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Halloween fans flock to spooky Bucharest festival

Halloween fans flock to spooky Bucharest festival




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Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest outside Israeli military enlistment office

Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest outside Israeli military enlistment office




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Typhoon Kong-rey hits Taiwan's east coast, leaving at least 1 dead

Typhoon Kong-rey hits Taiwan's east coast, leaving at least 1 dead




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Catastrophic flooding in Spain leaves widespread destruction

Catastrophic flooding in Spain leaves widespread destruction




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Austrian team sets record at top of Swiss Verzasca dam

Austrian team sets record at top of Swiss Verzasca dam




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Survivors sought and village evacuations in wake of deadly Lewotobi volcano eruptions

Survivors sought and village evacuations in wake of deadly Lewotobi volcano eruptions




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Meet Haggis, a newborn pygmy hippo at Edinburgh's zoo

Meet Haggis, a newborn pygmy hippo at Edinburgh's zoo




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No Comment: Aid on the ground slow to arrive in flood-hit areas

No Comment: Aid on the ground slow to arrive in flood-hit areas




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From Kosovo with love, mosaic artist honours Trump and Harris

From Kosovo with love, mosaic artist honours Trump and Harris




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Juliette Binoche launches Paris Christmas window display

Juliette Binoche launches Paris Christmas window display




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Art installation marks Berlin Wall's 35th anniversary

Art installation marks Berlin Wall's 35th anniversary




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Fretonbit App Review: Scam Or Legit Platform? Fact-Check!

Fretonbit App is an AI-powered crypto trading software designed to enhance the trading experience of traders from all backgrounds, including novice traders. The system automates trading, operates 24/7 to collect valuable information, and offers accurate trade signals and insights. The founders say it will eliminate human biases and help earn consistent profits during various conditions. [...]




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PNUT Market Cap Hits $420M Following Binance Listing

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has listed the viral meme coin Peanut the Squirrel (PNUT) for spot trading on its platform on November 11. PNUT token’s value has skyrocketed over the past week, surging by 827%.  Binance Lists Solana Memecoins PNUT and ACT, Resulting In ATH For Both Tokens The listing [...]




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Binance Effect Drives AI Prophecy Meme Coins To Massive Price Surge: The Token Soars 2000% Following Listing

The dramatic price hike of two emerging Solana meme coins, AI Prophecy (ACT) and Peanut the Squirrel (PNUT), has been fuelled by Binance’s spot trading listing. The unexpected move by the legendary crypto exchange Binance has surged the market capitalization of the ACT from $20 million to an astounding $433 million. The listing will be [...]




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Bitcoin Ever Closer To $90K! MicroStrategy Adds $2B Worth BTC To Balance Sheet

Bitcoin (BTC), the flagship cryptocurrency, is nearing the $90,000 mark for the first time in its decade-long history after breaking past the $80,000 level.  According to Coin Metrics data, Bitcoin’s price had risen by 12% earlier in the day to change hands at $89,100 on various exchanges. On Tuesday, the apex cryptocurrency recorded a new [...]




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Condrebit App Review: Scam Or Legit Platform? Fact-Check!

Condrebit App is a crypto trading platform designed to simplify trading for traders at all proficiency levels. The system combines the latest technologies and advanced algorithms to examine real-time market movements and offer invaluable data and insights. According to the founders, this trading system collaborates with trusted industry brokers who provide quality services and assist [...]




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Verisign and ICANN Renew Root Zone Maintainer Service Agreement

On October 20th, ICANN and Verisign renewed the agreement under which Verisign will continue to act as Root Zone Maintainer for the Domain Name System (DNS) for another 8-year term. The Root Zone sits atop the hierarchical architecture of the DNS and is essential to virtually all internet navigation, acting as the dynamic, cryptographically secure, global directory of all top-level domains that exist in the DNS.




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NIS2 Article 28 Guidance: A Positive Step Toward Reducing DNS Abuse Across Europe

The European Union (EU) has set a high bar by tackling domain name system (DNS) abuse head on via government regulation and seems to have successfully resisted attempts to water down DNS stewardship obligations. Recent guidance from a key European Commission cooperation group (the NIS Cooperation Group) handling sections of the Network and Information Security Directive (NIS2) intends for a robust implementation of Article 28, which will go a long way toward helping to mitigate some of the longstanding problems that persist in the DNS.




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How Dormant Domains Can Be Weaponized During Events Like the 2024 U.S. Election

As with any high-stakes event, elections have become a prime target for cybercriminals seeking to exploit public trust through impersonation, misinformation, and scams. CSC's comprehensive research about the 2024 U.S. Election reveals the alarming role of dormant domains, which have the potential to be exploited for launching cyber attacks against political campaigns, organizations, and constituents.




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Want to Help Ensure the Internet Remains Open? Internet Society Seeks Nominations for 2025 Board of Trustees

Do you (or someone you know) believe that people everywhere should have access to affordable, reliable, and resilient Internet connectivity? Are you passionate about ensuring that people everywhere have an Internet experience that is safe, secure, and protects them online? Do you have leadership experience in business, government, philanthropy, and/or the nonprofit sector?




