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Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL cargo craft is pictured installed to the Unity module’s Earth-facing port as the International Space Station orbited 262 miles (422 kilometers) above the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South Africa. (Image credit: NASA)A new extra-large spacecraft loaded with garbage prepares to meet its fiery demise in Earth’s atmosphere in this shot from the International Space Station.What is it?In this screenshot from one of the live cameras aboard the International Space Station (ISS), the new Northrop Grumman Cygnus XL freighter is being jettisoned away from the station.Cygnus XL arrived at the ISS on Sept. 18, 2025,…
Image credit: © Dale Zanine – USA TODAY Sports Last Tuesday, I decided to draft a team in an industry league–Tout Wars Mixed Draft (15-team)–and punt starting pitching. This might seem daffy or ill-conceived or any other pejorative adjective that might be bouncing around in your head right now but there were a few reasons I took the plunge: This is the raison d’etre for this gambit and, in fact, the only reason it can work. Most Roto formats have a penalty built in if you fail to reach a certain number of innings (usually between 900-1100) where you lose…
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You never know when you’re going to have to bug out on short notice. The politics of the moment are less than predictable. Disasters never strike on schedule, and few stores stay open for a wildfire or an insurrection. As of early 2026, wildfires and the resulting chaos look especially likely in the American West after record-low snowpack levels in the winter will mean less water in the spring and summer.That’s why it’s important to make plans well in advance and put together gear for an emergency kit, say experts on disaster preparedness—and to stock up on the essentials that…
Bonk.fun warned users not to use its site after attackers hijacked the domain and pushed a fake wallet-draining prompt.The domain of Solana-based platform memecoin launchpad Bonk.fun has been hijacked after attackers gained access to a team account and deployed a wallet-draining scheme through the site.The Bonk.fun account on X warned users early Thursday not to interact with the website while the team worked to secure the domain. “A malicious actor has compromised the BONKfun domain, do not interact with the website until we have secured everything,” the project wrote in a post on X.X user Tom, who is an operator…
One of the issues inherent in many kinds of consensus architectures is that although they can be made to be robust against attackers or collusions up to a certain size, if an attacker gets large enough they are still, fundamentally, exploitable. If attackers in a proof of work system have less than 25% of mining power and everyone else is non-colluding and rational, then we can show that proof of work is secure; however, if an attacker is large enough that they can actually succeed, then the attack costs nothing – and other miners actually have the incentive to go…
Whether you’re sending, receiving, or simply holding crypto, you’ll need a private key to secure your wallet, prove ownership, and ultimately control your assets. A private key is a long, randomly generated alphanumeric code that works with a public key to secure your assets and authorize transactions.In this article, we’ll dig deeper into the concept of private keys, how they work, and their significance. In addition, we’ll provide a step-by-step guide on private key management, threats to keys, and best practices to keep crypto funds safe.What Is a Private Key?A private key is a secret cryptographic key used to access…
Superhuman, the tech company behind the writing software Grammarly, is facing a class action lawsuit over an AI tool that presented editing suggestions as if they came from established authors and academics—none of whom consented to have their names appear within the product.Julia Angwin, an award-winning investigative journalist who founded The Markup, a nonprofit news organization that covers the impact of technology on society, is the only named plaintiff in the suit, which does not call for a specific amount in damages but argues that damages across the plaintiff class are in excess of $5 million. She was among the…
Politics / March 11, 2026 But make no mistake: The company is not one of the good guys. Ad Policy Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Chief Product Officer Mike Krieger and Head of Communications Sasha de Marigny give a press conference on May 22, 2025.(Julie Jammot / AFP via Getty Images) Anthropic, makers of the “Claude” AI model, has sued the Department of Defense in two separate lawsuits, including one alleging that the government is violating its First Amendment rights. The conflict arose last week when the Trump administration labeled the company a “supply chain risk” and banned government agencies, or…