We zijn er helemaal aan gewend: planten- en diersoorten zijn makkelijk vele miljoenen jaren oud. Homo sapiens is relatief jong: de oudste échte mensenbotten zijn gedateerd op…
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Photon Obsolescence has added a photo to the pool:
Tourism 101:
Bay of Fires- Binalong Bay,
Tasmania, Australia
Alan McIntosh Photography has added a photo to the pool:
I was just fixated on this small island in the bay, with the distant coastline in the background.
Brother & Sister Island, just off the coast of White Beach, Tasmania.
Thomas Hawk posted a photo:
handwritten on back of photograph, "American Border Line, 7-1961, Portal, North Dakota"
The Japanese government said that the world's biggest nuclear plant would restart operations. Semafor: The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa site closed in 2012, as Japan -- which previously generated 30% of its electricity from nuclear power -- shuttered most of its fleet in the wake of the Fukushima meltdown. But like much of the world, it is looking once again to nuclear power for reliable, low-carbon energy, especially in the face of high gas and oil prices following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. It has restarted 14 out of 54 plants and announced plans for a first new reactor since the disaster.
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Microsoft has acknowledged in a support article that major Windows 11 core features including the Start Menu, Taskbar, File Explorer and System Settings break after applying monthly cumulative updates released on or after July 2025.
The problems stem from XAML component issues that affect updates beginning with July's Patch Tuesday release (KB5062553). The failures occur during first-time user logins after cumulative updates are applied and on non-persistent OS installations like virtual desktop infrastructure setups. Microsoft lists Explorer.exe crashes, shellhost.exe crashes, StartMenuExperienceHost failures and System Settings that silently refuse to launch among the symptoms. The company provided PowerShell commands and batch scripts as temporary workarounds that re-register the affected packages. Both Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2 share the same codebase and are affected. Microsoft said it is working on a fix but did not provide a timeline.
The problems stem from XAML component issues that affect updates beginning with July's Patch Tuesday release (KB5062553). The failures occur during first-time user logins after cumulative updates are applied and on non-persistent OS installations like virtual desktop infrastructure setups. Microsoft lists Explorer.exe crashes, shellhost.exe crashes, StartMenuExperienceHost failures and System Settings that silently refuse to launch among the symptoms. The company provided PowerShell commands and batch scripts as temporary workarounds that re-register the affected packages. Both Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2 share the same codebase and are affected. Microsoft said it is working on a fix but did not provide a timeline.
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Catch: you have to plug it into a computer first
If you’ve ever watched Mission Impossible, where Jim Phelps gets instructions from an audio tape that catches fire after five seconds, TeamGroup has an external SSD with your name on it. The T-Create Expert P35S is a portable USB-powered SSD that comes with a self-destruct button, which wipes all your data and physically renders the device useless.…
RECAP agent overcomes model alignment efforts to hide memorized proprietary content
If you've ever wondered whether that chatbot you're using knows the entire text of a particular book, answers are on the way. Computer scientists have developed a more effective way to coax memorized content from large language models, a development that may address regulatory concerns while helping to clarify copyright infringement claims arising from AI model training and inference.…
I did not know Adidas sold a sneaker called “Squid.”
As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered.
Hear from Cadillac Formula 1 Team CEO Dan Towriss as the squad prepare to enter F1.
In Streefkerk (gemeente Molenlanden, provincie Zuid-Holland) is vogelgriep vastgesteld op een biologisch leghennenbedrijf. Om verspreiding van het virus te voorkomen, worden de circa 16.000 dieren op de locatie geruimd door de Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit (NVWA).
NEW YORK (ANP) - De aandelenbeurzen in New York zijn vrijdag met winsten gesloten na de verliezen een dag eerder. De stemming onder beleggers op Wall Street kreeg vooral steun van hernieuwde hoop dat de Amerikaanse centrale bank de rente verder gaat verlagen om de economie te stimuleren. Ook werden de zorgen over de grote AI-investeringen en de sterk gestegen waarderingen van techbedrijven even aan de kant geschoven.
Donderdag kwamen nog sterker dan verwachte cijfers over de banenmarkt in de Verenigde Staten naar buiten, waardoor meer onzekerheid ontstond of de Federal Reserve de rente volgende maand voor de derde keer op rij gaat verlagen. Maar de regionale Fed-bestuurder van New York, John Williams, zei nog altijd ruimte te zien voor nog een renteverlaging op "korte termijn".
De Dow-Jonesindex noteerde aan het slot 1,1 procent hoger op 46.245,41 punten. De brede S&P 500 won 1 procent tot 6602,99 punten en de technologiebeurs Nasdaq klom 0,9 procent tot 22.273,09 punten. De hoofdgraadmeters eindigden donderdag nog met minnen tot 2,2 procent. Ook over de hele week werden verliezen geleden.
AI-chipconcern Nvidia stond wel opnieuw bij de dalers met een min van 1 procent na de daling een dag eerder. Oracle ging 5,8 procent onderuit en Microsoft zakte 1,3 procent. Facebook-moeder Meta Platforms en Amazon werden juist hoger gezet met koersstijgingen tot 1,6 procent. Google-eigenaar Alphabet steeg 3,5 procent.
Eli Lilly klom 1,6 procent. De farmaceut, die onder meer actief is met obesitasmiddelen, bereikte daarmee voor het eerst een marktwaarde van 1 biljoen dollar. Eli Lilly is daarmee ook het meest waardevolle gezondheidszorgbedrijf ter wereld.
Gap ging ruim 8 procent vooruit. De kledingverkoper, bekend van merken als Old Navy en Banana Republic, presteerde afgelopen kwartaal beter dan verwacht en werd positiever over de resultaten in het hele jaar. De producent van bedrijfssoftware Intuit kwam eveneens met goed ontvangen cijfers en werd 4 procent hoger gezet.