Steelers LB TJ Watt returns to practice two weeks after surgery to repair collapsed lung

T.J. Watt has returned to practice with the Pittsburgh Steelers two weeks after surgery for a partially collapsed lung. Watt ...

George Kittle misses practice with ankle injury, status for Niners' game against Bears in question

San Francisco Pro Bowl tight end George Kittle misses practice with an ankle injury, leaving his status for Sunday’s game ...

Ruby 4.0: A lot of restructuring under the hood, few new features

The new major version with a new JIT compiler, a revised parallelization API, and a maturing type system paves the way for ...

In the U.S.’s early years, this man wanted to Make America British Again

A description of North America in the early 21st century? Not in this case. All these things occurred in the United States ...

Germany's empty churches repurposed as congregations shrink

The number of practicing Christians in Germany is falling. The result is surplus churches. What happens to these empty houses ...

Commanders turn to 39-year-old Josh Johnson on Christmas with Jayden Daniels and Marcus Mariota hurt

With Jayden Daniels shut down for the regular season because of an elbow injury and backup Marcus Mariota sidelined, the Washington Commanders will start Josh Johnson against the Dallas Cowboys on ...

Brady Cook relishing sudden stint as Jets’ starting QB that came from necessity and curiosity

Brady Cook, an undrafted rookie quarterback, is making his third straight start for the New York Jets against the New England Patriots.

Longest-running hunger striker hospitalised after 51 days without food

A hunger striker on remand as she awaits trial for allegedly taking part in a Palestine Action raid on a defence plant was ...

Hawaii stuns Cal in 35-31 in Hawaii Bowl on backup QB Drew Weaver’s last-minute TD pass

Backup quarterback Drew Weaver threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to Nick Cenacle with 10 seconds left, and Hawaii rallied for a 35-31 victory over California in a thrilling Hawaii ...
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Secure Offline: A Hardware-Bound Cryptographic Framework for Software License Validation in Internet Constrained Educational Environments ()

The system employs HMAC-SHA256 (Hash-based Message Authentication Code using SHA-256) for license integrity verification. SHA-256 refers to the Secure Hash Algorithm producing 256-bit hash values (see ...