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The first three things you’ll want during a cyberattack

The moment a cyberattack strikes, the clock starts ticking. Files lock up, systems stall, phones light up and the pressure skyrockets. Every second counts. What happens next can mean the difference between recovery and catastrophe. In that moment, you need three things above all else: clarity, control and a lifeline. Without them, even the most experienced IT team or managed service provider (MSP) can feel paralyzed by confusion as damage escalates. But with clarity, control and a lifeline, you

Ten Years of D3D12

For those of us that have been using it from the start, it can be hard to believe that Direct3D 12 has been around for ten years now. Windows 10 was released on July 29th 2015, and D3D12 has been with us ever since. While it’s true that this is the longest we’ve gone between major D3D version updates, it’s also not fair to say that the API has remained static. On the contrary, D3D12 has received a steady stream of new interfaces, functions, and shader models. These updates have included some ver

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Gene-edited pancreatic cells transplanted into a patient with type 1 diabetes

Crispr gene-editing technology has demonstrated its revolutionary potential in recent years: It has been used to treat rare diseases, to adapt crops to withstand the extremes of climate change, or even to change the color of a spider’s web. But the greatest hope is that this technology will help find a cure for a global disease, such as diabetes. A new study points in that direction. For the first time, researchers succeeded in implanting Crispr-edited pancreatic cells in a man with type 1 diab

Microsoft investigates Exchange Online outage in North America

Microsoft is working to resolve an ongoing Exchange Online outage affecting customers throughout North America, blocking their access to emails. "We're investigating an issue affecting a portion of infrastructure in North America, where users may be unable to access their mailbox via any Exchange Online connection method," the company explained earlier today. According to user reports on DownDetector, the issue began impacting Microsoft's customers more than six hours ago and is causing server

CRISPR offers new hope for treating diabetes

Crispr gene-editing technology has demonstrated its revolutionary potential in recent years: It has been used to treat rare diseases, to adapt crops to withstand the extremes of climate change, or even to change the color of a spider’s web. But the greatest hope is that this technology will help find a cure for a global disease, such as diabetes. A new study points in that direction. For the first time, researchers succeeded in implanting Crispr-edited pancreatic cells in a man with type 1 diab

CRISPR Offers New Hope for Treating Diabetes

Crispr gene-editing technology has demonstrated its revolutionary potential in recent years: It has been used to treat rare diseases, to adapt crops to withstand the extremes of climate change, or even to change the color of a spider’s web. But the greatest hope is that this technology will help find a cure for a global disease, such as diabetes. A new study points in that direction. For the first time, researchers succeeded in implanting Crispr-edited pancreatic cells in a man with type 1 diab

Crispr Offers New Hope for Treating Diabetes

Crispr gene-editing technology has demonstrated its revolutionary potential in recent years: It has been used to treat rare diseases, to adapt crops to withstand the extremes of climate change, or even to change the color of a spider’s web. But the greatest hope is that this technology will help find a cure for a global disease, such as diabetes. A new study points in that direction. For the first time, researchers succeeded in implanting Crispr-edited pancreatic cells in a man with type 1 diab

Elon Musk Says Starlink Could Replace Your Cellphone Carrier

On Wednesday, just one day after SpaceX acquired $17 billion of wireless spectrum from telecommunications company EchoStar, Elon Musk made some typically bold claims for how he would put it to use. The second-richest person in the world described a vision where Starlink could be your one-stop-shop for connectivity, whether at home or when you’re away from your Wi-Fi. On the All-In podcast, Musk said Starlink could eventually combine its home internet service with mobile. But he was careful to n

KDE launches its own distribution

KDE launches its own distribution (again) [LWN subscriber-only content] Welcome to LWN.net The following subscription-only content has been made available to you by an LWN subscriber. Thousands of subscribers depend on LWN for the best news from the Linux and free software communities. If you enjoy this article, please consider subscribing to LWN. Thank you for visiting LWN.net! At Akademy 2025, the KDE Project released an alpha version of KDE Linux, a distribution built by the project to " in

Two popular NotebookLM formats have quietly disappeared — Here’s what to use instead (Update)

Andy Walker / Android Authority TL;DR NotebookLM recently received an update that introduced a bevy of new learning tools. Users are starting to notice that the update also quietly removed the FAQ and Timeline Report formats. Google says that users can still create the formats through the “Create Your Own” option in Reports. Update: September 10, 2025 (4:40 PM ET): As mentioned in this article, you can create the missing FAQ and Timeline formats by using the Create Your Own option. If you do

