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Docker Hub still hosts dozens of Linux images with the XZ backdoor

The XZ-Utils backdoor, first discovered in March 2024, is still present in at least 35 Linux images on Docker Hub, potentially putting users, organizations, and their data at risk. Docker Hub is the official public container image registry operated by Docker, allowing developers and organizations to upload or download prebuilt images and share them with the community. Many CI/CD pipelines, developers, and production systems pull images directly from Docker Hub as base layers for their own cont

Teen Influencer Stranded in Antarctica After Controversial Plane Landing

An American teenager is currently stuck in Antarctica after illegally landing his single-engine airplane in Chilean territory. 19-year-old Ethan Guo, who was in the midst of navigating a trip around the world when he landed at the world’s southernmost pole, has been stuck in the icy region since June, according to the Associated Press. Upon landing, local officials charged Guo with providing them with “false flight plan information” and landing without authorization. Since then, he has been sta

Claude vs. Gemini: Testing on 1M Tokens of Context

Was this newsletter forwarded to you? Sign up to get it in your inbox. Today, Anthropic is releasing a version of Claude Sonnet 4 that has a 1-million token context window. That’s approximately the entire extant set of Harry Potter books in each prompt. We got early access last week, so you know we had to put it to the test. We did three main tests on Claude Sonnet 4: Long context text analysis: We hid two movie scenes in 1 million tokens of context, and asked Claude to find those scenes and

A Viral Cybertruck Hoax Got So Big, Tesla Had to Break Its Silence

Elon Musk has always wanted the Cybertruck to be the vehicle everyone talks about. After a bizarre video went viral over the weekend, he got his wish, just not in the way he intended. The rumor grew so outlandish and spread so far that Tesla, a company that famously doesn’t have a public relations department, was forced to do something it rarely does: publicly deny it. The incident highlights the Cybertruck’s strange and precarious position. It’s a vehicle so polarizing and so relentlessly hype

Threads now has more than 400 million monthly active users

Just two years since its launch as a competitor to Twitter (now X), Meta’s Threads has topped 400 million monthly active users (MAUs), Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced on Tuesday. “As of a few weeks ago we there are more than 400 million people active on Threads every month,” Mosseri wrote in a Threads post. “It’s been quite the ride over the last two years. This started as a zany idea to compete with Twitter, and has evolved into a meaningful platform that fosters the open exchange of per

US influencer stranded in Antarctica after landing plane without permission

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Home Depot's Infamous Skelly Finds a Voice With New App for Halloween

Make no bones about it: Skelly's going high tech. Home Depot's popular 12-foot-tall skeleton decoration is coming back to life this Halloween with an app that lets you give the new Ultra Skelly a voice and new moves to scare the trick-or-treaters. The new animatronic version is shorter than the original, at 6.5 feet tall, but you can freak out your whole neighborhood with this skeleton's rotating upper torso, moving mouth and 18 LCD eye variations (ew). Skelly can now chat with visitors through

How a once-tiny research lab helped Nvidia become a $4 trillion-dollar company

When Bill Dally joined Nvidia’s research lab in 2009, it employed only about a dozen people and was focused on ray tracing, a rendering technique used in computer graphics. That once-small research lab now employs more than 400 people, who have helped transform Nvidia from a video game GPU startup in the nineties to a $4 trillion-dollar company fueling the artificial intelligence boom. Now, the company’s research lab has its sights set on developing the tech needed to power robotics and AI.

