Shaq Got Hacked. Now He’s Pitching for a VPN
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Shaq Got Hacked. Now He’s Pitching for a VPN

At a recent event for security firm NordVPN, NBA superstar Shaquille O’Neal revealed that he got hacked—and warned the public about the need to “have control of their own information.”
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We found some great October Prime Day deals under $50

Getting in on the Prime Day action doesn’t have to result in an empty wallet. Just as we found a couple handfuls of goodies that are under $25, there are plenty of deals during Amazon’s October sale that are $50 or less, many of which offer a lot of practical value. Everything from chargers to […]
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Teenage Engineering’s CEO says it’ll stop making synths

Teenage Engineering founder and CEO Jesper Kouthoofd told Highsnobiety that it plans to stop making synths. And yes, that includes the iconic OP-1, which put the company on the map. TE isn't just a music gear maker; it's also a sought-after design firm. It's collaborated with Ikea, Nothing, and Playdate, among others. But almost everything […]
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BMW’s iX4 SUV is a 428-mile defensive weapon against China’s EV takeover

While much of the automotive world sits dumbfounded as China gobbles up all its customers, BMW continues to roll out extremely well-crafted, technologically advanced electric vehicles that impress in both drive quality and price. The latest is the BMW iX4, a coupe-shaped SUV that puts a sportier spin on the automaker's iX3. The iX4 is […]
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Travel Listing Retrieval Architecture: Latency Budgets for Grounded Itinerary Answers

Short answer: use staged retrieval with explicit collections, bounded queries, and source context that survives all the way into the citation. For a travel itinerary planner, I would reserve a small, fixed budget for lexical discovery, a second budget for vector retrieval, and a final budget for citation assembly. The planner should return fewer grounded listings rather than wait indefinitely for a larger unverified set. The system in this article aggregates listings from several sources. Tha...
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What’s your take on Upwork in fall 2026?

Developers, what’s your take on Upwork in fall 2026? Are you finding solid projects at reasonable rates? Is it worth joining as an experienced engineer with no track record on the platform? I’m a Full-Stack Engineer with 9+ years of experience in React/Next.js, Node.js, AI integrations, and automation. I’m considering Upwork as a way to find clients and would love to hear about your recent firsthand experience. 🖥️ Website: https://ihar-ivaniuk.com 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/i...
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Security Audit Report: Reentrancy & Access Control Review: Binance staked ETH

Security Audit Report: Reentrancy & Access Control Review: Binance staked ETH Target Protocol : Binance staked ETH (TVL: $9586.9M) Security Audit Report – Reentrancy & Access‑Control Review Protocol: Binance Staked ETH (BETH) – Ethereum & L2 Deployments TVL: ≈ $9.59 B (as of 7 Oct 2026) Audit Window: 1 Sep 2026 – 30 Sep 2026 Prepared By: Senior DeFi Security Research Team – [Your Firm] 1. Executive Summary Binance Staked ETH (BETH) is th...
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My QR codes scanned in preview and failed on paper — the quiet zone isn't decoration

The QR Generator API was supposed to be the boring one in my toolkit: POST a string, get an image back. No parsers, no pagination, no file formats. It turned out to have the most physical-world failure mode of anything I run. A few weeks after I packaged it ( https://x402.freeq.one/tools/qr_generator.html ), an agent building conference tickets embedded my QR codes straight into a PDF layout — flush against the ticket art, no padding. On my preview page every code scanned instantly. On the pr...