
Dell told sales staff to be in the office every day with just two working days notice, and to use PTO if they weren't available during work hours. Read more ›
423
After a competitive casting process, the Rebel Ridge star has officially boarded the DC Studios series. Read more ›
418
The Home Depot has finally caved and started rolling out the ability to pay with Apple Pay and other tap-to-pay payment methods at some of its U.S. stores in recent weeks, according to a photo shared by the blog Appleosophy. The home improvement retailer has not officially announced that it accepts Apple Pay, so it is unclear which stores offer it. In a social media post earlier this year, the... Read more ›
417 fresh
Engadget
X has lost a legal fight in Australia in which the company tried to avoid a $400,000 fine by claiming that Twitter no longer exists. The creative legal argument, first spotted by ArsTechnica, came amid a more than year-long dispute with Australia’s eSafety Commission. The commission had asked the company, then known as Twitter, to provide details about its handling of child sexual exploitation on the platform last February. In... Read more ›
160
Fourteen years after it debuted on PS3 and Xbox 360, and endless rumors later, Red Dead Redemption is finally coming to PC. It will hit the Rockstar Store, Steam and the Epic Games Store on October 29 with the Undead Nightmare standalone expansion included. Developer Double Eleven helped Rockstar with the port, which has many of the bells and whistles you'd come to expect from a PC version of a... Read more ›
135
Google has to open up the Play Store. On Monday, US District Judge James Donato issued a permanent injunction forcing the company to open its storefront to competitors for three years and make Android apps available in alternate stores. The ruling stems from Google’s four-year antitrust battle with Epic Games. Google said on Monday it will appeal the injunction, highlighting its competition with Apple and potential security concerns. As part... Read more ›
100
The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) captured a curious sight in a region 3.6 billion light-years away from Earth: A supernova that appears three times, at three different periods during its explosion, in one image. More importantly, this image could help scientists better understand how fast the universe is expanding. A team of researchers chose to observe the galaxy cluster PLCK G165.7+67.0, also known as G165, for its... Read more ›
97
Amazon Prime Day is right around the corner, so the deals are already coming in hot. For instance, the Oura Ring is up to $100 off. The discount depends on which design you go for. The Stealth Horizon design is $350 in all sizes, while many standard colors are $300. The gold option, however, jumps up to $450. The prices also fluctuate depending on if you choose the rounded Horizon... Read more ›
95
Keeping ChatGPT running is expensive as heck, so OpenAI needs access to plenty of cash to make sure the lights stay on. A day after the company said it had secured $6.6 billion in funding — the biggest ever funding round for a startup — it confirmed that it has a new $4 billion revolving line of credit. OpenAI has yet to tap the credit line, which it obtained from... Read more ›
87
Uber has entered a new deal to offer customers in select cities an option for self-driving vehicles. The partnership is with Avride, which used to be the self-driving unit for Russian conglomerate Yandex. The multi-year deal will begin by introducing Avride's self-driving robots as a delivery option for Uber Eats orders in Austin, Texas. Later this year, the robots are expected to become available for delivery orders in Dallas and... Read more ›
83
Twitch is striving for more clarity about why and how it executes its policies. On Monday, the company said it’s adding Enforcement Notes, which it describes as “additional clarifications and examples within the Community Guidelines designed to make our rules easier to follow.” The notes come on the heels of (and complement) the company’s recent promise that it would do a better job of telling rule-breakers why their accounts were... Read more ›
77
Comcast is warning that hackers stole the personal data of more than 230,000 customers during a ransomware attack on a third-party debt collector, according to a court filing. The bad actors targeted a Pennsylvania-based debt collection agency called Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS.) The attack occurred back in February, but Comcast claims that FBCS initially said that the incident didn’t involve any customer data. FBCS changed its tune by... Read more ›
74
Soon after launching AI playlists in the US, Spotify is adding a new way to keep the music going when you lose your internet connection. The new Offline Backup feature for iOS and Android automatically creates a playlist of your queued and recently played tracks, ready for listening on flights or off-the-grid excursions. Offline Backup is for Premium users only. The feature complements Spotify’s existing offline mode for user-triggered downloads.... Read more ›
69
Most popular sources
Business Insider
|
42% 4 |
Gizmodo
|
9% 4 |
The Verge
|
6% 2 |
Eurogamer.net
|
5% 2 |
MacRumors
|
5% 1 |
| View sources » | |
LIKE us on Facebook so you won't miss the most important news of the day!
10.10.2024 00:17
Last update: 00:11 EDT.
News rating updated: 07:10.
What is Times42?
Times42 brings you the most popular news from tech news portals in real-time chart.
Read about us in FAQ section.
popular
