European Space Agency's official store hacked to steal payment cards

European Space Agency's official web shop was hacked as it started to load a piece of JavaScript code that generates a fake Stripe payment page at checkout. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 36 minutes ago

How to Hide Ubuntu Pro Updates in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Ubuntu Pro is an optional security feature that Ubuntu LTS users can enrol in to get critical updates for more than 25,000 packages that would otherwise sit unpatched. If you use Ubuntu 24.04 LTS you will have seen Ubuntu Pro security updates in Software Updater (or when running … | Continue reading


@omgubuntu.co.uk | 38 minutes ago

The Shows and Fictional Characters We Sadly Lost in 2024

From Scavengers Reign to Star Trek and Star Wars, the io9 crew looks back on the year's dearly departed characters and shows. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 43 minutes ago

There’s a reason Metaphor: ReFantanzio’s battle music sounds as cool as it does

Image: Atlus Metaphor: ReFantanzio is one of 2024’s best games racking up a stack of Game Awards including best RPG, best art direction, and best narrative. But one category in which Metaphor particularly stood out was its music. The soundtrack, produced by Shoji Meguro – the lon … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 43 minutes ago

We Tested 12 Methods to Craft a Fried Oreo Recipe That's Better Than Any State Fair's

With a puffy-yet-crunchy exterior and a nostalgic sweetness throughout, this homemade fried Oreo recipe will transport you to your favorite fair, tailgate, and/or childhood memory. | Continue reading


@seriouseats.com | 43 minutes ago

In this book Tariq Ali is clever, cultured and good company

Stuart Jeffries in The Guardian: One afternoon in the early 1980s, Tariq Ali, wearing only a towel, leapt into a room in Private Eye’s Soho offices. His mission was to liberate the magazine’s editor, Richard Ingrams, from a tiresome interview with Daily Mail hack Lynda-Lee Potter … | Continue reading


@3quarksdaily.com | 58 minutes ago

Kobo’s Elipsa 2E, an excellent e-reader for taking notes, is down to its best price

Kobo’s Elipsa 2E is a good e-reader that offers an intuitive note-taking experience. | Image: Kobo Amazon might have released a new Kindle Scribe earlier this month for $399.99, but after testing it, I still don’t think it can compete with its rivals. If you’re looking for a good … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 1 hour ago

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey

Blockbuster auteur Christopher Nolan’s next movie will be an adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey. Here’s what we know and don’t about it so far: The film will be a “mythic action epic shot across the world using brand new IMAX technology” distributed by Universal Pictures. The Odys … | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 1 hour ago

Mom shares money-saving hack to rescue nearly expired groceries from the trash: 'A great way to save'

Why not add to its shelf life? Mom shares money-saving hack to rescue nearly expired groceries from the trash: 'A great way to save' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

Groundbreaking Imaging Technique Reveals Promising New Drug Targets

Researchers at the University of Chicago have successfully captured detailed images of adhesion G protein-coupled receptors, along with an alternative method for activating them. This breakthrough paves the way for innovative drug design opportunities. Nearly 35% of drugs approve … | Continue reading


@scitechdaily.com | 1 hour ago

Modular E Ink tablet pops its hood for easy upgrade access

E Ink tablets are great for those who like to jot, scribble or doodle, and don't want to waste reams of paper. But even modern e-notes can be more sustainable. Supernote's 10-inch Manta model is modular, and can be upgraded or repaired as needed. Continue Reading Category: Mobile … | Continue reading


@newatlas.com | 1 hour ago

Only 1% of EV Drivers Would Go Back to a Gas Car*

A new survey of electric vehicle owners around the world finds that only 1% of electric vehicle owners would buy a pure gas-powered (or diesel-powered) car for their next vehicle. The survey comes from the Global EV Drivers Alliance (GEVA), and this is GEVA’s first survey on the … | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 1 hour ago

An Extremely Questionable “Therefore”

[“Most Unusual Winter City” would probably generate less buzz.] Boston was recently named the most beautiful winter city in the world. Initially, I was surprised. Eventually, I was just amused. Now, at present, the city is nicely covered with a blanket of snow. That’s certainly a … | Continue reading


@onefoottsunami.com | 1 hour ago

Why The Long Kiss Goodnight is a great alt-Christmas movie

Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson are sheer perfection as an amnesiac former assassin and PI who foil a terrorist plot. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 1 hour ago

