Maastricht University has decided to remove the Mindfulnest meditation pod from its Arts and Social Sciences faculty after complaints that students were using it to have sex.

Some of the largest, most damaging breaches of 2024 already account for over a billion stolen records. Plus, some special shout-outs.

One year from today, on October 14, 2025, Microsoft will stop releasing security updates for PCs that are still running Windows 10. Organizations and individuals will still be able to pay for three more years of updates, with prices that go up steadily each year (Microsoft still hasn't provided pricing for end users, only saying that it will release pricing info "closer to the October 2025 date.") But for most PCs running Windows 10, the end of the line is in sight. Normally, this wouldn't be a huge deal; the last dregs of support for Windows 7 and Windows 8 dried up in January 2023, and the world didn't end even though some PCs continue to run those OS versions. But there are three things about the end of Windows 10 support that are slightly different from other recent end-of-life dates: Read full article

Forty new variants of the TrickMo Android banking trojan have been identified in the wild, linked to 16 droppers and 22 distinct command and control (C2) infrastructures, with new features designed to steal Android PINs....

An explosion caused a fire and significant damage to a law firm on Spuistraat in Amsterdam city center early on Monday morning.

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Procurement — the process of requesting, vetting and eventually buying IT and other supplies in an organization — is typically one of the more frustrating, dry, yet inevitable aspects of a workplace.  When you are in need of a new app or device, or when you need to renew an existing contract for one in […]

Elon Musk's X blocked links to the JD Vance dossier after hearing directly from the Trump campaign, according to a new report that describes Musk's extensive efforts to boost Trump's presidential campaign. A New York Times article titled "Musk Is Going All In to Elect Trump" said that "the relationship [between Trump and Musk] has proved significant in other ways. After a reporter's publication of hacked Trump campaign information last month, the campaign connected with X to prevent the circulation of links to the material on the platform, according to two people with knowledge of the events. X eventually blocked links to the material and suspended the reporter's account." We contacted X today and will update this article if it provides comment. Read full article

After five years of work, the restoration of the 703-year-old Dom Tower in Utrecht is ending today.