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WordPress Foundation bid for greater trademark control halted, adding to more legal setbacks for CEO Matt Mullenweg

Unprotected.org successfully petitions USPTO against the application for Hosted WordPress and Managed WordPress However this is not an absolute denial for the trademarks Move leads some to call Matt Mullenweg’s WordPress leadership into question Since September 2024, WordPress, led by Matthew Mullenweg, has been locked in a battle with WP…

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Microsoft Outlook targeted by new malware attacks allowing sneaky hijacking

Security researchers spot new piece of malware called FinalDraft It gets commands from a drafted email It can exfiltrate data, run PowerShell, and more Cybersecurity researchers from Elastic Security Labs have discovered a new piece of malware which abuses draft email messages in Outlook for data exfiltration, PowerShell execution, and…

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Want a Blu-ray writer and a 13th-generation Intel Core CPU in your laptop? There’s only one place on Earth for it

Dynabook and NEC defy industry trends by bringing back optical drives Dynabook T series uses both Blu-ray Disc drive and DVD Super Multi-Drive NEC Lavie N16 opts for only DVD Super Multi-Drive In somewhat surprising news, Dynabook has released its T series (originally in Japanese), with 13th-generation Intel processors, while…

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Hundreds of the world’s largest hard disk drive have mysteriously gone on sale online as refurbished model – should you buy them?

Need massive storage? Seagate’s Exos 28TB HDD is the current king Recertified models are popping up cheap – but they’re not exactly fresh out the box Some might’ve worked hard in crypto farms before, so check before you buy! If you’re looking for a high-capacity hard drive, Seagate’s Exos range…

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‘Like a field plowed prior to planting’: Researchers want to grow lasers, yes lasers, on material commonly found in sand

Researchers at Imec have found a way to grow lasers directly on silicon Imec’s lasers use gallium arsenide, a material that doesn’t naturally bond with silicon This breakthrough could lower costs and improve photonic chips for AI and telecom Silicon photonics uses light to transmit data instead of relying on…

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Forget about Blu-ray, Fluo-ray discs may well be the future of optical data storage with 10TB capacities for $1

New optical tech could slash archival costs by 10x or even more Optera Data’s discs could hit 10TB for just $1 – cheaper than tape! The low-power, high-density storage has data centers in mind A team led by Dr. Nicolas Riesen at the University of South Australia has come up…

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