How a single buck bought bragging rights in the battle to port Windows 95 to NT It reached the desktop and then ... Offbeat28 Mar 2024 |
Hyperfluorescent OLEDs promise more efficient displays that won't make you so blue Novel design might also help reduce those annoying burn-in issues On-Prem28 Mar 2024 | 12
NASA gives IXPE observatory the Ctrl-Alt-Del treatment to make it talk sense Hardware misbehaving in orbit? Time for a reset on the avionics Science27 Mar 2024 | 3
Meta accused of snarfing people's Snapchat data via traffic decryption I ain't afraid of no ghosts, but in this case... Personal Tech27 Mar 2024 | 20
Boeing and subsidiary file trade secrets lawsuit against Virgin Galactic Updated Oh, and there's small matter of an alleged $26M in unpaid bills Science27 Mar 2024 | 7
UK skies set for cheeky upgrade with hybrid airship Depending on planning permission being given for facility Offbeat27 Mar 2024 | 37
BBC exterminates AI experiments used to promote Doctor Who Pics Finally, a power greater than ML hype: Angry fandom Offbeat27 Mar 2024 | 91
Intricate mission to de-ice a space telescope is go: Euclid's 'eye' is clear 100 minutes of heating to melt a frozen heart... 1.5 million kilometers away from Earth Science26 Mar 2024 | 17
Twitter's lawsuit against anti-hate-speech crusaders gets SLAPPed out of court How's that free comment thing working out, Elon? Personal Tech25 Mar 2024 | 89
Boeing top brass stand down amid safety turbulence They were all planning on leaving anyway, company claims Offbeat25 Mar 2024 | 59
The way Apple, Alphabet implemented DMA rules 'seems to be at odds' with law European Commission says 12-month investigation could lead to fine of up to 10% of global revenue OSes25 Mar 2024 | 24
How would you sum up a decade of Kubernetes? Logowatch The CNCF is looking for a tenth anniversary logo Offbeat25 Mar 2024 | 1
Labor watchdog wants SpaceX's gag clauses to disintegrate like its exploding rockets This is why Big Biz wants to dismantle America's crucial regulators Science22 Mar 2024 | 74
BOFH: So you want more boardroom tech that no one knows how to use Episode 6 Remember that scene from Scanners? BOFH22 Mar 2024 | 97
Vernor Vinge, first author to describe cyberspace and 'The Singularity,' dies at 79 Obituary CompSci and math professor by trade, he envisaged a galactic Usenet, and was utterly brilliant Offbeat22 Mar 2024 | 72
World's first Neuralink patient enjoying online chess, long Civ 6 sessions While excited by the implant, Noland Arbaugh says it's not perfect and there's still work to be done Science21 Mar 2024 | 12
Uncle Sam, 15 US states launch antitrust war on Apple Lawsuit alleges iGiant rips off fans, stifles dev innovation, makes it tough to dump iOS for rivals OSes21 Mar 2024 | 40
DARPA tasks Northrop Grumman with drafting lunar train blueprints Um. Let's successfully land on Moon without immediately faceplanting first, amirite? Science20 Mar 2024 | 61
Garlic chicken without garlic? Critics think Amazon recipe book was cooked up by AI Updated Twitter tipster points to suspicious signs from author producing thousands of recipes Offbeat20 Mar 2024 | 79
Canadian arrested for 'stealing secret' to speedy Tesla battery production Special tech allegedly lets Musk's assembly lines produce 5-10 times more kit than rivals Personal Tech20 Mar 2024 | 57
Sun Microsystems co-founder charged with insider trading Andreas Bechtolsheim is paying out less than $1M to SEC amid allegations he illegally bought options
XenServer is back, with a rebranded Citrix Hypervisor and a tasty three-host freebie Per-socket licensing regime may explain years of ups and downs
Uncle Sam's had it up to here with 'unforgivable' SQL injection flaws Software slackers urged to up their game
AI hallucinates software packages and devs download them – even if potentially poisoned with malware In-depth Simply look out for libraries imagined by ML and make them real, with actual malicious code. No wait, don't do that
BBC exterminates AI experiments used to promote Doctor Who Pics Finally, a power greater than ML hype: Angry fandom
What Nvidia's Blackwell efficiency gains mean for DC operators Analysis Air cooling's diminishing returns on full display with Nv's B-series silicon
Ransomware can mean life or death at hospitals, but DEF CON hackers have a plan Interview ARPA-H joins the challenge, adds $20M to cash rewards
Red Hat tries on a McKinsey cap in quest to streamline techies' jobs Some staff are worried – can't think why
