Jan 20, 2025The Hacker NewsData Security / Data MonitoringEvery week seems to bring news of another data breach, and it's no surprise why: securing sensitive data has become harder than ever. And it's not just because companies are dealing with orders of magnitude more data. Data flows and user roles are constantly shifting, and data is stored across multiple technologies and cloud environments. Not to mention, compliance requirements are only getting stricter and more elaborate. The problem is that while the data landscape has evolved rapidly, the usual strategies for securing that data are stuck in the past. Gone are the days when data lived in predictable places, with access controlled by a chosen few. Today, practically every department in the business needs to use customer data, and AI adoption means huge datasets, and a constant flux of permissions, use cases, and tools. Security teams are struggling to implement effective strategies for securing sensitive data, and a new crop of tools, called data security platforms, have appeared on the scene in the past few years to address the gap.One of these players, Satori, claims their data security platform can "secure all data, from production to AI". We wanted to investigate this claim. But first, what does that even mean for security teams? Let's break it down into two parts: "secure all data" and "from production to AI." Secure all dataWhen Satori says it secures all data, it means that unlike other data security platforms, Satori focuses on securing every type of data within an organization, not just a specific subset. Legacy data security solutions, including DSPM (Data Security Posture Management) platforms, primarily focus on securing analytical data data that is typically used for business intelligence or reporting. However, Satori extends its security to cover operational data, semi-structured data, and other data types that other platforms may overlook. This comprehensive approach ensures that not only is your analytical data secure, but all forms of data, including semi-structured, are protected throughout their lifecycle.From Production to AI"From production to AI" refers to the security of data across the entire pipeline, from its creation and use in production environments to its application in AI models and processes. This is where many data security solutions fall short. Legacy platforms often focus primarily on securing data in analytical environments like data lakes, warehouses, and lakehouses. But they often neglect operational or production data, where risks can arise.For example, developers or engineers may need temporary access to production databases to address issues or perform maintenance. Without proper safeguards, giving them access can lead to over-privileged access, making them an internal threat. Satori's approach helps mitigate this risk by ensuring that access to sensitive production data is tightly controlled, even for temporary or emergency situations. Furthermore, legacy data security solutions neglect BI tools, leaving implementation of row-level security on these tools to security teams - not a simple task. Satori, on the other hand, supports fine-grained access control on BI tools, allowing security teams to manage access to them alongside data stores.So how does it work?You can't secure data if you don't know what data you have and where it's located. Satori combines the visibility capabilities offered by DSPMs, which are required by security teams to secure customer data. This makes it easy to answer the primary data security questions across databases, data warehouses, and data lakes:Where are my data assets (databases, warehouses, etc)?Satori continuously discovers and monitors data assets.Where is my sensitive data?Satori continuously classifies data and tags it with appropriate data type tags.Who has access to what data?Satori analyzes your data store configuration to give you data access governance and understand what users have access to what data.Who has access to what sensitive data?When combined with Satori's continuous data discovery and classification, you know who has access to a specific database or table and what types of sensitive data are used.Who is doing what, with what data?Satori gives you complete Data Activity Monitoring across all your data stores in a central location. You can easily enrich audit logs by creating customized access log reports for platforms like Splunk, Snowflake, DataDog, or Elastic. That way, you know exactly what users were doing with the data, who approved these activities, and what security policies were applied.In Satori, data stores are discovered automatically by scanning cloud accounts or added directly in the management console, via API or with Terraform. Connect all of your cloud accounts to Satori and receive notifications for all of the new data stores and data assets added to them.Once discovered, data stores are continuously monitored to produce a full inventory of the data assets they contain, classified to the column level with a broad set of out-of-the-box or customer-built classifiers. A mapping of the permissions structure is performed to clearly show which users have access to what data assets. Finally, any risky misconfiguration that may degrade their security posture is detected, with alerts produced for the relevant teams to remediate. Teams can use Satori's posture manager to get an overview of your organization's database user permissions over time:More than visibilityMost security teams go about tackling the data security challenge in a sequential process:Map out your dataIdentify who has access to what dataApply controls to reduce risk and meet compliance requirementsThe problem with this approach is that teams often get stuck in step 1, getting caught in a loop as new data stores and users are introduced. Satori overhauls this process by introducing automation