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RSS Cache Control
mjtsai,
Brent Simmons reported to me that my blog’s RSS feed wasn’t updating in recent versions of NetNewsWire. They’ve added support for the Cache-Control response header, and, for reasons unknown, my site was returning an interval of 2 days: $ curl --head https://mjtsai.com/blog/feed/ HTTP/2 200 date: Wed, 08 Jan 2025 14:28:24 GMT server: Apache vary: Accept-Encoding,Cookie,User-Agent […]
SysBumps Attack
Guru Baran (via Ric Ford, PDF): The research team from Korea University, led by Hyerean Jang, Taehun Kim, and Youngjoo Shin, presented their findings in a paper titled “SysBumps: Exploiting Speculative Execution in System Calls for Breaking KASLR in macOS for Apple Silicon.” Their work represents the first successful KASLR break attack on macOS systems […]
Senate GOP embraces new strategy on reconciliation bill: Whatever can pass the House
Politico,
LG UltraFine 6K
Malcolm Owen: The LG UltraFine 6K Monitor, model 32U990A, surfaced on Monday as part of the 2025 CES Innovation Awards, as an honoree in imaging. The monitor is described as the first in the world to have a 6K resolution display that also uses Thunderbolt 5.[…]LG’s newest screen has a Nano IPS Black panel, delivering […]
Popular Mod Site Shuts Down Marvel Rivals Mods That Let You Play as Trump and Biden
Gizmodo,
The custom skins were removed as part of Nexus Mods' policy against U.S. political content.
Stunning: 2 men and their dog stuck at home surrounded by Los Angeles fire (video)
Boing Boing,
Dramatic video circulating online shows two men and a dog staring out of wall-to-ceiling windows in their Los Angeles home as raging fire surrounds them. (See video below, posted by Mike Sington.) With not enough context or news sources (besides TMZ), it's not clear why the guys are still in the house, or if the video is even real. — Read the rest The post Stunning: 2 men and their dog stuck at home surrounded by Los Angeles fire (video) appeared first on Boing Boing.
Gamers can’t fathom how 6x CEO Elon Musk found time to best Diablo IV
TechCrunch,
On October 16 and November 20, Elon Musk tweeted videos of himself clearing the highest level of the Diablo IV video game in about 2 minutes. While Diablo IV has been out since mid-2023, the latest “season,” called The Pit, launched on October 7. Many asked: How did he find the time to do it […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
This basketball robot uses AI to rebound the ball after you shoot
Like anything in life, the secret to becoming Steph Curry or Sabrina Ionescu is practice, practice, and more practice. You practice when it’s too hot, too cold, you’re tired, or you’re sick. Finding a willing one-on-one partner through all of that is, however, another question entirely. The good news is that later this year, you […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.