Scrcpy 5.0 adds hardware decoding for Android mirroring
Scrcpy, the open-source tool for viewing and controlling your Android phone from your desktop, added support for zero-copy hardware decoding in its latest release. The feature, new in v5.0, uses your computer’s hardware to decode the video stream sent from your Android screen to mirror to your desktop (via aContinue Reading
Tech jobs decline as US hit with rising costs and economic instability
A number of studies reported a decline in tech jobs in September as the US continues to get squeezed by geopolitical and economic instability. Tech consortium CompTIA said 10,350 positions in the technology sector were lost in September, lower than the 14,700 positions cut in August. But economy-wide, tech jobsContinue Reading
Windows 11 gains ground as price hike looms for Windows 10 security updates
According to new figures from Statcounter, Windows 11 continues to gain users at the expense of Windows 10. The newer operating system is now estimated to account for 71.5% of all Windows computers globally, while Windows 10 has dropped to 27.8%, reports The Register. Microsoft itself does not publish anyContinue Reading
Archaeologists may have finally solved a 100-year-old Florida mystery
Ancient pottery from Tampa Bay appears to have been made by migrant craftspeople who brought specialized Mississippian pottery-making knowledge hundreds of miles south. Remarkably, they even incorporated crushed fragments of older homeland pottery into new vessels, preserving a physical link to their past across generations., Read MoreContinue Reading
My Favorite Economic Buzzword, Explained
Globalization has been an economic buzzword for decades, but what does it actually mean? Here’s what I tell my students. Want to join me in class? Now you can: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/wealth-and-poverty-class-3-globalizationContinue Reading
Red Hat’s Lightwell Doesn’t Wait for Upstream Maintainers to Act
Lightwell is Red Hat and IBM’s response to a specific problem in enterprise open source security. Vulnerabilities sit in production library versions that upstream maintainers haven’t patched and, in some cases, won’t. More than 90% of enterprise application code traces back to open source or third-party libraries, per figures RedContinue Reading
Freddie Jackson, R&B star who sang ‘You Are My Lady,’ dies at 70
Freddie Jackson, whose smooth vocals swept an entire generation off its feet, died Monday night, his family announced on Instagram., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Paramount Skydance completes Warner Bros. Discovery merger
The $110 billion takeover went live on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker “SKYD” as of the stock market’s opening on Tuesday.Continue Reading
The Traitor approves firing squad execution of Fort Hood mass shooter: Pentagon
If the execution goes forward, Hasan would be the first person put to death through the military justice system since 1961.Continue Reading
Nobel physics prize for Antarctic ‘ghost particle’ hunt | DW News
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2026 was awarded to Francis Halzen for his decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. It’s one of a kind! For starters, it’s buried nearly 2 kilometers beneath the ice at the South Pole. So what is it doing down there? Neutrinos are unbelievably tinyContinue Reading
WATCH: Karl Deisseroth tells his family he won the Nobel Prize in medicine
Stanford University shared footage of Deisseroth telling his two daughters and one of his sons that he had won a Nobel Prize for medicine. The 54-year-old shared this year’s prize with two researchers in Germany for their work in optogenetics, a field that combines light with genes to switch onContinue Reading
Rare Apple-1 computer signed by Steve Wozniak heads to auction
A rare Apple-1 computer signed by co-founder Steve Wozniak and accompanied by a letter signed by co-founder Steve Jobs is estimated to sell for $500,000 to $800,000 at a Bonhams auction. #auction #apple #computer #stevejobs #stevewozniak 👉 Subscribe: https://reut.rs/4b8fRGn Keep up with the latest news from around the world: https://www.reuters.com/Continue Reading
Ukraine is third in world for cyberattacks after US and Israel, and first in Europe. Machine-speed assaults run continuously and without fatigue
Only the US and Israel were hit by more cyberattacks than Ukraine this year. Ukraine ranked third in the world and first in Europe among the countries whose organizations and users were most often targeted by cyberattacks in the first half of 2026, accounting for 4.8% of all victims worldwide,Continue Reading