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You can watch the Starliner astronauts return to Earth after an unplanned nine-month visit

Those stranded Starliner astronauts are finally coming back to Earth, with a touchdown expected on Tuesday evening. Coverage begins on Monday night at around 10:45PM ET, with streams available on NASAโ€™s website and via the NASA+ app. Monday nightโ€™s stream will focus on the hatch closing and the undocking procedure. The stream will go dark until 4:45PM ET on Tuesday as the crew approaches splashdown. The arrival is...

Published on: March 17, 2025 | Source: Engadget favicon Engadget

Apache Tomcat RCE Vulnerability Under Fire With 2-Step Exploit

The researchers who discovered the initial assault warned that the simple, staged attack is just the beginning for advanced exploit sequences that will test cyber defenses in new and more difficult ways.

Published on: March 17, 2025 | Source: Dark Reading favicon Dark Reading

Factory reset your buggy Chromecast? Google finally has a fix for you

Google Home update finally resolves second-gen Chromecast issues.

Published on: March 17, 2025 | Source: Android Authority favicon Android Authority

Sony savings: This 8 out of 10 Sony Bravia X90L is $250 off

The Sony Bravia 65-inch X90L 4K LED is on sale today. Score this fantastic UHD screen with a native 120Hz refresh rate before it goes back to full price!

Published on: March 17, 2025 | Source: Digital Trends favicon Digital Trends

Boeing Starliner astronauts finally head home, nine months later

Eight days. Thatโ€™s how long Boeing Starlinerโ€™s mission โ€” its first flight test with crew aboard โ€” was supposed to last. But this mission has been singular in almost every way, and astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have instead spent the past nine and a half months aboard the International Space Station. Now, finally, they're headed home. Their SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule is slated to begin undocking from the...

Published on: March 17, 2025 | Source: Engadget favicon Engadget

Honda Hid A Sneaky Easter Egg In Some 10th-Gen Civics - Here's Where To Find It

If you own a 10th-gen Honda Civic, there's a chance you can find a fun Easter egg hidden in the car. Here's what it is and where you should look to find it.

Published on: March 17, 2025 | Source: SlashGear favicon SlashGear

XRPโ€™s role in US Digital Asset Stockpile raises questions on token utility โ€” Does it belong?

Rippleโ€™s XRP (XRP), the third-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, gained national recognition after President Donald Trump mentioned the โ€œvaluable cryptocurrencyโ€ alongside BTC, ETH, SOL, and ADA as part of a planned US strategic crypto reserve. Trumpโ€™s executive order on March 6 established a new structure for the altcoins โ€” the Digital Asset Stockpile, managed by the Treasury.While the crypto community remains...

Published on: March 17, 2025 | Source: Cointelegraph favicon Cointelegraph

Universal Just Gave Us Our First Look Inside Epic Universe

New lands inspired by Super Mario, the Universal Monsters, and more raise the bar for what to expect at the new park.

Published on: March 17, 2025 | Source: Gizmodo favicon Gizmodo

Robinhood shares up 8% after launching betting markets hub

Robinhood has launched a betting markets hub as the online brokerage โ€” best known for stock trading โ€” expands its presence in emergent asset classes, including cryptocurrencies and event contracts, according to a March 17 announcement.Robinhoodโ€™s stock, HOOD, rose roughly 8% on the Nasdaq after the announcement, according to data from Google Finance. The new betting feature will let users โ€œtrade contracts for what the...

Published on: March 17, 2025 | Source: Cointelegraph favicon Cointelegraph

Archival Storage

Article URL: https://blog.dshr.org/2025/03/archival-storage.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43391459 Points: 190 # Comments: 99

Published on: March 17, 2025 | Source: Hacker News favicon Hacker News

Western Digital introduces 26TB WD Red Pro HDDs for RAID and NAS systems at a surprisingly low price

Western Digital introduces a surprisingly affordable 26TB WD Red Pro HDDs for RAID and NAS systems.

