The BBC has plenty of soccer, soccer and more soccer on their sports stations. But they’re shutting down the drama station, BBC Radio 4 Extra. This will be a serious loss for visually impaired people.
Why the recent BBC decision to close Radio 4 Extra is a terrible mistake
https://www.radiotimes.com/audio/radio/bbc-radio-4-extra-closure-mistake-comment/
Back in 2008 the competition between Toshiba’s HD-DVD and Sony’s Blu-ray was coming to an end. Sony won, but now they’re abandoning the format.
Sony Japan marks last standalone 4K Blu-ray player as ‘Discontinued’
Panasonic continues to sell Blu-ray players, but for how long? Are the Chinese brands like Krovatar good enough to fill the void?
Yesterday, I took an emergency preventive step to protect this website. A year ago, Microsoft ended support for Windows 10. I didn’t pay for extended security support on the Windows 10 tower system in my office, and yet …
A.I. Discovered a Critical Security Flaw Underpinning Websites
That “underpinning” is PHP, the software that runs WordPress. I updated to PHP 8.5, the latest version, and now it’s up to Bluehost to apply the patches.
Update(Oct 21st 13:00est): As a reminder, keeping your environment up to date is one of the best ways to protect your site. These guides cover recommended practices for maintaining a secure, well-performing setup: WordPress Best Practices for Performance and Security Bluehost Best Practices for VPS and Dedicated Server Update(Oct 21st 12:18est): Our teams have made significant progress applying the latest PHP security patches across our servers. The majority of servers are now updated, and we’re continuing to roll out the remaining patches as quickly as possible. As you may be aware PHP has reported an issue. To protect our customers, we are proactively taking steps to protect our customer base with various mitigations related to the PHP CVE. You should see no impact to the operation of your website or email but may see limits on the file size you can upload. Once patches have been confirmed released we will apply them as soon as possible.
Follow-up: Looks like the version of PHP I installed, 8.5.12, already had the fix.
PHP 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 and 8.2.35 fix two critical vulnerabilities that can allow unauthenticated remote code execution. All PHP users are strongly encouraged to update immediately.
Santa Bear, by Joe Sinnott!
At St. Mary of the Snow Cemetery in Saugerties, New York.
Fans have left things in memory of Joe.
