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First Private Subsea Habitat Goes Live, Enabling Real-Time Ocean Research From the Seafloor
science2 days ago

First Private Subsea Habitat Goes Live, Enabling Real-Time Ocean Research From the Seafloor

DEEP’s Vanguard subsea habitat, located 17 meters underwater off the Florida Keys, will host up to four crew for near-real-time ocean science, with surface air, power, and satellite comms provided via an umbilical. The vessel uses a staged decompression after entry and features a moon pool for access to the seafloor, enabling longer, deeper research than traditional dives. NASA-trained aquanaut Dawn Kernagis is among the scientists involved, and the project aims to scale into broader subsea habitation through the Sentinel program by 2027, with potential applications in science, defense, and tourism.

via ScienceAlert|
#aquanauts#deep-sea-engineering#real-time-science
Riot Enables On-Demand Vanguard Anti-Cheat for Windows 11 Players
gaming17 days ago

Riot Enables On-Demand Vanguard Anti-Cheat for Windows 11 Players

Riot Games’ Vanguard anti-cheat can now run on-demand instead of always being active, launching only when you play a Riot title. The feature, Vanguard Pre-Check, requires Windows 11 25H2 and security features like TPM 2.0, VBS/HVCI, and IOMMU; about 35% of players already meet these requirements, while the remaining 65% would need to enable Secure Boot/TPM and related settings to use on-demand mode.

via The Verge|
#anti-cheat#gaming#riot-games
Vanguard Expands: New Anti-Cheat Update Across Riot Games
security17 days ago

Vanguard Expands: New Anti-Cheat Update Across Riot Games

A Riot Games news hub highlights Vanguard's latest anti-cheat security update, which fixes a pre-boot code-injection flaw tied to some motherboards and prompts affected users to update, while also cataloging a broad range of 2025–2026 Riot updates—from new game modes and developer updates to Pride content and esports events—demonstrating Riot's ongoing focus on security and continuous software and game updates.

via Riot Games|
#anti-cheat#motherboard#pre-boot
Vanguard 2026 data shows widening retirement gap
personal-finance24 days ago

Vanguard 2026 data shows widening retirement gap

Fortune’s How America Saves 2026 reveals a troubling retirement picture: the average 401(k) balance rose to a record $167,970 in 2025, yet the median sits at just $44,115, highlighting a sharp inequality where a small group of high balances pulls the average up while most Americans struggle to save enough. With rising hardship withdrawals, the retirement shortfall persists, and Vanguard attributes much of the outcome to plan design and automatic enrollment features rather than individual effort, underscoring that millions remain outside a robust retirement system.

via Fortune|
#401k#inequality#personal-finance
Riot Clarifies Vanguard Won’t Brick PCs, But Valorant Cheating Panic Persists
culture1 month ago

Riot Clarifies Vanguard Won’t Brick PCs, But Valorant Cheating Panic Persists

Riot’s Vanguard update for Valorant now detects and disables DMA cheating tools even when Valorant isn’t running. After joking about turning compromised devices into “$6k paperweights,” Riot clarified Vanguard doesn’t brick hardware, but players report false bans, OS reinstall needs, and other Vanguard-related issues that keep fears about the anti-cheat alive.

via Kotaku|
#anti-cheat#culture#dma
Valorant's Vanguard Update Converts Cheaters' PCs into Expensive Paperweights
gaming1 month ago

Valorant's Vanguard Update Converts Cheaters' PCs into Expensive Paperweights

Valorant's kernel-level Vanguard anti-cheat update reportedly bricks DMA firmware on some PCs, triggering IOMMU resets and leaving machines unusable even after Vanguard is removed; the only fix appears to be a full Windows OS reinstall. Riot Games responded with a taunting jab about $6,000 paperweights. Since Vanguard is required to play Valorant (and League of Legends), this has sparked ongoing debate about the legality and safety of such deep-system access.

via PCGamesN|
#anti-cheat#dma-firmware#gaming
Americans Tap 401(k) Hardship Funds at Record Pace Even as Balances Climb
business4 months ago

Americans Tap 401(k) Hardship Funds at Record Pace Even as Balances Climb

Americans are taking hardship withdrawals from retirement accounts at a record pace—6% of Vanguard clients in 2025, up from 4.8% in 2024—while average 401(k) balances rose about 13% since 2024 to roughly $167,970. Withdrawals incur penalties, taxes, and reduced future growth, but easier access and automatic enrollment may explain the uptick; Fidelity data show a similar trend, suggesting growing enrollment and some financial strain, though overall balances remain higher.

via Business Insider|
#401k#business#fidelity
Vanguard ETFs to Weather a Potential Market Crash
markets5 months ago

Vanguard ETFs to Weather a Potential Market Crash

To hedge a potential crash, the piece recommends three Vanguard ETFs—VGSH (short-term Treasuries) for safety with a ~3.6% yield; BND (total bond market) for diversification and about a 4.2% yield; and VFMV (minimum-volatility stocks) to lower equity risk with a beta around 0.56, though none are crash-proof and the combination aims to cushion losses rather than prevent them.

via The Motley Fool|
#bonds#etfs#market-crash
Netflix Ownership Unpacked Ahead of Q4 Earnings
market-news5 months ago

Netflix Ownership Unpacked Ahead of Q4 Earnings

TipRanks’ ownership breakdown shows public companies and individual investors own 72.02% of NFLX, ETFs 22.83%, mutual funds 4.30%, insiders 0.49%, and others 0.36%. Vanguard leads with 7.17% and iShares 4.61% among the top holders; ETF bets include the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) at 2.92% and Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) at 2.35%. Mutual funds like Putnam Asset Allocation hold about 1.98%, with Vanguard Index Funds at 0.63%. With a Moderate Buy rating and a $127.23 price target (about 44.6% upside), the NFLX outlook remains debated ahead of Netflix’s Q4 results.

via TipRanks|
#ishares#market-news#netflix
VOOG Eyes 2026 Lead With Tech-Heavy Growth Tilt
investing5 months ago

VOOG Eyes 2026 Lead With Tech-Heavy Growth Tilt

The Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF (VOOG) has historically outpaced the S&P 500 thanks to a tech-heavy tilt toward high-growth names and AI-enabled giants like Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, and Amazon. It assigns larger weights to Information Technology, Communication Services and Consumer Discretionary while underweighting steadier sectors like Financials, Healthcare and Consumer Staples, helping it beat the market since inception. The piece argues this tech-forward approach could keep VOOG competitive in 2026 as AI-driven demand for data-center capacity expands, but cautions that past performance is not a guarantee and diversification remains prudent.

via The Motley Fool|
#etf#investing#sandp-500-growth