Published on: March 17, 2025 | Source: TechRadar favicon TechRadar

Six months in, Iโ€™ve totally changed my mind about iPhone 16โ€™s Camera Control

Camera Control had a rocky start when the iPhone 16 launched. Early reviews found the button overly complicated and finicky, sometimes feeling more like a gimmick than the tentpole feature Apple pitched it as. I didnโ€™t have the best first impressions of Camera Control either, but thatโ€™s completely changed in the six months since I got my iPhone 16 Pro. moreโ€ฆ

Published on: March 17, 2025 | Source: 9to5Mac favicon 9to5Mac

Qualcomm debuts new Snapdragon G handheld gaming PC chips to compete with Intel and AMD

Qualcomm launches the Snapdragon G3 Gen 3, Snapdragon G2 Gen 2, and Snapdragon G1 Gen 2 for handheld gaming devices.

Published on: March 17, 2025 | Source: Tom's Hardware favicon Tom's Hardware

10 Of The Rarest Porsche 911s Ever Made

The 911 is perhaps Porsche's best known model, but that popularity has meant that many exclusive variants have popped up over the years. Here are the rarest.

Published on: March 17, 2025 | Source: SlashGear favicon SlashGear

Elon Muskโ€™s AI company, xAI, acquires a generative AI video startup

Elon Muskโ€™s AI company, xAI, has acquired Hotshot, a startup working on AI-powered video generation tools along the lines of OpenAIโ€™s Sora. Aakash Sastry, Hotshotโ€™s CEO and co-founder, announced the news in a post on X on Monday. โ€œOver the past 2 years weโ€™ve built 3 video foundation models as a small team โ€” Hotshot-XL, [โ€ฆ] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Published on: March 17, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch

Todayโ€™s Android app deals and freebies: Afterplace, Galaxy Trader, Undergrave, more

This afternoonโ€™s collection of Android game and app deals is now ready to roll courtesy of the Google Play store. Today also ushered in loads of massive price drops on the Google Pixel 9 Pro/XL at up to $400 off, $350 off Googleโ€™s Pixel 9 Pro Fold, deals on the latest Pixel Watch 3, and $50 price drops on Pixel Buds Pro 2. But for now itโ€™s on to the apps, including Afterplace, Galaxy Trader, Undergrave, 9th Dawn III,...

Published on: March 17, 2025 | Source: 9to5Google favicon 9to5Google

OpenAI to start testing ChatGPT connectors for Google Drive and Slack

OpenAI will soon begin testing a way for business customers to connect apps like Slack and Google Drive to ChatGPT. OpenAI plans to start beta testing a new feature called ChatGPT Connectors, according to a document viewed by TechCrunch. ChatGPT Connectors will allow ChatGPT Team subscribers to link workspace Google Drive and Slack accounts to [โ€ฆ] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Published on: March 17, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch

Appleโ€™s rumored foldable could be the most expensive iPhone by far

According to Analyst Tim Long, the foldable iPhone could start at $2,300 for its base configuration. That would make it nearly twice the price of the iPhone 16 Pro Max.

Published on: March 17, 2025 | Source: Digital Trends favicon Digital Trends

Ripple files trademark application for custody service, wallet

Ripple Labs has filed a trademark application for the word mark โ€œRipple Custody,โ€ indicating that the company behind the XRP (XRP) token is considering expanding its brand in the crypto custody space.The filing notes four use cases for the word mark, including one that reads โ€œFinancial services, namely, custodial services in the nature of maintaining storage and possession of cryptocurrency [โ€ฆ] for financial management...

Published on: March 17, 2025 | Source: Cointelegraph favicon Cointelegraph

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Published on: March 17, 2025 | Source: Product Hunt favicon Product Hunt

Trump plan to fund Muskโ€™s Starlink over fiber called โ€œbetrayalโ€ of rural US

Director of $42 billion broadband fund pushed out, says program is being ruined.

Published on: March 17, 2025 | Source: Ars Technica favicon Ars Technica

Trump Defies Courts as โ€˜Rule of Lawโ€™ Becomes a Punchline

Trump's lawlessness is going to touch every aspect of American life.

Published on: March 17, 2025 | Source: Gizmodo favicon Gizmodo

Migrating From SQLite to MySQL

Introducing SQLite SQLite is a kind of open-source RDBMS that is distinguished from most other database management systems built on a client-server model since it is a server-less embedded database. This means that the SQLite database runs within the software that accesses the data, eliminating the need for a separate server. Due to such architecture, SQLite is a highly reliable, efficient system that works perfectly...

