Study confirms experience beats youthful enthusiasm
Research shows productivity and judgment peak decades after graduation
Offbeat07 Feb 2026 | 18
Offbeat
Summoning the spirit of the BBC Micro with a Pi 500+ and a can of spray paint
Rhapsody in beige
Personal Tech06 Feb 2026 | 28
Romanian rail workers accused of bribery turned to ChatGPT for legal tips
Corruption probe takes detour as staff facing trial reportedly asked AI if seat-blocking scams caused financial damage
AI + ML06 Feb 2026 | 12
Smartphones cleared for launch as NASA loosens the rulebook
Crew-12 and Artemis II astros may soon snap, shoot, and share from orbit
Science06 Feb 2026 | 20
DWP considers chatbot work coaches as AI-fueled job losses loom
AI-pocalypse Benefits system trials automation amid growing interest in universal basic income
Public Sector06 Feb 2026 | 26
Summer in Australia means beers, beaches, and bork
BORK!BORK!BORK! Supermarket printer error gets holiday off to a shabby start
OSes06 Feb 2026 | 9
Stash or splash? Lawmakers ask NASA to find alternatives for International Space Station
What about storing it in high orbit?
Science05 Feb 2026 | 45
Britain courts private cash to fund 'golden age' of nuclear-powered AI
Framework aims to lure investors into powering the compute boom
On-Prem05 Feb 2026 | 13
Ghost gun legislation casts shadow over 3D printing
Proposed bills in New York and elsewhere threaten makers, Adafruit says
Legal05 Feb 2026 | 83
US Army looks for robots that can clean up chemical and bioweapons messes
Just in time for the predicted rise of AI-assisted threats
Science04 Feb 2026 | 10
Microsoft engineer speedruns Raspberry Pi magic smoke in five minutes
Only cool dudes should wear a HAT backward
Personal Tech04 Feb 2026 | 76
SpaceX halts Falcon 9 flights after second stage anomaly
Failed deorbit burn grounds workhorse rocket
Science04 Feb 2026 | 9
AWS says you're on your own if media codec patent owners come knocking
Exclusive Service terms update removes infringement cover tied to audio and video encoding tech
PaaS + IaaS04 Feb 2026 | 22
Lego shrinks NASA's biggest rocket – accuracy sold separately
Bring your own sound effects to a Technic-enabled Space Launch System
Offbeat04 Feb 2026 | 29
UK to properly probe xAI to test if its revolting robo-smut generator broke the law
As Spain announces stern laws for social media, and Elon Musk’s response shows regulators keep looking his way
Legal04 Feb 2026 | 29
NASA delays Artemis II to March after hydrogen leaks bedevil countdown test
This is starting to sound oddly familiar
Science03 Feb 2026 | 34
Elon Musk merges xAI into SpaceX to spread universal consciousness via a sentient sun
Burning Man woo woo values House of Grok at $250 billion
Offbeat03 Feb 2026 | 107
There's nothing micro about this super-sized Arduino Uno
It's 7x the size of the regular board
Offbeat02 Feb 2026 | 9
Want more ads on your web pages? Try the AdBoost extension
'If we don't feed the advertisers, then we'll be forced to pay artists for their creative work'
Offbeat02 Feb 2026 | 16
McDonald's is not lovin' your bigmac, happymeal, and mcnuggets passwords
Your favorite menu item might be easy to remember but it will not secure your account
Security02 Feb 2026 | 51
Popular
Ad blocking is alive and well, despite Chrome's attempts to make it harder
The end isn't nigh after all
Asia-based government spies quietly broke into critical networks across 37 countries
And their toolkit includes a new, Linux kernel rootkit
OpenClaw reveals meaty personal information after simple cracks
Skills marketplace is full of stuff - like API keys and credit card numbers - that crims will find tasty
New hire fixed a problem so fast, their boss left to become a yoga instructor
On Call Poking around in deep menus found a fault that flummoxed old hands
Supermarket sorry after facial recognition alert flags right criminal, wrong customer
System worked as intended, but staff then kicked out innocent bystander
Stash or splash? Lawmakers ask NASA to find alternatives for International Space Station
What about storing it in high orbit?
Summoning the spirit of the BBC Micro with a Pi 500+ and a can of spray paint
Rhapsody in beige
Romanian rail workers accused of bribery turned to ChatGPT for legal tips
Corruption probe takes detour as staff facing trial reportedly asked AI if seat-blocking scams caused financial damage
Substack says intruder lifted emails, phone numbers in months-old breach
Contact details were accessed in an intrusion that went undetected for months, the blogging outfit says
SpaceX wants to fill Earth orbit with a million datacenter satellites
The FCC is taking public comments - now’s your chance to tell them this plan is bonkers
STORIES
Help! Does anyone on the bus know Linux?