at every step. Both the work of discovering and classifying data and the enforcement of security policies happen in real time, adjusting automatically as new data stores are added.Satori makes it easy to enforce the appropriate security controls at scale, using: RBAC (role-based access control) and ABAC (attribute-based access control)Satori allows organizations to apply RBAC and ABAC universally, even on platforms that do not have such native support.You can create masking profiles, which can then be used to create dynamic masking policies.Temporary data accessWhen users need access to data, they can get it automatically for a set amount of time. This relieves the organization of over-privileged data access, one of the main root causes of sensitive data exposure.Fine-grained access control across multiple data storesFor example, you can apply data masking to your Snowflake cloud data, as well as your MSSQL and Postgres databases.Enforcement of approval workflowsIn many cases, access to most datasets requires approval from data owners or data stewards. Satori makes it easy to implement such a process directly or by integrating with workflow tools like Jira, ServiceNow, or even Slack.Final wordsSatori doesn't just show you where your data is or who has access to it it helps you actively control it, from production databases to AI models. By automating key tasks like discovering sensitive data, managing permissions, and enforcing access controls, Satori makes protecting data simpler and more effective. For security teams, it's a way to move beyond just mapping data security risks and actually mitigate them.To learn more about Satori, visit Satori's website or schedule a 1:1 demo meeting.Found this article interesting? This article is a contributed piece from one of our valued partners. Follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn to read more exclusive content we post.SHARE

Our missionAt Newsifier, were redefining the future of digital news publishing. As a rapidly growing SaaS company, were on a mission to empower news publishers globally with our AI-powered, all-in-one CMS. We help small and medium-sized News Publishers drive traffic and revenue growth while eliminating technical complexity.We are a bootstrapped, profit-making and founder-led company. Our small yet talented team of experts, mostly developers, has helped over 400 News Publishers since 2020.We are a team of ambitious but down-to-earth people who take pride in continuously improving our product and seeing our customers succeed. Fun fact: our churn rate is literally 0.Weve been growing organically and are gearing up to accelerate our growth, scaling up our marketing and sales efforts. And that's where you come in!Who we are looking forWe are looking for an entrepreneurial Account Executive to join us as Newsifier's one of the first 'quota carriers'. Youre ambitious and will succeed at whatever you put your mind to. You know you can sell and are hungry for an entrepreneurial and high-impact journey.You will be given the freedom to shape the growth of Newsifier while working closely with the Co-founder Gerard.What you can expect You'll join an already successful and profit-making SaaS company that operates in an untapped market with vast opportunities. You'll be the driving force for our global revenue growth, building and managing our sales pipeline and converting the list of 50.000 prospects into clients. You'll expand our partnerships with companies serving news publishers but are not direct competitors. Such as advertising agencies or specialized SEO tools for news publishers. Youll help to shape our sales processes as you build them together, experimenting with different messaging and strategies. We value initiative and are open to any creative strategy that will fuel our growth. Youll become the best person in the company at explaining and pitching Newsifier. Youll work more broadly across the business than any other normal sales role, stepping up to collaborate with marketing, events, community, and whatever needs to be done. You'll have a massive impact on revenue growth and shape our sales and partnership function as we scale.What you bring in Youre entrepreneurial and want to be part of building a business. Its a huge plus if you have set up your own projects or startups in the past. You are ambitious and get energized when hitting revenue targets. Youre happy to roll up your sleeves and do whatever it takes. You bring in experience in B2B SaaS sales and have a track record of overachieving targets. Huge plus if you have experience in Publishing, Ad-tech or similar industries. You have successfully set up multichannel outreach automation and sales processes. You have an innovative mindset and enjoy optimizing processes and leveraging the latest AI tools and technologies to scale quickly. You are a cold-calling wizard and can engage in meaningful conversations and handle objections on the spot. You are an outstanding communicator written and verbal and can collaborate with cross-functional teams. You are a fluent user of Hubspot, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Apollo, Loom and other similar tools.What we offer: Opportunity to be an in-house entrepreneur Full-time remote work and an opportunity to visit us in sunny Barcelona Your base salary will depend on your experience, let's have an open chat about it Generous and uncapped bonus - 15% of the new ARR is yours Bi-annual global get-togethers to have fun Upon successful collaboration and commitment to a long-term partnership, you'll be offered shares

