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Kat Dennings and her fiancé, Andrew W.K., proposed at the same time. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for The People's Choice Awards Some female celebrities have flipped the script and chosen to propose to their male partners. "Succession" star Sarah Snook proposed to comedian Dave Lawson during lockdown. Actress Kat Dennings and musician Andrew W.K. proposed to each other at the same time. According to Irish lore, February 29 is a particularly auspicious time for women to flip the traditional script and propose to their male partners, IrishCentral  reports. While more women have chosen to propose marriage outside of Leap Day in recent years, it still remains a relatively uncommon phenomenon. Here are 16 famous women who asked their male partners to marry them instead of the other way around. Out of Elizabeth Taylor's eight marriages, she proposed once, to Michael Wilding. Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Wilding in 1952. WATFORD/Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty I...

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer : JFrog says it found around a hundred malicious ML models on Hugging Face, some of which can backdoor users' machines   —  At least 100 instances of malicious AI ML models were found on the Hugging Face platform, some of which can execute code on the victim's machine, giving attackers a persistent backdoor. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/Hbjm8BG

Apple users can ditch the Lightning charger port for a USB-C for $45. Apple; Ken Pillonel A self-proclaimed hardware hacker modded his AirPods Max to have a USB-C charging port . It's rumored that Apple's next generation of the headphones will ditch the Lightning port for USB-C. If you can't wait (and don't care about your warranty), he's selling a $45 kit for the modification. One engineer is giving AirPods Max owners one less reason to upgrade to the new model that Apple is expected to eventually announce — if they're the DIY type. "AirPods Max 2 - before Apple!" is the title of a video posted to YouTube by hardware hacker Ken Pillonel on Wednesday. In less than four minutes, Pillonel breaks down how to convert the charging port of a pair of $549 AirPods Max headphone s from Apple's signature Lightning port to a USB-C. Apple is planning to switch over to a USB-C port — like it's now done with iPhones — for the next version of the ...

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch : Adobe unveils Project Music GenAI Control, a platform that can generate audio from text descriptions or a reference melody and let users customize the results   —  There's plenty of GenAI-powered music editing and creation tools out there, but Adobe wants to put its own spin on the concept. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/nwTFkBh

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg : Sources: Sonos delays its launch of $449 headphones to June, a month later than previously hoped, after hitting software snags, and aims to make up to 1M units   —  - Company anticipates shipping $449 product in June after delay  — Sonos aims to manufacture as many as 1 million units from Techmeme https://ift.tt/OqGFh8r

Blake Brittain / Reuters : Filing: OpenAI asks a US federal judge to dismiss parts of NYT's copyright suit, alleging it “paid someone to hack OpenAI's products” and violated OpenAI's TOS   —  OpenAI has asked a federal judge to dismiss parts of the New York Times (NYT.N) copyright lawsuit against it … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/X73KeYN

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York on November 25, 2008. Lucas Jackson/Reuters Stocks could see dismal returns over the next 12 years, market vet John Hussman warned. The legendary investor pointed to signs that stocks are way overvalued, fueled by investor FOMO.  The market looks like it's nearing a peak, he wrote in a recent note. Stocks could end up seeing dismal returns for more than a decade, as the FOMO-fueled rally in stocks looks like its approaching its peak, according to legendary investor John Hussman. The Hussman Investment Trust president pointed to the monster rally in stocks over the last four months, with the S&P 500 hitting a string of all-time highs already in 2024. But most of that is due to Wall Street's "nearly frantic 'fear of missing out,'" Hussman said in a note on Sunday — which spells trouble for stocks over the long run. "Lots of pressures are driving that fear: the recent push ...

A Russian weaponry cache being destroyed by Ukrainian drones. Wild Hornets Ukrainian FPV drone operators targeted a warehouse full of Russian weaponry. The attack appeared to show a rare Russian 'Terminator' tank being destroyed. Other equipment lost included two T-72 tanks, an infantry fighting vehicle, and military trucks. A new video appears shows Ukrainian FPV drone operators targeting a large concentration of Russian hardware after locating a warehouse in the south of Ukraine. Ukrainian attack drones infiltrated the hangar, crowded with valuable assets from Putin's war arsenal, and set about destroying the valuable weaponry. It is unclear when and where the video was taken, and Insider could not independently verify it. The logo at the bottom right of the footage belongs to the Wild Hornets, a team of volunteers manufacturing FPV kamikaze strike drones . They build batches of drones for the Armed Forces of Ukraine on a volunteer basis. Per their website, ...

Allison Johnson / The Verge : Xiaomi launches Xiaomi 14 Ultra with a 6.73" LTPO 120Hz display, Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, and 50MP camera with a 1-inch-type Sony LYT-900 sensor, starting at €1,499   —  Xiaomi is using MWC to launch two of its flagships for a global audience — though not including the US, as usual. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/f4iFKrX

Financial Times : How tensions between past and present leaders of Sequoia, which had a reputation for quiet competence, have spilled into the open with the Klarna boardroom spat   —  Tension between past and present leaders of Silicon Valley's premier venture group have spilled into the open from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2MD3tNo

Heavenly Hideaway living room. Erik Fossum/Fossum Studios Bartlett Presbyterian Church was built in 1899 before shutting down in the 1970s. Jennifer Tucker helped restore the dilapidated building into a vacation rental with a loft. Tucker retained many original features, including the windows and hardwood floors. Bartlett Presbyterian Church had sat abandoned and dilapidated for decades when Jennifer Tucker found it. "It had critters living underneath it and there were so many fleas in the building that my feet were covered," Tucker, 49, told Business Insider. "It was awful." The Victorian-style church sits in Bartlett, a small Texas city with about 1,600 residents . Although the steeple on the Victorian-style church survived, the paint had peeled, windows shattered, and the building leaned slightly to the left. Still, Tucker was enchanted. "It spoke to me. It really did keep me up at night," Tucker said of the church. "It was still beaut...

Ukrainian serviceman stands next to a HMMWV (Humvee) vehicle in Donetsk region. STRINGER Ukrainian forces are deploying locally made armored vehicles modeled after US military versions. Analogs of US Humvee, MaxxPro, and M113 have been built, say reports. A soldier said when he first sat in a Ukrainian Humvee, he couldn't tell the difference from a US import. Analogs of US Humvee, MaxxPro, and M113 are being deployed into battle against Russian forces by Kyiv, say reports in the Ukrainian media. Recently, the Ukrainian "Kharakternyk" armored car, the "Sikach" armored personnel carrier, and the "Fox" carrier, all molded after American Humvees, MaxxPros, and M113s were deployed in several units of the Security and Defense Forces, said Defense Express. Ukraine's Ministry of Defense said Sikachs and Kharakternyks were used in Avdiivka . The Ministry said the vehicles "proved themselves excellently in combat conditions." Avdiivka ...

Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge : Many redditors say they are not enthused about Reddit's IPO and expect CEO Steve Huffman to run the site into the ground while trying to make it profitable   —  There's the mention of r/WallStreetBets.  (Five mentions in total, actually.)  There's the stockpile it's amassed of Bitcoin and Ethereum. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/4Wo0kJu