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Update, Dec. 21, 2024: This story, originally published Dec. 19, now includes new details of an experimental Chrome security feature and advice on update action for organizations running any Chrome or Chromium-powered browsers.
Hot on the heels of an emergency update to Google’s Chrome web browser comes yet another security update for billions of users across multiple operating system platforms. This time, the update urgency remains the same, but the number of vulnerabilities does not: four high-rated vulnerabilities have been confirmed by Google; here’s what you need to know and do.
Google has confirmed that the Chrome web browser is being updated again, an update that will roll out in the coming days and weeks. The reason? A total of four high-rated security vulnerabilities which between them have earned the security researchers who discovered them a whopping $75,000 in hacker bounties.
The four vulnerabilities that Google has confirmed are:
“Access to bug details and links may be kept restricted until a majority of users are updated with a fix,” Prudhvikumar Bommana from the Google Chrome security team said, “We will also retain restrictions if the bug exists in a third-party library that other projects similarly depend on, but haven’t yet fixed.”
Chrome has been updated to the following versions:
The more than 3 billion users of Google Chrome who are potentially impacted by these security vulnerabilities need to make sure that they are protected as soon as possible. If you are in that number, and the chances are high that you are, then you need to kickstart the updating process and then activate the updated browser itself to enable the protection to be in place. Google does automatically update the Chrome browser, but this relies on users restarting the client, which lots of people with lots of open tabs don’t like doing. So, please follow these steps now:

Head for the Help|About option in your Google Chrome menu to kickstart an automatic security update download.

Restart your Google Chrome browser after the update has been installed, or it will not activate, and you will still be vulnerable to attack.

Repeat step one to ensure that the Google Chrome update is installed and activated, and that you are now fully protected against these latest security threats.
In light of the latest Google Chrome web browser security update addressing a number of serious, high-severity memory vulnerabilities, Alex Vovk, CEO and co-founder of Action1, an endpoint and patch management company, has offered the following advice for organizations that are impacted:
“Communicate with employees about the importance of keeping software up to date,” including the likes of Google Chrome and other web browser clients using the Chromium engine, Vovk said, “and provide guidance on how to recognize update prompts and initiate manual updates when necessary.”
A Dec. 20 report at Bleeping Computer has confirmed that Google is adding a new scam protection for users of the Chrome web browser to help catch scams before they can catch you. The AI-powered newly discovered scam protection feature was uncovered by X user Leopeva64, who posted how he had spotted a new code flag in the latest Chrome Canary experimental build. This flag, Leopeva64 said, enabled a feature called “Client Side Detection Brand and Intent for Scam Detection” that employs a large language model to analyze web pages, on your device, looking for any malicious intent or brand impersonation. The official description of the Google Chrome code flag stated that the function: “Enables on device LLM output on pages to inquire for brand and intent of the page.” In other words, this AI-protection checks for these scams in real-time as you browse the web.
It is understood that the feature will support Chrome users using the browser client on Linux, Mac and Windows operating system platforms. What is unknown at this point is precisely how the protection will be displayed to the user, but I suspect it’s almost certain that some kind of warning pop-up notification will be involved to alert the user to the potential scam risk of the site in question, in much the same the way that unsafe site warnings do already for not secure or potentially dangerous sites.
Bleeping Computer’s Mayank Parmar suggested that this could be, by way of example, the Chrome user visiting a Microsoft technical support page that is actually a fake designed to install malware or get you to call a telephone number to be charged for unnecessary security support. “Chrome’s AI could analyze the promoted brand or language used on the page,” Parmar said, and “display a warning alerting you to avoid interacting with the page or sharing personal information.”
Leopeva64 said that it appears, according to comments on the Chromium source code forum, that the feature may only work when the AI-powered enhanced protection function has been enabled for Chrome. The flag Leopeva64 described is “the one that actually activates the new AI-powered enhanced protection” mode.

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CTF on Facing Worlds, anyone?
