Lyft driver takes off with cat, global search ensues Ride-share app originally told man they’d charge him $20 for Tux’s return Offbeat02 Oct 2023 | 6
Scandium-based nuclear clocks promise punctuality for next 300 billion years It's about time! Science02 Oct 2023 | 19
NASA delays already-late $1B Psyche probe's visit to metal-rich asteroid Given it was first due to blast off last year, what's another week or so? Science30 Sep 2023 | 9
Equal Employment Commission sues Tesla for racist discrimination, retaliation at Fremont plant Like some sort of bizarro greatest hits album, the EEOC case sounds just like multiple previous suits Legal29 Sep 2023 | 26
Musk, Yaccarino contradict each other on status of X's election integrity team One says it's dead, the other says it's growing, and we all know how grumpy Elon gets when contradicted Offbeat28 Sep 2023 | 47
You shouldn't be able to buy devices that tamper with diesel truck emissions on eBay, says DoJ Feds allege tat bazaar turned blind eye to folks buying more than 343k aftermarket defeat devices Legal28 Sep 2023 | 67
Zuck dives deeper into the metaverse, dragging Snoop Dogg along for ride Meta's annual conference sees the company playing catch-up to OpenAI but pulling ahead of Apple Offbeat28 Sep 2023 | 12
Indonesia, TikTok's best market, bans social commerce Made-In-China network's attempt to merge sales and socials stalled in the market all web giants covet Legal28 Sep 2023 | 3
Record-breaking astronaut Frank Rubio finally home after over a year in orbit Rubio spent 371 days on the ISS, the longest any American has been aloft Science28 Sep 2023 | 3
Perseverance rover sets a Martian speed record with software controls 347.7 meters in a day - humans could probably do better Science27 Sep 2023 | 7
The alternative to stopping climate change is untested carbon capture tech We could do most of what we need to prevent 1.5°C warming now; reversing it will be nigh impossible Science27 Sep 2023 | 78
CERN experiment proves gravity pulls antimatter the way Einstein predicted Why there is not a lot more of it is yet to be explained though Science27 Sep 2023 | 32
Devs learn rival Godot engine in a week to poke fun at Unity The result? Install Fee Tycoon Offbeat27 Sep 2023 | 14
Bids for ISS demolition rights are now open, NASA declares Winning spacecraft will dock with the station at least a year before go time Science27 Sep 2023 | 53
Researchers train an AI system to find extraterrestrial life Machine learning model touted as ideal for finding LGMs on Mars, and beyond Science27 Sep 2023 | 26
Hong Kong securities regulator to name suspicious crypto players Tightens regulations after downfall of the brazen JPEX exchange Legal27 Sep 2023 | 6
Cryptocoin Ponzi scheme AirBit Club co-founder jailed 12 years behind bars, and ordered to forfeit $65m in illicit proceeds Legal27 Sep 2023 | 12
China identifies AI, optoelectric semiconductors, as challenges it wants to crack Underwater comms make list of 14 techs at which Beijing hopes to do better Science26 Sep 2023 | 1
NASA's Mars Sample Return mission is in danger of never launching Review board: Mega project is way over budget, needs cash, and senators want it axed Science25 Sep 2023 | 22
Car industry pleads for delay to post-Brexit tariffs on EVs Gets blanked again Offbeat25 Sep 2023 | 132
Now MOVEit maker Progress patches holes in WS_FTP Infosec in brief Plus: Johnson Controls hit by IT 'incident', Exim and Chrome security updates, and more
What's next for VMware? Long-term Virtzilla-watchers predict Broadcom's moves Consensus is cuts and spin-offs are coming, whether they'll help is another matter
Yes, Singapore immigration plans to scan your face instead of your passport No, that does not mean you can leave it at home just yet
ASUS's Zenbook S 13 is light, fast, and immediately impressive Desktop Tourism Taiwanese brand is a portability and productivity contender
Lost your luggage? That's nothing – we just lost your whole flight! Who, me? Tech's second day on the job nearly saw his high-flying career grounded
OpenAI warns folks over GPT-4 Vision's limits and flaws AI In Brief Plus: Mistral emits uncensored model, Meta expands Llama 2's context window, Alexa drills into your voice
AWS stirs the MadPot – busting bot baddies and eastern espionage since 2010 Interview Security exec Mark Ryland spills the tea on hush-hush threat intel tool
Datacenters face double dilemma of supply issues and a need for speed Skills shortage is also holding industry back, survey finds