Bork!Bork!Bork! Open source operating system fans, your time has come
Offbeat02 Feb 2026 | 50
NASA taps Claude to conjure Mars rover's travel plan
Is there life on Mars? Well, there's Claude in the machine
Science31 Jan 2026 | 20
Ex-Googler nailed for stealing AI secrets for Chinese startups
Network access from China and side hustle as AI upstart CEO aroused suspicion
Legal30 Jan 2026 | 21
Phones down, brooms up: HashiCorp co-founder lectures business hopefuls
Stock management also important, says Mitchell Hashimoto
Offbeat30 Jan 2026 | 9
BOFH: Eight pints of a lager and a management breakthrough
Episode 2 The Boss has been on a retreat, which means he needs a factory reset ASAP
BOFH30 Jan 2026 | 90
Mechanical mutts make it official: Now full-time at Sellafield's hot zones
Bark!Bark!Bark! Spot's new cleanup gig involves gamma rays, alpha particles, and considerably less PPE than fleshy colleagues
Science30 Jan 2026 | 40
Musk distracts from struggling car biz with fantastical promise to make 1 million humanoid robots a year
To what end? Who knows? Tesla isn't even using them in its own factories yet
Offbeat29 Jan 2026 | 137
Uncle Sam dangles nuclear campuses for states while watering down safety rules
Governors offered atomic megasites and federal cash as hundreds of pages of regulations go missing
Science29 Jan 2026 | 25
Bork ventures to the Middle of Lidl
Bork!Bork!Bork! Happier days at Intel nailed to the wall of discount retailer
Personal Tech29 Jan 2026 | 33
Challenger at 40: The disaster that changed NASA
How a cold morning, failed O-rings, and flawed decision-making led to tragedy
Science28 Jan 2026 | 70
ATM flashes a port or two for the enterprising hacker
Bork!Bork!Bork! Connection secured. Not so sure about the installation
Offbeat28 Jan 2026 | 22
Nudify app proliferation shows naked ambition of Apple and Google
Researchers with the Tech Transparency Project found all sorts of apps that let users create fake non-consensual nudes of real people
Legal27 Jan 2026 | 37
Pope warns flock to raise their faces, protect their voices in fightback against AI
Vicar of Rome decries naive and unquestioning reliance on technology
Offbeat27 Jan 2026 | 27
NASA begins formal anomaly review after MAVEN probe lost in space
Communication attempts ongoing for stricken spacecraft
Science27 Jan 2026 | 16
Japan doubles down on Trump's Genesis AI supercomputing effort
RIKEN links up with Argonne, Fujitsu, and Nvidia to build next-gen infrastructure
HPC27 Jan 2026 |
NASA confirms command error temporarily felled TESS planet hunter
In space, no one can hear you bork
Science27 Jan 2026 | 9
Voyager 2's close encounter with Uranus wasn't in the original plan
40 years later, mission boffin recalls being told to pronounce it correctly
Science27 Jan 2026 | 42
Crossrail? More like Borkrail...
Bork!Bork!Bork! A thoroughly modern piece of public transport infrastructure deserves a thoroughly modern bork
Offbeat27 Jan 2026 | 20
Knee-Deep in the CAD: Boffin gets Doom running inside a design modeler
The seminal shooter finds yet another unlikely home
Offbeat26 Jan 2026 | 7
EU looking into Elon Musk's X after Grok produces deepfake sex images
Probe follows outcry over use of creepy image generation tool
Personal Tech26 Jan 2026 | 27
Future of UK's multibillion Ajax armored vehicle program looks shaky
Noise and vibration keeps sending soldiers to the medics
Offbeat25 Jan 2026 | 63
Ofcom probes Meta over WhatsApp info it was legally required to provide
UK watchdog investigates accuracy of data handed over for SMS market review
Legal23 Jan 2026 | 18
Surrender as a service: Microsoft unlocks BitLocker for feds
updated If you're serious about encryption, keep control of your encryption keys
Security23 Jan 2026 | 77
Hacker taps Raspberry Pi to turn Wi-Fi signals into wall art
Pipe local wireless noise through an SDR into an RPi, and 64 LED filaments do the rest
Offbeat23 Jan 2026 | 16
NASA planet hunter resumes operations after low power incident
Pointing problem left TESS in the dark
Science23 Jan 2026 | 1
UK trade department put civil servants' feelings first during Windows 11 migration
Is that the cloud? No, it's incense wafting through Whitehall
Offbeat23 Jan 2026 | 30
Oracle, Michael Dell, named as investors in JV that will run TikTok's US operations
Big Red gets to store data, advise on security, and store the 'I'll watch just one more video' algo
SaaS23 Jan 2026 | 10
Windows fails to tip the scales in grocery store deployment
Bork!Bork!Bork! Recovery from an excess of sprouts, or something else?
