Eggheads hold science fair on Capitol Hill to decry funding cuts
'The Things We’ll Never Know' show highlights what we'll be missing
Science09 Jul 2025 | 5
Offbeat
Court cancels FTC click-to-cancel rule on a technicality
Welcome back to the age of dark patterns
Legal09 Jul 2025 | 4
ESA backs five rockets in Launcher Challenge – only some have exploded
Comment Oodles of euros on offer for not accidentally blowing up stuff
Science09 Jul 2025 | 10
One Big Brutal Bill: Ex-NASA brass decry Trump's proposed budget cuts
'If this is the priority for our tax dollars, we are doomed'
Science08 Jul 2025 | 35
Georgia court throws out earlier ruling that relied on fake cases made up by AI
'We are troubled by the citation of bogus cases in the trial court’s order'
AI + ML08 Jul 2025 | 35
Suspected Chinese cybersnoop grounded in Italy after US tipoff
Zewei Xu's family reportedly bemused at arrest as extradition tabled
Security08 Jul 2025 | 10
Epic Games settles its antitrust side quest that sought battle royale with Samsung
They're both silent on what, if anything, has changed
Legal08 Jul 2025 | 2
Nuclear reactors smaller than a semi truck to be tested in Idaho
Forget small modular reactors. Microreactors are the new hotness
Science07 Jul 2025 | 93
Double-detonation supernova could explain why the universe is full of candles
Lucy in the sky with calcium
Science07 Jul 2025 | 24
Game, set, botch: AI umpiring at Wimbledon goes long
Line-judging tech flubs crucial point, leaving players and fans seeing red
Offbeat07 Jul 2025 | 38
'Cyber security' behind decision to end defense satellite sharing of hurricane data
Official notice confirms delay to cutoff until the end of July. Not to worry, AI modelling's in the wings
Networks07 Jul 2025 | 55
TUPE or not TUPE? How AI and cloud are rewriting the rules of supplier transitions
Comment Tips on who pays when staff don't transfer, when the regulations apply ... and when they don't
Legal07 Jul 2025 | 7
Airbus okays use of ‘Taxibot’ to tow planes to the runway
Airlines get the chance to cool their jets rather than burn fuel on the ground
Offbeat07 Jul 2025 | 97
UK puts out tender for space robot to de-orbit satellites
Updated Got to be a 'clean space superpower' – right, Brits?
Science06 Jul 2025 | 50
Ousted US copyright chief argues Trump did not have power to remove her
Shira Perlmutter lost her job after her office published report on generative AI and fair use limits
AI + ML04 Jul 2025 | 62
Mars was once a desert with intermittent oases, Curiosity data suggests
New modeling of carbon cycle shows unsteady but habitable history before liquid water disappeared
Science04 Jul 2025 | 40
Wikidata: Attempting to bridge FOSS ideals and direct democracy
Comment There's more to the Wikimedia organization than the famous encyclopedia
Offbeat04 Jul 2025 | 19
EU businesses want a pause on AI regulations so they can cope with unregulated Big Tech players
Mistral fears continental companies may not get time to escape 'distant, behemoth corporations'
AI + ML04 Jul 2025 | 41
Won’t somebody think of the European children? Meta and Google put up their hands to help on the same day
Zuck backs a ‘digital majority age’ and Google open sources tech that might enforce it
Public Sector04 Jul 2025 | 17
Kawasaki and Foxconn build robot nursing assistant to tackle hospital scutwork
If you come out of a coma in 2026, this is the machine you might see staring down at you
On-Prem04 Jul 2025 | 40
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Firefox is fine. The people running it are not
Opinion Mozilla's management is a bug, not a feature
Tim Cook's Tim Cook stepping down from Apple
Operations king Jeff Williams abdicates – just don't give him a watch
Massive browser hijacking campaign infects 2.3M Chrome, Edge users
These extensions weren't malware-laced from the start, researcher says
Microsoft developer ported vector database coded in SAP’s ABAP to the ZX Spectrum
The mighty Z80 processor ran the code at astounding speed, proving retro-tech got a lot of things right
Georgia court throws out earlier ruling that relied on fake cases made up by AI
'We are troubled by the citation of bogus cases in the trial court’s order'
Semiconductor industry could short out as copper runs dry
Climate risks threaten to fry the supply chain for essential chipmaking metal
Jack Dorsey floats specs for decentralized messaging app that uses Bluetooth
It connects using peer-to-peer networking instead of the internet
SUSE launching region-locked support for the sovereignty-conscious
Move targets European orgs wary of cross-border data exposure
Suspected Scattered Spider domains target everyone from manufacturers to Chipotle
Plus: Qantas makes contact with 'potential cyber criminal'
Post Office and Fujitsu execs 'should have known' Horizon IT system was flawed
First volume of inquiry report focuses on the UKscandal's human impact
STORIES
Cold without the compressor: Boffins build better ice box
A thermoelectric material called CHESS is pretty cool
Science03 Jul 2025 | 41
Meta calls €200M EU fine over pay-or-consent ad model 'unlawful'
'Deserves fair compensation for the valuable and innovative services'? Which ones are those then?
