This 17-Year-Old Designed a Motor That Could Potentially Transform the Electric Car Industry
Robert Sansone's research could pave the way for the sustainable manufacturing of electric vehicles that do not require rare-earth magnets
AUG 13, 2022 12:43:28 EDT | WWW.SMITHSONIANMAG.COM

Read the Search Warrant for Mar-a-Lago for Yourself
A receipt of items seized by the FBI includes highly sensitive papers, some classified above "top secret".
AUG 13, 2022 09:34:29 EDT | GIZMODO.COM

The Hacking of Starlink Terminals Has Begun - Slashdot
AmiMoJo shares a report from Wired: Since 2018, ELON Musk's Starlink has launched more than 3,000 small satellites into orbit. This satellite network beams internet connections to hard-to-reach locations on Earth and has been a vital source of connectivity during Russia's war in Ukraine. Thousands m...
AUG 13, 2022 09:15:31 EDT | TECH.SLASHDOT.ORG

Inside the Apple vs. Facebook Privacy Fight - Slashdot
An ongoing dispute over privacy between Apple and Facebook is roiling the digital economy, leading companies to shift billions in ad spending as users continue to limit the data available to advertisers. The feud took off last year, when Apple rolled out iOS 14.5, a version of its mobile operating s...
AUG 12, 2022 12:52:29 EDT | APPLE.SLASHDOT.ORG

CDC Says Quarantine After Covid Exposure No Longer Necessary (1)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that it-s no longer recommending that adults and children quarantine after having been exposed to Covid-19, aligning its guidance more closely with what many people are doing already as the urgency of the pandemic response wanes.
AUG 12, 2022 06:10:01 EDT | NEWS.BLOOMBERGLAW.COM

South Korean president pardons Jay Y. Lee, Samsung heir who was convicted of bribery
With his criminal record wiped, he can formally take the helm of the electronics giant at a critical time for South Korea's economy.
AUG 12, 2022 06:07:50 EDT | WWW.AXIOS.COM

Garland says he -personally approved- search warrant at Trump-s Mar-a-Lago residence
"Upholding the rule of law means applying the law evenly without fear or favor."
AUG 11, 2022 15:30:35 EDT | WWW.AXIOS.COM

FTC Is Exploring Ways to Crack Down on Big Tech's Obsession With User Data
The agency said it wants to rein in big tech-s ravenous consumption of user info, and wants citizens to tell them what concerns them most.
AUG 11, 2022 15:14:25 EDT | GIZMODO.COM

New Beijing policy removes pledge not to send troops to Taiwan if it takes control of island
Beijing accused the U.S. of "using Taiwan to contain China" and trying to "undermine China's development."
AUG 11, 2022 12:12:26 EDT | WWW.AXIOS.COM

Ralph Nader asks NHTSA to recall Tesla-s -dangerous and irresponsible- FSD - TechCrunch
Ralph Nader is calling on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to use its safety recall authority to order FSD technology be removed in every Tesla
AUG 11, 2022 11:32:51 EDT | TECHCRUNCH.COM

Google To Stop Giving Answers To Silly Questions - Slashdot
Google will stop giving snappy answers to stupid questions, the company has announced, as it seeks to improve its search engine's "featured snippets" service. From a report: That means users should see fewer answers to questions such as "When did Snoopy assassinate Abraham Lincoln?", to which the se...
AUG 11, 2022 11:32:06 EDT | SEARCH.SLASHDOT.ORG

Ethereum just pulled off its final test run ahead of one of the most important events in crypto
Ethereum is moving closer to adopting a proof-of-stake model for its network, which is less energy intensive than the existing proof-of-stake method.
AUG 11, 2022 07:54:47 EDT | WWW.CNBC.COM

More than a dozen companies developing single standard to detect cyberattacks faster
More than a dozen companies in the cybersecurity space are developing a single, open standard for sharing data about hacking threats, a project the companies say could help organizations detect cyberattacks more quickly.
AUG 10, 2022 15:45:12 EDT |

Newly identified Langya virus tracked after China reports dozens of cases
Virus, which causes symptoms including fever, fatigue, cough, loss of appetite and muscle aches, is believed to have spread from animals to humans
AUG 10, 2022 14:09:00 EDT | WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM

Microsoft reportedly lays off team focused on winning back consumers
Microsoft-s Modern Life initiative is no more.
AUG 10, 2022 11:47:43 EDT | WWW.THEVERGE.COM

Man who built ISP instead of paying Comcast $50K expands to hundreds of homes
Jared Mauch gets $2.6 million from gov't to expand fiber ISP in rural Michigan.
AUG 10, 2022 09:09:46 EDT | ARSTECHNICA.COM

