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A former executive at a company that sells zero-day vulnerabilities and exploits to the United States and its allies pleaded guilty in federal court in Washington, DC, on Wednesday to selling trade secrets worth at least $1.3 million to a buyer in Russia, according to US prosecutors.Peter Williams, a 39-year-old Australia native who resides in the US, faced two charges related to the theft of trade secrets. As part of the plea agreement, Williams faces between 87 and 108 months in prison and fines of up to $300,000. He must also pay restitution of $1.3 million.Williams will be sentenced early…

Desktop Defender is a confoundingly compelling mix of Cookie Clicker and Vampire Survivors. The game sits in a little corner of your computer screen whether you’re emailing people for work or paying your bills for the month. The action consists of a tiny triangle shooting other blips that arrive from offscreen to destroy it. It levels up and earns loot, briefly interrupting your other work as you choose upgrades and look for synergies to help the lo-fi automated ship survive its hostile confines a little bit longer, or at least until you power down your PC. Indie developer Conrad Grindheim…

At first glance, teeth look a lot like bones: Both are hard, white and rich in calcium. So why aren’t teeth considered part of the skeletal system? Even though teeth and bones share a few basic similarities, they’re actually quite different.The major resemblance between teeth and bones is what they’re made of: hard tissue composed of minerals, such as calcium, phosphorus, fluoride and magnesium. On a molecular level, these minerals form a solid crystal structure, which is what makes both teeth and bones so much harder than everything else in the body.”They’re mineralized tissue,” said Dr. Edmond Hewlett, a professor…

Threads has grown to 150 million daily active users. Mark Zuckerberg shared the latest milestone for the company’s text-based app during Meta’s third-quarter earnings call. The company previously reported in August that Threads had reached more than 400 million monthly users.Zuckerberg, who has mused that Threads could become Meta’s next billion-person app, said that it was “on track to become the leader in its category.” He also said that time spent in the app had increased by 10 percent, which he credited to improvements to the company’s AI recommendation systems.On Wednesday, Instagram chief Adam Mosseri said that Meta was also…

In two years time, the iPhone 20 should be a fact and I expect lots of reviews, celebrations and meltdowns to commemorate the anniversary.Only time will tell if it’s going to be an iPhone that would make Steve Jobs proud, but until then, we have lots of room to speculate.It’s crazy that we’re already getting rumors about it, yet, that’s precisely what’s happening:What’s the story Image by PhoneArena In short, the alleged iPhone 20 that’s due in 2027 could arrive with some fresh camera sensor technology. Well, as fresh as possible, given that we’re talking about something that debuted 2024…

It can be hard to build an Adulting Arsenal. And expensive! Mattresses, couches, vacuums, cookware … all of these necessary things around us that require a hefty initial investment, lest you be met with back problems, sagging cushions, subpar suction, or flaking nonstick pans that leave a little bit of mystery plastic behind with every bite.No more! It’s time to upgrade. Pick up this All-Clad 5-Piece Nonstick Frying Pan Set for $180 (a $30 discount) and throw your dingy, dented, second- or possibly thirdhand nonstick pans away. A better world is possible, and it starts with good tools.And All-Clad is…

2017 was one of the all-time great years for video games, with major tentpole games like Super Mario Odyssey, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and Persona 5 dominating GOTY conversations. So if you missed out on some of the hidden gems of that year, I wouldn’t blame you. Battle Chef Brigade is one of those precious games that might have gotten lost in the shuffle, and Trinket Studios’ match-three/brawler/cooking game still holds up in 2025. However, the studio didn’t just try and make lighting strike twice with its latest project that’s out now on PC, PS5, and…

YouTube is implementing a new feature that is poised to become one of the greatest additions to the platform throughout its entire lifetime. The video hosting giant is getting a new AI-powered upscaling tool that will be able to sharpen up any video on the site, including older ones that were originally uploaded at a very low resolution.How will it work?If you’ve kept up with modern AI advancements, you’re probably well aware of the fact that AI can be used to improve the quality of an image. Models specifically designed for this purpose are able to enhance details in low-resolution…

Sometimes, game development is a labor of love. Other times, it’s an agonizing experience akin to pulling teeth. More than a decade after first announcing the project, Lunar Software and Raw Fury appear to be in the home stretch with their project Routine. The sci-fi horror game has been given a December 4, 2025 release date. For their sakes, I hope it comes to pass.The duo first announced Routine all the way back at Gamescom in 2012 and gave it a 2013 release date. After that window came and went, the project went dark until Summer Game Fest 2022, with…

Archaeologists in England have discovered the 2,000-year-old skeleton of a teenager lying face down in a pit — an unusual burial position that may be a clue in a murder mystery.Researchers from Bournemouth University were excavating a Celtic site in Dorset, a county in southwest England, earlier this year when they stumbled upon the bizarre burial. The discovery happened during the filming of “Sandi Toksvig’s Hidden Wonders,” a new TV series hosted by broadcaster and comedian Sandi Toksvig, according to a statement from Bournemouth University.”This has the sense of a body thrown into a pit, with hands potentially tied at…