Personal Tech03 Jul 2025 | 65
MethaneSAT 'likely not recoverable' after losing contact with Earth
Methane monitoring satellite managed just over a year in orbit before its sudden demise
Science02 Jul 2025 | 27
23andMe's new owner says your DNA is safe this time
Nonprofit TTAM assures everything is BAU. Whether that makes customers feel better is another matter
Cyber-crime02 Jul 2025 | 18
Huawei can't wriggle out of Iran sanctions trial, judge rules
Dismissal bid denied as 16-count indictment moves toward court in May 2026
Networks02 Jul 2025 | 4
Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill bankrolls $85M Space Shuttle shuffle
NASA science might be cut, but cash can be found to move a 'space vehicle' from museum to museum
Science02 Jul 2025 | 94
US imposes sanctions on second Russian bulletproof hosting vehicle this year
Aeza Group accused of assisting data bandits and BianLian ransomware crooks
Cyber-crime02 Jul 2025 | 10
NASA tests shrinking metals to help it find more exoplanets
Mysterious ‘Alloy 30’ gets smaller when heated, which could help stabilize super-sensitive space telescopes
Science02 Jul 2025 | 28
International Criminal Court swats away 'sophisticated and targeted' cyberattack
Body stays coy on details but alludes to similarities with 2023 espionage campaign
Cyber-crime01 Jul 2025 | 4
NASA gives Lunar Trailblazer a few more weeks to pick up the phone
Stricken probe giving US space agency the silent treatment
Science01 Jul 2025 | 2
Microsoft Copilot joins ChatGPT at the feet of the mighty Atari 2600 Video Chess
Copilot's confidence was... misplaced
AI + ML01 Jul 2025 | 76
A lot of product makers snub Right to Repair laws
Refrigerators and game consoles are the worst, but Apple, surprisingly, rates well
Legal01 Jul 2025 | 28
Proton bashes Apple and joins antitrust suit that seeks to throw the App Store wide open
Makes the usual complaints about control and cost, adds argument Apple's practices harm privacy
Legal01 Jul 2025 | 18
China successfully tests hypersonic aircraft, maybe at Mach 12
America recently extended tech export bans specifically to stop Beijing building this sort of thing
Science01 Jul 2025 | 62
Google to buy power from fusion energy startup Commonwealth - if they can ever make it work
Someday, my prince will come
Science30 Jun 2025 | 13
Norwegian lotto mistakenly told thousands they were filthy rich after math error
Oh, you have to divide by 100?
Offbeat30 Jun 2025 | 39
Northrop Grumman shows SpaceX doesn't have a monopoly on explosions
video NASA's future Artemis booster sputters during test
Science30 Jun 2025 | 11
Deutsche Bahn train hits 405 km/h without falling to bits
Test run offers hope for a rail system long past its best-before date
Offbeat30 Jun 2025 | 204
DoJ clears HPE to buy Juniper if it sells Instant On Wi-Fi and licenses some code
Which it will, happily, to create a networking biz that’s still far smaller than Cisco’s or Nvidia’s
Networks30 Jun 2025 | 5
China claims breakthroughs in classical and quantum computers
Chipmaker Loongson says server CPUs on par with 2021’s Ice Lake, as local press tout kit to manage 1,024-qubit systems
Systems30 Jun 2025 | 8
Supremes uphold Texas law that forces age-check before viewing adult material
Over 18? Prove it
Legal27 Jun 2025 | 49
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter learns new trick at the age of 19: ‘very large rolls’
Now play dead, like a lot of NASA science programs if the White House gets its way
Science27 Jun 2025 | 15
US Department of Defense will stop sending critical hurricane satellite data
updated No replacement in the wings for info streamed from past their prime rigs, 'termination will be permanent'
Science27 Jun 2025 | 78
So you CAN turn an entire car into a video game controller
Pen Test Partners hijack data from Renault Clio to steer, brake, and accelerate in SuperTuxKart
Offbeat27 Jun 2025 | 35
Before the megabit: A trip through vintage datacenter networking
When it was all about the baud rate
Datacenter Networking Nexus27 Jun 2025 | 79
There's no international protocol on what to do if an asteroid strikes Earth
Or so hear members of Parliament in the UK
Science27 Jun 2025 | 99
BOFH: Peeling back the layers of the magic banana industrial complex
Episode 12 New fruit detected – please update hype cycle
BOFH27 Jun 2025 | 77
Australia not banning kids from YouTube – they’ll just have to use mum and dad’s logins
Regulator acknowledges that won’t stop video nasties, but welcomes extra ‘friction’
Public Sector27 Jun 2025 | 29
More trouble for authors as Meta wins Llama drama AI scraping case
