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SSL/TLS Certificate Lifespans to Shrink to 47 Days by 2029
https://www.infoq.com/news/2025/05/ssl-certificate-lifespans-shrink/

The Orbit of WASP-4 b is in Decay
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The Orbit of WASP-4 b is in Decay
WASP-4 b is a hot Jupiter exhibiting a decreasing orbital period, prompting investigations into potential mechanisms driving its evolution. We analyzed 173 transit light curves, including 37 new observations, and derived mid-transit timings with EXOFAST, forming the most extensive TTV dataset for this system. Adding 58 literature timings and removing unreliable data, we constructed a TTV diagram with 216 points. Our analysis considered linear, quadratic, and apsidal motion models, with the quad…

So far the Social Security agency’s core functions — like sending monthly checks to 74 million Americans — have remained largely intact.
But under pressure from Musk’s team, nearly half of the Social Security Administration’s 140 senior executives, and thousands of employees overall, have taken buyouts or retired.
As many as 12 percent of staff members, out of a bureaucracy that numbered around 57,000 people, are expected to depart their jobs as part of DOGE’s cost-cutting plan.

Inside DOGE’s Chaotic Takeover of Social Security
The drama offers a case study in how Elon Musk’s team sought to run a critical government agency through misinformation and social media blasts — and how longtime employees responded.

Now OpenAI wants to buy Chrome, and Perplexity's CEO admits his new AI-powered browser will track your history to sell you ads. As with DOGE's migration of the government to the cloud, AI is a smokescreen for a wholesale data grab https://

What kind of USB is that middle port?

Meta und Yandex haben die Browsernutzung von Android-Nutzer'innen mit einer perfiden und bisher unbekannten Tracking-Methode deanonymisiert und damit die strikte Trennung von Apps ausgehebelt.
Das in Websites eingebettete Tracking-Script (also z.B. "Facebook Pixel") konnte sein _fbp-Cookie über einen internen Port (z.B. 127.0.0.0:12387) senden und die Facebook-App hat auf diesem Port gelauscht und das Cookie abgefangen. So wurde ein Webseitenbesuch, bei dem Facebook eing…

Meta and Yandex are de-anonymizing Android users’ web browsing identifiers
Abuse allows Meta and Yandex to attach persistent identifiers to detailed browsing histories.

Use cookies in shiny apps: #rstats #shiny

Mainstream social media apps spy on you. This isn't even the first such revelation. All social nedia works just fine in your web browser, which defeats a lot of those shenanigans.
If you really want a separate app, consider a second web browser. Also, Mastodon apps should be fine (but be careful with the less popular ones).

Meta pauses mobile port tracking tech on Android after researchers cry foul
: Zuckercorp and Yandex used localhost loophole to tie browser data to app users, say boffins

Apropos of yet another conversation today, I’m a big fan of using automation in WCAG testing.
But I also know WCAG well enough to understand the limitations (and lies) the tools.
https://adrianroselli.com/2025/04/automated-wcag-testing-is-grrreat.htm…

Automated WCAG Testing Is Grrreat!
I’m a big fan of using automation in WCAG testing. I use bookmarklets, dev tools, browser features & reporting, and a pile of third-party products from assorted vendors. These save me time and effort, letting me focus on more tricky cases. But… Unfortunately, the marketing machines of some vendors seem…

🇸🇪DSO E.ON Energidistribution (part of 🇩🇪 E.ON SE) is launching a flexibility marketplace with the aim of connecting new production to the grid more quickly. Both sources of #flexibility that increase consumption (🔌⬆️) and sources that curtail production (✂️⬇️) can participate.