Epic Games has given the OK for their 1998 shooter Unreal to be hosted on the Internet Archive, essentially making the classic sci-fi alien blaster free, and preserving it for the future. They’ve also given the same permission for Unreal Tournament to be hosted there too, making free the multiplayer muckabout that spawned speedier and speedier sequels throughout the early 2000s (not to mention the origin of one of the most memorable multiplayer FPS maps of all time, Facing Worlds).
Epic gave permission for this very recently, say fan group Old Unreal (as spotted by the folks on ResetEra). That fan site are leading the way in making the now-free games easier to download and install. Archive.org is great, but it’s not always the most user friendly of libraries. So the gang of Skaarj custodians have created two installers that will do everything for you. Here’s one for Unreal Gold and one for Unreal Tournament.
These basically slurp the .iso files from the Internet Archive’s server and run everything necessary to get the games installed on modern machines. I tested it for Unreal Tournament and, yup, everything looks lovely. You’ll still need to do some extra steps to play online with others, though, say the Old Unreal gang.
Epic Games delisted the first Unreal from Steam a couple of years ago, along with all other Unreal games. The reasons for this are obvious, considering Epic has its own store that directly competes with Steam. It still annoyed some people though. Maybe now that two of these games are totally free, no questions asked, that move can be forgiven. We are recently seeing some moves here and there towards game preservation, such as GOG renewing their vows to making classic games playable on modern PCs. And this isn’t the first time Epic gave their original shootso away for free (although that was a temporary birthday celebration). But yes. All this is generally good. Free games are good.
Unreal, for its part, was an important and impressive bit of blastin’ at the time of release. It scared me to death. But that’s okay, I confronted those fears years later by asking various members of the development team what it was like to make back in 1998. Short answer? People worked 70-80 hour work weeks, and made some nice alien cows.
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Volunteers pack boxes of donations St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church in Montreal, March 3, 2022. Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press.
Volunteers pack boxes of donations St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church in Montreal, March 3, 2022. Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press.
Canada’s charities count on our generosity during the Christmas season more than at any other time of the year. Given the recent postal strike (now thankfully over) and the continuing decline in charitable giving, organizations are likely facing one of their toughest years since the COVID economic slump. Reversing the drop in donations isn’t just a matter of seasonal goodwill or the resumption of mail service so that physical cheques arrive at charity offices; it will require cultural change.
Consistent charitable giving isn’t as much an action as a mindset. It comes from seeing the world through a “we” lens rather than a “me” lens. While not identical to religion, there is a strong correlation between personal religious commitments and the public good of charity. In our secularizing culture, this is easy to forget.
Consider that the well-documented, decades-long downward trend in Canadian charitable giving coincides with the drop in their religiosity. Cardus research shows that the proportion of Canadians attending church, temple, synagogue, or other houses of worship at least monthly dropped from 20 percent in 2017 to 15 percent in 2022—and is likely even lower today. While belief in God has bounced around in the mid-to-high 60 percent range over the same period, Canadians’ religious identity has grown weaker while we’ve become more religiously uncertain.
This doesn’t seem to be a mere correlation. Imagine Canada has found that more than nine in 10 of all Canadian charitable donors in Canada were weekly attenders of religious services. Weekly attenders were also, by far, the most generous donors.
Two former senators who’ve studied the charitable sector, Terry Mercer and Ratna Omidvar, saw more than mere correlation between religiosity and charitable giving.
“So many people are asked to give when they go to their church, or their synagogue, or their temple, and that’s the basis on which they learn philanthropy,” Mercer said in 2019. “It’s the basis on which they learn the shared responsibility to the need.”
Omidvar echoed Mercer’s point when she noted that “churches in Toronto house the homeless” while “gurdwaras feed the hungry.”
“I think that we need to recognize that religious institutions do more than simply preserve their religious beliefs; they extend themselves in very significant ways,” she added.