This is today's edition ofThe Download,our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. The second wave of AI coding is here Ask people building generative AI what generative AI is good for right nowwhat theyre really fired up aboutand many will tell you: coding. Everyone from established AI giants to buzzy startups is promising to take coding assistants to the next level. Instead of providing developers with a kind of supercharged autocomplete, this next generation can prototype, test, and debug code for you. The upshot is that developers could essentially turn into managers, who may spend more time reviewing and correcting code written by a model than writing it from scratch themselves.But theres more. Many of the people building generative coding assistants think that they could be a fast track to artificial general intelligence, the hypothetical superhuman technology that a number of top firms claim to have in their sights.Read the full story.Will Douglas Heaven OpenAI has created an AI model for longevity science When you think of AIs contributions to science, you probably think of AlphaFold, the Google DeepMind protein-folding program that earned its creator a Nobel Prize last year. Now OpenAI says its getting into the science game toowith a model for engineering proteins. The company says it has developed a language model that dreams up proteins capable of turning regular cells into stem cellsand that it has handily beat humans at the task. The work represents OpenAIs first model focused on biological data and its first public claim that its models can deliver unexpected scientific results. But until outside scientists get their hands on it, we cant say just how impressive it really is. Read the full story. Antonio Regalado Cleaner jet fuel: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2025 New fuels made from used cooking oil, industrial waste, or even gases in the air could help power planes without fossil fuels. Depending on the source, they can reduce emissions by half or nearly eliminate them. And they can generally be used in existing planes, which could enable quick climate progress. These alternative jet fuels have been in development for years, but now theyre becoming a big business, with factories springing up to produce them and new government mandates requiring their use. So while only about 0.5% of the roughly 100 billion gallons of jet fuel consumed by planes last year was something other than fossil fuel, that could soon change. Read the full story.Casey Crownhart Cleaner jet fuel is one of our 10 Breakthrough Technologies for 2025, MIT Technology Reviews annual list of tech to watch. Check out the rest of the list, and cast your vote for the honorary 11th breakthrough. The must-reads Ive combed the internet to find you todays most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 TikTok is back online in the US The company thanked Donald Trump for vowing to fight the federal ban its facing. (The Verge)+ The app went dark for users in America for around 14 hours. (WP $)+ AI search startup Perplexity has suggested merging with TikTok. (CNBC)+ Heres how people actually make money on TikTok. (WSJ $)2 Trumps staff has an Elon Musk problem Aides are annoyed by his constant contributions to matters he has little knowledge of. (WSJ $)+ A power struggle between the two men is inevitable. (Slate $)+ The great and the good of crypto attended a VIP Trump party on Friday. (NY Mag $)3 AI is speeding up the Pentagons kill list Although the US military cant use the tech to directly kill humans, AI is making it faster and easier to plan how to do just that. (TechCrunch)+ OpenAIs new defense contract completes its military pivot. (MIT Technology Review)4 The majority of Americans havent had their latest covid booster Though they could help to protect youand others. (Undark)+ Its five years today since the US registered its first covid case. (USA Today)5 Europol is cracking down on encryption The agency plans to pressure Big Tech to give police access to encrypted messages. (FT $)6 This Swiss startup has created a powerful robotic wormBorobotics wants to deploy the bots to dig for geo-thermal heat in our gardens. (The Next Web) 7 Thousands of lithium batteries were destroyed in a massive fireThe worlds largest battery storage plant went up in flames in California. (New Scientist $) + Three takeaways about the current state of batteries. (MIT Technology Review)8 Amazons delivery drones struggle in the rain Bloomberg $) 9 A Ring doorbell captured a meteorite crashing to Earth Its the first known example of a meteorite fall documented by a doorbell cam. (CBS News)10 AI is coming for your wardrobe A wave of new apps will suggest what to wear and what to pair it with. (The Guardian)Quote of the day "TikTok was 100x better than anything you've created. An Instagram user snaps at Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in the wake of TikToks temporary US blackout over the weekend. The big story Running Tide is facing scientist departures and growing concerns over seaweed sinking for carbon removal June 2022 Running Tide, an aquaculture company based in Portland, Maine, hopes to set tens of thousands of tiny floating kelp farms adrift in the North Atlantic. The idea is that the fast-growing macroalgae will eventually sink to the ocean floor, storing away thousands of tons of carbon dioxide in the process. The company has raised millions in venture funding and gained widespread media attention. But it struggled to grow kelp along rope lines in the open ocean during initial attempts last year and has lost a string of scientists in recent months, sources with knowledge of the matter tell MIT Technology Review. What happens next? Read the full story. James Temple We can still have nice things A place for comfort, fun and distraction to brighten up your day. (Got any ideas? Drop me a line or skeet 'em at me.) + Why not cheer up your Monday with the kings of merriment, The Smiths?+ This is fascinating: how fish detect color and why its so different to us humans.+ The people of Finland know a thing or two about happiness.+ Its time to get planning a spring getaway, and these destinations look just fabulous.

