Bulletproof Host Stark Industries Evades EU Sanctions – Krebs on Security

In May 2025, the European Union levied financial sanctions on the owners of Stark Industries Solutions Ltd., a bulletproof hosting provider that materialized two weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine and quickly became a top source of Kremlin-linked cyberattacks and disinformation campaigns. But new findings show those sanctions have done little to stop Stark from simply rebranding…

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Architecting a Generative AI Pipeline for Automated Sprite Sheet Creation for Animation

The Engineering Challenge of Creative Scale If you’ve ever delved into game development, you know the drill. Character sprites—those tiny, animated heroes and villains—are a massive investment of time and artistic skill. It’s a classic creative bottleneck: a single walking animation can demand dozens of individual frames, each needing to be drawn with perfect consistency….

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The 7 Best WIRED-Tested Handheld Vacuums (2025)

A Handheld vacuum may not be the most essential household appliance, but they sure are convenient. You don’t have to mess with heavy, cumbersome (and expensive) vacuums that require a plug-in and hazardous cords. Sure, there are cordless vacs to mitigate this problem, but those are also large and can be expensive. The handheld vacuum—compact,…

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Tauri vs. Electron – DEV Community

If you’re building a desktop app in 2025, you’ve likely heard two names again and again: Electron and Tauri. Tauri has exploded in popularity after its 2.0 release in late 2024, with adoption up by 35% year-over-year. Developers are drawn to its lightweight apps (often under 10 MB), lower memory usage (~30–40 MB idle), and…

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