January 23, 2023 Tech Groups, Politicians, and Reddit Come Out of the Woodwork to Evangelize Section 230 to Supreme Court One single case coming up in front of the highest court in the U.S. could singularly determine how the internet can operate going forward,…
January 23, 2023 Freaky Spiral Over Hawaii Likely Caused by SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Last week, astronomers at a Hawaiian observatory spotted a spiral-like structure over Maunakea. A SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage is the likely source of…
January 23, 2023 Webb Finds the ‘Deepest, Coldest Ices to Date’ in Distant Molecular Cloud The Webb telescope team has detected water ice and frozen complex molecules in a molecular cloud about 630 light-years from Earth. By the scientists’…
January 23, 2023 AWS is spending $35 billion on one of its most troubled US cloud regions Amazon Web Services (AWS) has revealed plans to invest $35 billion in the US state of Virginia to expand its operations between now and…
January 23, 2023 OpenAI and Microsoft announce extended, multi-billion-dollar partnership Enlarge / The OpenAI logo superimposed over the Microsoft logo. (credit: Ars Technica) On Monday, AI tech darling OpenAI announced that it received a…
January 23, 2023 Ransomware victims are refusing to pay, tanking attackers’ profits Enlarge / Holding up corporations, utilities, and hospitals for malware-encrypted data used to be quite profitable. But it’s a tough gig lately, you know?…
January 23, 2023 Facebook Messenger encrypted chats now include more of the features you expect You no longer have to give up the privacy of end-to-end encryption in Facebook Messenger just to get the creature comforts you take for…
January 23, 2023 Oculus Quest 2 owners can watch over 50 live NBA games for free Meta has announced that it’ll be continuing its partnership with the NBA, and that it’s giving basketball fans the chance to catch 52 live…
January 23, 2023 New GTA Online exploit takes cheating to a whole new level A newly discovered exploit in GTA Online’s code is allowing unscrupulous modders on PC to remove other players’ money, reduce their reputation levels and…
January 23, 2023 What Really Happened to ‘Havana Syndrome’ Sufferers? In the summer of 2017, reports of American and Canadian diplomats developing an unusual illness while stationed at their embassies in Havana, Cuba first…