Cisco security appliance 0-day is under attack by ransomware crooks
Enlarge / Cisco Systems headquarters in San Jose, California, US, on Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. Cisco Systems Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figures on August 16. Photographer: David Paul…
Record-breaking Super Mario Bros. speedrun approaches robotic perfection
Niftski making it look easy. In 2021, when speedrunner Niftski became the first person to complete Super Mario Bros. in under 4 minutes, 55 seconds, we used the four-minute mile…
The AI-assistant wars heat up with Claude Pro, a new ChatGPT Plus rival
Enlarge / The Anthropic Claude logo. (credit: Anthropic / Benj Edwards) On Thursday, AI-maker and OpenAI competitor Anthropic launched Claude Pro, a subscription-based version of its Claude.ai web-based AI assistant,…
FTC judge rules Intuit broke law, must stop advertising TurboTax as “free”
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Sasirin Pamai) The Federal Trade Commission’s chief administrative law judge ruled that Intuit violated US law with deceptive advertising and should be forced to stop…
Roblox wants to be a dating app
Screenshot from Roblox’s RDC 2023 keynote video Roblox really wants to move beyond being an app for kids, and that includes making it a place where adults actually meet and…
X “unfit” for banking because of complicity in Saudi spying, lawyers argue
Enlarge (credit: Manuel Augusto Moreno | Moment) Just two weeks after Elon Musk took over Twitter in fall 2022, he told employees that his big plan to save the social…
Gears Technica: Favorite coffee-making setups from the Ars Technica staff
(credit: Kevin Purdy) If you’re like our staff, you’ll understand that good cup of brewed coffee is a requirement every morning. Whether it’s a simple French-pressed brew or an espresso-based…
The most interesting keyboard released this week is also the cheapest
Enlarge / Keychron’s new C3 Pro mechanical keyboard. (credit: Keychron) It’s not officially autumn, but any parent back to ushering their kid to school before starting their own day of…
FAA says SpaceX has more to do before Starship can fly again
Enlarge / A discolored plume of exhaust was visible beneath the Super Heavy booster’s Raptor engines on the Starship rocket’s April 20 test flight, a likely indication of a propellant…
Nextbigfuture Ranked Ahead of MIT Technology Review in August
Similar Web tracks the traffic of internet websites and for August, 2023 they recorded that Nextbigfuture.com had more traffic than MIT Technology Review. Thanks to all my existing and new…