Monthly Archives: December 2022

As banks increasingly fall victim to fraud, their weak controls put customers at risk

What’s happening? Banks are coming under fire for weak security controls which are leaving consumers more vulnerable to spoofs, scams, and hackers. The State of the Internet report from cloud service and security provider Akamai Technologies warned financial institutions (FIs) that as open banking begins to proliferate in the US, they must take application programming interface (API) security…

Best meal deals in the UK

We all have our go-to meal deals, but which shop has the best selection? And where can you get the most value? We’ve scoured the best meal deals to bring you the answers. Credit: urbanbuzz (crisps), gowithstock (sandwich), DenisMArt (smoothie), Serge Cornu (background) – Shutterstock Although we’d never recommend them as the most economical choice,…

The first trailer for The Boys spinoff Gen V looks as gory as the original show

Image: Amazon The first trailer for The Boys spinoff show Gen V shows us that superpowered college students are just as flippantly violent as the grown-up supes from the original series. The show takes us to Vought International’s Godolkin University — a college that specializes in educating the next generation of superhumans — where it…

For thousands of years, kids have been fascinated with owls

A carving called “Placa de Valencina” from the Archaeological Museum of Seville compared with a drawing made by a 6-year-old. Junta de Andalucía, Consejería de Turismo, Cultura y Deporte/Isabel María Villanueva/Juan José Negro Owls have long been beloved animals representing wisdom and knowledge—just think of Mr. Owl eating Tootsie Pops for science or the Owl…