I can fix this PC, boss, but I’ll need to play games for hours to do it
Loyal Wingman has fond memories of memory register exceptions On Call The working week is no game, which is why The Register eases readers into the weekend with a fresh instalment of On Call – our weekly reader-contribute tales recalling the lighter side of tech support.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
Apple sales slip, but investors offered bite of $110B stock buyback
Mac sales rose, iPads predicted to soar, and AI is riding to the rescue Apple has announced the biggest stock buyback in US history: a $110 billion plan to slurp shareholders’ scrip.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
State Department Laser Focused on a Saudi-Israel Deal, No Matter the Cost
Amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, which in recent weeks spread to direct military exchanges with Iran, Biden administration officials remain convinced they can achieve a broader Middle East peace through an Israel-Saudi Arabia normalization deal which would entail a U.S. security guarantee for Saudi Arabia. Indeed, Secretary of State AntonyContinue Reading
What We Leave Behind
Jim Moske Deaths of Artists Blast Books, 128 pages, $40 Like newspaper crime blotters, I’ve long held that public obituaries are a sadly unheralded literary subgenre. While blotter entries condense a novel’s worth of human drama and conflict into a hundred-word narrative, obituaries serve a very different and much trickierContinue Reading
Arizona’s Democratic governor signs bill to repeal the state’s 1864 ban on nearly all abortions
Arizona’s Democratic governor signs bill to repeal the state’s 1864 ban on nearly all abortions, Read MoreContinue Reading
Georgia governor signs law adding regulations for production and sale of herbal supplement kratom
Georgia’s governor has signed a bill putting new regulations on the production and sale of products containing kratom, a plant-based supplement, Read MoreContinue Reading
Would Julian Assange’s extradition threaten press freedoms worldwide?
Whistleblower lawyer on Assange extradition: ‘It would affect publishers, journalists, bloggers, anyone – me and you.’, UpFront Whistleblower lawyer on Assange extradition: ‘It would affect publishers, journalists, bloggers, anyone – me and you.’ As the world commemorates Press Freedom Day, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange remains detained in a high-security prisonContinue Reading
Germany accuses Russia of ‘intolerable’ cyberattack, warns of consequences
Foreign Minister Baerbock says group of hackers called APT28 is steered by Russia’s military intelligence service., Foreign Minister Baerbock says group of hackers called APT28 is steered by Russia’s military intelligence service. Germany has blamed “state-sponsored” Russian hackers for an “intolerable” cyberattack on members of the Social Democratic Party (SPD)Continue Reading
Tiffany Haddish started tracking down her online trolls and calling them on the phone
Tiffany Haddish revealed to the Los Angeles Times that she sometimes investigates the trolls spamming her social media accounts with hateful comments and finds a way to reach out to them directly., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Kristi Noem’s Account Of Meeting World Leader In New Book Is ‘Bulls**t’: Report
The South Dakota governor had already stirred up controversy by revealing in her upcoming book that she shot and killed her young dog., Read MoreContinue Reading
Pre-order Grits’ new micro-history zine
With the paltry rate of posting on Grits, you might have thought I was no longer writing. But I’m pleased to announce a new zine I’ve been working on over the past couple of years: A micro-history of a small, 100-year-old neighborhood grocery store 2 blocks from my home, inContinue Reading
Laura Ingraham Not Pleased After CNN Airs Michael Cohen’s Crude Nickname For The Traitor
The Fox News host was unimpressed after Jake Tapper told viewers about the moniker, which entered the court record Thursday., Read MoreContinue Reading
How To Install COSMIC Desktop Environment On Fedora 40
In this tutorial, we will give you an overview about COSMIC DE and its features, and then we will walk you through the steps to install COSMIC Desktop Environment in Fedora 40 Linux system. The post How To Install COSMIC Desktop Environment On Fedora 40 appeared first on OSTechNix., ReadContinue Reading