The New Hospitals Programme is unachievable in its current form, according to the governments top infrastructure advisor.The 20bn scheme, which was first announced under former prime minister Boris Johnson, has been given a red rating by the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) in its latest review of the Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP).Source: Keir Starmer / FlickrThe prime minister Keir Starmer with health secretary Wes StreetingBased on data from last March, before Labour took office, the latest annual review covers 227 projects, of which 68 are infrastructure and construction schemes.This subset of projects has a whole life cost of 374bn. The vast majority of infrastructure and construction schemes (48) were ranked amber, with just 10 ranked green and seven ranked red, including the first phase of HS2 and the New Hospitals Programme.According to the IPA, a red rating means that successful delivery of the project appears to be unachievable.It means that the project in question has major issues with project definition, schedule, budget, quality and/or benefits delivery, which are not currently manageable or resolvable.The project may need re-scoping and/or its overall viability reassessed, it said.According to reports by the BBC, health secretary Wes Streeting will make an announcement on the New Hospitals Programme this week, in which he will set out a revised timetable for the scheme.As many as 40 hospital projects are meant to be delivered as part of the programme and the new Labour government has committed to delivering them, although Streeting said last September that it would likely be done over a longer time frame.HS2 is currently undergoing a whole programme reset as ministers attempt to get a grip on the scheme, which has been beset by cost and schedule overruns.> Also read:Governments top infrastructure advisor never been convinced by HS2 governance structureIn her foreword to the IPAs report, Georgia Gould, parliamentary secretary for the Cabinet Office, confirmed that the government would publish its 10-year national infrastructure strategy in the spring.This will set out our approach to core economic infrastructure like transport and energy, and for the first time will profile our social infrastructure plans for the schools and hospitals which underpin a successful modern economy, she said.Gould also stressed that the construction industry needed to embrace new ways of doing things and seize the opportunities that come with a digital revolution.At a time of rising prices, particularly in construction, data analytics and AI are important tools to deliver value for money for the taxpayer, she said.I am pleased to see the progress made by the IPA in this space, allowing us to modernise and keep up with the fast moving technological landscape.The IPA is soon set to be merged with the National Infrastructure Commission, to create the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority.

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Nintendo's average salary dropped in 2024 - but it's still the second-highest-paying in Japanese regional rankingNintendough.Image credit: Nintendo / Eurogamer News by Vikki Blake Contributor Published on Jan. 20, 2025 Nintendo's average annual salary may have dropped by 2.3 percent in 2024, but it's still the second-highest-paying company in western Japan.As spotted by Automaton, the business journal Diamond Online detailed salary information for firms based in Japan's Kansai region (sans Osaka), revealing Nintendo employees take home an average salary of 9.627m - that's around $61,500 or 50,800.To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Nintendo Switch 2 and Mario Kart 9 have been revealed - but questions remain.Watch on YouTubeNintendo took second place after semiconductor manufacturer Screen Holdings, which had an average salary of 10.248m ($65.5K / 53.7K).Diamond Online hypothesises that Nintendo's average earnings have fallen due to the drop in net sales and operating profit - down 5.5 and 14.9 per cent, respectively - in 2023.By the end of the 2024 fiscal year in March 2024, however, sales were up 4.4 percent, and operating profit had bounced back by 4.9 per cent, intimating the average salary will possibly increase for Nintendo employees by the end of this financial year.Nintendo is the only video game company to have been included in the list.In case you've been hiding under a rock for the last few days, Nintendo finally revealed Switch 2 last week after months of rumours, leaks and oodles of speculation.We got a first-look trailer showcasing the console's design - which is larger than its predecessor - its revised dock, and the first game revealed for the system - a brand new Mario Kart.Here's everything we know so far about Nintendo Switch 2.