Updated Authors are having a hard time protecting their works from the maws of the LLM makers
AI + ML27 Jun 2025 | 19
NICER science not so nice as ISS telescope pauses operations
Cosmic research on hold while engineers investigate a problematic motor
Science26 Jun 2025 | 2
Japanese company using mee-AI-ow to detect stressed cats
Rabo’s ‘Catlog’ smart collar sniffs for freaked-out felines, alerts owners with an app
AI + ML26 Jun 2025 | 23
AFRINIC election annulled after ICANN writes angry letter to African regional internet registry
Updated The group in charge of IP addresses for 54 countries hasn't had a board since 2022
Networks26 Jun 2025 | 23
French cybercrime police arrest five suspected BreachForums admins
Twentysomethings claimed to be linked to spate of high-profile cybercrimes
Cyber-crime25 Jun 2025 |
Don't look up: NASA is struggling to execute its planetary defense plan
Audit finds budget uncertainties and tiny staff make it hard to mount a fight against killer space rocks
Science25 Jun 2025 | 28
Just say no to NO FAKES Act, EFF argues
The problem is focusing on property rights rather than privacy
Legal24 Jun 2025 | 8
Axiom Mission 4 finally set for launch June 25
Fifth and final Crew Dragon ready for first flight to the ISS tomorrow
Science24 Jun 2025 | 4
WD escapes half a billion in patent damages as judge trims award to $1
SPEX Technologies still gets the win, but failed to 'adequately tie a dollar amount' to infringing acts, says order
Storage24 Jun 2025 | 19
Bezos beams up batch two as Project Kuiper plays catch-up with Starlink
ULA's Atlas V deploys second load of Amazon's broadband satellites
Networks24 Jun 2025 | 6
World's largest camera shows galaxy in 3,200 megapixel glory as Rubin telescope goes online
20TB of galactic shots a day, backed by Microsofties
Science24 Jun 2025 | 26
Google faces UK clampdown as watchdog floats market power rules
CMA roadmap outlines potential restrictions on how ad slinger operates in the country
Personal Tech24 Jun 2025 | 6
Teens used encrypted chats to recruit for 'violence as a service' murder ring, Europol says
Skull emoji knife emoji moneybag emoji
Offbeat21 Jun 2025 | 152
Eutelsat seeks €1.35B to boost LEO network and take the fight to Starlink
French satellite operator plans capital raise backed by state and key investors including Bharti
Science20 Jun 2025 | 9
Remembering when NASA stuck a Space Shuttle on top of a Boeing 747
'Black side down,' Lego style
Bootnotes20 Jun 2025 | 63
Techie traveled 4 hours to fix software that worked perfectly until a new hire used it
On Call Sometimes the 'R' in RTFM stands for 'Remember'
Columnists20 Jun 2025 | 182
Australia finds age detection tech has many flaws but will work
Probe into how to implement social media ban finds privacy risks, developer overreach, infosec uncertainties
Personal Tech20 Jun 2025 | 36
AFRINIC election proceeds after ICANN’s attempt to replace officials fails
Regulator remains concerned about election integrity
Legal20 Jun 2025 | 4
EU Advocate General advises top court to toss Google appeal against €4B fine
Case over bundling Play Store with Chrome and Google Search set to continue
Legal19 Jun 2025 | 7
ESA's XMM-Newton finds huge filament of missing matter
Veteran X-ray telescope discovery shows that... phew, current model of the cosmos still works
Science19 Jun 2025 | 20
SpaceX's Starship explodes again ... while still on the ground
Test fire trouble means Musk's rocketeers reset the 'days since Starship had a major anomaly' counter to zero
Science19 Jun 2025 | 215
Space manufacturing company Varda gets clearance to launch more uncrewed capsules
UPDATED Startup has already shown how to make drugs in space
Science19 Jun 2025 | 2
Europe slams online tat bazaar AliExpress for dodging obligation to stop dodgy traders
Illegal products abound on Chinese site and its processes to stop ‘em are hopeless
Public Sector19 Jun 2025 | 43
Nvidia bets on Gates-backed nuclear startup to keep its AI ambitions from melting down
$650M funding round aims to bring TerraPower's Natrium power plant in Wyoming online by 2030
Science18 Jun 2025 | 14
Brit space sector struggles to compete with £90K graduate banking salaries
UK needs skills task force to get slice of $1.8 trillion pie, Lords told
Science18 Jun 2025 | 116
Japan set to join the re-usable rocket club after Honda sticks a landing
France announced its own effort to build re-usable engines on the same day
Science18 Jun 2025 | 31
Apple dodges Optis patent payout for now as judge orders a do-over
Third time's a charm?