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The Role of Cloud Resource Provisioning in Web App CICD Pipelines

Thanks to wide adoption of the Infrastructure as Code (IaC) approach, programmatic provisioning of cloud resources is slowly transforming almost every aspect of computing, with administration of web apps having emerged as a key use case. With IaC, it's possible to streamline resource management tasks, shorten time-to-market, control costs, and scale at will. The adoption of continuous integration and continuous delivery (CICD) pipelines is already making a huge difference in web app deployment and cloud resource management.




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The Internet’s Two Bodies: Understanding the Multistakeholder Reign

The reports of multistakeholder Internet governance's demise are greatly exaggerated. This article explores the dual nature of multistakeholderism: its evolving, sometimes contentious practice as the "First Body," and its enduring principle of actor plurality as the "Second Body." Despite criticism and challenges, multistakeholderism remains crucial for a resilient, non-state-led Internet, underscoring the need to adapt and uphold its foundational pluralism.




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A DNS Investigation of the 32 Doppelganger Websites Seized by the U.S. Government

The U.S. Office of Public Affairs issued a statement on 4 September 2024 regarding the seizure of 32 websites that are believed to be part of the so-called "Doppelganger" campaign.




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Why We Need to Discard the Word “Multistakeholder”

A CircleID post by Alexander Klimburg takes aim at my article, "The Power to Govern Ourselves," delivered at the Gig-Arts conference in June. That speech, available here on the blog, argued that: "Multistakeholder does not describe a governance model. It never has. It was always a compromised Public Relations concept," one that muddied the distinction between governance by state actors and non-state actors. What really made the Internet institutions unique was their break with sovereignty.




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We’re finally going to the Solar System’s most intriguing but unexplored frontier

If you've been waiting for a real mission of discovery into the unknown, this is it.





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How to install Windows 11 on supported and unsupported PCs, 24H2 edition

Supported or not, new or old, this is everything you need to know.




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The 2025 VW ID Buzz electric bus delivers on the hype

Here's what it's like to drive—and why the wait was so long.




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SpaceX has caught a massive rocket. So what’s next?

Spoiler alert: The company still has a massive amount of work to do to reach the Moon.







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Eleven things to know about in the Windows 11 2024 Update

A look at some of the changes and odds and ends in this year's Windows release.





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Qualcomm cancels Windows dev kit PC for “comprehensively” failing to meet standards

Snapdragon Dev Kit was supposed to ship in June but was repeatedly delayed.





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What I learned from 3 years of running Windows 11 on “unsupported” PCs

When your old PC goes over the Windows 10 update cliff, can Windows 11 save it?






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Boeing strike ends after workers vote to accept “life-changing” wage increase

Workers vow to restore Boeing's iconic legacy as costly strike ends.




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RTO mandate was attempt at thwarting Grindr workers unionizing: US labor board

80 out of 120 workers trying to unionize reportedly quit due to RTO mandate.




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Trump’s 60% tariffs could push China to hobble tech industry growth

Tech industry urges more diplomacy as it faces Trump’s proposed sweeping tariffs.




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Trump’s likely FCC chair wrote Project 2025 chapter on how he’d run the agency

Brendan Carr wants to preserve data caps, punish NBC, and give money to SpaceX.





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Discord terrorist known as “Rabid” gets 30 years for preying on kids

FBI considers 764 terror network a top threat to kids online.




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Apple’s New Benchmark, ‘GSM-Symbolic,’ Highlights AI Reasoning Flaws

A recent study conducted by Apple's artificial intelligence (AI) researchers has raised significant concerns about the reliability of large language models (LLMs) in mathematical reasoning tasks. Despite the impressive advancements made by models like OpenAI's GPT and Meta's LLaMA, the study reveals fundamental flaws in their ability to handle even basic arithmetic when faced with slight variations in the wording of questions.




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T-Mobile Breaks Upload Speed Record with New 5G Dual Connectivity

T-Mobile has claimed a new world record in 5G upload speeds, achieving an impressive 2.2 Gbps in tests conducted at California's SoFi Stadium. Partnering with Ericsson and Qualcomm, the telecommunications firm leveraged an emerging technology, 5G Dual Connectivity (5G DC), which combines mid-band and millimeter-wave (mmWave) spectrum bands.




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Internet Visionaries Honored with Postel Service Award

The Internet Society has announced the 2024 Jonathan B. Postel Service Award recipients, honoring Steve Crocker and Xing Li for their pioneering work in advancing the global Internet infrastructure.




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PIR Reaches 11 Million .ORG Domains, Citing Growth and Online Safety Efforts

Public Interest Registry (PIR), the nonprofit managing the .ORG domain, recently announced it now oversees 11 million registrations. Jon Nevett, PIR's CEO, attributes this growth to what he describes as a "responsible" expansion, emphasizing a focus on security and community support.




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Former Apple hardware chief Dan Riccio is retiring

He's not the first Apple exec to take a multi-stage approach to retirement.