Josh Chessman
@beansb.bsky.social
Great story in @arstechnica.com about the design of the original Mac calculator. And if you haven't checked out the stories on @andyhertzfeld.bsky.social folklore.org site with stories about building the original Mac I highly recommend it. #mac #stevejobs #apple
Original Mac calculator design came from letting Steve Jobs play with menus for 10 minutes
In 1982, a young Mac developer turned Jobs into a UI designer—and accidentally invented a new technique.
arstechnica.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Great story in @arstechnica.com about the design of the original Mac calculator. And if you haven't checked out the stories on @andyhertzfeld.bsky.social folklore.org site with stories about building the original Mac I highly recommend it. #mac #stevejobs #apple
I've been using Duck Duck Go for #search for a bit now and while I like the lack of tracking it provides the results are lacking. I haven't gone back to #Google due to the #ads and #AI but just discovered @udm14.bsky.social. Doesn't get rid of #tracking but a cleaner, ad and AI free experience.
&udm=14 | the disenshittification Konami code
A quick way to get an AI-free search without any extra work.
udm14.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I used OS/2 for years and loved it. It was fast, stable, reliable, multi-tasked, everything I wanted and needed from an OS at the time. Of course I just ran it on a regular old computer nothing fancy like the @Microsoft.com #Mach20. Maybe that was a good thing.
#os2 #ibm #microsoft #os #software
#os2 #ibm #microsoft #os #software
The 'worst-selling Microsoft product of all time' sold just 11 times, and eight people returned it — why you've never heard of OS/2 for the Mach 20
A specialized version of OS/2 holds—and will likely continue to hold—the record.
www.tomshardware.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I used OS/2 for years and loved it. It was fast, stable, reliable, multi-tasked, everything I wanted and needed from an OS at the time. Of course I just ran it on a regular old computer nothing fancy like the @Microsoft.com #Mach20. Maybe that was a good thing.
#os2 #ibm #microsoft #os #software
#os2 #ibm #microsoft #os #software
I use three browsers regularly but @firefox.com is my primary choice. It's always been irritating that they did not prioritize browser fingerprinting privacy the same way other browsers have but that is starting to change in v145. Looking forward to it. #privacy #browser #fingerprint #firefox
Mozilla Firefox gets new anti-fingerprinting defenses
Mozilla announced a major privacy upgrade in Firefox 145 that reduces even more the number of users vulnerable to digital fingerprinting.
www.bleepingcomputer.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I use three browsers regularly but @firefox.com is my primary choice. It's always been irritating that they did not prioritize browser fingerprinting privacy the same way other browsers have but that is starting to change in v145. Looking forward to it. #privacy #browser #fingerprint #firefox
It is interesting to me that everyone seems to have entirely given up on concepts such as uptime and reliability. There was a time when the pursuit of "five nines" was ubiquitous. Now a major service falls over for hours on end and everyone shrugs. #uptime #failure #SaaS #IaaS #aaS #reliability
Microsoft's lack of quality control is out of control
OPINION: At one point, Microsoft's QC was legendary. Now, it's the wrong kind of legend
www.theregister.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
They say it's always #DNS and that may be true but sometimes it's a #thermal issue at least for @Microsoft.com #Azure. "Thermal event" sure sounds like the cooling stopped working and things got #hot in the data center.
Azure stumbles in Europe, Microsoft blames 'thermal event'
: Degraded performance and possible dependency problems across AZs
www.theregister.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:24 PM
They say it's always #DNS and that may be true but sometimes it's a #thermal issue at least for @Microsoft.com #Azure. "Thermal event" sure sounds like the cooling stopped working and things got #hot in the data center.
Generating truly random numbers is both hard and a bit of a catch-22. Random number generators need to be reproducible to ensure they work but also able to generate a random number no one can guess. Ensuring the seed is random is the key and hard to do securely.
#randomnumber #entropy #random
#randomnumber #entropy #random
AMD to fix buggy RNG endangering cryptographic security
: Local privileges required to exploit flaw in Ryzen and Epyc CPUs. Some patches available, more on the way
www.theregister.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Generating truly random numbers is both hard and a bit of a catch-22. Random number generators need to be reproducible to ensure they work but also able to generate a random number no one can guess. Ensuring the seed is random is the key and hard to do securely.
