Author Archives: TheGeek

How Joe Mixon’s season compares to NFL Hall of Fame running back

The Texans can wrap up the AFC South on Sunday afternoon when they host the Miami Dolphins fresh from a bye.  As has been the case all year, question marks remain around DeMeco Ryans’ offensive line now that starting left guard Juice Scruggs has officially been ruled out with a foot injury.  Houston’s protection (or… Read More »

Yearlong supply-chain attack targeting security pros steals 390K credentials

Screenshot showing a graph tracking mining activity. Credit: Checkmarx But wait, there’s more On Friday, Datadog revealed that MUT-1244 employed additional means for installing its second-stage malware. One was through a collection of at least 49 malicious entries posted to GitHub that contained Trojanized proof-of-concept exploits for security vulnerabilities. These packages help malicious and benevolent… Read More »

Twirling body horror in gymnastics video exposes AI’s flaws

On Wednesday, a video from OpenAI’s newly launched Sora AI video generator went viral on social media, featuring a gymnast who sprouts extra limbs and briefly loses her head during what appears to be an Olympic-style floor routine. As it turns out, the nonsensical synthesis errors in the video—what we like to call “jabberwockies”—hint at… Read More »

Lionel Messi names his successor at Barcelona

Lionel Messi, the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner and a global icon, has seen it all in football. At 37, he continues to inspire on the field, but even legends know when to pass the torch. With the 2026 World Cup likely to mark the end of his remarkable career, Messi has his eyes set on… Read More »