No, no, no! Disco joke hit bum note in the rehab center who, me? Techie tried to dunk on a co-worker, and found himself absolutely soaking wet Offbeat25 Sep 2023 | 83
That's gas: CO2 found on Europa surface may hint at some possible sign of life Hey, ESA: Can Juice get there any faster? Offbeat22 Sep 2023 | 8
US military F-35 readiness problems highlighted in aptly timed report This surely can't be related to that crash debacle over the weekend, right? Offbeat22 Sep 2023 | 26
FAA wants rocket jockeys to clean up after their space launch parties Have you seen orbit? There's junk everywhere Science22 Sep 2023 | 6
BOFH: A security issue, you say? Activate code tangerine Episode 18 When you utter those words, it empowers us to do anything BOFH22 Sep 2023 | 54
95% of NFTs now totally worthless, say researchers 'Even the most prominent collections are struggling to maintain demand' Offbeat21 Sep 2023 | 73
Call me an Apple fan, says Huawei founder and chief exec Ren Zhengfei says he still takes lessons from American rival Offbeat21 Sep 2023 | 8
Lawsuit claims Google Maps led dad of two over collapsed bridge to his death Web giant accused of gross negligence by not updating app despite complaints Legal21 Sep 2023 | 195
Neuralink's looking for participants willing to be part of human trials Musk company gets FDA's OK for six-year assessment of its brain implants Science20 Sep 2023 | 26
Scientists suggest possible solution to space-induced bone loss Douglas Adams was right! Mice may hold key to exploring the universe Science20 Sep 2023 | 43
DoD hopes $30M BEACONS will light the way to next-gen American battery designs And less than half the cost of a single F-35 – bargain! Science19 Sep 2023 | 8
Rocket Lab launch streak goes up in smoke with 41st mission Electron rocket was lost when reusable first stage separated early this morning Science19 Sep 2023 | 10
US Defense Department enlists Google for AI-powered cancer-spotting kit A different type of ARM - the Augmented Reality Microscope Science19 Sep 2023 | 1
World's most powerful free-electron laser upgraded to fire a million X-rays per second US DoE particle will be a 'strobe light' in atomic disco Science18 Sep 2023 | 15
SEC gets $10m from Lyft over failure to disclose $424m pre-IPO stock sale Board member sold off stock just before listing, Lyft forgot to mention it Legal18 Sep 2023 |
Textbook publishers sue shadow library LibGen for copyright infringement Yet another attempt at a permanent takedown – but will it stick? Science18 Sep 2023 | 68
If anyone finds an $80M F-35 stealth fighter, please call the Pentagon Updated US military enlists public to help track down missing jet Offbeat18 Sep 2023 | 77
Mention AI in earnings calls ... and watch that share price leap This week's story is brought to you by the letters C, E, O, as well as B and S Offbeat18 Sep 2023 | 6
Britcoin or Britcon? Bank of England grilled on Digital Pound privacy concerns At least the economists seem to have a better grip on tech than Online Safety Bill pushers... Offbeat18 Sep 2023 | 42
South Korean telco SK Broadband and Netflix call a truce in network payment fight Maybe better together? Duo announce AI and entertainment product partnership Legal18 Sep 2023 | 3
Apples to apples: Boffins find a way to make e-waste edible We're rubbish at recycling plastic, but Singaporean scientists think they can make more of it recoverable. Even the hard cases used in electronics Science18 Sep 2023 | 7
Techie labelled 'disgusting filth merchant' by disgusting hypocrite On Call For once, the boss rescued IT from a revolting customer Offbeat15 Sep 2023 | 100
Meet Honda's latest electric vehicle: A rideable suitcase The Motocompacto is a successor to the '81 Motocompo, but with greater ability to deprive its rider of dignity Bootnotes15 Sep 2023 | 88
NASA wants to believe ... that you can help it crack UFO mysteries Is there nothing crowdsourcing and open source phone apps can't solve? Offbeat14 Sep 2023 | 29
Ex-Twitter employees pull Musk back to money table over missing severance Will Elon actually pay this bill? Legal14 Sep 2023 | 26
Stoner Cats NFT project declawed for being an unregistered security You can't puff puff pass on the Securities Act Offbeat14 Sep 2023 | 31
UK civil servants – hopefully including those spending billions on tech – to skill up in STEM How about the ministers go next? Science14 Sep 2023 | 55
