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Videos featuring Christmas cookies are drawing millions of views on social media even though Halloween has not yet occurred, according to reports of the trend. The surge suggests many users are shifting holiday-themed content earlier than the traditional calendar would suggest.
Biscoff, a sweeter variation of Belgium's traditional speculaas cookie, was largely unknown in the US until Delta Air Lines began serving it in 1986 as a stopgap replacement for peanuts during a domestic peanut shortage. The cookie, made by Lembeke-based Lotus Bakeries since 1932, had already built popularity in Belgium through a 1950s strategy of individually wrapping cookies and partnering with cafes to serve them alongside coffee. Lotus Bakeries now describes Biscoff as the world's fifth-bestselling cookie.
A tech guide outlines how users can adjust Chrome and Google account settings to reduce tracking, including blocking third-party cookies, enabling Do Not Track, and disabling Web & App Activity, Timeline location history, and Personalize Search in the Google Data & Privacy dashboard. It also recommends turning off personalized ads through Google's My Ad Center.
Mozilla has introduced Firefox Enterprise, a version of its browser aimed at organizations that need centralized management and deployment tools. The offering targets IT administrators who require more control over configuration, updates and security settings across many machines.
A demonstration described in the piece shows how websites can assign visitors a persistent 'fingerprint' based on device and browser characteristics, a tracking identifier that remains consistent even after clearing cookies or using a VPN, though it changes across different devices or browsers. The technique relies on JavaScript-based scripts run via ad networks, and the author notes that disabling JavaScript blocks this specific method, though network-level tracking can still occur. The piece frames this as a successor to third-party cookies, which became harder to use after EU-driven consent banner regulations.
A brief recap revisits the 2021 incident in which the container ship Ever Given ran aground and blocked the Suez Canal for several days, halting a major global shipping route. The retrospective summarizes the timeline of the grounding and subsequent refloating without providing new details beyond a condensed overview.
Concrete Ship Constructors has published a listing for a vessel type designated B5-BJ2, referred to as an 'Ice Cream Barge'. No further technical or commercial details were provided in the available material beyond the name and model designation.
Girl Scouts of the USA has announced two new additions to its cookie lineup for the 2027 season: a cookie made specifically for dogs and an allergy-friendly cookie for human customers. The announcement comes alongside broader changes to how cookies are sold, including expanded online ordering options, as prices continue to climb.
Girl Scouts of the USA is introducing two new products for its 2024 cookie season: Sparkables, a nut-free, gluten-free and vegan oatmeal cookie made with Partake Foods, and Patch Pals, a blueberry muffin-flavored soft treat for dogs made with Bark. Both items will be sold exclusively online starting when cookie season begins on January 12, rather than through local troop sales.
A hobby project called GET Together implements an entire social network—posting, replying, hearting and deleting—using only HTTP GET requests instead of POST. Posts are created by hitting URLs like /post?name=alice&text=hello, with an optional session cookie enabling later deletion, and a /feed endpoint returning JSON. The system includes basic profanity and crypto-content moderation, plus a reporting mechanism for abuse review.
Anthropic notified users that a threat actor used common infostealer malware—including Vidar, LummaC2, StealC, RedLine, Acreed and Atomic Stealer—to steal browser session cookies and replay them into paid Claude accounts, bypassing login and two-factor checks entirely. The company signed out affected sessions, removed stored payment methods, and refunded fraudulent charges tied to the campaign.