Month: September 2025
iFixit zooms in on reports of an iPhone 17 Pro scratch problem
Here are some pictures showing just what those scratches look like under a digital microscope: iFixit talked to David Niebuhr, an engineer and professor of mechanical engineering, who has an explanation for why scratches around the iPhone 17 Pro’s camera plateau stick out so much with spalling damage that didn’t…
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I blended everything but the kitchen sink with the Breville Paradice 9 food processor – here’s how it fared
If there’s anything I’ve taken a liking to more this year than ever before, it’s kitchen appliances. There’s always something brewing in my kitchen, so when the opportunity arose to try out a gadget from the iconic Australian brand, Breville (known as Sage in the U.K.), I jumped at the…
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Unhackable backup storage could have helped in the M&S hack case by keeping data physically offline – but it comes at a cost
Recent Marks & Spencer attack reveals flaws in current enterprise backup strategies HyperBUNKER pushes offline storage while critics question cost and practicality Data diodes create one-way channels, keeping vaults disconnected from networks Major UK retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) was recently hit by a ransomware attack WHICH disrupted internal systems…
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Pokémon lawyers won’t sue DHS for that video, former legal head predicts
Yesterday afternoon, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted a piece of disgusting propaganda that glorifies the concept of a militarized police state forcefully entering people’s homes and businesses and leading them away in handcuffs and zip ties — all set to the classic Pokémon theme song and using…
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Alien: Earth season 1 ending explained: who dies, will there be a season 2, and more on the Hulu sci-fi horror show’s finale
Full spoilers follow for Alien: Earth season 1, including its eighth and final episode. The final episode of Alien: Earth‘s first season has emerged from its ovomorph. And, with the FX TV Original dominating the entertainment news cycle since it premiered in late August, I’d expect what happens in its…
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For One Glorious Morning, a Website Saved San Francisco From Parking Tickets
The serial website builder Riley Walz launched a project that tracked San Francisco parking enforcement in real time—until the public data feed was cut off. Source
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