#randomnumber #entropy #random
#randomnumber #entropy #random
Scammers are everywhere but usually they are somewhere else. It is easy to #spoof caller ID and make it look like the call is coming from where it isn't which makes it that much more difficult to figure out if a call is real or not but maybe for not much longer. #callerid #spoofing #mobile #phones
UK carriers to block spoofed phone numbers in fraud crackdown
Under a new partnership with the government aimed at combating fraud, Britain's largest mobile carriers have committed to upgrading their networks to eliminate scammers' ability to spoof phone…
www.bleepingcomputer.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The scripts are not self-aware but it sure seems like they are heading that way. New #malware that interacts with #Google #Gemini on a regular basis to update its code for better obfuscation and detection avoidance. #promptflux #ai
Google Uncovers PROMPTFLUX Malware That Uses Gemini AI to Rewrite Its Code Hourly
Google discovers PROMPTFLUX malware using Gemini AI to rewrite and hide its code for smarter evasion.
thehackernews.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The scripts are not self-aware but it sure seems like they are heading that way. New #malware that interacts with #Google #Gemini on a regular basis to update its code for better obfuscation and detection avoidance. #promptflux #ai
Remember The Big Short? The man who read the tea leaves before the crash in '08 is back and this time he's shorting AI stocks. No way of knowing what the future will bring but this is an interesting data point in my view. #ai #bubble #bigshort #stocks
'Big Short' investor Michael Burry has a $1.1 billion bet against AI stocks and markets are plunging | Fortune
Wall Street expects tech stocks to take a hammering this morning—again.
fortune.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Yeah, this seems like a good idea. If your #AI can't tell the different between a bag of chips and a firearm perhaps your AI sucks. The objective is to improve security something which does not seem likely if scenarios like this repeat. #safety #fail #aifail #wtf
School's AI system mistakes a bag of chips for a gun
“I don’t think a chip bag should be mistaken for a gun,” said the student, as eight police cars showed up to take down him and his Doritos.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The call was coming from inside the house. Two #ransomware negotiators were charged with working with a ransomware gang initiating attacks while also negotiating payouts for ransomware victims. #security #cybersecurity
DOJ accuses US ransomware negotiators of launching their own ransomware attacks | TechCrunch
Three people, including two U.S. ransomware negotiators, are accused of working on behalf of the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang.
techcrunch.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The call was coming from inside the house. Two #ransomware negotiators were charged with working with a ransomware gang initiating attacks while also negotiating payouts for ransomware victims. #security #cybersecurity
#AI and #search together at last! What could possibly go wrong? Looks like we are going to find out. #OpenAI's #Atlas #browser is blending search and chat into a single field and it is opening up new #attack vectors as well as #privacy and #security risks. Yay!
Atlas browser’s Omnibox opens up new privacy and security risks
By blending search and chat in one field, OpenAI’s Atlas has made browsing more convenient—and more dangerous.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:24 PM
It's easy to make predictions. You can even claim your predictions are based on research, facts, reality. But that doesn't mean that your claims will come true or that they are actually based on anything real. #Perplexity is making lots of bit #promises about revenue for 2028. #AI #reality
Anthropic projects $70B in revenue by 2028: Report | TechCrunch
The Information reports that Anthropic expects to generate as much as $70 billion in revenue and $17 billion in cash flow in 2028. The growth projections are fueled by rapid adoption of Anthropic’s…
techcrunch.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
It's easy to make predictions. You can even claim your predictions are based on research, facts, reality. But that doesn't mean that your claims will come true or that they are actually based on anything real. #Perplexity is making lots of bit #promises about revenue for 2028. #AI #reality
Some concerning bugs found in @Microsoft.com #Teams allowing for user impersonation. The real concern is the potential loss of trust in communications if you can't trust what you are seeing on the screen. #hacking #security #trust #cybersecurity
Microsoft Teams Bugs Let Attackers Impersonate Colleagues and Edit Messages Unnoticed
Four Microsoft Teams flaws let attackers impersonate coworkers and manipulate chats before patches.
thehackernews.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Some concerning bugs found in @Microsoft.com #Teams allowing for user impersonation. The real concern is the potential loss of trust in communications if you can't trust what you are seeing on the screen. #hacking #security #trust #cybersecurity
Medicine continues to march forwards. While not a "cure" for cancer some exciting news in the search for better and more effective treatments there is progress. Researchers at #NorthwesternUniversity have made a major step forward. #cancer #research #biomedical #drugs
New Drug Kills Cancer 20,000x More Effectively With No Detectable Side Effects
By restructuring a common chemotherapy drug, scientists increased its potency by 20,000 times. In a significant step forward for cancer therapy, researchers at Northwestern University have redesigned…
scitechdaily.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Medicine continues to march forwards. While not a "cure" for cancer some exciting news in the search for better and more effective treatments there is progress. Researchers at #NorthwesternUniversity have made a major step forward. #cancer #research #biomedical #drugs
This could be one of the cooler things I've seen recently. #Linux running directly in your #browser. It tends to crash pretty quickly but it is very cool to be able to actually access a Linux kernel from within the browser window. #cool
The console takes over Ctrl + C etc. Depending on your platform and browser, adding Shift to the combo may work. Using Ctrl + Insert for copy and Shift + Insert for paste may also work. Right-clicking and using the context menu should also work.
