Supply-chain attack using invisible code hits GitHub and other repositories
https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/03/supply-chain-attack-using-invisible-code-hits-github-and-other-repositories/
https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/03/supply-chain-attack-using-invisible-code-hits-github-and-other-repositories/
Ars Technica
Supply-chain attack using invisible code hits GitHub and other repositories
Unicode that's invisible to the human eye was largely abandoned—until attackers took notice.
Age Verification Lobbying: Dark Money, Model Legislation, Institutional Capture
https://tboteproject.com
https://tboteproject.com
The TBOTE Project
Age Verification Lobbying: Dark Money, Model Legislation & Institutional Capture
Investigative research into age verification lobbying, dark money, and model legislation
RAM kits are now sold with one fake RAM stick alongside a real one
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ram/fake-ram-bundled-with-real-ram-to-create-a-performance-illusion-for-amd-users-1-1-value-pack-offers-desperate-psychological-relief-as-the-memory-shortage-worsens
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ram/fake-ram-bundled-with-real-ram-to-create-a-performance-illusion-for-amd-users-1-1-value-pack-offers-desperate-psychological-relief-as-the-memory-shortage-worsens
Tom's Hardware
RAM kits are now sold with one fake RAM stick alongside a real one to create a performance illusion — 1+1 'value pack' offers desperate…
Filler RAM won't make your system run any better, but it'll at least make it look good.
Arizona's Meteor Crater is still revealing new secrets 50k years later
https://www.space.com/stargazing/meteor-showers/arizonas-meteor-crater-is-still-revealing-new-secrets-50-000-years-later
https://www.space.com/stargazing/meteor-showers/arizonas-meteor-crater-is-still-revealing-new-secrets-50-000-years-later
Space
Arizona's Meteor Crater is still revealing new secrets 50,000 years later
"The crater is still providing new insights every year, so continued studies there are really important."
Jürgen Habermas, influential German philosopher, dies at 96
https://apnews.com/article/juergen-habermas-dead-germany-2b541721af6cb19abfaa923359d091b5
https://apnews.com/article/juergen-habermas-dead-germany-2b541721af6cb19abfaa923359d091b5
AP News
Jürgen Habermas, influential German philosopher, dies at 96
German philosopher Jürgen Habermas has died at age 96. Habermas' work on communication, rationality and sociology made him one of the world’s most influential philosophers and a key intellectual figure in his native Germany.
Online astroturfing: A problem beyond disinformation
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01914537221108467
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01914537221108467
SAGE Journals
Online astroturfing: A problem beyond disinformation
Coordinated inauthentic behaviours online are becoming a more serious problem throughout the world. One common type of manipulative behaviour is astroturfing. I...
What happens when US economic data becomes unreliable
https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/what-happens-when-us-economic-data-becomes-unreliable
https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/what-happens-when-us-economic-data-becomes-unreliable
MIT Management Sloan School
What happens when US economic data becomes unreliable
Sound economic planning and policymaking requires trustworthy data. Private data can serve as a complement but not fully replace official U.S. statistics.
In Praise of Stupid Questions
https://mathenchant.wordpress.com/2026/03/12/in-praise-of-stupid-questions/
https://mathenchant.wordpress.com/2026/03/12/in-praise-of-stupid-questions/
Wordpress
In Praise of Stupid Questions
Ask a silly question, get a silly answer. — Tom Lehrer, “New Math” I ask too many questions. A case in point is the time I lost out on a place I wanted to rent when I asked my pot…
2026 tech layoffs reach 45,000 in March
https://technode.global/2026/03/09/2026-tech-layoffs-reach-45000-in-march-more-than-9200-due-to-ai-and-automation-rationalfx/
https://technode.global/2026/03/09/2026-tech-layoffs-reach-45000-in-march-more-than-9200-due-to-ai-and-automation-rationalfx/
TNGlobal
2026 tech layoffs reach 45,000 in March, more than 9,200 due to AI and automation - RationalFX
Data shows that roughly 9,238, or about 20 percent of the 45,363 tech layoffs recorded worldwide since the start of the year, and have been linked to artificial intelligence (AI) implementation and organizational restructuring, RationalFX said Monday.