Microsoft has confirmed that the December 2025 security updates are breaking Message Queuing (MSMQ) functionality, affecting enterprise applications and Internet Information Services (IIS) websites.

Experts explain how FOMO, social proof and performance culture have turned ordinary snacks into global must-queue experiences. Thomas A P van Leeuwen has a riveting view from his Amsterdam flat. His ...

The Dark Forest theory is one proposed solution to the famed Fermi Paradox, which has bewitched astronomers for more than half a century. To put it concisely, the paradox asks if the cosmos is nearly ...

A max-severity RCE vulnerability in Erlang’s OTP SSH daemon, CVE-2025-32433, was actively exploited in OT networks across six countries, targeting firewalls in critical infrastructure sectors. A ...

Malicious actors have been observed exploiting a now-patched critical security flaw impacting Erlang/Open Telecom Platform (OTP) SSH as early as beginning of May 2025, with about 70% of detections ...

The burnt toast theory is a metaphor for life that helps people interpret minor inconveniences as having positive ripple effects or a “silver lining.” It’s related to the butterfly effect. While not a ...

Is this real life? Is this just fantasy? A growing number of scientists are suggesting that the idea that we are all living in a simulation may not be completely far-fetched. Simulation theory is the ...

Callcenter Simulator is a free, platform-independent program for the analysis of staffing requirements in a call center. The simulator uses event-oriented, stochastic simulation for the computation of ...

A critical security vulnerability has been disclosed in the Erlang/Open Telecom Platform (OTP) SSH implementation that could permit an attacker to execute arbitrary code sans any authentication under ...

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