Semantic Line Breaks (2017)

Semantic Line Breaks Summary When writing text with a compatible markup language, add a line break after each substantial unit of thought. Introduction Semantic Line Breaks describe a set of conventions for using insensitive vertical whitespace to structure prose along semantic boundaries. Many lightweight markup languages, including Markdown, reStructuredText, and AsciiDoc, join consecutive lines with a space. Conventional markup languages like HTML and XML exhibit a similar behavior in pa

Bluesky brings age verification to South Dakota and Wyoming

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Bluesky will now check the ages of users located in South Dakota and Wyoming to comply with local online safety laws. The platform announced on Wednesday that users in both states will be able to prove their age using an ID, payment card, face scan, or other met

I swapped my favorite Linux desktop for System76's COSMIC alpha - and I have zero regrets

Jack Wallen / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways System76's COSMIC desktop will soon be in beta. Even as an alpha release, COSMIC is impressive. COSMIC is as fast as any Linux desktop I've experienced. Alpha releases aren't to be used for any reason other than testing. Right? That's the common opinion, and yet here I am, working on System76's COSMIC desktop as if it's in stable status. It's not... and it shows. Yes, I

‘Wicked: For Good’ Director Jon M. Chu Promises New Songs Will Hit All the Right Notes

As anticipation builds for Wicked: For Good, the second act to 2024’s Oscar-winning Wicked, director Jon M. Chu has revealed in a new interview with Entertainment Weekly that the upcoming film will feature not one, but two new bespoke songs—that’s one tune for each witch. While Chu didn’t announce the songs’ titles, the outlet teased that the new tracks by composer Stephen Schwartz are no “mere bids for a Best Original Song nomination.” In fact, Chu says the new songs are deeply needed addition

Grammarly now offers spelling and grammar check for five more languages

Grammarly built its reputation on being a tool for checking spelling, grammar, and writing tips in English. The company is now expanding the scope of these features to support five more languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese, German and Italian. The company said it will now suggest paragraph-level rewrites for tone, style, and flow for the new languages. Users writing in any of these five languages, as well as English, will also be able to translate text in-line in 19 languages. The multilingua

Wallpaper Wednesday: More great phone wallpapers for all to share (September 10)

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Welcome to Wallpaper Wednesday! In this weekly roundup, we’ll give you a handful of Android wallpapers you can download and use on your phone, tablet, or even your laptop/PC. The images will come from folks here at Android Authority as well as our readers. All are free to use and come without watermarks. File formats are JPG and PNG, and we’ll provide images in both landscape and portrait modes, so they’ll be optimized for various screens. For the newest wall

7 Linux terminal basics every beginner should learn first - and why

Jack Wallen / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways The Linux terminal isn't nearly as hard as you think. Understanding the fundamentals will help get you started. These concepts apply to all Linux distributions. When many think about Linux, they think of awkward and complicated commands that are far beyond the reach of new users. What those people may not know is that modern Linux distributions don't require that they work

Office CMBS Delinquency Rate Spikes to Record 11.7%

Extend-and-pretend and forbearance deals widely implemented to “cure” delinquent CRE mortgages. The office and multifamily sectors of commercial real estate loans got further bludgeoned in August, despite large-scale extend-and-pretend and forbearance deals executed in the hopes for better times and lower interest rates and more demand so that lenders don’t end up with the property and a huge loss. The delinquency rate of office mortgages that have been securitized into commercial mortgage-b

Need Linux help? My favorite forums, groups, and mailing lists when I need support

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways If you need help with Linux, try these outlets. You might not get an answer immediately, but one will come. These are all free to join and enjoy (just watch out for trolls). Linux is about community, and it has been for a very long time. Without community, I'm not sure if Linux would be where it is today. When I first started using Linux in the late 90s, I turned to old-school solution

Semantic Line Breaks

Semantic Line Breaks Summary When writing text with a compatible markup language, add a line break after each substantial unit of thought. Introduction Semantic Line Breaks describe a set of conventions for using insensitive vertical whitespace to structure prose along semantic boundaries. Many lightweight markup languages, including Markdown, reStructuredText, and AsciiDoc, join consecutive lines with a space. Conventional markup languages like HTML and XML exhibit a similar behavior in pa

