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WordPress.org has taken over a popular WP Engine plugin in order “to remove commercial upsells and fix a security problem,” WordPress cofounder and Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg announced today. This “minimal” update, which he labels a fork of the Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) plugin, is now called “Secure Custom Fields.”
It’s not clear what security problem Mullenweg is referring to in the post. He writes that he’s “invoking point 18...
"When there’s an entire charcuterie board hanging off my drink, there’s a problem."
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Lane Thomas hit a grand slam off Tarik Skubal and Cleveland beat the Detroit Tigers 7-3 in Game 5 of their AL Division Series, moving the Guardians into another postseason matchup against the Yankees. Game 1 of the ALCS is Monday in the Bronx.
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Cameron Boozer is growing into a future NBA star. Next stop: Duke. Here’s why he’s so good.
Cameron Boozer has been so good for so long that there can be a tendency to take his steady dominance for granted. As the class of 2025 has come of age, players with more explosive athleticism and more impressive tough shot-making have gotten the lion’s share of the hype as the ‘next big thing’ to uncover. The one constant along...
This year's harsh string of layoffs continues with Boeing being the latest company to announce cuts to its workforce.
The airplane manufacturing company will lay off 10 percent of its workforce — roughly 17,000 jobs. Job cuts will include executives, middle management, and employees.
SEE ALSO: NASA thinks it found a moon light-years away spewing gasThe decision was announced to employees in a message from President and CEO Kelly Ortberg who...
"I could understand if we’d badgered her for a selfie or stopped her for pointless chitchat, but literally, all we did was notice her walking..."
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Alabama was able to hold off South Carolina 27-25 on Saturday after allowing the Gamecocks a chance by botching an onside kick recovery before the game's final drive.
Potterheads, assemble!
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Do the voices in the "in da clerb, we all fam" soundbite circulating on TikTok sound vaguely familiar? Do they perhaps bring you back to a time of bandage dresses and mustache prints before weed was legal in New York City? That's because they are the voices of Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer on their hit show Broad City.
SEE ALSO: Charli XCX's 'Brat and it's completely different but also still brat' is here and hype lives onBroad City's last...
Moisturizers that don't cost a small fortune — sensational.
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The saga continues.
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I didn't expect a meme to get me in my feelings, but here we are.
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Sometimes, when you find a surface cleaner or facial scrub or bug trap this good, one is simply not enough.
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Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov is expected to be sidelined two to three weeks with a lower-body injury, head coach Paul Maurice announced Saturday.
The Mets will start Kodai Senga in Game 1 and Sean Manaea in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series against the Dodgers, manager Carlos Mendoza announced Saturday.
Belal Muhammad's first defense of his welterweight title will come Dec. 7 against undefeated Shavkat Rakhmonov in the main event of UFC 310 in Las Vegas.
Sharks center Macklin Celebrini, the No. 1 pick in the 2024 NHL draft, has been placed on injured reserve and will miss at least the next two games.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Saturday in London that the league's new kickoff rules are working and early returns are "incredibly promising."
The Deebot X2 Omni. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge
Someone gained access to Ecovacs Deebot X2 Omni robotic vacuums across several US cities earlier this year and used them to chase pets and yell racist slurs at their owners, reported ABC News in Australia this week.
The outlet spoke with multiple Deebot X2 owners who say their Deebot X2s had been hacked in May, including Minnesota lawyer Daniel Swenson, who said he was watching TV with his family when a noise “like...
The tribute to NOAA radar specialist and researcher Peter Dodge took place less than 24 hours before Milton made landfall in Siesta Key near Sarasota, Florida.
As an award-winning scientist, Peter Dodge had made hundreds of flights into the eyes of hurricanes—almost 400. On Tuesday, a crew on a reconnaissance flight into Hurricane Milton helped him make one more, dropping his ashes into the storm as a lasting tribute to the longtime National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration radar...