Assessing the Risks Before Deployment

Feb 11, 2025The Hacker NewsSoftware Security / Threat Intelligence Imagine you’re considering a new car for your family. Before making a purchase, you evaluate its safety ratings, fuel efficiency, and reliability. You might even take it for a test drive…

QED leads $11M investment in Nigerian fintech Raenest

As Africa’s tech ecosystem booms, more local talent is landing remote jobs with Big Tech firms and global startups. But getting paid remains a challenge for many of these freelancers and remote workers. They struggle to open accounts that accept…

Dragonsweeper is my favorite game of 2025 (so far)

While writing a wide-ranging history of Windows Minesweeper for Boss Fight Books in 2023, I ended up playing many variations of Microsoft’s beloved original game. Those include versions with hexagonal tiles, versions with weird board shapes, and versions that extend…

The best music streaming services in 2025

There’s no such thing as one “best” music streaming service. Most of these apps are designed around the same principles and provide access to a huge music catalog. Pretty much none of them are paying artists properly, yet nearly all…

Gold outperforms Ozempic for weight loss – and leaves muscles alone

There’s a growing body of evidence that gold nanoparticles can offer significant, targeted weight loss that focuses on fat (lipid) tissue, without affecting muscle structure. What’s more, there are added health bonuses, including anti-inflammatory properties and improvements in blood glucose…