You can trust VideoGamer. Our team of gaming experts spend hours testing and reviewing the latest games, to ensure you're reading the most comprehensive guide possible. Rest assured, all imagery and advice is unique and original. Check out how we test and review games hereNexon has just recently released The First Descendant update 1.2.4. Fans can still get free rewards from this update as part of an apology from the developer, but the patch is now out and has added a lot more than just Ines Raya to TFD. Update 1.2.4 has reworked three heroes, and the new character reworks for The First Descendant are huge, but theyre also a mixed bag.New The First Descendant character reworksThe First Descendant character reworks part of update 1.2.4 are as follows:Valby:Clean up:Added the ability to jump while using the Clean Up skillLaundry Bomb:Laundry Bomb now fires faster and can absorb others to grow larger and deal more damageJayber:Assault Turret, Medial TurretGun:Turrets can now be re-summoned directly without retrieval.Multi-purpose Gun:The Multi-purpose Gun creates a 3M blast area, with an increased magazine capacity (3-12)Luna:Stage presence:Improved Lunas unique weapon usability and note failure penalties with animationsPassionate Stage, Relaxing Act, Delightful Stage:Improved cooldown application and overall skill cooldownsEnhanced Skills now allow to move on a disk-shaped stageYou can see all of the above reworks in action from the official FirstDescendant X account below:The reworks for Valby are particularly great, and theyre good for Luna, too. Unfortunately, players are disappointed with the rework for Jayber.In the replies on X, there are comments such as, I beg you TFD developers. Please give Jaybers turrets some damage. While they look cool they cant even keep up with the damage that everyone can do.There are other replies such as, Erm, Jayber needs another go, this aint it boys, along with, Unless his turrets follow him Jayber is a wasted character slot. Theres also another reply that says, Jayber adjustment is a joke. I wish you guys would not just focus on making the females op.Although not explicitly stated, its pretty clear that the females receive more work and better cosmetics and buffs because theyre easily the most popular characters in TFD. Valby and Luna are two of the popular, so it makes sense that their reworks are more significant than Jayber who, unfortunately, is much lower down the totem pole of popularity.In more The First Descendant news, players can check out the2025 roadmap, and thenew Season 3 characterpromises to be hot in first official details.The First DescendantPlatform(s):PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series XGenre(s):Action, Adventure, RPG5VideoGamerSubscribe to our newsletters!By subscribing, you agree to our Privacy Policy and may receive occasional deal communications; you can unsubscribe anytime.Share

The first settlers to the colonial town of Ipswich, Massachusetts, experienced a fearsome noreaster that made them question their journey soon after their arrival. On a stormy evening in 2020, Katie Martinez found herself in a similarly perpending mood. Pummeled by wind and rain, she and her husband had taken a car ferry from Marthas Vineyard, where they were visiting her parents, to attend an open-house and were stranded when the return boat was canceled due to the weather.Bicoastal designer Katie Martinez renovated a historic 1807 home in her native New England, keeping true to its roots while imbuing it with a loose yet soulful aesthetic. Here, shes pictured with the climbing hydrangea that is lovingly pruned and manicured along the houses walls.Built in 1807, the Martin Keith House was hailed as one of the finest examples of Federal-era architecture before it fell into disrepair. A descendant of the original architect and builder rescued it from demolition in 1990, disassembling and storing it in a Cape Cod barn until 1995, when he found a buyer who could honor its history. The carefully reconstructed home preserved many original features, including the front stairway and shuttered fanlight doorway in the entry hall. Martinez hewed to its history, outfitting it with a vintage apothecary cabinet, an antique khotan from Eliko rugs, and a bronze sconce from Collier Webb topped with a Helene Blanche pleated lampshade.It was pouring, and there was no electricity so it was really dark; we didnt even see the backyard, laughs the bicoastal interior designer, who then lived in San Francisco but grew up on the East Coast and was considering a move closer to family. It was shocking how little we saw or knew about the house. But she liked what