joelseverin.github.io
November 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Shining light into dark areas is a great way to improve things. @Proton.me is shining a little more light with their Data Breach Observatory looking to expose organizations that don't acknowledge breaches. Will it make a difference? Only time will tell. #security #cybersecurity #infosec #breach
Proton Data Breach Observatory to expose infosec cover-ups
: Service will tell on compromised organizations, even if they didn't plan on doing so themselves
www.theregister.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Shining light into dark areas is a great way to improve things. @Proton.me is shining a little more light with their Data Breach Observatory looking to expose organizations that don't acknowledge breaches. Will it make a difference? Only time will tell. #security #cybersecurity #infosec #breach
I took an college accounting night class while in high school and one things the teacher told us was to always look at the footnotes when reading corporate reports because that's where accountants like to bury the good stuff. Sometimes you don't need to go that far.
#openai #loss #microsoft #ai
#openai #loss #microsoft #ai
Microsoft earnings suggest $11.5B OpenAI quarterly loss
: Satya has also delivered Sam most of the cash he promised
www.theregister.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I took an college accounting night class while in high school and one things the teacher told us was to always look at the footnotes when reading corporate reports because that's where accountants like to bury the good stuff. Sometimes you don't need to go that far.
#openai #loss #microsoft #ai
#openai #loss #microsoft #ai
There is going to be a crash and it is going to be bad. Has anyone ever heard of the CEO of a company telling people their market is going to crash? Does that mean the market magically doesn't crash? #ai #bubble #crash #nvidia
Nvidia hits record $5 trillion mark as CEO dismisses AI bubble concerns
“I don’t believe we’re in an AI bubble,” says Huang after announcing $500B in orders.
arstechnica.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Upgrading systems is challenging. Planned and unplanned downtime, unexpected issues, crashes, etc are all likely during a major migration. But not migrating and running servers that lack support is even worse. @Microsoft.com should offer #security #patches longer but orgs should #upgrade as well.
9 in 10 Exchange servers in Germany are out of support
: Cybersecurity agency urges organizations to upgrade or risk total network compromise
www.theregister.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Upgrading systems is challenging. Planned and unplanned downtime, unexpected issues, crashes, etc are all likely during a major migration. But not migrating and running servers that lack support is even worse. @Microsoft.com should offer #security #patches longer but orgs should #upgrade as well.
Some good news on the #ransomware front. Turns out if you don't pay breaching companies becomes less profitable. No indication if this will translate to less ransomware attacks (or perhaps more) but it is a step in the right direction.
#cybersecurity #security
#cybersecurity #security
Ransomware profits drop as victims stop paying hackers
The number of victims paying ransomware threat actors has reached a new low, with just 23% of the breached companies giving in to attackers' demands.
www.bleepingcomputer.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Some good news on the #ransomware front. Turns out if you don't pay breaching companies becomes less profitable. No indication if this will translate to less ransomware attacks (or perhaps more) but it is a step in the right direction.
#cybersecurity #security
#cybersecurity #security
I've read a good marketing technique is to pick a fight with a competitor. I've seen examples where it sort of worked but rarely do I see examples where it works spectacularly. Then there is the approach of picking a fight with a critic. #badidea #youtube #locks #lockpick #shimming #oops
10M people watched a YouTuber shim a lock; the lock company sued him. Bad idea.
It’s still legal to pick locks, even when you swing your legs.
arstechnica.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Hey look, a new #phishing warning! While using death in a phishing attach is nothing new it is still sad to see how far bad actors will go to attempt to gain access to other people's credentials and #passkeys, for all their good, is going to make it worse. #lastpass #security #passwords
October 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Hey look, a new #phishing warning! While using death in a phishing attach is nothing new it is still sad to see how far bad actors will go to attempt to gain access to other people's credentials and #passkeys, for all their good, is going to make it worse. #lastpass #security #passwords
So, it's okay for an AI to scrape someone else's website but if they start scraping my website then it's an issue I guess? #Google and #Reddit are accusing #Perplexity of scraping their results. Interesting.
Lawsuit: Reddit caught Perplexity “red-handed” stealing data from Google results
Scraper accused of stealing Reddit content “shocked” by lawsuit.
arstechnica.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
So, it's okay for an AI to scrape someone else's website but if they start scraping my website then it's an issue I guess? #Google and #Reddit are accusing #Perplexity of scraping their results. Interesting.