Japan's anti-piracy coalition says that one of the world's largest manga piracy networks has been shut down following a coordinated investigation between Japanese publishers and Chinese authorities. The Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA) announced the arrest of an individual on suspicion of copyright infringement on November 19th, who "has admitted to operating" Bato.to and approximately 60 related sites, such as xbato.com and mangapark.io.Bato.to launched in 2014, growing to be one of the most recognizable online platforms for "scanalation" - in which manga, manhwa, and other comics are scanned, edited with translated text, …Read the full story at The Verge.

For most home lab builders, GPUs are somewhat of an afterthought. CPUs virtualize cleanly, storage can be sliced and replicated with relative ease, and networking is only as complicated as you need it to be. GPUs, on the other hand, either work flawlessly, or passthrough has so many issues you might as well not even bother.

It's a really weird time in Windows 11's life right now. People have been complaining about its stability and performance, and Microsoft hasn't been doing itself any favors by breaking Windows 11 more often than ever before. At the same time, Satya Nadella stated that Windows 11 has finally breached 1 billion users, and did so about a third of a year faster than Windows 10 did.

Microsoft's PowerToys team is contemplating building a top menu bar for Windows 11, much like Linux, macOS, or older versions of Windows. The menu bar, or Command Palette Dock as Microsoft calls it, would be a new optional UI that provides quick access to tools, monitoring of system resources, and much more.Microsoft has provided concept images of what it's looking to build, and is soliciting feedback on whether Windows users would use a PowerToy like this. "The dock is designed to be highly configurable," explains Niels Laute, a senior product manager at Microsoft. "It can be positioned on the top, left, right, or bottom edge of the scree …Read the full story at The Verge.

There was once a time when you wouldn't imagine risking getting caught for stealing RAM from a display PC. However, given how current-day flash sales on RAM are still three times more expensive than four months ago, things have changed. Now, people are harvesting RAM from PCs whenever they can, including stealing it from display PCs.

The moment my notes app stopped working on a train with a bad signal, I realized how fragile my entire productivity system had become. I was heading into a three-hour journey with a laptop fully charged and a head full of ideas, ready to sketch out a project roadmap. But Notion refused to load my workspace. Google Docs wouldn't sync. Even my task manager sat there spinning, stuck in a loading state, holding my to-do list hostage until I found Wi-Fi.

Anna and Magnus built a life together. They had a home with three kids and a dog. Then they separated. This is where The Love That Remains begins, but as time passes and the reality of their divorce sets in, they're left to move through a future strained by their unraveling.Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason's latest film echoes the radiant visual language of his previous, the 19th-century period piece Godland and contemporary drama A White, White Day. And though its subject matter is heavy, the tone here is admittedly lighter. The aforementioned dog, Panda, even took home the Palm Dog Award at Cannes this year, which - and I'm being very …Read the full story at The Verge.

I don't think I've ever met anyone who just dabbles in astrology. You either think it's entirely bunk or you're reading the stars to decide the best time to make that big career-changing move.

One of the coolest parts of keeping tabs on open-source software is that you get to peek into what the developers are making next. Proprietary software developers typically hide their hands to avoid competition from poaching their ideas before they have a chance to release, but FOSS apps don't share that problem. As such, you'll more often than not have the opportunity to see what everyone is working on and get some sneak peeks into potential new features.

Protesters at the intersection of 26th and Nicollett after federal and local law enforcement left the scene of a fatal shooting by federal officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Reports say that 37-year-old Alex Pretti was the victim of the fatal shooting by federal officers, who was at the scene as an observer. The incident was captured on video by bystanders. (Photo by Steven Garcia/The Verge) | Photo by Steven Garcia / The Verge The Trump administration has flooded Minneapolis and other parts of Minnesota with federal agents as part of its immigration crackdown, Operation Metro Surge — detaining children, intimidating protestors and community organizers, and killing multiple people.Minnesotans have responded with mass community-level resistance, including mutual aid and tracking ICE operations, despite threats and surveillance — including through systems built by tech companies like Clearview AI and Palantir. Backlash to the crackdown spread online after the January 24th killing of Alex Pretti, including among hobbyist communities and typically apolitical influencers. Don Lemon has been arrested for covering an anti-ICE protest Parenting in ICE-occupied Minneapolis I grew up with Alex Pretti It doesn’t matter if Alex Pretti had a gun Why won’t anyone stop ICE from masking? The day of the second killing How much can a city take? Minnesota wants to win a war of attrition Influencer content is fuel for an internet-obsessed administration

Out of all the apps on the internet that offer free trials, I don't think I've seen as many memes for a specific one as I have for WinRAR. It's a shame, because WinRAR is one of the only apps I know that acts on the honor system. You can still use WinRAR once your trial is over, but the 'right thing to do' is to pay for a license, even if nobody actually does. Either that, or move to 7-Zip.

You’ll still need to be a Nintendo Switch Online subscriber to buy the wireless N64 controller. | Image: Nintendo The Analogue 3D finally launched late last year with four controller ports on the front supporting the N64's original wired gamepads. If you wanted to go wireless, your best option was the 8BitDo 64 which offered a similar button and joystick layout as the N64's original controllers, but with a modernized design. For a more authentic but conveniently wireless N64 experience, Analogue has released an update for the 3D today that adds support for Nintendo's modernized N64 controller.Nintendo's wireless controller was announced in 2021 alongside N64 games coming to the Nintendo Switch Online platform. Coming from Nintendo it's about as accura …Read the full story at The Verge.