Religious belief, of course, is very personal. What individual Canadians believe or don’t believe, and whether they attend religious services or ignore them, are personal decisions. There is no role for any government there. So, of course, governments shouldn’t be in the business of promoting or encouraging religion. (This is something that hasn’t happened in Canada for several decades at least, in any case.) Likewise, governments shouldn’t be in the business of officially banishing religion from the public’s view and shuffling it off behind closed doors. This is something we see currently in Quebec, for example. This secularist cultural instinct actually hurts everyone.
However, governments can and should play a role in facilitating Canadians’ charitable endeavours, many of which have a religious motivation or mission. More than that, governments and political leaders would do well to follow the examples of retired senators Mercer and Omidvar in explicitly and publicly recognizing how participation in Canada’s religious communities serves the common good.
In fact, governments at all levels—especially municipal ones—need to stop flirting with the idea of taxing churches or other religious congregations. A recent Cardus report found that, measured in dollars and cents, what religious congregations give to their communities is worth almost 10.5 times as much as the tax exemptions and credits they receive. Those findings are based on religious congregations’ Halo Effect, which measures the dollar value of their social and economic contributions to society. These contributions include providing space (often at below-market rates or for free) for other groups to hold events, running addiction recovery programs, sponsoring and settling refugees, and offering meal programs or food banks.
Canada’s religious congregations collectively have an estimated Halo Effect of around $18.2 billion annually, while their tax exemptions and credits come to an estimated $1.7 billion. This means religious congregations make a net positive $16.5 billion socio-economic contribution to Canada. There are more important measures of their contributions, but this is the easiest to quantify.
Christmas’s association with giving is no coincidence. The gift-giving, charity work, and feelings of hope stem from the Christian origins of the holiday: the celebration of God’s gift to humanity through the birth of the promised saviour, Jesus Christ. However commercialized the holiday may be today, Christians celebrate Christ’s birth, in part, by replicating God’s gift-giving and sharing their blessings with others. Similarly, other religious communities in Canada have their own motivations and impulses for charitable giving.
So, while we can and should recognize that many non-religious Canadians donate generously to charities, it’s important to recognize culturally that religion has a special, catalyzing effect on giving. In short, religion is a public good.
Merry Christmas.
Ray Pennings is co-founder and executive vice president of Cardus, a non-partisan think tank.
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An Ohio man has been sentenced to a hefty penalty following a high-profile case of deer poaching.
Christopher J. Alexander, 28, of Wilmington in Clinton County, was sentenced to six months in jail and ordered to pay $43,000 in fines for unlawfully harvesting an 18-point, white-tailed deer in November 2023 – a trophy animal viewed as a valuable state natural resource, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said.
It was the highest restitution amount ever imposed for a single deer in Ohio history, according to the state’s Department of Natural Resources.
“Hunting in Ohio is a time-honored tradition, and there is a proper way to be safe and successful,” Yost said. “When bad actors like these guys try to cheat the system, it ruins the reputation of Ohio’s respected sportsmen and women – I can’t stand for that.”
Authorities said Alexander, a ringleader, pleaded guilty to 14 other charges last October – all misdemeanors, including hunting violations, falsification, backlighting and the sale of wildlife parts.
In addition to fines and jail time, Alexander was sentenced to five years of community control and a 10-year revocation of his hunting license.
He also forfeited all the property that was seized as evidence, including the trophy deer’s antlers.
According to investigators, Alexander was aided in his crimes by his sister, Kristina M. Alexander, as well as Corey and Zachary Haunert.
All three entered plea agreements on Oct. 15 and have since been sentenced to punishments including fines, community service and revocation of licenses.

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As winter 2024/25 nears, top altcoins gain momentum, offering promising trading opportunities.
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As the cryptocurrency market evolves, a select few altcoins are emerging as potential frontrunners for the upcoming winter trading season of 2024/2025. These digital currencies are gaining momentum and attracting attention for their growth prospects. Delving into these top performers could reveal opportunities for maximizing gains in the months ahead.
