Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman has suggested firing junior workers because AI can do their jobs is “the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.”

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Cyber compromises

Threat actors use spear-phishing and social engineering, in the form of highly personalised messages aimed at tricking specific individuals into revealing sensitive information or clicking malicious links, to compromise accounts and devices. The proliferation of commercial spyware has enabled a wider range of actors to compromise devices.

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Here’s one of my secrets for investigating… People often reuse usernames. By tracking a username across platforms, databases, and forums, you can build a surprisingly complete profile, even if the person thinks they’ve been discreet. Curiosity, genuine, relentless curi...

Last week my GP confirmed a diagnosis of ME CFS. I’ve been off work since July and I’ve used my Mac for less than an hour in those several months. Basically to do a computer only task, and updating it. Updates will be sporadic and will utilise some automations and workflow...

Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it.

(Brian Kernighan)

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England Is Mine (2017)

Rated: 5/10

Added: 2025-10-12

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When website security doesn’t have fallbacks for visitors when using basic browser security tools. The web used to be open, it’s now behind are verification, captchas and human verification as well as cookie banners. It shouldn’t. But if the browser is overly hardened, ...

What I’ve been listening to this month. The Middle - Jimmy Eat World Orange Crush (Remastered 2013) - R.E.M. Temptation Waits (2018 Remaster) - Garbage Round Here - Counting Crows A Murder of One - Counting Crows Linger - The Cranberries Road To Nowhere (20...

RSS has been my preferred way to read content on the web for over a decade now (RIP Google Reader). It’s a clean, efficient and simple way to curate your own news and content from across the web.

I’ll leave it to Molly White to much more eloquently expound upon the benefits of RSS generally, but I wanted to add post a list of RSS readers that I recommend.

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But what if I wanted to do a web app, in addition to or instead of a native app?

I can picture a future, as I bet you can, where RSS readers aren’t allowed on any app store, and we’re essentially required to use billionaire-owned social media and platform-owned news apps.

But there are issues with making NetNewsWire a web app.

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Live Translation with AirPods and iPhone Mirroring are both amazing features. And EU users are missing out on them. I think Apple structured this piece exactly right, by emphasizing first that the most direct effect of the DMA is that EU users are getting great features late – or never. And that list of features is only going to grow over time.

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Summary Myalgic encephalomyelitis or encephalopathy (ME) or chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a complex chronic condition defined by a specific pattern of different symptoms that impact a person’s quality of life and functioning. There is typically ...

The UK government has issued a new request for Apple to provide access to encrypted icloud user data, the Financial Times reports. The report reveals that, in early September, the UK Home Office demanded that Apple creates a way for officials to access encrypted ‌iCloud...

Not yet women’s football from anywhere in Europe. Apple Sports is also expanding and now available for free in eight additional countries: Austria, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, and Spain. League coverage continues to grow as well, with the addition...

The big problem is YouTube. With YouTube, Google has a centralized chokehold on video. We need a way that’s as easy and scalable to host video content, independently, as it is for written content. I don’t know what the answer to that is, technically, but we ought to start working on it with urgency.

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Time Cut (2024)

Rated: 2/10

Added: 2025-09-14

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Life or Something Like It (2002)

Rated: 2/10

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The Running Man (1987)

Rated: 3/10

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War of the Worlds (2005)

Rated: 1/10

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Anaconda (1997)

Rated: 3/10

Added: 2025-09-14

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As of 9 September 2025, hypertension notifications are pending regulatory review and expected to be cleared this month, with availability on Apple Watch Series 9 and later and Apple Watch Ultra 2 and later. The feature is not intended for use by people under 22 years...

What I’ve been listening to this month. Shadow (I Know You, Pt.5) - Morphine Empty Pool - Cibo Matto Midnight Rider - The Allman Brothers Band Don’t You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds Roam - The B-52’s Wild Child - The Black Keys Dreams - The Cranberries ...

Bullet Train Explosion (2025)

Rated: 4/10

Added: 2025-09-07

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The Deliverance (2024)

Rated: 3/10

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The Northman (2022)

Rated: 4/10

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Nowhere (2023)

Rated: 3/10

Added: 2025-09-07

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The Thursday Murder Club (2025)

Rated: 4/10

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Five Nights at Freddy's (2023)

Rated: 3/10

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Thanksgiving (2023)

Rated: 3/10

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You know where else you find sideloading? In podcast apps. Because not all podcasts or audio files you want to listen to in a podcast app can be retrieved via an RSS feed, many apps allow you to import episodes and audiobooks. That’s often a premium feature. In Overcas...