In-app browsers are still a privacy, security, and choice problem Regulators reminded that longstanding concerns haven't been addressed
Euclid space telescope needs de-icing Warm water and a scraper not an option when you're 1.5 million kilometers from home Science20 Mar 2024 | 12
European Space Agency to measure Earth at millimeter scale Awards contracts for spacecraft to bring the IoT to space Science20 Mar 2024 | 44
India's competition regulator orders Google Play payment probe Choice of alternative payment providers labelled 'illusory' – because none existed Personal Tech20 Mar 2024 |
Judge demands social media sites prove they didn't help radicalize mass shooter Section 230 on trial: Plaintiffs contend social media platforms are defective products, not protected message boards Personal Tech19 Mar 2024 | 95
When life gives you Lemon, sack him Comment CNN veteran publishes Musk interview that got his X show canceled Offbeat19 Mar 2024 | 116
Swift enters safe mode over gyro issue while NASA preps patch to shake it off Gamma-ray burst watcher almost two decades past use-by date Science19 Mar 2024 | 13
Apple to settle class action for $490 million after Tim overcooked China outlook CEO's optimism was not reflected in the supply chain Legal19 Mar 2024 | 20
UK tech titan Mike Lynch's US fraud trial begins today 13-year saga continues as jury set to hear claims on both sides of HP's Autonomy acquisition disaster Applications18 Mar 2024 | 10
Bernie Sanders clocks in with 4-day workweek bill thanks to AI and productivity tech Don't start planning your long weekend yet – proposal is likely to be a hard sell in work-obsessed America Offbeat15 Mar 2024 | 91
Caffeine makes fuel cells more efficient, cuts cost of energy storage Boffins show less platinum may be needed for long-lived power source Science14 Mar 2024 | 58
Third time is almost the charm for SpaceX's Starship Booster hit the water hard and monster rocket lost during re-entry, but otherwise a success! Science14 Mar 2024 | 117
Voyager 1 starts making sense again after months of babble Veteran spacecraft shows signs of sanity with poke from engineers Science14 Mar 2024 | 99
Rancher faces prison for trying to breed absolute unit of a sheep Ewe-nique endeavor aimed to create Jurassic Baaa-rk experience for hunters Bootnotes14 Mar 2024 | 110
Korea's SK Innovation liquidates Chinese battery subsidiary The Chaebol that also runs chipmaker SK hynix lacks energy to run multiple middle kingdom entities Offbeat14 Mar 2024 |
US Congress goes bang, bang, on TikTok sale-or-ban plan Bill proposes to do to China what China already does to the US – make life hard for foreign social networks Public Sector14 Mar 2024 | 61
'Chemical cat' on the loose in Japanese city Unlikely to survive hexavalent chromium dip, officials ask residents to keep an eye out Bootnotes13 Mar 2024 | 69
Oracle AI buzz means Larry Ellison's worth $15B more today And here you were saying tech hadn't yet made a difference to someone special Offbeat13 Mar 2024 | 12
Japan's first private satellite launch imitates SpaceX's giant explosions Video KAIROS detonated a few seconds after clearing the launchpad Science13 Mar 2024 | 17
South Korea cracks down on offshore e-commerce, with seeming focus on China Seoul wants AliExpress and Temu to step up customer service, maybe Meta too Public Sector13 Mar 2024 |
Meta sues ex infra VP for allegedly stealing top-secret datacenter blueprints Exec accused of using own work PC to swipe confidential AI and staffing docs for stealth cloud startup PaaS + IaaS12 Mar 2024 | 4
Trump 'tried to sell Truth Social to Musk' as SPAC deal stalled Talk about an unholy social media alliance Offbeat12 Mar 2024 | 96
NASA's FY2025 budget request means tough times ahead for Chandra and Hubble But Artemis is still OK, so that's alright then Science12 Mar 2024 | 9
Microsoft calls AI privacy complaint 'doomsday hyperbole' Plaintiffs seek termination of permissionless and unpaid AI data harvesting Legal12 Mar 2024 | 31
Cisco is a fashion retailer now, with a spring collection to prove it Promises quarterly lookbooks of branded tat, powered by branded kit Offbeat12 Mar 2024 | 19
Stratolaunch's air-launched test vehicle hits supersonic speed TA-1 test ticks off all the primary objectives, but hypersonic flight will have to wait Science11 Mar 2024 | 8
Justice Dept reportedly starts criminal probe into Boeing door bolt incident Plus: Pilots on Lion Air’s Batik fall asleep and miss Jakarta Offbeat11 Mar 2024 | 42
