An Ars Technica history of the Internet, part 1

An Ars Technica history of the Internet, part 1

In a very real sense, the Internet, this marvelous worldwide digital communications network that you’re using right now, was created because one man was annoyed at having too many computer terminals in his office. The year was 1966. Robert Taylor was the director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Information Processing Techniques Office. The agency…

Discover Financial Services exec: GenAI isn’t yet ready for prime time

Discover Financial Services exec: GenAI isn’t yet ready for prime time

As generative AI (genAI) tools grow in adoption and sophistication, Fortune 500 companies are finding they can rely more on data to drive decisions and improve operations. For more than two years, Discover Financial Services — one of those Fortune 500 companies — has explored how it can use genAI to improve quality and create…

What Makes a Successful CIO

What Makes a Successful CIO

Readers of CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, and Network World this week sought to learn what skills make a great CIO, what organizations should do to protect their image after a data breach, and how to build an organizational culture that learns from mistakes and promotes innovation. The key skills every IT leader needs We pride…

Best Sea Fairy Cookie toppings in Cookie Run Kingdom – Destructoid

Best Sea Fairy Cookie toppings in Cookie Run Kingdom – Destructoid

If you are looking for an excellent core in water-focused teams in Cookie Run Kingdom, very few picks will be better than Sea Fairy Cookie, who is capable of dealing massive damage while providing a myriad of top tier element-related buffs. But although a game changer, the Guardian of Nature still needs a very specific…

How to quickly break the bounds of space and find love in Vampire Survivors – Destructoid

How to quickly break the bounds of space and find love in Vampire Survivors – Destructoid

Another free content drop for Vampire Survivors means more unlockables for you to find. While this drop is centered around the new farm stage, “The Coop,” eagle-eyed players might notice a new secret added to the game’s list of cryptic hints. Here’s what it means and how to unlock it. How to unlock Space Dette…

Turbulent global economy could drive up prices for Netflix and rivals

Turbulent global economy could drive up prices for Netflix and rivals

In May, Mitchel Simmons, Paramount’s VP of EMEA public policy and government affairs, also questioned the benefits of a UK streaming tax when speaking to the CMS committee. “Where we have seen levies in other jurisdictions on services, we then see inflation in the market. Local broadcasters, particularly in places such as Italy, have found…

Vendors vote to radically slash website certificate duration

Vendors vote to radically slash website certificate duration

In a move that will likely force IT to much more aggressively use web certificate automation services, the Certification Authority Browser Forum (CA/Browser Forum), a gathering of certificate issuers and suppliers of applications that use certificates, voted Friday to radically slash the lifespan of the certificates that verify the ownership of sites. The approved changes,…

Unlock all new weapons and characters in SaGa-themed Vampire Survivors update “Emerald Diorama” – Destructoid

Unlock all new weapons and characters in SaGa-themed Vampire Survivors update “Emerald Diorama” – Destructoid

Weapon Name How to Unlock Notes Fleuret Tsunanori Mido’s starting weapon, getting to max level will unlock it for everyone The weapon will evolve when you open a chest after reaching max level and glimmering its tech, “Crystalline Carve” Dress Sword Evolve the Fleuret into this by reaching max level and glimmering its tech, “Crystalline…

For April, a large ‘dynamic’ Patch Tuesday release

For April, a large ‘dynamic’ Patch Tuesday release

This month’s Patch Tuesday release is large (126 patches), broad and unfortunately very dynamic, with several re-releases, missing files and broken patches affecting both the Windows and Office platforms.  Reports of an exploited Windows vulnerability (CVE-2025-29824) lead to a “Patch Now” recommendation for Windows — and the Office updates will require immediate testing and some…

That groan you hear is users’ reaction to Recall going back into Windows

That groan you hear is users’ reaction to Recall going back into Windows

Security and privacy advocates are girding themselves for another uphill battle against Recall, the AI tool rolling out in Windows 11 that will screenshot, index, and store everything a user does every three seconds. When Recall was first introduced in May 2024, security practitioners roundly castigated it for creating a gold mine for malicious insiders,…