XYZVerse goes beyond the typical meme coin, offering an ecosystem designed for sports fans, gamblers, and crypto enthusiasts alike. Featuring entertainment dApps, prediction markets, and sports betting platforms, XYZVerse taps into the rapidly expanding sports and gaming industries. Its native token, XYZ, provides a gateway to a vibrant community and countless earning opportunities.
The project’s presale has already set the stage for remarkable growth. Currently priced at $0.001333, XYZ is projected to hit $0.1 by its token generation event (TGE) — a staggering 7,400% increase. For early investors who entered at $0.0001, the potential returns are even more dramatic, showcasing XYZVerse’s capacity to deliver life-changing gains.
While many altcoins peak and fade, XYZVerse’s robust roadmap and strategic focus position it for sustained success. Its roadmap includes listings on major centralized and decentralized exchanges (CEX/DEX), token burns, and audited smart contracts, ensuring both growth and security for investors.
As altcoin season heats up, XYZVerse is poised to outperform its competitors, capitalizing on the growing popularity of GameFi and the gambling niche. Its structured presale and community-driven approach set it apart as a token with real staying power.
XYZVerse isn’t just about speculative hype  — it’s about delivering value to its community. Active participants in the ecosystem are rewarded with airdropped XYZ tokens, ensuring loyalty and engagement. Its roadmap also includes robust plans for scalability, making it a standout among Winter 24/25’s top altcoins.
With a projected 7,400% rise by Q1 2025, XYZVerse is capturing the attention of traders and long-term investors alike. Whether someone is a sports fan, a crypto enthusiast, or someone looking to maximize gains this winter, XYZVerse is a contender they won’t want to miss.
Sui is a leading blockchain platform designed for global adoption. It offers a secure, powerful, and scalable environment for developers. At its core, Sui uses a novel object-centric data model and the secure Move programming language. This innovative approach addresses inefficiencies found in other blockchain systems. By focusing on user experience, Sui removes common barriers in blockchain interactions. Features like zkLogin, sponsored transactions, and programmable transaction blocks make Web3 applications more accessible and friendly.
Sui’s potential lies in its strong technical foundation and commitment to usability. By simplifying blockchain interactions, it stands out in a crowded market. Compared to other platforms, Sui’s focus on the end user could give it an edge. In the current market, there is a demand for user-friendly and scalable solutions. While many coins compete on technology alone, Sui combines this with a dedication to accessibility. This approach may position it well as the blockchain space continues to evolve. Considering market trends, platforms like Sui that prioritize both innovation and user experience may attract more attention.
PEPE is a new cryptocurrency launched on Ethereum that pays tribute to the famous Pepe the Frog meme created by Matt Furie in the early 2000s. It’s a deflationary memecoin with a catchy theme and a straightforward approach. Unlike other complicated projects, PEPE embraces its meme roots and keeps things pure and simple. There’s no utility promised, and the team is upfront about it. They appeal to the crypto community by having no transaction taxes and focusing purely on being a fun and engaging token.
In late April to May 2023, PEPE saw an explosive surge that pushed its market cap to a staggering $1.6 billion. Early investors saw massive gains, turning some into millionaires overnight. This surge sparked what many call a “memecoin season,” with other meme-based tokens experiencing wild price swings. PEPE’s roadmap includes plans to get listed on major exchanges and aims for a “meme takeover.” While it’s uncertain if PEPE and other memecoins will reach new highs, many in the crypto community are hopeful, especially with the upcoming Bitcoin halving cycle. In a market where memes can drive value, PEPE stands out as an attractive coin for those looking to ride the next big wave.
SUI and PEPE are promising, but XYZ stands out as the first all-sport meme coin, blending sports and memes to achieve significant growth through community involvement.
For more information, visit the XYZVerse website and follow the project on X and Telegram for the latest updates.
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What is Pi Network?
Pi Network is a cryptocurrency that claims to be "mined" on mobile phones. The project was launched in 2019 and has since attracted over 23 million users. However, there are many who believe that Pi Network is a scam.