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Weathering Software Winter (2022)

weathering software winter This is a blog post based on a transcript of a talk by Devine on November 26th 2022. Watch the video version on (YouTube). The slideshow presentation was made using Adelie. Thank you to Matt Mascarenhas for providing us with an auto-transcript, it would have taken us ages to put this text together without it. While we are grateful to have had the opportunity to give this presentation, an event in 2025 has resulted in us distancing ourselves from the conference respo

Weathering Software Winter

weathering software winter This is a blog post based on a transcript of a talk by Devine on November 26th 2022. Watch the video version on (YouTube). The slideshow presentation was made using Adelie. Thank you to Matt Mascarenhas for providing us with an auto-transcript, it would have taken us ages to put this text together without it. While we are grateful to have had the opportunity to give this presentation, an event in 2025 has resulted in us distancing ourselves from the conference respo

What’s Going On at Tesla? A Wave of Executives Is Heading for the Exits

What’s going on at Tesla? The electric vehicle manufacturer, navigating a challenging business landscape marked by increased competition and evolving consumer sentiment, also appears to be facing a significant internal crisis: a rapid exodus of top talent. Elon Musk’s group has now lost its 10th executive this year. The latest departure is Piero Landolfi, who announced his exit on LinkedIn after nearly nine years with the company. “After 8 3/4 years I have made the difficult decision to leave

Ford Bets Big on EVs, $30,000 Electric Pickup Coming in 2027

Ford Motor Company announced this morning that it is making a $5 billion bet on its electric vehicle future. The payout is a $30,000 midsize electric pickup truck arriving as soon as 2027. The investment involves overhauling its Kentucky and Michigan assembly and battery plants, reinventing the assembly line and developing a new Ford Universal EV Platform that will underpin the next generation of affordable electric vehicles of all shapes, sizes and scales. The $30K electric truck Let's start

Revel is ending its ridesharing operation to focus on EV charging

Revel Transit is shutting down its rideshare operation in NYC, as reported by Bloomberg. The company will instead focus its efforts on EV charging. It's also seeking buyers for its fleet, including the 165 for-hire vehicle license plates it owns. "At the end of the day, rideshare is a very competitive market and asset-heavy. It’s low margin," CEO Frank Reig said. “We have made the difficult decision that the best way we can keep the EV transition moving forward is by ending our rideshare servic

Jellyfish Overpower Nuclear Power Plant in Show of Force From Mother Nature

Jellyfish may be spineless, but they showed the backbone of a dedicated environmentalist over the weekend. A swarm of the gelatinous sea dwellers overwhelmed a nuclear power plant in northern France, forcing its shutdown on Sunday. The incident started when a “massive and unpredictable” swarm of jellyfish started to overwhelm the filter drums, which remove debris from cooling water systems, at the Gravelines nuclear power plant that sits on the coast of the North Sea. The sheer volume of jellyf

9to5Mac Daily: August 11, 2025 – Low-cost MacBook, Siri upgrades

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Justice Dept. Settles with Greystar to End Participation in Algorithmic Pricing

The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division filed a proposed settlement today to resolve the United States’ claims against Greystar Management Services LLC as part of its ongoing enforcement against algorithmic coordination and other anticompetitive practices in rental markets across the country. Greystar, the largest landlord in the United States, manages almost 950,000 rental units across the country. As alleged in Plaintiffs’ complaint, Greystar and other landlords, including five co-defenda

I’d given up on Samsung’s foldables, but the Z Fold 7 and Flip 7 give me faith

Lanh Nguyen / Android Authority I thought Samsung’s foldables were dead in the water. Leading up to Unpacked, I had almost nothing to be excited about with the Galaxy Z Flip 7 or Z Fold 7, because I assumed they’d be more of the same. After all, that’s mostly what Samsung has done in the last few years — make a few minor updates, add new AI features, and trust you to buy them anyway because there’s no other competition. And, if that stayed true, I was all too happy to stick with a Razr Ultra in

Musk's Tesla applies to supply power to British homes

Musk's Tesla applies to supply power to British homes Tesla did not immediately reply to a BBC request for comment. Tesla, which is best known as one of the world's biggest makers of electric vehicles (EV), also has a solar energy and battery storage business. If approved by the energy watchdog Ofgem, it would allow Tesla to take on the big firms that dominate the UK energy market to provide electricity to households and businesses in England, Scotland and Wales as soon as next year. Elon Mu

