2 mn readSixty years after the world’s first high-speed train launched, rail enthusiast Paul Carter rides the bullet train along what’s been dubbed the “New Golden Route”. Standing on platform 19 at Tokyo Station, a bustling cathedral to modern rail travel, it’s hard to believe that it was 60 years ago this year that the first Shinkansen […]
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< 1 mn readThe Kansas City Chiefs, the defending Super Bowl champions, came out on top in a dramatic finish to beat the Las Vegas Raiders 19-17 and become the first team to clinch an NFL play-off spot. Trailing by two points, with 15 seconds left and in field goal range, the Raiders lost possession after a mix-up […]
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2 mn readA popular open-source game engine called Godot Engine is being misused as part of a new GodLoader malware campaign, infecting over 17,000 systems since at least June 2024. “Cybercriminals have been taking advantage of Godot Engine to execute crafted GDScript code which triggers malicious commands and delivers malware,” Check Point said in a new analysis published Wednesday. “The technique […]
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< 1 mn readMicrosoft announced that it has restored most of its application services, including Outlook and Teams, impacted by the reported outages on Monday morning. In a statement on X at about 11 p.m. ET, Microsoft said it “restored functionality for all impacted services except Outlook on the web, which is still affected for a small number of users.” The […]
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2 mn read Andrej Jakimovski converted an off-balance layup with eight seconds left, and Colorado handed No. 2 UConn its second loss in two days at the Maui Invitational, beating the two-time defending national champion 73-72 on Tuesday. A day after a 99-97 overtime loss to Memphis that left Huskies coach Dan Hurley livid about the officiating, UConn (4-2) couldn’t shake the unranked Buffaloes (5-1), […]
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2 mn readPublisher Spines will charge authors between $1,200 and $5,000 to have their books edited and distributed with the help of artificial intelligence. Writers and publishers are criticising a startup that plans to publish up to 8,000 books next year using AI. The company, Spines, will charge authors between $1,200 and $5,000 to have their books […]
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