Offbeat22 Jan 2026 | 19
Rocket Lab's Neutron schedule under pressure after unexpected tank rupture
Launch vehicle due to make maiden flight this year, company promises update in February earnings call
Science22 Jan 2026 | 8
Splash-screen memories from a Bangkok ticket machine
Bork!Bork!Bork! When the operating system is older than the transport network
Offbeat22 Jan 2026 | 23
MIT boffins create device that 'paints' iridescent structural color in real time
From adaptive wearables to light-based signaling ideas, researchers are exploring what comes next
Science21 Jan 2026 | 34
ESA puts ExoMars lander through its paces with eye on 2028 launch
After Russia drama and NASA's on-again-off-again romance, rover shows it still has legs... four of them
Offbeat21 Jan 2026 | 5
Concorde at 50: Twice the speed of sound, twice the economic trouble
Supersonic passenger flight worked technically – but never added up commercially
Offbeat21 Jan 2026 | 157
Kids learn computer theory with wood, cardboard, and hot glue
Behold the cardboard ENIAC
On-Prem21 Jan 2026 | 50
ATM takes a kicking yet keeps on ticking
Bork!Bork!Bork! But who is paying to keep the lights on?
Offbeat21 Jan 2026 | 25
Dead batteries cough up lithium after a bath in CO₂ and water, boffins say
Still or sparkling? Either way, the problem of scale remains
Science20 Jan 2026 | 34
Manchester ATM ups PIN requirement to full Windows login
Bork!Bork!Bork! Definitely Maybe running Windows 7?
Offbeat20 Jan 2026 | 27
UK gambling regulator accuses Meta of lying about its struggle to spot illegal ads
Labels Zuck’s ad library ‘a window into criminality’ and the Social Network as ‘happy to turn a blind eye’
Legal20 Jan 2026 | 43
Akamai CEO wants help to defeat piracy, reckons he can handle edge AI alone
Interview OG CDN boss says fighting illegal streams is about stopping criminals cashing in, not free speech
Legal20 Jan 2026 | 12
NASA's Artemis II Moon rocket arrives at the launch pad
If it all goes wrong, British kids of the '80s might remember an alternative
Science19 Jan 2026 | 26
Cop cops it after Copilot cops out: West Midlands police chief quits over AI hallucination
Craig Guildford banned Israeli fans based on Microsoft's match report, told MPs 'we don't use AI,' then discovers... they did
Offbeat19 Jan 2026 | 77
S Twatter: When text-to-speech goes down the drain
Bork!Bork!Bork! Rinse of the machines: A cautionary tale about relying on robots
Offbeat17 Jan 2026 | 56
Congress throws NASA a lifeline, leaves Mars sample mission to die in the dust
Agency dodges deep cut and mass mission shutdowns, but ambitious red planet plan gets the boot
Science16 Jan 2026 | 22
Bankrupt scooter startup left one private key to rule them all
Owner reverse-engineered his ride, revealing authentication was never properly individualized
Security16 Jan 2026 | 70
Probably not the best security in the world: Carlsberg wristbands spill visitor pics
Exclusive Researcher shows how anyone can access Copenhagen experience attendees' names, videos
Security16 Jan 2026 | 9
BOFH: Every computer system eventually serves ads
Episode 1 Boss's bright idea enshittifies itself in record time
BOFH16 Jan 2026 | 58
An old parking meter and a Pi make beautiful music together
You can't park there, mate
Offbeat16 Jan 2026 | 17
Ofcom keeps X under the microscope despite Grok 'nudify' fix
Cold milk poured over 'spicy mode,' but it might not be enough to escape a huge fine
AI + ML15 Jan 2026 | 21
Windows 2000 rusts in peace by the sea
Bork!Bork!Bork! When salty coastal air meets memory errors in one of Portugal's rail ticket machines
Offbeat14 Jan 2026 | 20
India’s flagship PSLV rocket fails for the second time in a row
One payload out of fifteen survived and sent home some useful data
Science14 Jan 2026 | 12
Moon hotel startup hopes you get lunar lunacy, drop $1M deposit for 2032 stay
Step 1: Ask for deposit. Step 2: ??? Step 3: Build Moon hotel empire
Offbeat13 Jan 2026 | 112
Affordable housing site goes live with meme-laden test data
Updated Yes, London property prices are high. But here's a picture of Boris Johnson
Offbeat13 Jan 2026 | 27
India demands crypto outfits geolocate customers, get a selfie to prove they’re real
Government is fed up with bad actors using digi-cash to fund dodgy deeds
Public Sector13 Jan 2026 | 9
Danish dev delights kid by turning floppy drive into easy TV remote
Just insert a disk and the TV starts playing three-year-old’s favorite shows
Offbeat12 Jan 2026 | 58
Mall display crashes the vibe with Windows activation nag
Bork!Bork!Bork! Digital signage is great, until it isn't
Offbeat12 Jan 2026 | 13
ISS stint ends early as NASA aborts Crew-11 over crew illness
Sick astronaut back on Earth by Thursday, nature of ailment remains undisclosed
Science12 Jan 2026 | 12
Windows 2000 still earning its keep running a rail ticket machine in Portugal
Bork!Bork!Bork! 'Unsupported' doesn't mean 'unused'
Offbeat12 Jan 2026 | 17
Tories vow to boot under-16s off social media and ban phones in schools
Opposition leader Kemi Badenoch pitches age limits and classroom curbs as fixes for behavior and mental health
Personal Tech12 Jan 2026 | 60
Cloudflare CEO threatens to make the Winter Olympics a political football after Italy slugs it with a fine
Labels Rome's comms regulator ‘a quasi-judicial body’ that works on behalf of ‘shadowy, European media cabal’
Legal12 Jan 2026 | 158
Malaysia and Indonesia block X over failure to curb deepfake smut
Asia in Brief PLUS: Cambodia arrests alleged scam camp boss; Baidu spins out chip biz; Panasonic’s noodle shop plan; And more!