Reflections on Soviet Amateur Photography

The appearance of strangers within family photo albums was part of how a Soviet imagined and imaged community was constructed and sustained. “Just as any advanced comrade must have a watch, he shall also possess mastery of a photo camera.” So declared Anatoly Lunacharsky in 1926, in his role as the Soviet Union’s Commissar of Enlightenment. This programmatic statement was included in the very first issue of the photography journal Sovetskoe Foto, published that same year. In fact, such amateur

Indie App Spotlight: ‘OnlyFlights’ is a simple flight tracker for your iPhone

Welcome to Indie App Spotlight. This is a weekly 9to5Mac series where we showcase the latest apps in the indie app world. If you’re a developer and would like your app featured, get in contact. Last year, I checked out an indie app called Time2Pack – an all-in-one trip planner. Now, the developers have a new app called OnlyFlights – a simple yet robust flight tracker for iPhone users. Features OnlyFlights offers everything you’d expect from a flight tracker, including notifications for status

Vitamin E: Health Benefits, Food Sources and What to Know Before Using Supplements

You may have noticed vitamin E on the label of your favorite skin-care products. It's a nutrient that can help protect your skin from UV damage, making it a common ingredient for facial sunscreens. But vitamin E isn't just applied topically -- you also need to get it in your daily diet. Consuming enough vitamin E is crucial because it plays a key role in human development and functioning. The vitamin includes eight compounds, but only one of those -- alpha-tocopherol -- is used in the human body

How to Watch Man United vs. Fiorentina From Anywhere: Stream Preseason Friendly Soccer

The Red Devils' preparations for the upcoming English Premier League campaign come to a close on Saturday as Man United takes on Italian outfit Fiorentina on home turf in its final preseason friendly. Below, we'll outline the best live TV streaming services to watch this friendly match as it happens, wherever you are in the world. We'll also explain how to use a VPN if the match isn't available where you are. Ruben Amorim's team has had an encouraging couple of weeks, with three wins from thre

How to delete your personal data from the internet (and why you should right now)

Data brokers are making serious money by selling personal information. Your phone number, email, home address, and Social Security number could be packaged and sold to spammers, scammers, and identity thieves right now. Apple’s privacy protections help block future tracking, but if you want to get proactive about removing your existing personal data from broker databases, Incogni makes it easier than ever to fight back. The data broker ecosystem Data brokers built a billion-dollar industry by

The Rise of Ritual Features: Why Platforms Are Adding Daily Puzzle Games

Listen to the article in podcast format (Credits: NotebookLM) From LinkedIn’s Pinpoint to The Atlantic’s daily puzzle suite, platforms are turning bite‑size games into powerful habit loops that pull users back every day. This essay explores why they work, when they don’t, and what product teams can learn from the rise of these “ritual features.” LinkedIn started as a professional network and has largely stayed true to that positioning since its launch. So when it introduced games last year, it

The First Xbox Handheld Could Be Coming Sooner Than You Think

Microsoft may be ready to announce an official release date for its long-awaited Xbox handheld (or at least, the one that’s not actually being made by Xbox). The most recent reliable leaks suggest the Asus ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X will hit the scene in October, with Microsoft planning to share pricing and preorder info later this month. The end of the year is shaping up to be open season for handheld PCs, though I’m still biting my bottom lip to get used to the sting of what may be very expensiv

4 apps you should use instead of Google News

Andy Walker / Android Authority While Google News is a popular choice, its user interface and limited customization options might not be for everyone. I used the app for a long time, but I eventually moved on to something better. After trying countless alternatives, I found a few that offer a more personalized and streamlined experience. Some of these apps provide a highly tailored experience, while others let you get to the gist of a story much faster. While I’ve listed my favorite first, the

Rocket Report: Firefly lights the markets up; SpaceX starts selling trips to Mars

Welcome to Edition 8.06 of the Rocket Report! After years of disappointing results from SPACs and space companies, it is a good sign to see Firefly's more traditional initial public offering doing so well. The company has had such a long and challenging road over more than a decade; the prospect of their success should be heartening to the commercial space industry. As always, we welcome reader submissions. If you don't want to miss an issue, please subscribe using the box below (the form will