Mandiant releases rainbow table that cracks weak admin password in 12 hours

Security firm Mandiant has released a database that allows any administrative password protected by Microsoft’s NTLM.v1 hash ...
Search Engine Land

Google algorithm updates 2025 in review: 3 core updates and 1 spam update

Google launched four official and confirmed algorithmic updates in 2025, three core updates and one spam update. This is in comparison to last year, in 2024, where we had seven confirmed updates, then ...
Inside EVs

I Drove Tesla's Budget Model Y Standard. It's Not Worth It.

I really didn’t mean to waste a salesman’s time—but the opportunity presented itself. I happened to be en route to return the Premium-trimmed Tesla Model Y I had been testing for our Breakthrough EV ...
The Verge

Instagram gives you more control over your Reels algorithm

Users can choose which topics to see more or less of in Reels, and soon Instagram’s Explore tab. Users can choose which topics to see more or less of in Reels, and soon Instagram’s Explore tab. is a ...
The Motley Fool

What Is the Gold Standard?

The gold standard made currencies stable by tying them to gold's value. It ended due to economic pressures and the need for flexible monetary policies. No current nations use the gold standard, ...
Boston Herald

New limits for a rent algorithm that prosecutors say let landlords drive up prices

Landlords could no longer rely on rent-pricing software to quietly track each other’s moves and push rents higher using confidential data, under a settlement between RealPage Inc. and federal ...
The New York Times

I’m Building an Algorithm That Doesn’t Rot Your Brain

new video loaded: I’m Building an Algorithm That Doesn’t Rot Your Brain transcript “Our brains are being melted by the algorithm.” [MUSIC PLAYING] “Attention is infrastructure.” “Those algorithms are ...
Reuters

IBM says conventional AMD chips can run quantum computing error correction algorithm

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 24 (Reuters) - IBM (IBM.N), opens new tab said on Friday it can run a key quantum computing error correction algorithm on commonly available chips ...
Seeking Alpha

IBM's key quantum computing algorithm can work with standard AMD chips: report

IBM (NYSE:IBM) said it can run a vital quantum computing algorithm on commonly available chips from Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD), Reuters reported. Jay Gambetta, the IBM vice president running ...
Reuters

Google says it has developed landmark quantum computing algorithm

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Google said it has developed a computer algorithm that points the way to practical applications for quantum computing and will be able to generate unique data for use ...
Forbes

LinkedIn's Algorithm Exposed: What They're Not Telling You About Getting Seen In 2025

LinkedIn support accidentally revealed its algorithm: it tracks "viewer tolerance," reducing visibility for authors whose posts are consistently ignored. To succeed, diversify content types weekly, ...
Wired

A New Algorithm Makes It Faster to Find the Shortest Paths

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...