Inflation drops to zero in July due to falling gas prices
Falling gasoline prices are clearly giving American consumers some inflation relief.
AUG 10, 2022 09:08:21 EDT | WWW.AXIOS.COM

DOJ Is Preparing To Sue Google Over Ad Market As Soon As September - Slashdot
According to Bloomberg, the Department of Justice is preparing to sue Google as soon as next month, "capping years of work to build a case that the Alphabet unit illegally dominates the digital advertising market." From the report: Lawyers with the DOJ's antitrust division are questioning publisher...
AUG 10, 2022 07:58:14 EDT | YRO.SLASHDOT.ORG

Elon Musk sells 7.92 million Tesla shares worth $6.88 billion
Tesla CEO Elon Musk sold 7.92 million shares of Tesla worth around $6.88 billion, according to a series of financial filings published Tuesday night.
AUG 10, 2022 07:57:32 EDT | WWW.CNBC.COM

Someone Is Trolling Celebs by Sending ETH From Tornado Cash
An anonymous crypto user transferred small amounts of ether from a sanctioned address to stars and prominent crypto figures on Tuesday.
AUG 09, 2022 16:21:04 EDT | WWW.COINDESK.COM

Domino's Pizza Quits Italy After Locals Shun American Pies - Slashdot
Domino's Pizza's footprint in the home of Pizza proved to be short lived with Italians favoring local restaurants over the American version. From a report: The last of Domino's 29 branches have closed after the company started operations in the country seven years ago. It borrowed heavily for plans ...
AUG 09, 2022 16:15:12 EDT | SLASHDOT.ORG

With 87,000 new agents, here's who the IRS may target for audits
The Senate approved nearly $80 billion in IRS funding with $45.6 billion for "enforcement." Here's who may be affected by more audits.
AUG 09, 2022 16:12:31 EDT | WWW.CNBC.COM

Google tries publicly shaming Apple into adopting RCS
Google wants Apple to #GetTheMessage.
AUG 09, 2022 12:03:45 EDT | WWW.THEVERGE.COM

How Russia Took Over Ukraine's Internet in Occupied Territories - Slashdot
Several weeks after taking over Ukraine's southern port city of Kherson, Russian soldiers arrived at the offices of local internet service providers and ordered them to give up control of their networks. From a report: "They came to them and put guns to their head and just said, 'Do this,'" said Max...
AUG 09, 2022 11:02:14 EDT | TECH.SLASHDOT.ORG

Google is back online after users around the world reported a brief outage
Users in the U.S., U.K., Australia, Singapore and elsewhere reported issues with Google, which is owned by Alphabet.
AUG 09, 2022 07:49:26 EDT | WWW.CNBC.COM

Trump says FBI raiding his Mar-a-Lago home
The FBI is raiding Mar-a-Lago, former President Donald Trump's resort home in Palm Beach, Florida, Trump said.
AUG 08, 2022 19:42:26 EDT | WWW.CNBC.COM

Crypto-driven GPU crash makes Nvidia miss Q2 projections by $1.4 billion
Cheaper GPUs are good for gamers but bad for Nvidia's bottom line.
AUG 08, 2022 18:23:44 EDT | ARSTECHNICA.COM

Silicon Valley's Push Into Transportation Has Been a Miserable Failure
The titans of tech brought plenty of disruption to our broken transportation system but delivered little in the way of innovation.
AUG 08, 2022 15:09:12 EDT | GIZMODO.COM

Google, still reeling from an earlier ruling, sues Sonos over voice patents
After losing a volume control lawsuit, Google hopes it can get leverage over Sonos.
AUG 08, 2022 15:08:05 EDT | ARSTECHNICA.COM

Inventors Must Be Human, Federal Circuit Rules in Blow To AI - Slashdot
Computer scientist Stephen Thaler was dealt another blow in his battle for artificial intelligence machines to be recognized as inventors on patents, after the nation's top patent court found that inventors must be humans. The term "individual" in the Patent Act refers only to humans, meaning an AI ...
AUG 08, 2022 15:05:47 EDT | YRO.SLASHDOT.ORG

Crypto Mixing Service Tornado Cash Blacklisted by US Treasury
The U.S. Treasury Department barred all U.S. persons from using Tornado Cash, alleging its use in laundering stolen crypto funds by North Korean hackers poses a national security threat.
AUG 08, 2022 11:35:00 EDT | WWW.COINDESK.COM

SoftBank posts a $21.6 billion quarterly loss on its Vision Fund, one of the highest in its history
SoftBank posted a 2.93 trillion Japanese yen ($21.68 billion) loss for the June quarter for its Vision Fund. This is its second-largest quarterly loss.
AUG 08, 2022 08:00:32 EDT | WWW.CNBC.COM

