Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation used to be harmful for Windows PCs.

1. Schools have turned to AI to detect guns and prevent mass shootings, but concerns about reliability and false alarms persist.
2. Critics argue that investing in technology like ZeroEyes diverts money from addressing the human causes of violence.
3. Kansas lawmakers funded ZeroEyes-style tech with $10 million to boost school security efforts.

Redmond reckons $1.50/core/month hotpatch service is worth it to avoid eight Patch Tuesday scrambles each year

• NIST scientists have published results establishing a new atomic clock, NIST-F4, as one of the world’s most accurate timekeepers, priming the clock to be recognized as a primary frequency standard — the ultimate source of time.
• The NIST-F4 clock was carefully and painstakingly assembled and tested over the last few years.
• By joining a small group of elite clocks run by a handful of countries, NIST-F4 makes the foundation of global time more stable and secure.

Current algorithms for the detection of deepfakes increasingly rely on remote pulse reading to distinguish them from genuine videos of people. Here, scientists show for the first time that the most recent deepfakes feature a global pulse rate which appears realistic. This worrying development makes it necessary for deepfake detectors to become more powerful, for example, by focusing on local variations in blood flow within the face.

“In Agatha’s very own words.”

You might have heard of Tor in the news a few times, yet never dared to try it yourself. Despite being around for decades, Tor is still a tool too few people know about.

Today, Tor is easy to use for anyone. It helps not only journalists and activists, but anybody who seeks greater privacy online or access to information regardless of location. But what is Tor exactly? How can Tor help you? And why is it such an important tool?

Google is developing a tried and true reputation for buying products people like, making them worse, then pulling the rug out from under users’ feet. That’s been a particular problem with Google’s purchase of FitBit, which has generally resulted in less useful hardware, more paywalls, more annoying nickel-and-diming efforts, and just a more miserable user experience overall.

It’s also been a pain in the ass for folks who bought into the Nest smart-home ecosystem. Google has consistently pared back on features and restricted openness for the platform, ensuring Nest doesn’t play as well with other systems. Now Google says it’s pulling software support for the first two generation of Nest thermostats (which m

“You Wouldn’t Steal a Car,” one of the most infamous anti-piracy campaigns of all time, used a pirated font to spell out its slogan. The creator of the real font, called FF Confidential, told 404 Media “the irony is extremely funny indeed.”

“Piracy. It’s a Crime” was a series of PSAs that in 2024 was a joint project between the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore and the Motion Picture Association, and has been widely parodied in the two decades since. It is most famously (mis)remembered as “You Wouldn’t Download a Car,” and has sp

Tesla’s baking sheet on wheels rides fast in the recall lane toward a dead end where dysfunctional men gather.

What happens when 4,500 people ask for the same feature? At Firefox, we build it.

More details: https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/firefox-tab-groups/