Month: August 2024
Dominic Thiem Returns to the Scene of His Surreal, Sublime Triumph
The Austrian won the 2020 U.S. Open in front of empty seats. Four years later, he is back for his last Grand Slam.
The Austrian won the 2020 U.S. Open in front of empty seats. Four years later, he is back for his last Grand Slam.
Serie A Is Getting Serious About the United States
Italy’s soccer league counts Christian Pulisic among its stars but faces tough competition to break through with Americans.
Italy’s soccer league counts Christian Pulisic among its stars but faces tough competition to break through with Americans.
What Happened to the Man Embroiled in Michigan Football’s Spying Scandal?
Connor Stallions was accused of stealing opponents’ signs. Emails reveal how his hiring at a Detroit high school was nixed by administrators months later.
Connor Stallions was accused of stealing opponents’ signs. Emails reveal how his hiring at a Detroit high school was nixed by administrators months later.
With September on the Horizon, Is the M.L.B. Playoff Race Already Over?
The postseason field might have been set more by what happened in the past five weeks than what will happen in the next five.
The postseason field might have been set more by what happened in the past five weeks than what will happen in the next five.
It’s a New Era of College Football. Here Are 12 Things to Know Before Kickoff.
Playoff expansion is finally here, the Heisman race is wide open, and the “conference of champions” is no more.
Playoff expansion is finally here, the Heisman race is wide open, and the “conference of champions” is no more.
Juan Soto, Aaron Judge and More M.L.B. Stars Poised to Rewrite the Record Book
The regular season is almost over, but the Yankees’ duo and Shohei Ohtani could make history in the fall.
The regular season is almost over, but the Yankees’ duo and Shohei Ohtani could make history in the fall.
Microsoft Plans Windows Security Overhaul After CrowdStrike Outage
Microsoft is stepping up its plans to make Windows more resilient to buggy software [non-paywalled source] after a botched CrowdStrike update took down millions of PCs and servers in a global IT outage. Financial Times: The tech giant has in the past month intensified talks with partners about adapting the security procedures around its operating system to better withstand the kind of software error that crashed 8.5mn Windows devices on July 19. Critics say that any changes by Microsoft would amount to a concession of shortcomings in Windows’ handling of third-party security software that could have been addressed sooner.
Yet they would also prove controversial among security vendors that would have to make radical changes to their products, and force many Microsoft customers to adapt their software. Last month’s outages — which are estimated to have caused billions of dollars in damages after grounding thousands of flights and disrupting hospital appointments worldwide — heightened scrutiny from regulators and business leaders over the extent of access that third-party software vendors have to the core, or kernel, of Windows operating systems. Microsoft will host a summit next month for government representatives and cyber security companies, including CrowdStrike, to discuss “improving resiliency and protecting mutual customers’ critical infrastructure,” Microsoft said on Friday.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Microsoft is stepping up its plans to make Windows more resilient to buggy software [non-paywalled source] after a botched CrowdStrike update took down millions of PCs and servers in a global IT outage. Financial Times: The tech giant has in the past month intensified talks with partners about adapting the security procedures around its operating system to better withstand the kind of software error that crashed 8.5mn Windows devices on July 19. Critics say that any changes by Microsoft would amount to a concession of shortcomings in Windows’ handling of third-party security software that could have been addressed sooner.
Yet they would also prove controversial among security vendors that would have to make radical changes to their products, and force many Microsoft customers to adapt their software. Last month’s outages — which are estimated to have caused billions of dollars in damages after grounding thousands of flights and disrupting hospital appointments worldwide — heightened scrutiny from regulators and business leaders over the extent of access that third-party software vendors have to the core, or kernel, of Windows operating systems. Microsoft will host a summit next month for government representatives and cyber security companies, including CrowdStrike, to discuss “improving resiliency and protecting mutual customers’ critical infrastructure,” Microsoft said on Friday.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Gearbox founder says Epic Games Store hopes were “misplaced or overly optimistic”
Pitchford’s prediction that Steam could be “a dying store” have not come to pass.
Enlarge / Artist’s conception of Randy Pitchford surveying the Epic Games Store landscape years after Borderlands 3‘s exclusive launch there. (credit: Gearbox)
It’s been five years now since the PC version of Borderlands 3 launched as a high-profile timed exclusive on the Epic Games Store. At the time, Gearbox’s Randy Pitchford memorably mused that Steam “may look like a dying store” in “five or ten years” thanks to increased competition from Epic and others.
Fast-forward to this week’s announcement of Borderlands 4, and despite Pitchford’s old comments, the sequel will not follow its predecessor’s example of EGS exclusivity. The new game plans to launch on Steam and EGS simultaneously sometime in 2025 (alongside PS5 and Xbox Series X/S versions).
When one social media user noticed that change this week, Pitchford responded with another lengthy message explaining why his early hopes for the Epic Games Store’s rise to dominance were “misplaced or overly optimistic.”