In a major blow to both the terminally online and the criminally horny, the fan fiction website Archive of Our Own (AO3) has temporarily shut down due to a “security incident,” according to an update posted on the site. On October 29, an admin for AO3 posted that the website was “down for maintenance.” The
Hackers working for the North Korean regime have been blamed for a record cryptocurrency heist following a cyberattack at crypto exchange Binance. The hackers stole at least $6.3 billion in crypto from the company’s wallets, though about half of that amount was frozen as the stolen crypto traveled across various blockchains, according to security researchers.
Recently, some posts on X/Twitter and discussed elsewhere have claimed that AI has helped people “vibe code” their way to a better TV interface. Less clutter, no ads, less tracking and more are all ascribed to AI’s magical powers. Not only is this nonsense, but it’s also stupid. First, let me say up front that
Apple’s $2,000 folding phone is a surprisingly good stand-in for a $20 notebook. Believe me; nothing gets me going quite like a new notebook. This one will be different, I think. This time, I really will take it everywhere. Inspiration can strike at any moment, and you have to be ready, says David Sedaris in
When I first heard about the new colour Kobo ereader a few years ago, I wasn’t sure if I would find it useful. If a buyer wasn’t into manga or other graphic novels, what would colour eInk actually be useful for? Then I realised recently that many other books have colour photos. Travel guide books
Then there’s Forest, for Android or iOS, which I’ve found to be useful whenever I’ve wanted to try to encourage myself to spend less time on my phone. The longer you ignore your handset, the bigger your virtual forest grows, and the app developers invest in real tree planting to further incentivize you. The main
