Sonatype warns of 18,000 open source malware packages
Software supply chain security company Sonatype uncovered 17,954 open-source malware packages during Q1 2025, the company revealed in its Open Source Malware Index. Sonatype’s Open Source Malware Index for Q1 2025 was introduced April 2. A prolifera...
Apple TV+ market share compared to others during Q1 2025
With the premiere of Severance season two in January, Apple revealed an increase in Apple TV+ subscriptions compared to previous months. But was that enough to make Apple TV+ overtake its competitors? New data from JustWatch seen by 9to5Mac shows detai...
iOS 18.4 breaks CarPlay connectivity for some iPhone users
Apple released iOS 18.4 for iPhone users on with Priority Notifications, new emoji, several changes to CarPlay, and more. According to a growing number of users, however, the iOS 18.4 update has rendered CarPlay unusable in their cars. more…
Debugging Lotus 1-2-3 by fax
There isn’t a lot to this story beyond the fact that in around 1990 I helped debug someone’s Lotus 1-2-3 set up via fax. But it’s a good reminder of how important the Zeroth Law of Debugging is (see below). Without some sort of online connection ...
Windows 9x QuickInstall simplifies installing Windows 98
If you’re elbow-deep in ’90s retrocomputing and maintain a fleet of your own personal seemingly identical but definitely completely different Windows 98 machines, Windows 9x QuickInstall is tailor-made just for you. It takes the root file system of...
Amazon’s new ‘Buy for me’ feature is a wild AI innovation
Back in February, Amazon announced an interesting new test that would show you products from other retailers’ sites. Now, the company is taking things even further: Amazon’s new “Buy for me” feature can use agentic AI to actually make purchases...
Rust language adds trait upcasting
The Rust team has announced Rust 1.86, an update of the language that now features trait upcasting, or the ability to upcast trait objects. Rust 1.86 was announced April 3. For users with a previous version of Rust, the update can be accessed via the ...
