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The invisible code is rendered with Public Use Areas (sometimes called Public Use Access), which are ranges in the Unicode specification for special characters reserved for private use in defining emojis, flags, and other symbols. The code points represent every letter of the US alphabet when fed to computers, but their output is completely invisible to humans. People reviewing code or using static analysis tools see only whitespace or blank lines. To a JavaScript interpreter, the code points translate into executable code. The invisible Unicode characters were devised decades ago and then largely forgotten. That is, until 2024, when hackers…

OpenAI plans to add its Sora video generation model directly into ChatGPT, The Information reports . The standalone Sora app was seen as a smash hit when it launched alongside Sora 2 in September 2025, but interest in the video generation app has fallen in the time since as users ran into limits on the amount and kinds of videos they could create.Adding Sora to the ChatGPT could give the model a second life, and ideally grow the ChatGPT app’s weekly active users from the 900 million OpenAI reported in February, to a billion or more. According to The Information,…

Whovians, rejoice. The BBC is about to unlock a piece of Doctor Who history that even the TARDIS might have forgotten. Two lost episodes of Doctor Who, the iconic sci-fi series, will broadcast in April, the showrunner for the current season confirmed.The two 1965 episodes, The Nightmare Begins and Devil’s Planet, were donated to the charitable trust Film Is Fabulous by the estate of an anonymous collector.”The collector did recognize what he had, but how he acquired them has been lost to time,” Professor Justin Smith Leicester of De Montfort University, who led the recovery effort, told the broadcaster.The researchers said…

Contrary to popular belief, The Madison is not another Yellowstone spinoff. The neo-Western drama, which stars Michelle Pfeiffer and Kurt Russell as Clyburn family matriarch Stacy and patriarch Preston, was created by Taylor Sheridan and is set predominantly in Montana, but that’s where the similarities end.You can watch The Madison season 1 online from anywhere with a VPN. Swipe to scroll horizontally The six-part debut series – a follow-up has already been greenlight – can instead be described as a contemplation on grief, with a fish-out-of-water tilt. In the aftermath of an unexpected bereavement, the Clyburns, an affluent New York…

For those running a network with a UniFi Cloud Gateway, here’s some exciting news: Ubiquiti today announces the availability of UniFi Network 10.2. Despite the version number suggesting a minor incremental release, this update includes multiple significant improvements and new features across the board. Any UniFi console like these good-looking pieces of hardware (from top: UDR7, UCG-Fiber, and UCG-Industrial) can enjoy the new features of UniFi Network 10.2. Related stories on Ubiquiti and Wi-Fi UniFi Network 10.2: Significant improvements in interface and management UnFi Network 10.2’s new features will benefit both home and business users, and, in my opinion, the…

What else is known about Handala Hack? The group has existed since at least 2023. It takes its name from a character in the political cartoons of Palestinian artist Naji al-Ali. The group’s logo depicts a small Palestinian boy who is a symbol associated with Palestinian resistance. Check Point and other security firms have said Handala Hack is affiliated with Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security and maintains multiple online personas. Compared to other nation-state-sponsored hacking groups, Handala Hack has kept a comparatively lower profile. Still, it has carried out a series of destructive wiping attacks and influence operations over…

Many of us remember the halcyon days of being a kid in the ‘90s, spending a weekend afternoon with remote control in hand and a seemingly endless well of stuff to watch on TV. Now you can relive the experience thanks to the appropriately named Channel Surfer web app. It’s essentially a YouTube discovery tool that surfaces interesting videos, but presented in a retro homage to the cable channel screen.Channel Surfer is the work of developer Steven Irby. He has 40 channels on the app right now, mostly grouping content by theme. There are channels for typical cable fare like…

Amazon is expanding access to its health care virtual assistant, Health AI, the company said on Tuesday. This feature was originally available only to One Medical members, but it will now be available to most customers on the Amazon app and website. It’ll be rolled out over the next few weeks, with the goal of making it available to all US Amazon customers.Amazon’s Health AI can answer general health care questions and provide wellness guidance for people based on their health history, medications and health conditions. To receive a more personalized response, you can grant access to your medical records.  Other…

WordPress Playground lets you build fully local, non-published websitesSites are limited to 100MB and are stored locally, per-deviceYou can still use WordPress pluginsWordPress has announced the launch of my.WordPress.net – a new service that lets the website builder run entirely within a web browser, meaning you can create a totally private website-style interface without it ever appearing on the public internet.It’s build on WordPress Playground, a project that lets WordPress run locally, so users won’t need to choose a hosting provider or register a domain.Because these new types of site run locally within the browser storage, they’ll be device-specific and…

This post features the top five 10Gbps Multi-Gig Wi-Fi systems I’ve reviewed and even used for an extended period, with multiple 10Gbps Sonic Fiber-optic plans in various areas, offering the fastest and most reliable performance in a large wired home. If you only need a single access point or don’t care about Wi-Fi at all, check out this list of 10Gbps routers. Those who want to settle for 2.5Gbps performance grade because that’s all they need or are on a budget, should check out these lists instead. Related stories on multi-Gigabit networking To qualify for this list, each hardware unit must have at least…