she did see of the Federal-era property: an original leaded-glass fanlight doorway in the entry; a back hall painted with wall murals teasing hidden historic references; a bathroom wrapped in a beloved William Morris print; and, perhaps most notably, central air, which is wild for these old houses, the designer says. So Martinez and her husband hunkered down for six hours in the ferry parking lot, waiting for the storm to pass while hashing out a plan to sell their 1920s home in California, move across the country with their two daughters, and modernize the 1807 house before the next school yearno small feat.The remodel of the now 3,800-square-foot home took nearly a year to complete. Kidshad never lived here before, and now this feelslike such a family home, says Martinez.But while she loved old homes, Martinez later learned that this one was on another level. Known as the Martin Keith House, the residence stood for two centuries on a historic plot in Middleborough, nearly 90 minutes away, before it was rescued from demolition and disassembled, its planks and boards relocated to a Cape Cod barn for safekeeping in 1990 by a descendant of the original architect and builder. In 1995, an artist purchased the remains and carefully reconstructed the old house on the Ipswich site using sepia-tinged photographs, postcards, and news clippings, replacing a fire-damaged kitchen and adding a garage and studio.Marcel Breuers Wassily chairs, a Workstead chandelier, and a makeshift cocktail table (a stone slab on cinderblocks) impart the living room with youthful energy. The elegant Soane fabric on the vintage sofa finds its foil in the Vaclav Vytlacil artwork that hangs above the mantel. The rug is by Nordic Knots, and the table lamp is from Spartan Shop.Most PopularTravelThe 11 Most Beautiful Mountain Cities in the WorldBy Emma TubbsCelebrity LifestyleThe Beatles Behind the Scenes: 15 Photos of Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr at HomeBy Michael Gioia Architecture + DesignTour a Tiny Boathouse in Connecticut With Outsize CharmBy Laura May ToddOnce Martinez arrived on the property, she set about honoring the houses heritage, preserving as much as she could while making the spaces her own with the help of a local handyman who loved the house and was familiar with its history, having previously worked on it. She added a back wing to incorporate a screened-in porch, a bedroom, an office, and a laundry room, then reconfigured the second floor to accommodate another bedroom. To increase the functionality of the studio, she installed sliding doors, thus allowing her to transform the now always open barn doors into a rustic frame for the scenery just beyond the glass. And she rearranged the kitchen, opening it up to the dining room, relocating existing cabinets, and installing a copper-topped Devol island. I love how these older homes have rooms with doors but really wanted the kitchen and dining room to be more connected, she says. I dont do formal very well. I wanted to use the room every day, and we do now.Farrow & Balls Dimity makes a bright backdrop for the renovated kitchen, where an aged coppertopped island and pendant lamps by Devol increase functionality. The Audo counter stools, Waterworks faucet, and a zellige tile backsplash by Cl complete the room.Eschewing the formality of separate dining rooms, Martinez connected hers to the kitchen and took a more contemporary approach to its interiors, papering the walls in a lively floral by Pihlgren & Ritola and opting for a vintage Parsons dining table with Brge Mogensen armchairs and Vico Magistretti side chairs. A vintage wimple pendant from Charles Edwards hangs above the scene, while chik blinds by Joss Graham, a jute Armadillo rug, and a Marc Chagall lithograph add texture.In keeping with her preference for relaxed interiors, Martinez brought in time-worn antiques reclaimed from her relatives homes throughout Massachusetts and purchased other vintage pieces along the way, fusing them with romantic floral patterns and poppy prints for a nuanced take on the regions iconic vernacularwith a hint of Californias easy living. Nubby quilts warm up the bedrooms, a sultry Soane fabric dresses up a thrift shopfound sofa, and an original soapstone sink rough up the new mudroom. Strangely, I think California was one of the inspirations, she explains. I love traditional New England architecture, but often the interiors feel too historical to me. There is a sense of looseness, depth, and layering here that feelsmodern.Farrow & Balls Atacama wallpaper establishes a romantic note in the primary bedroom, where a vintage dresser, antique bedside tables, and