Scientists spot startlingly close black holes in Hyades star cluster Black hole stun: They're more than 1,400 light years closer than the previous record holder Science14 Sep 2023 | 40
Airbus takes its long, thin, plane on a ten-day test campaign Those of you happy to spend ten hours in a single-aisle A321, take note Offbeat14 Sep 2023 | 100
Ford, BMW, Honda to steer bidirectional EV charging standard Another load of automakers teams up to lean into the inevitable Offbeat13 Sep 2023 | 92
Amazon's three rocket makers insist Project Kuiper will launch on schedule It's not as if space is hard, is it? Science13 Sep 2023 | 8
Scientists trace tiny moonquakes to Apollo 17 lander – left over from 1972 Humans just can't leave anything alone, huh Science13 Sep 2023 | 104
South Korea's Moon orbiter snaps India's lander As Japan's space agency preps a rover to land on Martian moon Phobos Science13 Sep 2023 | 7
US amends hypersonic weapons strategy: If you can't zoom with 'em, boom 'em DARPA awards Boeing $70.5M to develop intercept technology Offbeat12 Sep 2023 | 17
James Webb spies distant exoplanet that could be wet, wild, and Hycean That or it's just really gassy Science12 Sep 2023 | 12
Chat2024 stuffs US election hopefuls into generative AI so you can be an 'informed voter' Comment Jean Baudrillard would've LOVED this Offbeat12 Sep 2023 | 10
Long-lost 1977 Star Wars X-Wing prop discovered – lock s-foils in bid position Hundreds more iconic props set to go on sale from collection of late Hollywood model maker Greg Jein Bootnotes12 Sep 2023 | 28
X marks the spot where free speech clashes with Californian transparency AB 587's true purpose is to eliminate speech the government finds objectionable, lawyers argue Legal11 Sep 2023 | 24
MOXIE microwaved Mars air into oxygen, but now it's time for a breather Concept will need to be scaled up to keep more than a small dog alive Science11 Sep 2023 | 19
Elon Musk has beef with Bill Gates because he shorted Tesla stock, says biographer Comment The origin story of the 'in case u need to lose a boner fast' tweet Offbeat11 Sep 2023 | 54
Lithium goldrush hits sleepy Oregon-Nevada border Deposit in 19-million-year old caldera could dwarf sources in Bolivia, Chile and Australia Science11 Sep 2023 | 20
China iPhone curbs reportedly extend to local government and state-owned businesses Asia In Brief ALSO: Alibaba Cloud succession plan overturned; Fujtisu’s Thai takeaway; Australia takes on PayPal Legal11 Sep 2023 | 7
Okay, SMART ePANTS, you tell us how to create network-connected textiles Soldiers, first responders may eventually be able to phone home from their clothes Science09 Sep 2023 | 31
Atari pulls nostalgia power move and buys homebrew community forum AtariAge is older than the current Atari incarnation – retro enough for you? Offbeat08 Sep 2023 | 11
NASA rockets draining its pockets as officials whisper: 'We can't afford this' Watchdog finds space agency has no plans to measure SLS production costs Science08 Sep 2023 | 84
SK hynix says no Huawei its memory should be in Chinese wonder-phone The Mate 60 Pro keeps making waves – this time worrying Korean chipmaker Legal08 Sep 2023 | 21
Musk's mighty missile is ready for launch once FAA says OK Updated Starship Super Heavy to remain on terra firma until US watchdog ticks off the corrective actions Science07 Sep 2023 | 96
UK rejoins the EU's €100B Horizon sci-tech funding program Two and a half years after Brexit, some cheer for scientists based in Britain. We're... baaaaxit (sorry!) Science07 Sep 2023 | 156
Scientists turn to mid-20th century tech for low-power underwater comms Hat tip to the late Lester Clare Van Atta, whose array is behind the system Science07 Sep 2023 | 19
DXC Technology named as participant in bid-rigging cartel Agreed bid prices in advance with local rival for work in Australian mining camps Legal07 Sep 2023 | 3
Japan's 'Moon sniper' and its two ejectable landers make it into space Now for the hard part: testing its ability to pick a safe landing spot Science07 Sep 2023 | 6
Judge greenlights $5.9M unpaid overtime Citrix wage deal Agreement will settle claims the company failed to compensate staff for all the hours they worked Legal06 Sep 2023 | 2
India's Chandrayaan-3 Moon mission hibernates to see out a long lunar night Spacecraft scheduled to snooze until September 22 when it's hoped machines return to duty Science06 Sep 2023 | 9
ASEAN bloc starts work on Digital Economy Framework Who needs India or China when ten booming economies form a gang? Legal06 Sep 2023 |
