Mining the deep ocean
More than 13,000 feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, a more-than-70-ton machine trundled like a tank on its caterpillar tracks for a tenth
Category: Tech
RFK may replace entire panel of CDC vaccine advisors again, ally lets slip
A member of an influential federal vaccine advisory panel made a dramatic claim Thursday afternoon that the panel had been disbanded following a temporary block
Writer denies it, but publisher pulls horror novel after multiple allegations of AI use
Shy Girl, a horror novel by Mia Ballard, was one of those buzzy books that leapt from self-published prominence into full-on trade publication. Until yesterday
Widely used Trivy scanner compromised in ongoing supply-chain attack
Hackers have compromised virtually all versions of Aqua Security’s widely used Trivy vulnerability scanner in an ongoing supply chain attack that could have wide-ranging consequences
Turris Omnia NG Wired is a Fanless, Rack-Ready OpenWrt Router with Dual 10G Ports
Most consumer routers give you a locked-down firmware, a few years of updates if you are lucky, and a web UI that makes you miss
Big Win for Open Source as Germany Backs Open Document Format
Germany has strictly standardized its digital document requirements. The Deutschland-Stack (in Deutsch), the country’s new sovereign digital infrastructure framework, names just two document formats that
We keep finding the raw material of DNA in asteroids—what’s it telling us?
On Monday, a paper announcing that all four DNA bases had been found on an asteroid sparked a lot of headlines. But many of the
Microsoft keeps insisting that it’s deeply committed to the quality of Windows 11
If you were eating in a restaurant and the head chef came out from the back multiple times to loudly proclaim that the kitchen was
Amazon is aiming for a comeback in the smartphone market
Amazon plans to release a new smartphone, according to Reuters; the so-called “Transformer” project is being developed in-house and will focus on AI, personalization, and
Microsoft 365: A guide to the updates
Microsoft 365 (and Office 365) subscribers get more frequent software updates than those who have purchased Office without a subscription, which means subscribers have access
Paul Brainerd Dies at 78; Pioneered Desktop Publishing With PageMaker
His software brought printing into the digital age, allowing users to stop manually splicing columns of text and graphics and instead create layouts on a
Microsoft won’t force Copilot in everywhere after all
Microsoft has temporarily halted automatic installation of the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on Windows devices with Microsoft 365 desktop apps. The company announced the change
Most Europeans fear Trump could cut off digital services
A majority of Europe’s population is concerned about its dependence on American technology, according to a new survey presented to Members of the European Parliament
DOGE goes nuclear: How trump invited silicon valley into America’s nuclear power regulator
Last summer, a group of officials from the Department of Energy gathered at the Idaho National Laboratory, a sprawling 890-square-mile complex in the eastern desert