Wait a second: How did I not know that before the internet, 'online' actually meant 'offline'?

"The term 'online' originally meant 'immediately available on a computer," Chen wrote, explaining why Windows 3.0 (which was ...

I just learned that before the internet, 'online' actually meant 'offline' and it's turned my world upside down

"The term 'online' originally meant 'immediately available on a computer," Chen wrote, explaining why Windows 3.0 (which was ...
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'The Truth Is Paywalled.' Internet Vets Lament the State of the 'Open' Web

In discussing where we went wrong, a panel of luminaries, including Vint Cerf and the Internet Archive's Brewster Kahle, sees ...
CNET

Does Your Smoke Alarm Keep Beeping at Night? We Found The Reason

Smoke detectors that only beep at night are acting up for a specific reason: Here's what can save your sanity and sleep.
Bleeping Computer

F5 says hackers stole undisclosed BIG-IP flaws, source code

U.S. cybersecurity company F5 disclosed that nation-state hackers breached its systems and stole undisclosed BIG-IP security vulnerabilities and source code. The company states that it first became ...
Bleeping Computer

TARmageddon flaw in abandoned Rust library enables RCE attacks

A high-severity vulnerability in the now-abandoned async-tar Rust library and its forks can be exploited to gain remote code execution on systems running unpatched software. Tracked as CVE-2025-62518, ...
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My Cat Listens to Cat & Dog Sounds on Computer

In this delightful video, watch as my curious cat listens intently to a variety of cat and dog sounds played from the computer. Witness their hilarious reactions and captivating behavior as they ...
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UAE Coding Day: Launch of national initiatives, honouring school students in UAE Codes Hackathon

DUBAI, 29th October, 2025 (WAM) -- The UAE Codes Day, celebrated annually on 29th October to mark the launch of the region’s first electronic government by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al ...