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Boing Boing on MSN

Doom ported to SQL: welcome to hell

Getting seminal first-person shooter Doom running on minimal or bizarre hardware is a sport among hackers, but the fact that Doom runs in fast, portable C makes it possible. What if Doom were instead ...
The Register on MSN

Careless engineer stored recovery codes in plaintext, got whole org pwned

Cautionary tale from the recent SonicWall attacks Failing to encrypt sensitive data leaves you wide open to attack. During the recent SonicWall attack spree, intruders bypassed multi-factor ...
MSNBC

I filed a discrimination charge for what happened to me in a Buffalo Wild Wings bathroom

I didn’t go to Buffalo Wild Wings that Monday thinking anything unusual would happen. It was just a regular afternoon, and I wanted to grab dinner with my friend. But the second we walked in, I could ...
NPR

As Republicans face voters during tense town halls, it's about sticking to the script

The August recess is a time for Congress to put in face time at home, meet with constituents and maybe lay the foundation for a reelection bid. This August, though, is quieter for some Republican ...
Lifehacker

Someone Is Building an Encrypted Chat for Bluesky, and You Can Sign Up to Try It

Bluesky is a great alternative to platforms like X, especially in 2025. The platform offers most everything you'd expect from a social media site, from serious discussions, to copious memes, to DMs, ...
Nasdaq

VCI Global Launches SecureGPU™ – First Encrypted AI Compute Server for Sovereign and Defense Applications

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, July 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- VCI Global Limited (NASDAQ: VCIG) (“VCI Global” or the “Company”), a diversified global holding company with a strategic focus on AI & ...
collider

'The Home' Review: Pete Davidson Gets His Ass Kicked by the Elderly — and a Laughable Script — in This Schlocky Horror From the Director of 'The Purge'

Pete Davidson as Max, wearing a white tuxedo and looking frightened, restrained to a chair in 'The Home.' Image via Roadside Attractions If there’s one thing that the horror community seems to agree ...
The Hollywood Reporter

AI Isn’t Hollywood’s First Script Doctor. But It May Be Its Last

Invisible labor has long powered Hollywood, from blacklisted writers to uncredited directors. But the rise of AI threatens to erase authorship entirely. By Remy Blumenfeld In 1953, Roman Holiday won ...
PC Magazine

Vibe Coding Fiasco: AI Agent Goes Rogue, Deletes Company's Entire Database

Through that experience, I got an up-close view of how software engineering teams work, how good products are launched, and how business strategies shift over time. After getting my master's in ...
Variety

A New Day for DC: Breaking Down ‘Superman’ Salaries, Budgets and More as Studio Fast-Tracks ‘Wonder Woman’ and Its Future

But did Gunn, who took the reins of DC with Safran in 2022 and also wrote and produced the film, pull off a franchise jump-start? The refrain heard on the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank and around ...
The Conversation

Can’t fill your ADHD script? Here’s why, and what to do while the shortage persists

Jack Janetzki works for Pharmaceutical Defence Limited and The Barossa Pharmacist in the Mall (Nuriootpa, South Australia). He is a member of Pharmaceutical Defence Limited, the Australasian ...
Business Insider

DMs have finally arrived on Threads. No, they're not encrypted.

Direct messages are coming to Threads after two years and many requests. Threads users tend to connect with a different crowd than on Instagram, Meta says. User behavior shifts and taking the public ...