Personal Tech17 Jun 2025 | 7
Atlas V glitch delays second Project Kuiper launch
Amazon's satellite constellation hits another snag as ULA rocket aborts on pad
Science17 Jun 2025 | 12
AFRINIC election delayed after ISP Association wins injunction over voter rights
UPDATED Polling was supposed to start on Monday - moved to Wednesday after court revisited the case
Legal17 Jun 2025 | 2
Penn State boffins create silicon-free two-dimensional computer
Clock speed of 25 kHz means 2D CMOS system won't run Doom quite yet
Science16 Jun 2025 | 34
Japan builds near $700M fund to lure foreign academic talent
For researchers yearning to earn some yen and escape Trump 2.0
Science16 Jun 2025 | 13
ISS leaks push Axiom Mission 4 launch to no earlier than June 19
Evaluation of latest repairs to Russian segment ongoing
Science16 Jun 2025 | 9
Eurocops arrest suspected Archetyp admin, shut down mega dark web drug shop
Marketplace as big as Silk Road had more than 600k users and turnover of 'at least' €250M
Security16 Jun 2025 | 9
Techie exposed giant tax grab, maybe made government change the rules
Who, Me? Custom text fields can be a powerful form of protest
Offbeat16 Jun 2025 | 56
VMware and Siemens spar over where to stage software licence showdown
German giant wants case heard in Germany, not the USA
Legal16 Jun 2025 | 10
Windows 95 testing almost stalled due to cash register overflow
Microsoft veteran on breaking down numbers at the computer store
Bootnotes15 Jun 2025 | 37
Researchers claim spoof-proof random number generator breakthrough
Combining quantum entanglement with hash chains promises randomness which can be relied on
Science14 Jun 2025 | 70
Forget Vibe Coding, we're all about Vine Coding nowadays
Flame Of The Week More like FlAIme Of The Week
Offbeat13 Jun 2025 | 41
BOFH: Rerouting responsibility via firewall configs
Episode 11 Two lines of code for an arbitrary office reshuffle sounds too much like work
BOFH13 Jun 2025 | 60
UK dumps £2.5 billion into fusion pipe dream that's already cost millions
UPDATED STEP sucked up £220 million in 2022, and it's still not apparent what that accomplished
Science13 Jun 2025 | 102
I'm just a Barbie Girl in a ChatGPT world
Mattel-OpenAI deal paves the way for an AI beach-off
AI + ML13 Jun 2025 | 26
Meta sues 'nudify' app-maker that it claims ran 87k+ Facebook, Instagram ads
Despite 'multiple enforcement actions,' Joy Timeline HK allegedly wouldn't stop
Legal12 Jun 2025 | 37
Single passenger reportedly survives Air India Boeing 787 crash
Aircraft didn't even get its wheels up before sinking into suburban area
Offbeat12 Jun 2025 | 40
Falcon 9 leaks keep Axiom private astronaut mission on the ground
Weather and propulsion system problems conspire to keep astronauts away from the ISS
Science12 Jun 2025 | 3
Google faces billion-quid bruising over Play Store fees in the UK
Competition Appeals Tribunal gives nod for claim to go to trial
Legal12 Jun 2025 | 28
Behold! Humanity has captured our first look at the Sun's South Pole
Confusingly, the magnetic north and south poles are both down there, where the Solar Orbiter can see them
Science12 Jun 2025 | 46
DARPA is testing a device soldiers can swallow to make them less stressed
Not that kind of edible - this one's electronic
Science11 Jun 2025 | 28
NASA to silence Voyager's social media accounts
All about consolidation as mission mouthpieces archived in pursuit of 'improving the experience'
Science11 Jun 2025 | 50
Tug reaches flaming ship carrying electric cars off Alaska coast
It's still smoking, but help is on hand
Science11 Jun 2025 | 36
Mozilla frets about Google's push to build AI into Chrome
AI could bring a new round of browser wars
AI + ML11 Jun 2025 | 21
Probability of Asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Moon increases
Scientists improve knowledge by 20% thanks to James Webb Space Telescope data
Science10 Jun 2025 | 28
Google outfoxed by crafty squatters in $1B London HQ's rooftop garden
Vulpes vulpes has run of five-story park before staffers move in
Offbeat10 Jun 2025 | 97
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