Highland Geek

05/25/2026

nobody understands Memorial Day better than our country's noble Veterans and their families...

Time takes every man, but some are folded into this flag, passed to the living, and never to return. What remains is this nation, forever indebted, and their...

12/11/2025

parents - check your kids and grandkids phones... ya don't want this kind of garbage ruining your little one's lives >:(

A social app called Wizz, often dubbed “Tinder for kids,” has been exposed for linking minors with sexual predators.

11/11/2025

the TL:DR is - if you get a "captcha" that asks you to copy and paste, don't do it...

Relatively new technique can bypass many endpoint protections.

05/24/2025

Heading in to a solemn weekend. The Old Guard places flags-in at Arlington National cemetery. Raise a glass to those who have gone before us, and to those who remember them.

01/15/2025

LEGENDS ;)

11/01/2024

more proof ya need an antivirus on your phone...

FakeCall malware can reroute calls intended for banks to attacker-controlled numbers.

08/19/2024

hmmm.... brain e***a, eh ??

Scientists have restored the brain's waste-clearing process in aging mice, offering potential new treatment for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's using existing drugs.

08/14/2024

great >:( s'been time to retire the old SSN identifiers anyway... lets move to something more secure in the 21st century, eh ?

Almost 2.7 billion records of personal information for people in the United States were leaked on a hacking forum, exposing names, social security numbers, all known physical addresses, and possible aliases.

08/07/2024

hope this works out, cuz it sounds way more nice than hacking off knee bones

New research shows that an injectable goo can repair cartilage damage in animals' joints within six months. Scientists are now developing the tech for use in humans.

04/09/2024

possible cure for ALS ??? Dementia and Alzheimers ? not a big fan of fiddling with DNA - buuuut if you're saddled with a fatal condition, why not roll the dice ?

Researchers have developed a single-dose genetic therapy that can clear protein blockages that cause motor neurone disease, also called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and frontotemporal dementia, two incurable neurodegenerative diseases that eventually lead to death.