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Ryan Cole writes about security engineering and protocols: how HTTPS, certificates, and modern encryption protect data in transit, explained without the jargon.
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3rd Bitcoin Reorg in a Month: Top 2 Pools Hold 44% [2026]
Bitcoin’s blockchain briefly split in two on September 11, 2026, when SpiderPool and AntPool each mined a valid block at height 966,500…
Valve: Steam Buyer Data Safe After CEVA Hit 10 Firms [2026]
Valve told European Steam hardware customers on September 16, 2026 that a cyberattack on its shipping partner, CEVA Logistics, did not reach…
Epic Kills MetaHuman Creator Web App: Nov. 5 [2026]
Epic Games has set a hard shutdown date for MetaHuman Creator, the free browser tool that let anyone build a photorealistic digital…
Kubernetes Network Policy: 12 Steps to Zero Trust [2026]
A default Kubernetes cluster is a flat network. Every pod can reach every other pod, across every namespace, unless something tells it…
Nintendo Switch Exploit: Update to 23.0.0 Now [2026]
Nintendo is telling every original Switch owner running an older system version to update immediately after confirming a security flaw that lets…
Intel Core Ultra X9 Ships as ARM Hits Record 15.3% [2026]
The latest move in the hardware world: Intel’s newest laptop silicon is no longer a slide at a trade show. Systems built…
Budget Phones, Laptops Lose 80% of Cost to Memory [2026]
A $150 Android phone used to spend most of its bill of materials on the screen, the battery and the camera module.…
Intel’s Tan: Memory Up 7x, No Relief Until 2028 [2026]
Intel chief executive Lip-Bu Tan told an audience at the AI Infrastructure Summit 2026 in Santa Clara, California, on September 15, 2026,…
Marvel’s Wolverine Scores 77, Insomniac’s Weakest Yet [2026]
Insomniac Games shipped its fourth Marvel-licensed PlayStation exclusive on September 15, 2026, and the reception broke a five-year streak. Marvel’s Wolverine landed…
Ugreen LinkStation Pro Adds 80Gbps, 850W PSU [2026]
UGREEN has pushed out a new external GPU dock, and the spec sheet reads like a wish list assembled by PC builders…
