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These 8 useful Bash patterns are hiding in real projects—here's how to use them

Discover the techniques that help popular scripts succeed.

Severe Linux Copy Fail security flaw uncovered using AI scanning help

Copy Fail was identified by Theori’s researchers with assistance from their Xint Code AI tool. According to a blog post, ...

The most severe Linux threat to surface in years catches the world flat-footed

Publicly released exploit code for an effectively unpatched vulnerability that gives root access to virtually all releases of ...
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This one Bash script replaced half my desktop utilities

A handful of useful productivity tools wrapped up in a simple shell script.
NPR

You can order your own blood work now. Interpreting the results is another story

Lana McDonald, a 34-year-old teacher from Massachusetts, got an Oura Ring two years ago to track her sleep. When she got an email from Oura selling a set of blood tests for $99, she was intrigued. Her ...
Smithsonian Magazine

These Are the Extinct Animals We Can, and Should, Resurrect

Resurrecting extinct animals is both “exhilarating and terrifying,” says Beth Shapiro, an expert in ancient DNA and a biologist at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Exhilarating because of the ...
OSTechNix

Copy Fail: The 732-Byte Script That Roots Every Major Linux Systems

Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431) is a severe logic flaw in the Linux kernel affecting every distribution since 2017. Patch your ...