Aviation Hazard Alarm Detects and Records Solar Flare Radiation and Terrestrial Gamma Flashes

Pocket AVIA/RAD-ALERT warns of solar flare neutrons and radiation and Terrestrial Gamma Bursts, both of which may pose hazard to passengers, crews, and avionics This pocket unit provides real-time ...
Tidbits

How to Set Contact Avatars and Posters on the iPhone

While writing “Comparing the Classic and Unified Views in iOS 26’s Phone App” (10 November 2025), I commented that the Unified view’s Calls screen was more attractive if you had contact posters for ...
Android Authority

Android 17 is building a new Contacts Picker to keep your address book private

Google is developing a new Contacts Picker tool for Android 17 to fix the current all-or-nothing contacts permission. This tool will allow you to share specific contacts with an app, rather than your ...
Android

Google's 'Recovery Contacts' Let Friends Help You Regain Lost Account Access

Google’s new “Recovery Contacts” feature allows trusted friends or family members to help you regain access to your account by verifying a code. The feature is rolling out now and is recommended for ...
PC World

Proton users can now add ’emergency’ contacts for backup access

In case of emergency, you will now be able to designate certain trusted people who can gain access to your Proton account. According to yesterday’s announcement ...
TheServerSide

Create a GitHub Personal Access Token example

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. If you ask me, GitHub’s removal of support for password authentication on August 13, 2021 was a ...
TechCrunch

For privacy and security, think twice before granting AI access to your personal data

AI is being forced on us in pretty much every facet of life, from phones and apps to search engines and even drive-throughs, for some reason. The fact that we’re now getting web browsers with baked-in ...
TheServerSide

Principle of least privilege examples & best practices

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Customers walk into a Walmart and know they have permission to grab a shopping cart, walk down ...
Miami Herald

‘A black hole’: Attorneys say they still can’t reach clients in Alligator Alcatraz

One week after the first detainees began arriving at the Florida-run detention center for migrants in the Everglades, Miami immigration attorney Katie Blankenship showed up at the gates of Alligator ...
Scientific American

New Contacts Let You See Infrared Light—Even with Your Eyes Closed

Humans have a new way of seeing infrared light, without the need for clunky night-vision goggles. Researchers have made the first contact lenses to convey infrared vision — and the devices work even ...
Medical News Today

What to know about contact dermatitis rash

A rash may be a symptom of contact dermatitis, which occurs when a substance irritates a person’s skin. People can use a range of treatments to manage contact dermatitis. This article explores what ...