Serena & Lilys Webster bed channel the houses period-appropriate aesthetic. Throw pillows upholstered in fabric from Zak + Fox and Les Indiennes, a flea marketfind quilt, and the Hanna Taylor artwork introduce a point of contrast in their graphic patterns. The bone china sconces by Original BTC, linen Rose Uniacke Roman shades, and chrome Greta Grossman table lamp introduce textural variation.A wood-trimmed tin tub, original to the house, is the focal point in the upstairs bath, where Morris & Cos Honeysuckle wallpaper coordinates with a checkered and Greek keyed flooring pattern painted by the muralist who resided in the house before Martinez purchased it. An enameled steel stool by Hem adds a dose of modern flair.Most PopularTravelThe 11 Most Beautiful Mountain Cities in the WorldBy Emma TubbsCelebrity LifestyleThe Beatles Behind the Scenes: 15 Photos of Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr at HomeBy Michael Gioia Architecture + DesignTour a Tiny Boathouse in Connecticut With Outsize CharmBy Laura May ToddAfter all of her interventions, the house feels as though it has stood there for ages, like a place you might read about in the literary canon of New England, complete with a formal walled garden framed by rose arbors and climbing hydrangea. I often think about what a special place this is to grow up in and raise a family in, Martinez says. Every time I come home, I am struck by how peaceful and settled I feel in this house.Martinez cozied up the original Palladian windows on the upper stair landing with a Chelsea Textiles striped linen, leather-shaded Stahl + Band sconces, and an antique pew found at an estate sale. A vintage Moroccan rug and a gilded Paavo Tynell lamp add worldly eclecticism.An addition off the back of the house made space for a screened-in porch, an office, and larger bedroom for the designers daughters, which is covered in a serene Lake August wallpaper. Martinez furnished it with a vintage Rollakan from Eliko rugs, a pair of beds from her grandmothers home (her dad slept on one of them as a child) topped with Chelsea Textiles coverlets and Stackelbergs mohair throw blankets, and a vintage dresser paired with a Schoolhouse lamp. The drapery is by Kathryn Ireland.Martinez reconfigured the second level to accommodate another bedroom, which she clad in Schumachers Berrydown wallpaper. The clementine-hued spots on the chairs Raoul fabric covering complement the cherry red shutters, which are original to the house. Her kids artwork and a papier-mch bunny by Nickey Kehoe play up the youthful aesthetic.Martinez updated the millwork in the mudroom with a coat of Benjamin Moores Estate Sale, but opted to keep the original soapstone sink as is. I grew up in an old house, says Martinez. Theres an anchoring here. I like rooms with character more than ones that are perfect.But while she feels it is her forever home, she acknowledges that her familys time here is just one chapter in the houses history, so she makes the effort to honor the structure over her personal preferences, carrying the torch for the next generation. Ive learned a lot from this houseabout historical architecture and details, about living with and designing for seasons, about working within the parameters of what was here before me, she says. I know that this house isnt just ours. It will be around for a long time.Most PopularTravelThe 11 Most Beautiful Mountain Cities in the WorldBy Emma TubbsCelebrity LifestyleThe Beatles Behind the Scenes: 15 Photos of Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr at HomeBy Michael Gioia Architecture + DesignTour a Tiny Boathouse in Connecticut With Outsize CharmBy Laura May ToddIn the fall and spring, the wall acts as a wind block, says Martinez of the gravel-lined garden, which blooms with established rose arbors and perennials during the years warmer months. The lounge chairs are by Fermob.I love gardening with my daughter in the spring and summer, says Martinez, who went all in on her new lifestyle by adding chickens to her brood, to her childrens delight. 