Monthly Archives: August 2025

The Conjuring: Last Rites Reactions Hint at Scary Conclusion to Horror Franchise

The Conjuring: Last Rites is set to release next week, and ahead of it, reactions for the film are beginning to come out, hinting at a scary conclusion to the legendary horror franchise. What are The Conjuring: Last Rites reactions saying? Reactions to the film began showing up on social media today, and the overwhelming… Read More: The Conjuring: Last Rites Reactions Hint at Scary Conclusion to… »

Fake injury penalty in college football, explained: How new injury timeout rules work and more to know

College football is tweaked every year to try to put the best product on the field. In the past, the NCAA has experimented with a better kickoff and overtime system to provide fans with the most enjoyment, while protecting the safety of players whenever possible. When the rules are laid out for all to see,… Read More: Fake injury penalty in college football, explained: How new injury… »

Cowboys made Micah Parsons a $202.5 million contract offer, but there was a problem

The Dallas Cowboys and Micah Parsons don’t have a contract extension agreed to yet. With the season approaching, a trade might even be in the works, based on new reporting from ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Dan Graziano and Todd Archer. Their new story revealed something else interesting, though: The Cowboys offered Parsons a five-year deal worth… Read More: Cowboys made Micah Parsons a $202.5 million contract offer, but… »

High-severity vulnerability in Passwordstate credential manager. Patch now.

The maker of Passwordstate, an enterprise-grade password manager for storing companies’ most privileged credentials, is urging them to promptly install an update fixing a high-severity vulnerability that hackers can exploit to gain administrative access to their vaults. The authentication bypass allows hackers to create a URL that accesses an emergency access page for Passwordstate. From… Read More: High-severity vulnerability in Passwordstate credential manager. Patch now. »

My Life with the Walter Boys’ Ashby Gentry on Alex’s ‘Glow-Up’ in Season 2

Alex Walter gets a massive glow-up in Netflix’s My Life with the Walter Boys Season 2. Ashby Gentry, who plays Alex Walter in the series, said that getting over Alex’s Season 1 look was quite stressful, saying, “It did make me feel like s— about myself at times.” Here’s what the actor said about his… Read More: My Life with the Walter Boys’ Ashby Gentry on Alex’s… »

Harry Potter Director on Why He Was Fired From Marvel’s Fantastic Four

Harry Potter director Chris Columbus is opening up about why he was fired from Marvel’s Fantastic Four movie that was released in 2005. In addition to directing the first two Harry Potter movies, Columbus is known for helming movies such as 1987’s Adventures in Babysitting, 1990’s Home Alone, 1993’s Mrs. Doubtfire, and more. After writing… Read More: Harry Potter Director on Why He Was Fired From Marvel’s… »

Unpacking Passkeys Pwned: Possibly the most specious research in decades

Don’t believe everything you read—especially when it’s part of a marketing pitch designed to sell security services. The latest example of the runaway hype that can come from such pitches is research published today by SquareX, a startup selling services for securing browsers and other client-side applications. It claims, without basis, to have found a… Read More: Unpacking Passkeys Pwned: Possibly the most specious research in decades »

The personhood trap: How AI fakes human personality

Knowledge emerges from understanding how ideas relate to each other. LLMs operate on these contextual relationships, linking concepts in potentially novel ways—what you might call a type of non-human “reasoning” through pattern recognition. Whether the resulting linkages the AI model outputs are useful depends on how you prompt it and whether you can recognize when… Read More: The personhood trap: How AI fakes human personality »

Michael Vick dogfighting case, explained: Revisiting NFL star’s 2007 controversy and jail sentence

JUMP TO: In the first five years of his NFL career, Michael Vick had positioned himself as an all-time talent and arguably the greatest two-way quarterback football had ever seen.  At the end of the 2006 season, Vick had earned three Pro Bowl nods, two top-five finishes in MVP voting, and was fresh off a… Read More: Michael Vick dogfighting case, explained: Revisiting NFL star’s 2007 controversy… »

DeSean Jackson net worth: How much money Delaware State coach has made in NFL career earnings, coaching & more

As one of the NFL’s fastest players at his pinnacle, DeSean Jackson made himself an indispensable part of football lore during his 15-year NFL career. The University of California alum is best known for his time with the Eagles — a wondrous stint that saw him collect three Pro Bowl appearances. But Jackson was a productive… Read More: DeSean Jackson net worth: How much money Delaware State coach… »