Why is Pi Network a scam?
There are several reasons why people believe that Pi Network is a scam. These include:
The Pi Network app does not actually mine cryptocurrency. Instead, it uses a system called "proof of stake" to distribute coins to users. This system is not as secure as traditional mining, and it is more susceptible to fraud.
The Pi Network team has not released any white paper or technical documentation about the project. This makes it difficult to assess the legitimacy of the project.
The Pi Network team has not been transparent about its funding. There are concerns that the team is using the project to raise money without providing any real value in return.
The Pi Network app has been accused of being a pyramid scheme. This is because users are rewarded for inviting new members to the network.
The Pi Network coin is not yet listed on any cryptocurrency exchanges. This means that users cannot actually sell or trade their coins.
Is Pi Network safe?
The Pi Network app is safe to use. However, there is no guarantee that the Pi Network coin will be worth anything in the future. The project is still in its early stages, and it is possible that it will never be successful.
Is Pi Network worth investing in?
I do not recommend investing in Pi Network. The project is too risky, and there is no guarantee that it will be successful. There are many other cryptocurrency projects that are more established and have a better chance of success.
Conclusion
Pi Network is a controversial project that has been accused of being a scam. There are many red flags surrounding the project, and I do not recommend investing in it. If you are interested in cryptocurrency, I recommend investing in more established projects that have a better chance of success.
In addition to the reasons mentioned above, there are a few other things to keep in mind about Pi Network. First, the project has not yet completed its mainnet launch. This means that the Pi coin is not yet a fully-functioning cryptocurrency. Second, the Pi Network team has not released any information about how the Pi coin will be distributed or how it will be used. This makes it difficult to assess the potential value of the coin.
Overall, I believe that Pi Network is a risky investment. There are too many unanswered questions about the project, and there is no guarantee that it will be successful. If you are considering investing in Pi Network, I urge you to do your own research and make sure that you understand the risks involved.

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Report: Families of several hostages receive signs of life from loved ones  The Times of Israel
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame students woke up in a snow globe Friday morning, a few inches of fresh powder on the ground as snowflakes swirled through the air to usher in the start of college football’s new era.
It was late December in northern Indiana, so the wintry weather was hardly surprising. And that’s the point — whatever the elements, whatever the temperature, this was going to be where a meaningful college football game was to be played. Notre Dame Stadium was going to host the first on-campus College Football Playoff game, hell or (frozen) high water.
The snow stopped by midday, but a chill remained. Students were done with finals, so they were free to tailgate all day — a tantalizing option for many. Irish jigs were playing, and beers were flowing by noon, a full eight hours before kickoff for Notre Dame’s first-round game against Indiana. The tailgating lots were standing-room only by nightfall.
Notre Dame fans celebrate during the second half of a game between the Indiana Hoosiers and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in first round of the College Football Playoff on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024, in South Bend. Notre Dame defeated Indiana 27-17.
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This is a sport that stands tallest on Saturdays. And while Friday night is technically not Saturday, it embodied all that makes college football what it is. There was pomp, circumstance, tailgates and pep bands. There were dozens of drunk college guys who decided it was wise to go shirtless to a game played five days before Christmas. Fans lifted up strangers in the stands to commemorate points scored. The starting quarterback, who transferred here almost exactly a year ago, signed autographs after midnight for kids who had stayed up way past their bedtimes.
Though the game itself wasn’t super compelling — Notre Dame jumped out to a 14-0 lead and controlled the game the rest of the way, en route to a 27-17 win — its setting was. I can’t imagine anyone would have preferred a sterile neutral site to what we saw on Friday night. I watched Indiana fans (in basketball jerseys) roll up to South Bend in RVs to celebrate a most improbable season. I watched three generations of Notre Dame fans discuss their shared anxiety ahead of kickoff; they’d all returned to their alma mater for the biggest home game in decades because they’d rather be together in a place they loved, even if it went south. (Which it didn’t.)
