Month: June 2025

Microsoft is blocking Google Chrome through its family safety feature

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Earlier this month, Microsoft’s Family Safety feature, primarily used by parents and schools as a set of parental controls and filters, started randomly blocking Google’s Chrome browser from opening on Windows. The first reports surfaced on June 3rd, with some Chrome users noticing the browser kept closing or wouldn’t open. Microsoft has introduced a bug … Read more

Tesla’s first robotaxi rides will have a ‘safety monitor’ in the passenger seat

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Tesla has begun sending out invitations for its highly anticipated robotaxi service, but there’s one significant caveat: it’s installing a “safety monitor” in the front passenger seat, as previously reported by Electrek. The invites, which were sent to Tesla influencers and investors, say the human monitor will “accompany you on your trip” when rides begin … Read more

Polkadot’s DOT Bounces 4% After Forming Triple Bottom at $3.47 Support Level

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DOT rebounded, gaining 4%, after dropping 3.67% to $3.464, where it found strong support, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis model. The move higher was on strong volume, the model showed. A bullish reversal pattern has formed with consecutive higher lows since the bottom, which suggests further potential upside, according to the model. In recent … Read more

5 Data Breaches That Ended in Disaster (and Lessons Learned)

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This article covers 5 devastating data breaches—including TravelEx, MediSecure, and Code Spaces—that forced companies to shut down. Each case reveals how weak data protection, lack of backups, and poor disaster recovery led to collapse. Learn critical lessons on immutable backups, cross-account recovery, and ransomware resilience to safeguard your business.

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: AAVE Gains 3.5% as Index Trades Higher From Thursday

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CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 3035.75, up 1.3% (+38.34) since 4 p.m. ET on Thursday. Seventeen of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: AAVE (+3.5%) and HBAR (+2.4%). Laggards: BCH (-1.5%) and NEAR (-0.5%). … Read more

Truth, lies, and the Trump Phone

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The idea behind Trump Mobile is relatively straightforward. It’s easy to launch a mobile carrier these days, and it can be extremely lucrative – just ask Ryan Reynolds! You should know, though, that Trump Mobile is a pretty bad deal. And the network’s supposed flagship phone? We’re willing to bet that this $500, made-in-America, coming-soon … Read more

Meta announces Oakley smart glasses

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Meta is announcing its next pair of smart glasses with Oakley. The limited-edition Oakley Meta HSTN (pronounced “how-stuhn”) model costs $499 and is available for preorder starting July 11th. Other Oakley models with Meta’s tech will be available starting at $399 later this summer.  Like the existing Meta Ray-Ban glasses, the Oakley model features a … Read more

Code Smell 304: Null Pointer Exception – How to Avoid NULL References That Cause Runtime Crashes

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I keep writing about NULL problems, yet every day the news reminds me: NULL is still alive and kicking. TL;DR: Avoid NULL references that cause runtime crashes by using proper validation and null-safe patterns Problems 😔 Runtime crashes Big incidents and outages Unpredictable behavior Hard debugging User frustration System instability Poor reliability In Google Cloud … Read more

You sound like ChatGPT

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Join any Zoom call, walk into any lecture hall, or watch any YouTube video, and listen carefully. Past the content and inside the linguistic patterns, you’ll find the creeping uniformity of AI voice. Words like “prowess” and “tapestry,” which are favored by ChatGPT, are creeping into our vocabulary, while words like “bolster,” “unearth,” and “nuance,” … Read more

Business Pros Underestimate AI Risks Compared to Tech Teams, Social Links Study Shows

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A new study from Social Links, a leader in open-source intelligence solutions, reveals a gap between business and technical professionals when it comes to recognizing the risks posed by AI-powered cyberattacks. Despite the rapid rise in threat sophistication, business respondents appear significantly less concerned thаn their tech colleagues. This fact highlights a potential blind spot … Read more