Feds charge Russians linked to the ‘world’s largest’ pirated e-book library

US law enforcement isn’t just interested in shutting down video pirates. The feds have charged two Russian nationals, Anton Napolsky and Valeriia Ermakova, for allegedly running the pirate e-book repository Z-Library. The site was billed as the “world’s largest library” and held over 11 million titles, many of which were bootleg versions stripped of copyright…

Apple Releases Third Public Betas of iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2 With Freeform App, Stage Manager External Display Support and More

Apple today seeded the third betas of upcoming iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2 updates to public beta testers, providing the software to the general public. Today’s beta comes one week after Apple released the second public betas. Public beta testers who have signed up for Apple’s free beta testing program can download the ‌iOS and…

Ticketmaster cancels its public sale of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour tickets

Basically: they sold all the tickets in the presale. | Photo by Jeff Kravitz / FilmMagic Ticketmaster is canceling the upcoming public sale of Taylor Swift tickets after the presale debacle earlier this week. Ticketmaster said it canceled the sale “due to extraordinarily high demands on ticketing systems and insufficient remaining ticket inventory to meet…

JWST just spotted two unusually bright galaxies from the very early universe

Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI Researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope have found two extremely old galaxies from just 300 to 400 million years after the Big Bang. These galaxies are far brighter than expected, causing astronomers to question what they know about how galaxies formed when the universe was young. “Somehow, the universe…

1Password embraces a passwordless future

Image: 1password 1Password has announced that passkey support will be available to its customers in “early 2023,” allowing users to securely log in to apps and websites without a password. Support for passkeys’ entirely passwordless authentication may seem like a bewildering feature for a password management service, but 1Password isn’t even the first, with Dashlane…