“I’ve never been a part of an environment like that,” Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman said. “I didn’t really get to take it all in because you’re focused on doing your job, but pregame I did. I took a minute to take it in.
“Not many times in life you’re the first to do something, and as I told the (team) in there, we were the first to play and win a Playoff game in Notre Dame Stadium. That’s historic. It’s something we’ll cherish for the rest of our lives.”
In some ways, it’s embarrassing that it took college football until 2024 to play its College Football Playoff games on campuses. But we all know why it took so long — those who run the biggest bowl games have great influence over this sport. It’s why every game of the four-team CFP era was played at a bowl or neutral site. It’s why, even now with a 12-team postseason field, bowls get to host the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds (with the national championship game played at NFL stadiums that bid to host it).
Notre Dame quarterback Riley Leonard (13) gives his towel to a young fan after winning the first round of the College Football Playoff 27-17 against Indiana at Notre Dame Stadium on Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, in South Bend.
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But just because the bowls have always been intertwined in the fabric of college football doesn’t mean they have to direct its future. College towns are where this sport lives, and they are where most of the meaningful games should be played moving forward. The season ticket holders who can’t afford to travel to three (or four) neutral site trips each winter deserve it. The hole-in-the-wall restaurants and dive bars deserve it. The best teams in college football deserve it, too, even though right now the four highest-ranked conference champions are rewarded for their achievements with a first-round bye … and the opportunity to watch seeds 5 through 8 host home games that electrify their fan bases.
It’s not fair that Oregon and Georgia don’t get to host games in Eugene or Athens. It is a shame that a Playoff game won’t take place on the blue turf. These are iconic venues and special places that emphasize the “college” part of college football.
And as the sport’s leaders continue to evaluate the new Playoff format and perhaps change it again in the coming years, they should remember how this weekend made us feel. Because that’s the real magic of college football, and there are ways to spread it further. I sure hope they think about doing just that.
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EU regulation has led to Apple being forced to open up iOS in ways that many never expected, but it’s not done just yet. In an effort to ensure “effective interoperability” with other platforms, the EU wants Apple to make native features of iOS being compatible with Android, including the likes of AirDrop and more.
A new document released by the European Commission this week reveals a number of ways the EU wants Apple to change iOS and its features to be more interoperable with other platforms.
There are some changes to iOS itself, such as opening up notifications to work on third-party smartwatches as they do with the Apple Watch. Similarly, the EU wants Apple to let iOS apps work in the background as Apple’s first-party apps do, as this is a struggle of some apps, especially companion apps for accessories such as smartwatches (other than the Apple Watch, of course).
But there are also some iOS features that the EU directly wants Apple to open up to other platforms, including Android.
This starts with AirDrop, which currently only works between iOS and macOS devices. The EU explains:
Apple shall provide a protocol specification that gives third parties all information required to integrate, access, and control the AirDrop protocol within an application or service (including as part of the operating system) running on a third-party connected physical device in order to allow these applications and services to send files to, and receive files from, an iOS device.
Apple users will complain about this. But good.

You have all these proprietary services that are just being gatekept. Ain’t no one got time for that.
The EU also wants Apple to open up AirPlay to other platforms, something the company has technically already done. AirPlay is supported on some TVs and products from other brands, but the ability to actually connect to something over AirPlay is currently restricted solely to iOS. Google’s Cast tech, by contrast, works on Android, iOS, and other platforms. The EU wants Apple to “make available the possibility for a third-party connected physical device to become an AirPlay sender.”
As our sister site 9to5Mac points out, Apple has responded to this EU document, prominently criticizing the EU for putting out a mandate that “could expose your private information.” Apple’s document primarily focuses in on Meta, which the company says has made “more interoperability requests” than anyone else. Apple says that opening AirPlay to Meta would “[create] a new class of privacy and security issues, while giving them data about users homes.”
The EU is taking consultation on this case until January 9, 2025, and if Apple doesn’t comply when the order is eventually put into effect, it could result in heavy fines.
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