3+ hour, 25+ min ago   (795+ words) A team of cryptographers in China has unveiled the first publicly verifiable encryption scheme capable of withstanding the most aggressive class of attacks against encrypted cloud backups, a breakthrough that could reshape how organizations prove the integrity of duplicated data…...

9+ hour, 13+ min ago   (576+ words) Forty signed records stopped verifying. Two independent verifiers said so. Neither of them was wrong, and neither of them could tell me why. The recipe both tools implement is sha256(public_key || header). I checked it by hand against the code and against…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (221+ words) Somewhat frequently, I come across something cool that I think it would be neat to talk about. More often than not, I find that a stacker has already posted about it -- but often the post is simply a link with…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (471+ words) September is California Pedestrian Safety Month, and police are reminding drivers to slow down, stay alert and watch for pedestrians. In 2024, 1,090 pedestrians were killed in traffic crashes in California—28% of all pedestrian fatalities. Because pedestrians do not have the protection…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (354+ words) What does it mean to be a Health Hero? The Alaska Department of Health is inviting young Alaskans ages 3–18 to answer that question through art as part of the second annual bookmark challenge. The statewide activity encourages children and teens…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (153+ words) KuskoCon 2026 brought an exciting and diverse lineup of artist, video game designers, voice actors, writers, illustrators, and vendors to Bethel for the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta’s first ever comic convention February 20-22, 2026. “The keynote speaker for the event was Dimi Macheras, the…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1149+ words) Metrice is a decentralized peer-to-peer (P2P) mesh networking protocol engineered with zero external npm dependencies (Zero-Dependency), running natively on Node.js core libraries (node:crypto, node:net, node:dgram, node:sqlite, node:dns). It features quantum-resistant cryptography (Post-Quantum Cryptography) and a…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (102+ words) YAA Garden Yakima Herald-Republic The Winter Garden at the Yakima Area Arboretum shows how plants can provide color, texture and visual interest even after the growing season ends. There was a problem reporting this. Keep it Clean. Please avoid obscene,…...

2+ day, 46+ min ago   (407+ words) BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT:NORTH OMAHA, Neb. — Volunteers are rolling up their sleeves to build a brand-new outdoor playground at the Boys & Girls Club in North Omaha, giving kids a safe place to play, stay active and create memories for years to…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (33+ words) the edmonson voice Edmonson County's Number One Source for Local News Supt. Alexander Discusses $52M in Facility Upgrades and Improvements to Schools...