Climate change means beer made from sewer water, says North Carolina brewery Water? Like from the toilet? Offbeat11 Mar 2024 | 79
UK and US lack regulation to protect space tourists from cosmic ray dangers Damage to DNA, mutations, uncontrolled cell division and malignancy. Is space tourism worth the risk? Science11 Mar 2024 | 40
An engine that can conjure thrust from thin air? We speak to the designer Interview Chatting to Anmol Taploo about the race to develop tech for satellites Science09 Mar 2024 | 58
Trump, who tried kicking TikTok out of the US, says boo to latest ban effort Comment Florida man would rather have app stay so as not to give gift to 'true enemy of the people' ... Zuckerberg Personal Tech09 Mar 2024 | 93
Grab a helmet because retired ISS batteries are hurtling back to Earth 'Luminous phenomena' on the cards, but half a ton of debris could survive Science08 Mar 2024 | 45
Is Russia using Starlink in Ukraine? Congress demands answers And saying Starlink doesn't work inside Russian borders isn't sufficient... Offbeat08 Mar 2024 | 62
Plummer talks to us about spending Microsoft's money on a red Corvette A secret message or just random characters on a license plate? Offbeat08 Mar 2024 | 13
BOFH: I get locked out, but I get in again Episode 5 You're never going to keep me out BOFH08 Mar 2024 | 104
Apple may have made itself a target before the EU's Digital Markets Act comes into force iPhone giant's $2B fine shows the bloc is serious about regulation Legal07 Mar 2024 | 16
Boeing paper trail goes cold over door plug blowout Safety watchdog bemoans lack of cooperation with probe Offbeat07 Mar 2024 | 98
Tesla Berlin gigafactory to take week-long nap after suspected arson Losses could surpass €1B as 1,000 vehicles a day go unfinished Offbeat07 Mar 2024 | 9
The DMA hasn't changed Big Tech's anticompetitive DNA, says Free Software Foundation Europe Advocacy group wants more changes, starting with Device Neutrality Public Sector07 Mar 2024 | 1
Beijing plans at least three new rockets – maybe reusables too With over 100 launches planned this year alone, matching Musk makes sense Science07 Mar 2024 | 6
Toyota, Samsung accelerate toward better EV batteries Korean champ promises solid state kit that makes Li-Ion look flat by 2027 Science07 Mar 2024 | 23
Olympic-level server tossing contest seeks entrants – warranty voiding guaranteed It's geeks gone wild Bootnotes06 Mar 2024 | 16
Russia plans to put a nuclear reactor on the Moon – with China's help Roscosmos has had a few problems landing on the lunar surface recently Science06 Mar 2024 | 26
Boffins propose fiber-optic network for the Moon To detect seismic waves, silly Science06 Mar 2024 | 24
NASA and Japan's X-ray satellite space 'scope sends first snaps of distant galaxies Calibration is done, operations nominal, science starts in August Science06 Mar 2024 | 4
YouTube workers laid off mid-plea at city hall meeting Caught on camera: 'Our jobs are ended today, effective immediately' Offbeat05 Mar 2024 | 46
Tesla Berlin gigafactory goes dark after alleged eco-sabotage Left-wing extremist group claims responsibility, says goal is to 'bring Tesla to its knees' Offbeat05 Mar 2024 | 54
Watchdog calls for more plugs, less monopoly in EV charging network Exclusivity deals a no-no, and 'charging deserts' must be avoided Offbeat05 Mar 2024 | 92
Juno fly-by detects lower levels of oxygen on Europa than expected Less abundant molecular oxygen narrow chances of life being found on Jupiter's icy moon Science05 Mar 2024 | 21
US and Europe try to tame surveillance capitalism Feature Trade watchdog argues that browsing and location data are sensitive and deserve to be defended Public Sector05 Mar 2024 | 36
Twitter's ex-CEO, CFO, and managers sue Elon Musk for $128M Musk playbook described as 'Keep money he owes other people, and force them to sue him' Legal05 Mar 2024 | 49
NASA's satellite pit stop project runs out of gas OSAM-1 – expensive, late, difficult, and no longer what the market needs? Science04 Mar 2024 | 2
Legal eagles demand $6B in Tesla stock after overturning Musk's mega pay package 'Criminal,' says CEO Offbeat04 Mar 2024 | 58
NASA's Mars Sample Return Program struggles to get off the drawing board The tech just isn't ready and clunky collab with ESA isn't helping, auditor finds Science04 Mar 2024 | 18
