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Trawling through busy retail stores seeking gifts is a daunting task. Shopping online can be just as time-consuming, and you may run into delivery delays. Even if you successfully secure a haul of presents, many will wind up in closets or charity stores. It’s time to try an online gift. Digital presents and online gift cards are easier to give. Shop from your comfy sofa or cozy bed—no gift wrapping or shipping needed. We have a virtual smorgasbord of delicious digital gift ideas.You should also consider subscriptions as gift ideas. Check out our Best Subscription Boxes for Gifting, the Best…
Editor’s note, October 4, 8 am ET: We’re bringing you some of our best-loved Your Mileage May Vary columns while Sigal Samuel is on parental leave. The one below was originally published last year.This unconventional advice column offers you a unique framework for thinking through moral dilemmas. It’s based on value pluralism: the idea that each of us has multiple values that are equally valid but that often conflict with each other. Submit your own question here.My partner and I did IVF recently and luckily we ended up with several embryos. One of those will be implanted in me so…
I’m in Denmark! Well, just, I’m now at Copenhagen airport ready to begin the long trek home, with the final event at GOTO now done and going just perfectly. This week, there are two ShinyHunters arrests in the news: Pepijn in the Netherlands and then Saif in Jordon. It’s an inevitable outcome, of course, and as I say this week, it was also the most likely one. Time will tell how many more join their ranks, but the seriousness of the crimes, the length of time they were perpetrated over, and the motivations behind them will certainly see substantial custodial…
Agentic AI is changing the identity security equation. Enterprises are no longer governing access only for employees and traditional machine identities. AI agents can act on behalf of people, interact with applications and data, acquire permissions and execute work at machine speed. That raises a more complicated question: How does an organization determine who or what is acting and whether that authority should still apply? “Agentic AI turns identity governance into an execution problem,” said Krista Case, principal analyst and practice lead for cyber resilience and security at theCUBE Research. “Enterprises need to know who or what is acting, whose…
The high-end laptop is still expected to make its debut by next month. Kevin Carter/Getty Images Not only will the next MacBook Pro have OLED technology and a touchscreen display, it will reportedly weigh less. As reported by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the upcoming MacBook Pro might be “significantly lighter” thanks to Apple reworking the laptop’s interiors by miniaturizing parts and rearranging components. While we’re not sure how the touchscreen MacBook Pro’s internals will be arranged, we last heard that it will feature the existing higher-end M5 chips, instead of the upcoming M7 chips that are expected to…
A suspected member of the ShinyHunters digital extortion group, who goes by the online alias “Rey,” has been allegedly detained by authorities in Jordan, Reuters reported, citing three people familiar with the matter. Rey, whose real name is Saif al-Din Khader, is said to have been brought into custody on September 29, 2026, cooperating with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and law enforcement to identify other members of the group. “His cooperation is critical to ongoing efforts to arrest these hackers,” a source told the news agency. Rey, who also went by the online alias ReyXBF, is not…
$25 doesn’t go as far as it used to. As recently as a decade ago, $25 could fill up your gas tank and buy a pretty good gift, with plenty of options for just about every interest and occasion. Nowadays, it’s a struggle to even find a $25 takeout meal for one person and average national gas prices are inching toward $5 a gallon. And we all know wages have not kept up.Good news: There are still plenty of thoughtful, interesting items out there to be had for $25, which are sure to appeal to everyone from coworkers to neighbors,…
Electric pressure washers promise a way to clean patios, driveways, cars and siding without the noise, fuel or maintenance associated with gas-powered machines. Because of their convenience, it’s no surprise that these battery and corded electric models dominate our testing. But with prices ranging from entry-level to premium, it’s fair to ask how much performance you get for your money, especially at the higher end of that spectrum. To find out, I compared the LawnMaster LT506-2000A pressure washer, which retails for $100 to $120 depending on PSI, with my AR Blue Clean 383SS. This specific 383SS model doesn’t appear to…
Supabase Inc., a startup that commercializes the open-source PostgreSQL database, has raised $150 million in funding. Singapore’s GIC sovereign wealth fund led the deal. It was joined by Alphabet Inc.’s CapitalG, IronArc and SquarePeg. Supabase announced the raise today alongside another business milestone: it has agreed to buy fellow database startup Turso for an undisclosed sum. PostreSQL is one of the most popular relational databases on the market because it’s free and highly reliable. Supabase offers a paid version that includes additional capabilities. One feature makes it easier to manage user logins, while another generates backups. An implementation of the…
[This is a sponsored article with the Singapore Government Partnerships Office.] “Help others whenever you can, even if you feel you have little to give.” For much of his life, Mohamed Satria Bin Sadon, 41, had always reflected on this lesson from his father, but never felt he was in a position to act on it while still building his own career. That changed when his father passed away, just before Satria started his job at Google. After some time into his career, Satria had the opportunity to speak with several secondary school and ITE students, where he asked them about their…