Minecraft's new spear has already been buffed, so now you can actually use its best move

As the Mounts of Mayhem update lands in Minecraft preview, a new Java snapshot upgrades the spear to allow lunge with mending ...
KeenGamer

5 Ways to Fix the Minecraft GETSOCKOPT Error on Windows PCs

Our troubleshooting guide tells you how players can fix the Minecraft GETSOCKOPT error on Windows PCs. Does your Minecraft ...
AOL

75 Funny Text Messages To Send to Friends That'll Make Them Laugh

Whether you’ve been friends for a week or 20 years, text messages can be a great way to show your friends that you’re thinking about them, regardless of whether you frequently see them or are ...
KGW8

Texts between Oregon Gov. Kotek and Trump staff provide insight into decision to send troops

PORTLAND, Ore. — Text messages from Oregon Governor Tina Kotek obtained by KGW provide some insight into why President Donald Trump appeared to back away from a decision to send troops into Portland ...
AOL

Photographer Captures Trump Official's Panicked Private Text Message, And It’s Pretty Bad

If you frequent a farmers market, maybe you should expect a whole lot of soybeans for the foreseeable future. A photo snapped by The Associated Press’ Angelina Katsanis during last week’s United ...
New York Post

Charlie Kirk wrote of his ‘deep love’ for Israel in letter to Netanyahu about how to counter rising opposition to the Jewish state in the US

WASHINGTON — Assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk advised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu how to counter “anti-Israel sentiment” among Gen Z and win the “information war” being ...
Lifehacker

Spotify Free Tier to Let Users Play the Songs They Want

Spotify free-tier users can now play any song directly, not just shuffle through playlists. Premium subscribers are getting lossless audio, private messaging, and customizable playlist transitions.
Task & Purpose

Space Force considers adding ‘combat’ to command’s name

The Space Force appears to be embracing its inner Johnny Rico with a possible name change of one of its commands. The service is considering changing Space Operations Command’s name to Combat Forces ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft adds malicious link warnings to Teams private chats

Microsoft Teams will automatically alert users when they send or receive a private message containing links that are tagged as malicious. Microsoft will introduce these new warnings for messages ...
PC World

PayPal and Spotify scam emails are on the rise. Here’s how to stay safe

Both PayPal and Spotify have made negative headlines in recent weeks. In late August, a data leak of 15.8 million PayPal accounts appeared for sale on the web. More recently, Spotify went live with a ...
CoinTelegraph

Prospective CFTC chair releases private texts with Winklevoss twins, hours before IPO

Brian Quintenz, US President Donald Trump’s pick to chair the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has made public several texts between himself and Gemini co-founders Cameron and Tyler ...
Wired

The New Math of Quantum Cryptography

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Hard problems are usually not a welcome sight. But cryptographers love them. That’s because certain hard math problems underpin the ...