Couple Discusses How to Get to a Party in Bushwick, Brooklyn in the Most NYC Way Possible

A NYC couple was discussing how to take public transit to a party in Bushwick, Brooklyn, in the most hilariously accurate way possible. | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 1 hour ago

Tom Holland on How Christianity Remade the World

This Christmas, one of our greatest living historians explains how one ‘radical message’ came to define the entirety of the Western world. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 hour ago

2024 Was the Year We Learned to Fear Nuclear Weapons Again

Russia, China, and the U.S. are all investing in nuclear weapons and an old fear from a bygone age is back in a big way. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

This $100 retro console has 70K games and emulators for consoles as far back as the NES

TL;DR: Play 70,000+ games on a retro console that's available for $99.99 (reg. $159). Remember the days of mashing buttons, dodging pixelated enemies, and yelling at the screen when your sibling cheated at Street Fighter II? Those glory days are back, but now in 4K with the Super … | Continue reading


@boingboing.net | 1 hour ago

'Like nothing we've seen before': James Webb telescope spies a mysterious asteroid-comet hybrid lurking past Jupiter

The James Webb telescope has focused its attention on an oddball space rock lurking between Jupiter and Neptune. The unusual "centaur," named 2060 Chiron, has features of both comets and asteroids. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 1 hour ago

The morning read for Tuesday, Dec. 24

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read: What Would the Founders Have Thought About TikTok and Online Porn? (Adam Liptak, The New York Times) SCOTUS case threatens rural health broadband... … | Continue reading


@scotusblog.com | 2 hours ago

Full Feed RSS

With Paul Kinlan’s Full Feed RSS I can now subscribe to Khoi’s site where the RSS entries are more than one sentence. It does make me think… would this annoy Khoi? Does he have it that way on purpose, perhaps because he really wants the site to be read on the site? Do I feel […] | Continue reading


@chriscoyier.net | 2 hours ago

Author's new book calls out key issue gripping America: 'It comes from a lot of places and affects a lot of people'

Through personal stories and cultural analysis, Mester tackles a problem facing many Americans: the compulsion to buy more than we need. Author's new book calls out key issue gripping America: 'It comes from a lot of places and affects a lot of people' first appeared on The Cool … | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 2 hours ago

The 10 best shows to stream on Disney Plus and Hulu from 2024

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images We got a healthy dose of Star Wars and Marvel shows on Disney Plus this year, but the more mature series from Hulu helped balance things out. Read the full story at The Verge. | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 2 hours ago

The 10 Best Cheese and Wine Pairings of All Time, According to a Sommelier

Bold meets bold. READ MORE... | Continue reading


@thekitchn.com | 2 hours ago

Science makes everyone feel stupid. That’s okay!

In 2008, University of Virginia microbiologist Martin Schwartz recalled a meeting with an old friend, one who had been a PhD student with him and had left to attend Harvard Law School instead. At one point during their meeting, he asked why she dropped out. “She said it was becau … | Continue reading


@bigthink.com | 2 hours ago

Hank Azaria Sings ‘The Little Drummer Boy’ in the Voices of His Characters From ‘The Simpsons’

Hank Azaria sang the classic Christmas carol "Little Drummer Boy" performing each line as a character he voices in "The Simpsons". | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 2 hours ago

How The Grinch Steals Christmas … from Peruvian Drug Traffickers

A Peruvian police officer dressed as The Grinch got busy this week in the capital, Lima, helping his fellow non-Grinch officers busting a drug gang. Just look at him banging the hell of that door before getting his hands on three drug traffickers. Video via: The Associated Press | Continue reading


@miblogestublog.com | 2 hours ago

The Savory Cookie Cutter Hack I Wish I Discovered Way Sooner

It’s super festive! READ MORE... | Continue reading


@thekitchn.com | 2 hours ago

For your Christmas Eve podcast listening queue, we just posted Core Intuition 623. Daniel and I talk about shipping new features like Micro.blog’s photo collections, preparing the next MarsEdit release, and the Micro.one teaser. 🎄 | Continue reading


@manton.org | 2 hours ago

STORIES: Matthew and Luke left different stories!

