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California’s proposed legislation to put the burden of blocking 3D-printed firearms onto printer manufacturers could effectively sideline open source tools and create new surveillance concerns, digital rights activists argue. Advocates at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) say that such legislation could empower manufacturers to introduce restrictive policies affecting consumer choice. It could lead to widespread … Read More “California 3D printer bill threatens digital freedoms • The Register” »

Want to change your iPhone’s Liquid Glass design or curious about what could land on your device next? Look no further. Zachary McAuliffe Staff writer Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station in his hometown, Cincinnati, for five years. You can usually find him reading and drinking … Read More “iOS 26: Here’s Everything You Need to Know About the iPhone Software” »

A puzzling discrepancy A vacuum chamber used to measure electron transitions in atomic hydrogen Credit: Axel Beyer/MPQ A vacuum chamber used to measure electron transitions in atomic hydrogen Credit: Axel Beyer/MPQ Subsequent measurements by various groups were inconclusive. For instance, in 2013, the same international team performed muon-based experiments that confirmed their 2010 value, producing … Read More “Physicists think they’ve resolved the proton size puzzle” »

Dozens of plug-ins for the widely used open source web blogging software WordPress are now offline after a backdoor was discovered in them, used to push malicious code to any website that relied on the plug-ins. The backdoor was discovered after a new corporate owner bought these plug-ins. Anchor Hosting founder Austin Ginder sounded the … Read More “Someone planted backdoors in dozens of WordPress plug-ins used in thousands of websites” »

Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is rather tricky. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers. The Times has a Connections Bot, like … Read More “Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers for April 14 #1038” »

Amazon is offering Prime Video subscribers a way to get Apple TV Plus and Peacock Premium Plus at a discount. With a new bundle, subscribers can access all content from both services directly through Prime Video. The bundle includes both streaming services for $19.99 per month, as opposed to the total $29.98 per month it … Read More “Prime Video is bundling Apple TV Plus and Peacock for a limited time” »

OpenSSL 4.0.0 is a feature release adding significant new functionalityto OpenSSL. This release incorporates the following potentially significant or incompatiblechanges: Removed extra leading ’00:’ when printing key data such as an RSA modulusin hexadecimal format where the first (most significant) byte is >= 0x80. Standardized the width of hexadecimal dumps to 24 bytes for signatures(to … Read More “Release OpenSSL 4.0.0 · openssl/openssl · GitHub” »

Brands copying Apple are nothing new, and they are never going to stop. According to a recent leak, several Android smartphone makers are currently testing a new color finish that Apple is rumored to introduce with the upcoming iPhone 18 Pro series. The iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max are rumored to arrive … Read More “Android brands could adopt rumored iPhone 18 Pro color for upcoming flagships” »