The batteries on Odysseus, the hero private Moon lander, have run out 'Farewell' snap revealed by Intuitive Machines amid hope solar-powered craft may one day spring to life again Science02 Mar 2024 | 37
Lordstown Motors to pay $25M in SEC settlement over misleading investor claims Feds allege EV maker talked up pre-orders for trucks it didn't have parts for Legal01 Mar 2024 | 6
Vietnam may ban virtual assets to fix its bad rep for money laundering Hopes to get itself off an international naughty list – as you would when you want foreign investment in your chip sector Public Sector01 Mar 2024 | 8
Meta kills Facebook News in the US and Australia So much for the 'commitment to support news organizations' made in just 2020 Personal Tech01 Mar 2024 | 87
Canada poutine more pressure on Google by expanding ad biz antitrust probe Court order means ad giant will have to cough evidence of possible market manipulation Public Sector01 Mar 2024 | 8
Google sued by more than 30 European media orgs over adtech Meanwhile, the Google News Initiative is pushing AI tools for publishers Legal29 Feb 2024 | 6
Uncle Sam explores satellites that can create propellant out of thin air Very low Earth orbit birds could sip the outer atmosphere on their way up Science29 Feb 2024 | 19
OpenAI sued, again, for scraping and replicating news stories The Intercept, Raw Story, AlterNet want damages and to have their content removed from models AI + ML29 Feb 2024 | 17
New solvent might end winter charging blues for EV owners Subzero temperatures and batteries don't mix – but there may be a solution Science28 Feb 2024 | 55
FAA gives Boeing 90 days to fix serious safety shortcomings found in report Expert panel finds 'a lack of awareness of safety-related metrics at all levels,' and more, at plane maker Offbeat28 Feb 2024 | 26
Willy Wonka event leaves bitter taste with artificially sweetened promises Charlie and the AI factory flop compared to 'meth lab' Bootnotes28 Feb 2024 | 46
Nikola founder faces ranch forfeiture following fraud conviction Trevor Milton bought it for cash and stock options, and he wants the cash back Legal28 Feb 2024 | 13
Palantir boss says outfit's software the only reason the 'goose step' has not returned to Europe Motor-mouth CEO Alex Karp claims biz stopped 'innumerable' terror attacks in Europe Bootnotes28 Feb 2024 | 97
Google wants regulators to take Microsoft down a notch before it stifles AI Updated Ad giant that owns over 80 percent of search traffic yells at cloud monopoly AI + ML28 Feb 2024 | 27
EU sanctions Indian tech outfit that has partnered with New Delhi's IT Ministry Si2 Microsystems was tapped for silicon photonics expertise, but has Russian ties that worry Washington and Brussels Public Sector28 Feb 2024 | 9
OpenAI claims New York Times paid someone to 'hack' ChatGPT Super lab alleges 'deceptive prompts' that it happily processed - and may have tracked - weren't fair, so case should be dismissed AI + ML28 Feb 2024 | 26
Odysseus probe moonwalking on the edge of battery life after landing on its side Controllers estimate 10-20 hours remain for Intuitive Machines lander Science27 Feb 2024 | 25
FAA gives SpaceX a bunch of homework to do before Starship flies again You've heard of Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly. How about an energetic engine failure? Science27 Feb 2024 | 60
ESA's ERS-2 satellite began to come apart earlier than predicted Harmlessly entered over the North Pacific, but solar array was already bent Science27 Feb 2024 | 6
Japan's SLIM unexpectedly wakes up on Moon after month-long nap How's that for resilient? Science27 Feb 2024 | 14
72 flights later and a rotor blade short, Mars chopper loses its fight with physics Perseverance images show violent end to Ingenuity's final flight Science26 Feb 2024 | 23
It is a bird, a plane or a Chinese spy balloon? None of the above One year on, balloon fever remains alive and well in the US Offbeat26 Feb 2024 | 26
Intuitive Machines' lunar lander tripped and fell Still works, though, says CEO, promising pics any day now Science26 Feb 2024 | 33
Varda capsule proves you don't need astronauts for gravity-defying science Space factory startup celebrates successful re-entry Science23 Feb 2024 | 7
Google Maps leads German tourists to week-long survival saga in Australian swamp Pair had to dodge croc on trek back to civilization Bootnotes23 Feb 2024 | 77
Google co-founder Brin named a defendant in wrongful death complaint Lawsuit accuses contractor and co-defendants of 'pacify and delay' tactics Legal23 Feb 2024 | 31