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CrowdStrike will come under scrutiny on Tuesday when a senior executive takes questions from a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee regarding the company’s catastrophic software update in July thatled to a global IT outage. Adam Meyers, senior vice president of counter adversary operations at CrowdStrike, will go before lawmakers to explain what caused the disruption and also outline the measures that the company is taking to ensure that nothing like it happens again....

If you thought assembling a bed from Ikea was a headache-inducing experience, imagine being tasked to build a whole (if tiny) house for pennies on the dollar. That was the assignment tasked to two Danish architecture students who were challenged by Ikea to create an adaptable living structure that would use as few materials as possible, as cheaply as possible. (You can see where this is going: Ikea is totally going to flat-pack a house eventually)....

If you’re trying to decide what to watch on a given streaming service, one of the best ways to make you decide to view the recent arrivals on that service and what might be leaving soon.Netflixis filled with great movies, but most of them feel like the same old things you see every time you log in. If you’re looking for something new, though,Rear Windowwas just added to the streamer in June....

Wags and kisses are all well and good when you want to know if your dog loves you but don’t help too much when you want to know how they’re really feeling. A Japanese biologist has taken this problem head-on withInupathy, the “world’s first dog mental visualizer.” The Inupathy band — “inu” means dog in Japanese — measures your furry friend’s heartbeat in order to get a sense of what emotion he or she is feeling....

As the interstellar comet known as2I/Borisovpasses through our solar system, astronomers are finding out more about the outside visitor. Scientists have just discovered that the comet contains cyanide. Since the comet will be the closest interstellar object to pass us, scientists have been able to study it at relatively close range. They have found a thin cloud around the comet, which indicates cyanogen gas.Universe Todayreports that the presence of cyanide does not pose a threat, since Earth will not come close to passing through the comet’s tail....

Lenovo has just unveiled a new lineup of tablets atCES 2025. The Android-based Yoga Tab Plus, Lenovo Idea Tab Pro, and Lenovo Tab are aimed at competing withApple’s iPad lineup. To that end, all of these tablets will be offered at competitive prices. The Yoga Tab Plus is the most interesting of the bunch and, at least on paper, looks like a really strongiPad Air 2024competitor. The premium Yoga Tab Plus is Lenovo’s first tablet featuring on-device AI powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip....

Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD: Release date, trailer & everything we know Nintendo is remaking Luigi’s Mansion Dark Moon for the Nintendo Switch. Here are all the currently known details. Luigi’s Mansion Dark Moon – also known as Luigi’s Mansion 2 – came out on the Nintendo 3DS in 2013. It served as the sequel to the 2001 GameCube titleLuigi’s Mansion. In the game, players must control Luigi and his Poltergust 5000 to rescue Mario from King Boo and find the shards of the Dark Moon....

Lyftjust launched a new version of itsAll-Access Planmonthly ridesharing subscription. The plan will be available throughout the U.S. by October 19. There’s no option, or obligation, that is longer than one month for the All-Access Plan, and you can cancel at any time. If you don’t cancel, however, you will be charged for the next month’s subscription. The subscription plan is not guaranteed to save on individual rideshare trips, though. The convenience of buying Lyft rides in bulk each month might help with budgeting, but you could still spend more for rides with the All-Access Plan than by paying for trips as needed....

You can’t have more electric cars without more charging stations, so Mercedes-Benz is building a global charging network covering North America, China, Europe, and other major markets to support its goal of going all-electric by the end of the decade where market conditions allow. Announced at CES 2023, the network should be in place by the end of the decade in line with Mercedes’ electrification goal. It’s a bold move by the automaker, which has mostly relied on third-party charging networks until now....

Midjourney drops Discord requirement for AI image generation Midjourney has announced that the platform will no longer require you to have a Discord account to generate images. Unlike AI image generators likeStable Diffusionand DALL·E 2, you can’t install Midjourney on yourPCor use a web app. The only way to access it is through Discord. You have to join its Discord server and submit a text prompt using a format unique to Midjourney, but that changes now....

MrBeast reveals whopping sum he spends on security each month MrBeast has just opened up about the amount of money he spends each month on security asthe biggest YouTuberin the world. To some, the life of a popular content creator may look like a dream come true. At a glance, you’d get to travel all around the world, meet famous people, earn a lot of money, and so much more compared to being confined in one place....

Summary Chapter #425 of theMy Hero Academiamanga introduced a character who could become the series’ new antagonist.This probable new villaincould become the perfect opportunity for the world of the series to show it has changed for the better. Deku made it clear during the final battle that his goal was to create a more just Hero Society that would not generate more supervillains. The possible new foe will be the ultimate test to see if Izuku’s wish came true....

The PC Gaming Show at E3 2021 had a ton of games for viewers to take in — one could even argue that it bordered on too many. There were titles for everyone: Hardcore RPGs, management sims both on Earth and in outer space, and tons of shooters for players to wear down their keyboards and mice. While the show, presented by PC Gamer, had a ton of great games, there’s simply too many to list them all in one place....