Legal12 Jan 2026 | 29
UK government exempting itself from flagship cyber law inspires little confidence
ANALYSIS Ministers promise equivalent standards just without the legal obligation
Cyber-crime10 Jan 2026 | 40
CES 2026 worst in show: AI girlfriends, a fridge that won't open unless you talk to it, and more
There's a lot of bad ideas set to create literal waste and be a waste of money
Offbeat09 Jan 2026 | 148
NASA decides to bring Crew-11 home early after astronaut health scare
Medical issue forces mission curtailment and leaves station short-handed
Science09 Jan 2026 | 11
Copper supplies set to peak just as tech needs more
Analysts say production will top out this decade while global electrification keeps ramping
On-Prem09 Jan 2026 | 30
Very tough microbes may help us cement our future on Mars
Extremophile bacteria could help turn Martian dirt into building material for human habitats
Science09 Jan 2026 | 20
Nothing to declare at border control except a Windows 7 certificate error
Bork!Bork!Bork! The queue might move on, but the software never did
Offbeat09 Jan 2026 | 16
Grok told to cover up as UK weighs action over AI 'undressing'
Image generation paywalled on X after ministers and regulators start asking awkward questions
AI + ML09 Jan 2026 | 116
China to probe Meta’s acquisition of AI outfit Manus
Grab some popcorn for the Xi vs Zuck bout, which may not be the biggest fight on the card
AI + ML09 Jan 2026 | 2
Boffins probe commercial AI models, find an entire Harry Potter book
Dark copyright evasion magic makes light work of developers' guardrails
AI + ML09 Jan 2026 | 142
ISS spacewalk postponed over mystery astronaut malady
NASA mulling options, including an early trip home
Science08 Jan 2026 | 22
UK regulators swarm X after Grok generated nudes from photos
Lawyers say Musk's platform may face punishment under Online Safety Act priority offenses
AI + ML08 Jan 2026 | 123
Ultimate camouflage tech mimics octopus in scientific first
Synthetic cephalopod skin could be used in architecture and computer displays as well as background-matching subterfuge
Science08 Jan 2026 | 35
New carbon capture tech could save us from datacenter doom
Maybe our AI overlords, hell-bent on securing power any way they can, should invest in getting this to market
Science07 Jan 2026 | 41
Historic NASA test towers face their final countdown
Apollo-era Saturn V and Shuttle stands set for controlled demolition as Artemis ramps up
Science07 Jan 2026 | 15
Recline of the machines: Terminator felled by dodgy battery
Bork!Bork!Bork! The rise will be postponed until you hit F1 to continue
Offbeat07 Jan 2026 | 24
Lego crams an ASIC in a brick to keep kids interested
Neat idea, but with no mention of a dev kit it's another sign of Lego's descent into designing nothing but fun on rails
Offbeat06 Jan 2026 | 48
Congress ctrl-Zs bulk of proposed cuts to NASA science
Fate of Shuttle Discovery remains conspicuously unaddressed in FY2026 agreement text
Science06 Jan 2026 | 41
Researchers poison stolen data to make AI systems return wrong results
Wanted: Chief Disinformation Officer to pollute company knowledge graphs
AI + ML06 Jan 2026 | 40
EU won't scrap tech regs just because Washington dislikes them
US trade body threatens software and services market access unless European approach changes
Legal05 Jan 2026 | 33
Starlink to lower orbits of thousands of satellites over safety concerns
Move will see spacecraft shift from 550 km to 480 km as collision risks rise
Networks02 Jan 2026 | 51
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