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Expired Domains Allowed Control Over 4,000 Backdoors on Compromised Systems
No less than 4,000 unique web backdoors previously deployed by various threat actors have been hijacked by taking control of abandoned and expired infrastructure for as little as $20 per domain. Cybersecurity company watchTowr Labs said it pulled off t...
2025-01-13 11:31
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The history and use of /etc/glob in early Unixes
One of the innovations that the V7 Bourne shell introduced was built in shell wildcard globbing, which is to say expanding things like *, ?, and so on. Of course Unix had shell wildcards well before V7, but in V6 and earlier, the shell didn’t impleme...
2025-01-13 11:20
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I made my Steam Deck sound like an Xbox, and now I love it even more
You can do a ton of customization to the Steam Deck thanks to Decky Loader, so I made mine sound like an Xbox.
2025-01-13 11:19
How to shut your PC down at a specific time on Windows 11 and 10
On Windows 11, you can power off a computer automatically at a specific time using PowerShell, Command Prompt, Run, shortcut, batch file, and Task Scheduler, and in this guide, I'll explain all the different methods.
2025-01-13 11:16
Dynasty Warriors: Origins review — Omega Force finds its way into the heart of this Dynasty Warriors veteran
Even without the ability to play as some of my favorite characters, the new formula feeds my soul in ways I never thought possible.
2025-01-13 11:00
DXVK 2.5.3 Brings More Fixes For Direct3D 9 / 10 / 11 On Vulkan
Philip Rebohle working for Valve has just released DXVK 2.5.3 as the newest update to this Direct3D 9 / 10 / 11 implementation over the Vulkan API that is used for enjoying older Windows games on Linux...
2025-01-13 10:54
TSMC predicted to report 58% leap in fourth-quarter profits this week
The Taiwanese semiconductor firm, TSMC, is expected to report a 58% increase in Q4 profits compared to the same period in 2023. This is being driven by AI. Read more...
2025-01-13 10:36
Linux Attack Vector Controls Updated To More Easily Controlling CPU Security Mitigations
Last year an AMD engineer proposed the notion of "Attack Vector Controls" for the Linux kernel to re-think how the CPU security mitigation handling is done and making it easier for system administrators/users to toggle the mitigations they are concerne...
2025-01-13 10:16
Salesforce is "seriously debating" software engineer hires in 2025 due to the "incredible productivity gains" from agentic AIs
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff might not hire software engineers in 2025 because of the transformative productivity gains of AI agents while Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella foresees a swarm of AI agents at the disposal of knowledge workers through Copilot Stu...
2025-01-13 10:07
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says Microsoft "repackaged OpenAI and dropped it into Excel" — Customers barely use Copilot, and that's when they don't have a ChatGPT license
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff throws another lethal jab at Microsoft, stating it has repackaged OpenAI and dropped it into Excel. He further claimed customers barely use Copilot, and that's when they don't have a ChatGPT license.
2025-01-13 09:53
Starfield once had a gore system similar to Skyrim and Fallout, but it was removed for thematic reasons
Alongside the technical debt it would require to implement, it just didn't make sense given the vision the game had.
2025-01-13 09:31
'Starfield' once had a gore system similar to Fallout — a former Bethesda developer explains why it was removed
Alongside the technical debt it would require to implement, it just didn't make sense given the vision the game had.
2025-01-13 09:31
Yes, you should use AI coding assistants—but not like that
If you’re exhausted by the constantly changing AI landscape, you’re not alone. In a thoughtful post, Microsoft Research brainiac Victor Dibia captures the “particular kind of fatigue that comes from trying to match the unprecedented pace of AI a...
2025-01-13 09:00
The devops certifications tech companies want
Devops continues to expand in development environments everywhere from small startups to the largest global enterprises. The worldwide devops market, including products and services, was expected to increase from $10.56 billion in 2023 to $12.8 billio...
2025-01-13 09:00
Open source trends for 2025 and beyond
Over the past decades, open source software (OSS) has transformed from being merely a cheaper option into the superior choice for enterprise infrastructure. Now it often provides higher quality, stronger security, better privacy, unparalleled extensib...
2025-01-13 09:00
Yes, you should use coding assistants—but not like that
If you’re exhausted by the constantly changing AI landscape, you’re not alone. In a thoughtful post, Microsoft Research brainiac Victor Dibia captures the “particular kind of fatigue that comes from trying to match the unprecedented pace of AI a...
2025-01-13 09:00
LXQt Wayland support is now here
With the release of LXQt 2.1, we are pleased to announce the availability of Wayland compatibility for LXQt within Tumbleweed. This support is to be considered experimental at this point, and for most users, is likely not ready for daily driving. LXQt,...
2025-01-13 09:00
A happy Linus Torvalds is offering to build a guitar pedal for one lucky Linux dev
Linus Torvalds is quite happy this holiday season with how things have been going in his personal and professional life. As such, he has offered to build a guitar pedal for one lucky developer. Read more...
2025-01-13 08:52
A Microsoft-Contributed Change To Linux 6.13 Is Causing A Last Minute Ruckus
A change to the Linux 6.13 kernel contributed by a Microsoft engineer ended up changing Linux x86_64 code without proper authorization and in turn causing troubles for users and now set to be disabled ahead of the Linux 6.13 stable release expected nex...
2025-01-13 08:40
Running Stable Diffusion with AUTOMATIC1111 locally
Generative AI continues to make strides, enabling developers and enthusiasts to create everything from realistic images to intricate artworks using AI models. Stable Diffusion, one of the leading image generation models, allows users to generate high-q...
2025-01-13 08:00