Little Florida Memo Could Have Big Impacts on Flock Cameras

September 1st, 2026 02:05 AM

It's just a memo banning license plate readers on highways. It might herald major changes.

Child trust fund firms face review over efforts to find who owns £1.5bn worth of pots

September 1st, 2026 04:00 AM

Exclusive: FCA pressures firms to do more to sort 760,000 accounts as watchdog urges families to use free tracking serviceChild trust fund providers are being put under the spotlight to check they are treating savers fairly and doing all they can to reunite young people with lost accounts.The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said about 760,000 accounts worth an average of 2,000 were yet to be claimed – more than 1.5bn in total – as it launched a review of the market. Continue reading...

20 DNF Commands Every Linux Administrator Should Know

August 27th, 2026 09:14 AM

The post 20 DNF Commands Every Linux Administrator Should Know first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .Most people treat dnf as a drop-in replacement for yum and stop there. But that misses a lot of what The post 20 DNF Commands Every Linux Administrator Should Know first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

This Colorado mountain house gets a stunning renovation for aging in place

August 31st, 2026 07:05 AM

Sopher Sparn Architects is responsible for this comprehensive renovation and addition that reimagines an existing modern mountain house in Jefferson County, Colorado, with accessibility and long-term livability in mind. The original cedar-shake roofing and siding were thoughtfully replaced with fire-resistant materials, while a new enclosed entry creates a welcoming, more intentional transition from outside to […] The post This Colorado mountain house gets a stunning renovation for aging in...

Lifehacker Early Labor Day Sale Live Blog: The Best Labor Day Deals, All in One Place

August 31st, 2026 09:00 PM

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication.Labor Day is more than a celebration of American workers or the unofficial mark of the end of summer; it's also a time when retailers put a lot of stuff on sale. If you're moving, need supplies for the new school year, are looking to upgrade your tech, or are hoping for a good deal on tools or household items, it's a good time to start poking around. The early deals are...

Arctic Drive Playtest

September 1st, 2026 12:24 AM

PlayTogether, Pebbles, and Bonus Stage is playtesting Arctic Drive, a survival driving game set in a frozen wilderness coming to Windows PC with a "to be announced" release date. It's participating...

This Week in Rails: August 28, 2026

August 28th, 2026 04:23 PM

Hi, it’s Greg. Let’s explore this week’s changes in the Rails codebase.Agents on Rails: lemans goes open sourceAnother week, another update from Agents on Rails. This one is a big one: lemans, the harness behind every number we’ve published, is now open source. Also four new models were added: Sonnet 5, Terra, an open-weight Qwen you can run on your own machine, and one that won’t tell us its name.Actionpack ractorizeThis Pull Request changes the following:Make...

ChatGPT Conversations Are Being Used as Court Evidence With No Legal Privilege Protecting Them

August 31st, 2026 07:17 AM

It has become more and more common for people to have private conversations with AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, and such conversations do not benefit from the legal confidentiality that is given to talks with lawyers, doctors, or therapists, as a review of the matter by the Washington Post.The records from these conversations can reveal a user's intentions, private thoughts, and confidential disclosures, and they might be obtained through a phone search, by means of a subpoena, during the...

REST API returns 400 for non-numeric IDs on integer path parameters

August 20th, 2026 12:00 AM

Several REST API endpoints previously accepted non-numeric or multi-value input on integer-typed path parameters without validating it up front. Instead of a clear error, these requests returned inconsistent responses (401 Unauthorized, 404 Not Found, or in rare latent-bug cases 200 OK). They now validate the parameter type and return 400 Bad Request. To migrate, send a single numeric ID with each request. Legitimate clients already do this, so no action is required for well-formed requests....

Trump Tells FCC To Punish Journalist For Calling His Election Results 'Mixed'

September 1st, 2026 03:30 AM

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: President Trump yesterday demanded that the Federal Communications Commission punish or rebuke an NBC journalist for saying he has "mixed results" in his election endorsements. In the latest example of how Trump is using the FCC to harass reporters and news organizations that he dislikes, he said Meet the Press host Kristen Welker "will be reported to the FCC for rebuke or punishment" for what he claimed was a "purposeful inaccuracy."...