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WTF?! Although it appears that TikTok will continue to be accessible in the US, many people were upset when they temporarily lost access to the app. One 19-year-old Wisconsin teen was so angry at the prospect of his beloved TikTok being banned that he set fire to a congressman's office. Shortly after 1 am on Sunday, police officers with the City of Fond du Lac responded to reports of a fire at 525 N. Peters Avenue.The burning building is leased by US Representative Glenn Grothman, one of the Republicans who voted in favor of the law forcing TikTok to sell its US operations or be banned in the United States.Police later arrested a Menasha man on suspicion of setting the fire. Channel 3000 reports that he admitted to committing arson, which was a response to the TikTok ban. // Related StoriesThe building was unoccupied at the time of the fire and no one was injured. Police officers used fire extinguishers to control the flames until firefighters arrived.A photo of the office's charred door and air conditioner unit has been going viral on social media, writes Gizmodo.The unnamed teen is being held at the Fond du Lac County Jail while the arson charge is being referred to the County District Attorney's Office.It appears that the fire was started after TikTok stopped US users from accessing the app on Saturday, hours before the law banning the app came into effect.The person responsible for the fire might regret his actions even more upon discovering that TikTok started restoring its US services on Sunday after Trump said he would sign an executive order to delay the ban, giving TikTok more time to reach a deal that will allow it to continue operating in the United States. Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform that he wanted a "joint venture" in which the US government would own 50% of the company. Exactly how that would work remains unclear, but it sounds as if Elon Musk won't be buying the app, which had been rumored.

Squid Schism"Somehow, this feels like an insult" Helldivers 2 players get a helping hand from J.O.E.L, as their current mission becomes the latest bugdiver vs order follower rowThe more things change in the Galactic War, the more they stay the same.Image credit: Arrowhead News by Mark Warren Senior Staff Writer Published on Jan. 20, 2025 Uh oh, Helldivers 2's latest Major Order is looking like it's gonna be a tough task to score a W in at this point, even though J.O.E.L's recently given the divers a helping hand by intervening with a friendly blizzard. Some of them aren't happy with it though, mainly because it's come about due to lots of players electing to go bug-diving rather than fight The Illuminate.If you missed it, the big thing about this latest MO is using the freshly-repaired Democracy Space Station - which just got some changes that should make it a little bit more effective and stop it from being as lethal to the divers themselves.To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Sadly, it doesn't look like it's helped too much so far, with the divers only having managed to fend off four of the 14 Illuminate attacks they need to as of writing, with just over two days remaining on the order. One of the factors which looks to have played into this - especially in the eyes of some hardcores on Reddit - is that a whole bunch of divers have just spent a while fighting to liberate the icy planet Heeth from the Terminids.Yep, it's looking like the long-established quarrel between those dubbed the bugdivers - folks who simply perfer to go for the Termninds whenever they log on, regardless of whether the current MO is pushing Super Earth to battle another enemy like the Automatons - and their strict order-following peers. You can add in some squids, but folks who love fighting bugs will just keep on keeping on, it would seem. Somehow, this feels like an insult. byu/Fil-is-Theo inHelldiversTo see this content please enable targeting cookies.According to an in-game dispatch, the bugdivers even recived a little help from Arrowhead game master J.O.E.L himself in their battle for Heeth - which they've now succeded in liberating as of just a few moments ago. There was a "catastrophic weather event" on Heeth, which "decimated enemy forces, leading to a significant friendly unit advance". Surely everyone's happy about that fortuitous turn of events, right?Well, not quite. "Somehow, this feels like an insult," one player wrote in a Reddit post about the helpful weather, "It's like J.O.E.L is saying 'if you idiots are willing to lose the MO over this planet, then have it and be done with it'." That's not a consensus though, with a highly-upvoted replier arguing: "The squid MO is lost if half of the divers are on Heeth failing to take it for the duration. J.O.E.L is giving us a boost so it's done with. No insult felt."Regardless of their feelings on the aid, a fair amount of players do look to have concluded that this Major Order could be another one that's specifically designed so that they either lose it or have to pull out absolutely all of the stops. We'll have to see if it does end in an L that nicely sets up the next stage in the war, but until then here's hoping folks don't give up now Heeth's fallen.