Hypervisor in 1k Lines

Hypervisor in 1,000 Lines ​ WARNING This book is work in progress. Hey there (maybe again)! In this book, you'll learn how to build a minimal RISC-V hypervisor which can boot Linux-based operating systems. This is a sequel to the online book Operating System in 1,000 Lines. In that book, you have learned how to build a minimal operating system from scratch in C, but this time, we'll start from scratch (again) in your favorite language, Rust! From scratch means we'll start from the bare-metal

Source code for the X recommendation algorithm

X's Recommendation Algorithm X's Recommendation Algorithm is a set of services and jobs that are responsible for serving feeds of posts and other content across all X product surfaces (e.g. For You Timeline, Search, Explore, Notifications). For an introduction to how the algorithm works, please refer to our engineering blog. Architecture Product surfaces at X are built on a shared set of data, models, and software frameworks. The shared components included in this repository are listed below:

Decades-Old Waste Barrels Are Creating Toxic Dead Zones off LA’s Coast

Until 1972, the Pacific waters of Southern California served as a dumping ground for hazardous and industrial wastes. More than 50 years later, corroded metal barrels still litter the seafloor off the coast of Los Angeles, and scientists are only beginning to understand the consequences of casually tossing them into the ocean. Images of the barrels first surfaced in 2020, with some of them encircled by mysterious white halos on the seafloor. Experts initially linked the barrels to DDT—a toxic p

Microsoft to lessen reliance on OpenAI by buying AI from rival Anthropic

Microsoft will pay to use Anthropic’s AI in Office 365 apps, The Information reports, citing two sources. The move means that Anthropic’s tech will help power new features in Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint alongside OpenAI’s, marking the end of Microsoft’s previous reliance solely on the ChatGPT-maker for its productivity suite. Microsoft’s move to diversify its AI partnerships comes amid a growing rift with OpenAI, which has pursued its own infrastructure projects as well as a and a pote

This is the new AirPods lineup following AirPods Pro 3 launch

Apple launched its long-awaited AirPods Pro 3 today, and has made some changes to its overall AirPods product lineup as a result. Here’s the new AirPods lineup. AirPods Pro 3 is the latest addition to AirPods product lineup Today during Apple’s ‘Awe dropping’ event, the company launched the next generation of AirPods Pro. AirPods Pro 3 are now available to pre-order from the online Apple Store, and they will ship at the end of next week on September 19. Here’s what the new AirPods lineup loo

Apple Debuts AirPods Pro 3 With a Host of Improvements for $249

Apple was widely expected to release the next-generation of its AirPods Pro noise-canceling earbuds this fall, and now it is has. As part of its "awe-dropping" event, the company debuted the AirPods Pro 3. The new buds are upgraded in several ways, including better noise canceling and sound quality, and they have heart-rate sensors like the Beats PowerBeats Pro 2. You can preorder them today for $249 and they ship on Sept. 19. Here are some of their key upgrades, according to Apple. It's worth

Apple Debuts AirPods Pro 3 With a Host of Improvements

Apple was widely expected to release the next-generation of its AirPods Pro noise-canceling earbuds this fall, and now it is has. As part of its awe-dropping event, the company debuted the AirPods Pro 3. The new buds are upgraded in several ways, including better noise canceling and sound quality, and they have heart-rate sensors like the Beats PowerBeats Pro 2. You can preorder them today for $249 and they ship Sept. 19. Here are some of their key upgrades, according to Apple. I'm still waitin

Your Blink subscription price is going up - unless you act fast

Maria Diaz/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Blink is raising the price of a monthly and yearly subscription. The Plus plan will be $12/month and $120/year. The company hasn't changed its subscription price since 2020. For the first time ever, Blink is raising the price of its subscription plan -- but it's adding some new features. And if you hurry, you can avoid the rate increase. In an email to subscribers this week, the company explained

Blink just raised its subscription price - but you get 2 new features in return

Maria Diaz/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's takeaways Blink is raising the price of a monthly and yearly subscription. The new price will be $3.99 a month or $39.99 a year. The company hasn't changed its subscription price since 2020. For the first time ever, Blink is raising the price of its subscription plan -- but it's adding some new features. In an email to subscribers this week, the company explained that "for the first time since Blink launched su

X open sourced their latest algorithm

X's Recommendation Algorithm X's Recommendation Algorithm is a set of services and jobs that are responsible for serving feeds of posts and other content across all X product surfaces (e.g. For You Timeline, Search, Explore, Notifications). For an introduction to how the algorithm works, please refer to our engineering blog. Architecture Product surfaces at X are built on a shared set of data, models, and software frameworks. The shared components included in this repository are listed below: