Warner Bros. is caught in a heated bidding war between Netflix and Paramount, but the real winner might be its 65-year-old CEO David Zaslav. With a compensation package of $51.9 million in 2024 alone, Zaslav has become one of the media’s highest-paid leaders. A new contract signed earlier this year could add up to $420 … Read more
US President Donald Trump claims to have pardoned former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, but no official pardon has been announced or confirmed. The claim appears to be based on a social media post from Truth Social, where Trump stated that Peters was granted a full pardon for her efforts to expose voter fraud in … Read more
SSHDs (Solid-State Hybrid Drives) were a short-lived concept that aimed to combine the best of both worlds: fast SSD performance and cost-effective HDD storage. However, they failed to deliver on their promise due to constant NAND flash overwriting, slow HDD-like performance, and limited lifespan. Unlike traditional HDDs, SSHDs relied on flash memory to cache frequently … Read more
A contingent of 19 Indiana GOP state senators politely but persistently declined President Donald Trump’s months-long pressure campaign to redraw the state’s congressional map, dealing a blow to his nationwide effort to create safer GOP districts. The move, led by Sen. Vaneta Becker (R), comes as Republicans in four other states have re-jiggered their maps … Read more
Hackers have been exploiting a vulnerability in the popular text and source code editor Notepad++ by tricking its updater, WinGUp, into pulling down malicious executables from compromised servers. The issue lies with the updater’s validation of update files’ integrity and authenticity. Notepad++ creator Don Ho acknowledged the problem and released an updated version (v8.8.9) that … Read more
US President Donald Trump has granted a pardon to Tina Peters, a former Colorado county clerk serving a nine-year sentence for unauthorized access to voting machines. However, her case was handled in state court, raising questions about the president’s constitutional authority. The pardon power applies only to federal crimes, but some argue it could extend … Read more
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado vowed to return to her country with her Nobel Peace Prize award, saying that her country will soon be “democratic and free.” Machado, who had been in hiding for a year after the disputed election of President Nicolás Maduro, said she received support from the US government to travel … Read more