This website is a rabbit hole of pure internet nonsense
Some websites help you get stuff done. Others let you watch a picture of a pug spin around your screen for eternity. The Useless Web is all about discovering more of the latter. The site…
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Samsung bans smart TV apps that share users’ internet connections with strangers
Several popular Samsung smart TV apps contain code that share the owner’s internet connection with strangers, potentially putting millions of Samsung smart TVs at risk of hijacking, according to new security research published on Monday. …
Claude published malicious code to the Internet and attacked 3 real companies
Anthropic said its Claude-based security models gained unauthorized access to the sensitive production environments of three outside organizations during internal testing designed to measure the models’ offensive cyber capabilities. The events, which Anthropic revealed Thursday,…
Get five years of private, encrypted internet access for $35 as an extended Deal Days offer
TL;DR: Get 5 years of AdGuard VPN for $34.97 with secure encrypted browsing, 70+ server locations worldwide, and coverage for up to 10 devices. Modern tech is packed with recurring charges — from streaming services to cloud…
StumbleUpon is back and ready to send you down more Internet rabbit holes
We all remember the old StumbleUpon. It was a piece of magic back in the day that let you explore every nook and cranny of the world wide web. Then it disappeared in 2018, taking…
ServiceNow tells customers a bug left some of their data exposed to the internet
Cloud technology giant ServiceNow appears to have notified some of its enterprise customers that a software bug on its platform was allowing anyone on the internet to access their data. A knowledge base article, which…
This site made me fall in love with internet radio again
There’s something strangely fun about spinning a globe and landing on a random radio station from the other side of the planet. That’s the whole appeal of Radio Garden. It turns live radio into a…
Bored.com is back, and it feels like the Internet remembered how to be weird
Bored.com used to be one of those classic time-killer sites you’d stumble onto in the school library or computer lab during your off periods. Back in the Flash era, it was packed with browser games,…
This viral Dutch Fish Doorbell is peak internet
Every spring in the Dutch city of Utrecht, thousands of fish attempt to migrate through the city’s canals to reach spawning grounds, but locked flood gates stay shut for long stretches to manage water levels.…
Take a nostalgic trip through the early internet with Wayback Machine
There’s something weirdly magical about the early internet with its clunky fan sites, pixelated GIFs, and blogs with neon text. And while most of it vanished years ago, the Wayback Machine lets you return and…