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2024 So too with our tribunes today: Different chroniclers of the first Christmas have left different stories behind. Wisely and helpfully or possibly not, Nicholas Kristof writes about this matter in this morning's New York Times. His column takes the form … | Continue reading


@dailyhowler.blogspot.com | 2 hours ago

12 Days of Yule

We’ve all heard the 12 Days of Christmas song. The 12 Days of Christmas begin on the Winter Solstice, which is the 21st of December. It ends on January 1st, New Years Day. Except before it was the 12 days of Christmas, it was the 12 days of Yule. As I am no longer Christian, … Co … | Continue reading


@hamneggs716.wordpress.com | 2 hours ago

You should keep a developer’s journal

A developer’s journal is a place to define the problem you’re solving and record what you tried and what worked. | Continue reading


@stackoverflow.blog | 2 hours ago

Year-End: Taylor Swift’s WAG Era

An important study. The post Year-End: Taylor Swift’s WAG Era first appeared on Go Fug Yourself. | Continue reading


@gofugyourself.com | 2 hours ago

Dune: Prophecy’s Showrunner and Harkonnen Sisters Tease What’s Ahead for Season 2

The Dune prequel just wrapped up its first season, with a second now on the way from HBO. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 hours ago

Marvel's Newest Show Is Secretly Teasing Its Next Big Team-Up

Marvel's 'What If...?' just introduced a dynamic that we'll likely see again soon in 'Thunderbolts.' | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 2 hours ago

NATO’s Emergency Plan for an Orbital Backup Internet

On 18 February 2024, a missile attack from the Houthi militants in Yemen hit the cargo ship Rubymar in the Red Sea. With the crew evacuated, the disabled ship would take weeks to finally sink, becoming an symbol for the security of the global Internet in the process. Before it we … | Continue reading


@spectrum.ieee.org | 2 hours ago

Breathing Breakthrough: Real-Time Lung Scans Transform Treatment

New imaging techniques reveal real-time lung function improvements, offering a breakthrough in diagnosing and treating respiratory diseases like asthma, COPD, and post-lung transplant complications. By using a specialized gas visible on MRI scans, researchers can pinpoint poorly … | Continue reading


@scitechdaily.com | 2 hours ago

The 8 best shows to stream on Apple TV Plus

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images It was another sci-fi-heavy year for Apple’s streaming service. Read the full story at The Verge. | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 2 hours ago

The Better-Than-Cinnamon-Rolls Treat You Need This Christmas

You’ll never look at cinnamon rolls the same way again. READ MORE... | Continue reading


@thekitchn.com | 2 hours ago

Is the moon a planet?

The moon is a round, rocky body, but is it a planet? The answer, scientists say, is complicated. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 2 hours ago

Celestron Inspire 100AZ review: A telescope to get you looking up

The Celestron Inspire 100AZ will get you looking up | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 2 hours ago

Fun and Festive Candy Cane Craft

We are doing a candy cane craft today! Kids of all ages will have so much fun with this candy… The post Fun and Festive Candy Cane Craft appeared first on Kids Activities Blog. | Continue reading


@kidsactivitiesblog.com | 2 hours ago

Addressing legitimate counterarguments in a scientific review: The challenge of being an insider

Review articles can be written by outsiders or insiders. From the outside, it’s easier. You assess the evidence and draw your conclusions. For example, this is what I did when summarizing the research on ballot-order effects and addressing the question … Continue reading → | Continue reading


@statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu | 3 hours ago

Jesus of Nazareth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yumoqNlaPCE | Continue reading


@3quarksdaily.com | 3 hours ago

the godfather best scene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i96VS_z8y7g | Continue reading


@3quarksdaily.com | 3 hours ago

I Tried Martha Stewart’s Most Beloved Butter, and I Get Why She Baked 35 Pies With It in Two Days

Martha has good taste. READ MORE... | Continue reading


@thekitchn.com | 3 hours ago

A Christmas Eve morning dispatch from Veniero's

Thanks to EVG reader Steph for sharing this photo and message from this morning at Veniero's on 11th Street: Us crazies who got there at 7:35 this morning were rewarded with cookies and coffee. And! They did have to have a word with the lady who decided to take the huge strawberr … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 3 hours ago

The Barbie Phone is plastic, fantastic, and impractical

Hi, Barbie! The Barbie Phone, much like the doll it pays tribute to, is a thing of beauty. But like that doll whose proportions, historically, are impossible, the Barbie Phone just isn’t built for the modern world. Even if the ultra-feminine aesthetic isn’t your thing — and it’s … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 3 hours ago