Europe's Ariane 6 takes rocket science seriously by testing patience before engines Four seconds of fire and fury to be followed by eight minutes then... a launch in 2024? Science05 Sep 2023 | 10
2023 World Solar Challenge entrant welcomes clouds – not the fluffy white ones Special Projects Bureau Revisited Solar roller on Australia-spanning race packs an Nvidia Jetson, radio link to an AWS edge box, and Starlink uplink Offbeat04 Sep 2023 | 14
BOFH: What a beautiful tinfoil hat, Boss! Episode 17 In which our heroes keep the office safe as only they know how BOFH01 Sep 2023 | 108
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is returning with its first-ever asteroid sample Regolith scraped from the surface of Bennu will reach Earth on 24 September Science01 Sep 2023 | 27
Grant Shapps named UK defense supremo in latest 'tech-savvy' Tory tale Comment He praised Apple for its 'open source' tech – now he'll oversee AI use to defend Britain from its foes Bootnotes31 Aug 2023 | 98
Germany's wild boars still too radioactive to eat largely due to Cold War nuke tests Scientists one step closer to cracking the case of these atomic swine Science31 Aug 2023 | 137
Meteorite is 4.6 billion years old and still rocking the solar system dating scene Presence of aluminum isotope might help age other objects from space Science30 Aug 2023 | 4
Let's give these quadruped robot dogs next-gen XM7 rifles, says US Army Black Mirror? Never heard of it Bootnotes30 Aug 2023 | 34
India set to launch Sun-spotting satellite on Saturday Meanwhile its Moon rover dodges a crater and spots sulphur Science30 Aug 2023 | 5
NASA to outdo most Americans on internet speeds, gigabit kit heading to the ISS See hot singles in your area! Well, -453.8 F singles at least Offbeat29 Aug 2023 | 10
Japan complains Fukushima water release created terrifying Chinese Spam monster Asks Beijing to stop the phone calls harassing civilians, as tests show impact of nuke plant water Science29 Aug 2023 | 107
US and China to keep talking about chip bans, just not when they'll end Intel and Micron made the agenda, but action to ease their woes did not Legal29 Aug 2023 | 2
Samsung realizes behaving ethically is good for business, says compliance boss Mega-corp has mastered the complexity of numerous technologies but it took several scandals to impart this obvious lesson Legal29 Aug 2023 | 8
Silicon Valley billionaires secretly buy up land for new California city Not just a company town - it's the new feudal age Offbeat28 Aug 2023 | 70
UK flights disrupted by 'technical issue' with air traffic computer system British Bank Holiday blues as flight plans have to be filed by hand Offbeat28 Aug 2023 | 159
Foxconn founder Terry Gou to run for Taiwan's presidency Billionaire claims being a political outsider means he can fix border, avert wars, make Taiwan great again … which sounds rather familiar Offbeat28 Aug 2023 | 19
Uncle Sam accuses SpaceX of not considering asylees and refugees for employment Discrimination lawsuit claims company's 'ITAR' excuse was badly wrong Science25 Aug 2023 | 68
Windows screensaver left broadcast techie all at sea On Call A Love Boat story that almost didn't have a happy ending Offbeat25 Aug 2023 | 71
India's Moon mission continues to triumph, Japan's waits for better weather JAXA's SLIM scheduled to arrive after Chandrayaan-3 says goodnight Science25 Aug 2023 | 7
Concorde? Pffft. NASA wants a Mach 4 passenger jet Don't get too excited: We're purely in the 'is this possible' stage right now Science24 Aug 2023 | 107
Zoom CEO reportedly tells staff: Workers can't build trust or collaborate... on Zoom Opinion So those 218,000 enterprise customers are wrong to hold meetings on web? Offbeat24 Aug 2023 | 106
Blazar Token creator accused of using investor funds for renovating bathroom Interesting choice, if true. Not a Lamborghini, is it? Legal24 Aug 2023 | 10
Neighbors angry as another North Korean 'satellite' launch attempt fails US, Japan, and South Korea are well and truly over this sham Science24 Aug 2023 | 19
China's top EV battery maker announced a breakthrough, but top boffin isn't convinced 400km range after 10 minutes charging sounds great. Shame the details are thin Science24 Aug 2023 | 96
India lands Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on Moon, is the first to lunar south pole Video with update Way to go, ISRO. Congrats on getting your rover rolling, too Science23 Aug 2023 | 51