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SpaceX has used thrusters to position spacecraft for decades.
Making them work in a vehicle instead of a vacuum took all-new hardware & controls.
Every usable void in the car is packed with Carbon Fiber Overwrapped Pressure Vessels (COPVs)
More compressed gas on board = more flight time
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Researchers spent 500 hours and $70,000 and found LG TVs logging plain text transcripts in standby, mapping every device in the house, and feeding it to LG's ad arm
Unplug the internet and it saves the files until you plug back in.
LG says its TVs don't record ambient conversations.
The evidence begs to differ.
216 million of these are sitting in living rooms.
Where are the regulators?
Writer: Daniel
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The findings and video clip here are from Gamers Nexus' investigation, which receives no credit or link.
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Microsoft has reported an ongoing service degradation affecting Exchange Online. Some users may experience delays or failures when sending or receiving email, authentication issues, or intermittent mailbox access problems. The issue was identified at approximately 11:53 AM EDT on August 31, 2026, and Microsoft is actively investigating.
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Weโre currently experiencing a significant and highly unusual infrastructure incident at our PhoenixNAP data center, where the facility has suffered a failure of its cooling systems.
To protect our customersโ infrastructure and prevent equipment from overheating or suffering longer-term damage, we made the difficult but necessary decision to take affected services offline while we work with the data center operator to resolve the issue.
The latest information we have is that PhoenixNAP has brought 2 of its 4 chillers back online, and we are seeing temperatures in the data center begin to drop. We anticipate that the third chiller will be back online in approximately 3 hours, at which point we believe we will be able to begin bringing our services back online. PhoenixNAP is also installing additional cooling units as we speak to help accelerate the cooling of the data center.
This is an extraordinary situation, and one we have never experienced before. Iโm deeply sorry for the disruption it is causing our customers.
The impact is broad, currently affecting more than 5,000 servers and impacting Namecheap.com, Shared/VPS/Dedicated Hosting, EasyWP, DNS, Private Email and hosting email, email forwarding, URL redirects, and some hosting operations. Websites and services may be unavailable, slow, or return errors until the infrastructure can safely be brought back online.
For email specifically, delivery may be delayed, but messages are not expected to be lost. Sending servers should retry once connectivity is restored.
Our teams on site are working around the clock alongside PhoenixNAP to restore cooling, safely bring infrastructure back online, and return services to normal as quickly as possible.
We know how much our customers rely on us to keep their businesses, websites, email, and domains online. We take that responsibility incredibly seriously, and we are truly sorry that we are letting you down today.
Our immediate priority is restoring service safely and as quickly as we can. We will continue to provide updates as we make progress.
Thank you for your patience and understanding.
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We are investigating unauthorized access to GitHubโs internal repositories. While we currently have no evidence of impact to customer information stored outside of GitHubโs internal repositories (such as our customersโ enterprises, organizations, and repositories), we are closely monitoring our infrastructure for follow-on activity.
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Microsoft to shut down Exchange Online EWS in April 2027 - @serghei
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In June, Secure Boot certificates will start to expire. Don't wait to update.
Secure Boot certificates ensure you can prevent malicious codeโsuch as rootkits or bootโlevel malwareโfrom loading before the operating system starts.
See the playbook to get started: msft.it/6012QKPLY
#MicrosoftIntune #SecureBoot
ALT A graphic showing a translucent security shield surrounded by multiple toggle switches in the \u2018on\u2019 position. Text above reads: \u2018Secure Boot certificates expire in June.\u2019 Text at the bottom says: \u2018Take action today.\u2019 The background features a blue-to-purple gradient.
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X Posts using Xtend are seeing an explosion in re-posts. Grow your community, Xtend your reach, bitsxtend.com.
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A driverless Tesla Robotaxi was spotted on the roads of Austin, Texas today.
No one in the car. No safety driver.
Fully autonomous.
This is actually happening.
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The nightmare of opting your personal data out of AI training continues.
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Microsoft says the Aisuru botnet hit its Azure network with a 15.72 terabits per second (Tbps) DDoS attack, launched from over 500,000 IP addresses.
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XTend is a community building app. Check it out at bitsxtend.com and create some boosted posts for your own X communities.
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Microsoft introduces a new capability in Microsoft Teams that allows users to start a chat with ANYONE who has an email address, even if they're not currently using Teams.
The recipient will receive an email invitation to join the chat session as a guest, enabling seamless communication and collaboration. This update simplifies external engagement and supports flexible work scenarios.
This feature will be available across Android, Desktop, iOS, Linux, and Mac platforms.
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Targeted Release: Rollout will begin in early November 2025 and is expected to complete by mid-November 2025.
General Availability (Worldwide): Rollout will begin in January 2026.
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All Microsoft Teams users in your organization.
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-Users will be able to initiate chats with any external contact using their email address.
-External users will receive an email invitation and can join the chat as guests.
-The chat experience will be governed by your organization's Entra B2B Guest policy.
-Chats will remain within your organization's boundary.
-This feature will be enabled by default.
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-Update internal documentation to reflect this new capability.
-Inform helpdesk and support teams about the change.
-To disable the feature, set the UseB2BInvitesToAddExternalUsers attribute to false using the Set-CsTeamsMessagingPolicy cmdlet.
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No compliance considerations identified, review as appropriate for your organization.
#MicrosoftTeams #Microsoft365