Taiwan says China's military drills may simulate attack
At least 20 Chinese aircraft and 14 ships were conducting military exercises near the Taiwan Strait on Saturday.
AUG 06, 2022 12:18:05 EDT | WWW.AXIOS.COM

California DMV accuses Tesla of making false claims about Autopilot and Full-Self Driving
The DMV claims Tesla misled customers about self-driving.
AUG 06, 2022 12:17:12 EDT | WWW.THEVERGE.COM

A jury finds Infowars conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay $45.2 million in punitive damages to the parents of a Sandy Hook shooting victim
A Texas jury has decided to penalize Alex Jones with $45.2 million in punitive damages in a lawsuit filed by the parents of Sandy Hook shooting victim Jesse Lewis.
AUG 06, 2022 12:16:41 EDT | WWW.CNN.COM

A bitcoin whale's last word at the helm
MicroStrategy's Michael Saylor defends his decision to turn the software company he co-founded into a publicly traded proxy for the cryptocurrency.
AUG 05, 2022 11:59:41 EDT | WWW.AXIOS.COM

Apple warns suppliers to follow China rules on 'Taiwan' labeling
Stepped up scrutiny of import documents raises disruption fears for iPhone maker
AUG 05, 2022 11:22:42 EDT | ASIA.NIKKEI.COM

U.S. adds whopping 528,000 jobs in July as labor market booms
Economists expected the economy to add roughly 260,000 jobs in July.
AUG 05, 2022 08:46:14 EDT | WWW.AXIOS.COM

Elon Musk predicts mild 18-month recession, teases possible share buybacks
At the 2022 Tesla shareholders meeting, CEO Elon Musk suggested that peak inflation is past, pointing to prices it's paying for commodities.
AUG 05, 2022 06:37:01 EDT | WWW.CNBC.COM

China sanctions Pelosi over Taiwan trip
Pelosi was the highest ranking U.S. official to visit Taiwan in 25 years.
AUG 05, 2022 06:36:11 EDT | WWW.AXIOS.COM

U.S. officials declare monkeypox a public health emergency
Monkeypox cases have topped 6,600 nationwide, but officials still hope they can control the outbreak with more vaccines and testing.
AUG 04, 2022 17:07:58 EDT | WWW.NBCNEWS.COM

Equifax issued wrong credit scores for millions
The credit score giant provided incorrect information to banks on millions of people seeking loans -- and, last Friday, boosted the CEO's pay package
AUG 04, 2022 17:07:25 EDT | EDITION.CNN.COM

Instagram's TikTok-ification drives an exodus to rivals
New apps (like Glass) and old favorites (like Tumblr) are seeing a surge.
AUG 04, 2022 17:07:07 EDT | WWW.AXIOS.COM

Russia wants a better look at what America-s newest spy satellite can do
Spying in space does not violate any international norms.
AUG 04, 2022 11:02:32 EDT | ARSTECHNICA.COM

Reuters U.S. journalists strike for first time in decades
It's the first time in over 30 years that Reuters' unionized staff have prepared a strike over contract negotiations.
AUG 04, 2022 10:51:58 EDT | WWW.AXIOS.COM

U.K. central bank announces biggest interest hike in nearly 30 years
The Bank of England also warned the U.K. could fall into a deep and protracted recession.
AUG 04, 2022 09:06:09 EDT | WWW.AXIOS.COM

Walmart lays off corporate employees after slashing forecast
The layoffs come about a week after the company slashed its profit outlook and warned that consumers had pulled back on discretionary spending due to inflation.
AUG 03, 2022 19:31:42 EDT | WWW.CNBC.COM

Mystery of the 'meme stock' no one had ever heard of that went from $1 billion market cap to over $400 billion in days
Even the Hong Kong-based company seems to be at a loss as to why it is now so valuable.
AUG 03, 2022 14:29:24 EDT | FORTUNE.COM

Pelosi leaves Taiwan, ending controversial visit
Pelosi and other members of her delegation met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday.
AUG 03, 2022 08:04:00 EDT | WWW.AXIOS.COM

MicroStrategy Reports $1 Billion Loss, CEO Steps Down To Focus On Bitcoin - Slashdot
MicroStrategy co-founder Michael Saylor gave up his chief executive officer title and said he'll focus more on Bitcoin after the enterprise-software maker reported a loss of more than $1 billion related to the second-quarter plunge in the price of the cryptocurrency. Bloomberg reports: Saylor, who ...
AUG 03, 2022 08:02:24 EDT | SLASHDOT.ORG