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Greedy ransomware crews return for seconds after victims cough up first extortion payments Some never saw their files again either, infosec biz Proofpoint finds Authoritative advice against paying ransom demands is everywhere in UK PLC, and one warning keeps proving true in 2026: paying doesn't mean the crooks
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If you're looking for a cheap portable monitor for travel, then I definitely recommend the AOC 16T35 for $60 (was $90) at Best Buy. This is a very limited-time deal though, which runs out soon. We tested the AOC 16T3EA, which is identical in size, weight, and screen,
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Most of my reviews end with me returning or packing up smart home gadgets — after all, I only have so much space in my house. But on rare occasions, some testing goes so well that the devices are the best fit for my home, so I get versions of my
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The four companies announced the Alliance for America’s Skilled Trades on Tuesday. The pitch is a labour shortage. The subtext is harder to miss. The number behind it Employers cannot find enough electricians, technicians, and builders. The alliance puts the gap at 2.1 million unfilled skilled-trade jobs by
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On Monday, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley began pitching investors on a bond sale of at least $12 billion, as The Wall Street Journal reported. The money will build a Meta data centre in El Paso, Texas. The structure is the story. Who owns what BlackRock and its infrastructure and private-credit
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* RAM pricing in Germany has suddenly gotten a lot steeper * The price of DDR5 memory is now 448% more costly than a year ago * On top of that, TSMC is reportedly set to increase its chip production prices by up to 10% next year, which will mean more expensive CPUs
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* An amateur astronomer has discovered a meteorite crater on Google Maps * The crater is thought to be 390 million years old * The finding was verified when a scientists visited the site and found telltale rock formations Sometimes, I find myself idly browsing Google Maps, marveling at the wondrous locations I
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Sponsor Posts Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens. Most carriers track everything. Cape doesn't. — Unlimited talk, text &
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Research Feature Improve productivity and decision-making by understanding how personality mix affects teamwork. Ina Toegel and Jean-Louis BarsouxJuly 22, 2026Reading Time: 21 min Summary: Whether team members collaborate effectively is often rooted in their ability to work through, accept, and capitalize on their differences. ... Read More + Listen to “A New
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The in-the-wild exploitation of yet another SharePoint vulnerability has come to light – the fourth in the past month. The flaw is tracked as CVE-2026-50522, and it was fixed by Microsoft on July 14 with its latest Patch Tuesday updates. Microsoft describes CVE-2026-50522 as a critical remote code execution vulnerability stemming
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Save $100:Apple’s latest AirPods Max 2 are the company’s top-tier headphones, and you can pick a pair for just $449 at Amazon. Walmart is matching this deal with the same $100 discount if that’s your retailer of choice. Both retailers are offering this discount on a
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* Intel's data center business has seen tremendous growth thanks to ongoing AI demands * Layoffs would likely target operational efficiency over division reduction * Share prices and quarterly earnings are back to being in a good place Intel has reportedly warned workers in its Data Center Group that another round
