• Mother trees and socialist forests: is the ‘wood-wide web’ a fantasy?

    In the past 10 years the idea that trees communicate with and look after each other has gained widespread currency. But have these claims outstripped the evidence? There are a lot of humans. Teeming is perhaps an unkind word, but when 8 billion people cram themselves on to a planet that, three centuries before, held less than a tenth of that number, it seems apt. Eight billion hot-breathed individuals, downloading apps and piling into buses and shoving their plasticky waste into bins – it is a...

  • Proton adds detailed dark web monitoring for paid plans

    Proton is out with the latest upgrade for its users on a paid tier. Dark web monitoring is here to help you keep your online credentials as safe as possible with alerts when you need to update passwords due to data breaches and more. Here’s how it works. more

  • Madame Web and the Best 'So Bad It's Good' Superhero Movies

    EJ Moreno looks at the best of the worst superhero movies… Welcome to a collection of comic book films that are so deliriously overwrought that they swing back around to being watchable joys. Yes, we’re looking at the superhero movies that are “so bad, it’s good.” Not everyone will agree with this collection of films, […] From blockbuster Hollywood movies to independent and British cinema, Flickering Myth has you covered. Read the original post here: Madame Web and the Best ‘So Bad It’s Good’...

  • How to Use JSON Web Tokens for Secure Authentication in Flask Applications

    Passwords, credit card information, personal identification numbers (PINs) – these are all critical assets used for authorization and authentication. This means they need to be protected from unauthorized users. As developers, we are tasked with safeguarding these sensitive bits of info, and it's important to implement strong secure measures in

  • How iOS Web Distribution works in the EU in iOS 17.5

    The new iOS 17.5 beta introduces app sideloading from websites in the EU and Apple has announced both what eligible developers have to do, and what users can expect to see. Apple is allowing EU developers to skip the App Store and offer sideloading from their websites As previously expected, the new beta release of iOS 17.5, adds the facility for sideloading apps from a website. Apple had previously resisted allowing this Web Distribution, but was pressured into it by the EU and its...

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    ChatGPT Android beta app gains a nifty feature from its Web version

    The ChatGPT Android app is reportedly set to borrow a nifty feature from its web version: the ability to edit your prompts. This feature is already available on the standard version of the iOS app.

  • Microsoft rolls out a new way to install Windows Store apps from the web

    Microsoft has unveiled a new way of installing apps from the Windows Store via the web. Instead of using "deep links," the company will instead use an "undocked" version of the Windows Store to facilitate app installs. Ironically, the new way is more akin to installing regular executable files andRead Entire Article

  • Equinox: help an AI activate a damaged ship in this free web game

    Equinox is a perfectly-made free web game—a very short one, to show off Little Workshop's skills—made with three.js and a custom game engine. Making use of visual & sound effects, voiceovers, along with an evolving soundtrack, we aimed to bring a cinematic quality to the experience. — Read the rest

  • Nucor Invites You to Join Its First Quarter of 2024 Conference Call on the Web

    In conjunction with Nucor's (NYSE: NUE) first quarter earnings release, you are invited to listen to its live conference call with host Leon Topalian, Nucor's Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer. This conference call will include a review of Nucor's results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024, followed by a question-and-answer session. The event will be available on the internet on April 23, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

  • 'Crude' ransomware tools proliferating on the dark web for cheap, researchers find

    Analysts at Sophos X-Ops are comparing the low-budget cybercrime tools to “junk guns” — cheap, imported weapons that flooded the U.S. in the 1960s and 1970s.

  • WEB EXTRA: CCSD Board of Trustees President Evelyn Garcia Morales

    WEB EXTRA: CCSD Board of Trustees President Evelyn Garcia Morales

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