It's frosty in Florida. What cold temps mean for invasive Burmese python

When the weather gets cold in Florida, gators stop eating and iguanas start dropping. How do low temps affect the invasive ...

He Leaked the Secrets of a Southeast Asian Scam Compound. Then He Had to Get Out Alive

A source trapped inside an industrial-scale scamming operation contacted me, determined to expose his captors’ crimes—and ...

The only Linux command you need for monitoring network traffic - and how to use it

Recently, I needed to check on incoming and outgoing traffic to one of my Linux machines. Fortunately, there's an easy way to do just that.

Nearly 800,000 Telnet servers exposed to remote attacks

Internet security watchdog Shadowserver tracks nearly 800,000 IP addresses with Telnet fingerprints amid ongoing attacks ...
Racket

On the Big Screen This Week: Singing Shakers, a Trapped Child, and a Chris Pratt Bomb

The Testament of Ann Lee Amanda Seyfried founds the Shakers. The Voice of Hind Rajab Medical workers field a call from a ...
How-To Geek on MSN

Generate realistic test data in Python fast. No dataset required

Learn the NumPy trick for generating synthetic data that actually behaves like real data.
eWeek

Elon Musk’s xAI Is Testing ‘Employees’ That Aren’t Human

A former xAI engineer claims the company is testing human emulators that mimic white-collar work, revealing Musk’s fast-build culture and risks.
Biometric Update

Face biometrics image quality assessment tool maturing as eu-LISA plans integration

The OFIQ software library is intended to support large-scale biometrics programs with information about the usefulness of photos for biometric comparison.

Worried about AI privacy? This new tool from Signal's founder adds end-to-end encryption to your chats

Moxie Marlinspike, the mind behind the secure messaging app Signal, has launched an alternative to AI chatbot ChatGPT that focuses on user privacy and security. Also: The best free AI courses and ...
Racket

Just in Case You Need to Take 2 Hours and Relax at a Movie Theater This Week…

Charlie the Wonderdog Owen Wilson voices a dog that becomes a superhero. The Choral Two very different Ralph Fiennes movies ...
The Boston Globe

As a sports thriller, ‘Marty Supreme’ ping pongs between obnoxious and insufferable

There is nothing I dislike more than a movie that demands that you love an obnoxious, insufferable protagonist. “Marty Supreme” is not only one of the worst examples of this phenomenon, it’s also one ...
Morningstar

Ping Intel and Property Guardian Partner to Deliver Best-in-Class Wildfire Data to Commercial Insurers

Ping Intel, a leading property data intelligence firm for commercial insurers, has partnered with Property Guardian, a wildfire risk analytics and mitigation intelligence leader, to bring Property ...