Published on: March 17, 2025 | Source: DZone favicon DZone

What Are The Yellow Grids On Telephone Poles For?

While driving past a telephone pole (especially at night), you might have seen a yellow grid design on its side. What are these, and what are they for?

Published on: March 17, 2025 | Source: SlashGear favicon SlashGear

Exploit Code for Apache Tomcat RCE Vulnerability Published on Chinese Forum

Exploits swirling for remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2025-24813) in open-source Apache Tomcat web server. The post Exploit Code for Apache Tomcat RCE Vulnerability Published on Chinese Forum appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Published on: March 17, 2025 | Source: SecurityWeek favicon SecurityWeek

SEC weighs changes to crypto custody rule for investment advisors

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reconsidering a proposed rule imposing stricter custody requirements on investment advisers holding crypto and other assets. Acting SEC Chair Mark Uyeda stated during the โ€œInvestment Management Conferenceโ€ in San Diego that the agency is evaluating whether to amend or rescind the rule introduced under the prior administration. [โ€ฆ] The post SEC weighs changes to crypto...

Published on: March 17, 2025 | Source: CryptoSlate favicon CryptoSlate

Mortgage Predictions for March 17, 2025: Markets Await Fed Decision

The Fed is weighing inflation, recession indicators and uncertain trade policies. Here's how that impacts mortgage rates.

Published on: March 17, 2025 | Source: CNET favicon CNET

Everything You Say to Your Echo Will Soon Be Sent to Amazon, and You Canโ€™t Opt Out

Amazon is killing its โ€œDo Not Send Voice Recordingsโ€ privacy feature on March 28 as the company aims to bolster Alexa+, its new subscription assistant.

Published on: March 17, 2025 | Source: Wired favicon Wired

Klarna nabs Walmart away from Affirm and boosts its IPO prospects

On the heels of its IPO filing, Swedish fintech giant Klarna announced on Monday that it will exclusively provide buy now, pay later loans for Walmart. The partnership with Walmart is one that rival Affirm had previously owned. Klarna will provide the loans to Walmart customers through OnePay, a fintech startup in which it owns [โ€ฆ] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Published on: March 17, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch

Here's the Real Reason You Taste Wine Before the Waiter Pours

Want to impress your friends at a fancy restaurant? Here's what you're looking for when a server offers a taste of that newly opened wine.

Published on: March 17, 2025 | Source: CNET favicon CNET

China to spend $55 billion on R&D in 2025 โ€” Semiconductor, AI and quantum computing fields to benefit

China set to inject $55 billion in research and development of fundamental technologies and innovating enterprises.

Published on: March 17, 2025 | Source: Tom's Hardware favicon Tom's Hardware

Meta wants AI to write your Instagram comments

Instagram is testing AI-generated comments, further automating social media interactions.

Published on: March 17, 2025 | Source: Mashable favicon Mashable

The 560-pound Twitter logo from its San Francisco headquarters is up for auction

Twitter may be dead, but the 12-foot tall bird logo from its San Francisco headquarters can be yours forever if you have enough money. The sign โ€” one of two birds that formerly adorned Twitterโ€™s office โ€” is up for auction. The massive logo that marked the companyโ€™s headquarters on San Francisco's Market Street is undoubtedly one of the most iconic symbols associated with the social media company. (The sign was...

Published on: March 17, 2025 | Source: Engadget favicon Engadget

Google's Gemini AI is great at removing watermarks, maybe too great

Social media is abuzz with Gemini 2.0 Flash's ability to remove watermarks from licensed work, a practice that is deemed illegal by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Such images litter stock photography services although in many cases, an identifying logo, text, or pattern is used to discourage unauthorized use. If...Read Entire Article

Published on: March 17, 2025 | Source: TechSpot favicon TechSpot

Legendary Game Dev Environments Humble Bundle

GameFromScratch.com Legendary Game Dev Environments Humble Bundle There is new Humble Bundle of interest to game developers, the Legendary Game Dev Environments bundle. It contains a huge collection of 3D game environments (and some characters) for Unreal Engine and Unity (although you can export to other engines using the guides below). There is also a huge collection The post Legendary Game Dev Environments Humble...

Published on: March 17, 2025 | Source: GameFromScratch favicon GameFromScratch