$28M is winning bid for seat aboard Blue Origin's 1st human space flight
The winning bid reached $28 million for a seat aboard the New Shepard when it takes its first human flight on July 20.
JUN 12, 2021 21:48:17 EDT | ABCNEWS.GO.COM

Linus Torvalds asks COVID vaccine conspiracy theorist to "SHUT THE HELL UP"
Linus Torvalds went hard at a poster in a Linux kernel maintenance thread asking them to "SHUT THE HELL UP" when the person started propagating conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 vaccination.
JUN 12, 2021 21:47:38 EDT | WWW.NEOWIN.NET

Dartmouth drops charges against med students accused of cheating online
Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine Dean Duane Compton said the dismissal of charges is the -best path forward- after a group of students were accused of cheating during online exams.
JUN 12, 2021 18:26:04 EDT | NYPOST.COM

Nearly $1 billion restored to California bullet train after Biden officials reverse Trump
The federal transportation agency agrees to restore nearly $1 billion in funding for high-speed rail, but the project is still in a deep funding hole.
JUN 12, 2021 17:16:35 EDT | WWW.MSN.COM

Bitcoin just got its first makeover in four years, which will help it compete with Ethereum
The first bitcoin upgrade in four years has just been approved by miners around the world. It is a rare moment of consensus among stakeholders.
JUN 12, 2021 17:15:25 EDT | WWW.CNBC.COM

Mouse sperm thrived despite six years of exposure to space radiation
A space station experiment suggests future deep-space explorers don-t need to worry about passing the effects of space radiation on to their children.
JUN 12, 2021 10:31:50 EDT | WWW.SCIENCENEWS.ORG

How an Army of Goats Could Help Prevent California Wildfires
The state is anticipating a terrible fire season.
JUN 12, 2021 10:31:28 EDT | WWW.VICE.COM

Apple says its new logon tech is as easy as passwords but far more secure
With passkeys in iCloud Keychain, the iPhone maker joins Microsoft and Google in advocating for passwordless authentication.
JUN 11, 2021 18:28:26 EDT | WWW.CNET.COM

Victory! New York Senate Passes Landmark Right to Repair Bill
New York-s State Senate passed a digital right to repair bill, the first in the country. It-s a big win, with more to come.
JUN 11, 2021 18:27:55 EDT | WWW.IFIXIT.COM

Julian Assange case: UK lawmakers ask Biden to drop charges against WikiLeaks founder
Pressure is mounting from the UK for the US to rescind its demand for Assange's extradition.
JUN 11, 2021 18:27:38 EDT | WWW.CNET.COM

Lawmakers unveil major bipartisan antitrust reforms that could reshape Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers on Friday unveiled an expansive set of antitrust reforms that could reshape Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google.
JUN 11, 2021 18:25:42 EDT | WWW.CNBC.COM

A Chinese Ride-Hail Giant Partly Owned by Uber Is Going Public In the US
Didi Chuxing pushed Uber out of China, and now Uber stands to be a winner with its 12.8 percent stake in the company.
JUN 11, 2021 14:02:25 EDT | WWW.VICE.COM

Virgin Atlantic partners with 'flying taxi' company
The airline is exploring whether it could launch air taxi flights from cities to major airports.
JUN 11, 2021 13:58:04 EDT | WWW.BBC.COM

How a Philly shop built a bike - quickly and at a discount - for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The buyer: Joe Biden.
Bilenky Cycle Works in Olney had less than two weeks to manufacture the bike.
JUN 11, 2021 12:49:38 EDT | WWW.INQUIRER.COM

Volkswagen says a vendor-s security lapse exposed 3.3 million drivers- details - TechCrunch
The vendor left the cache of data unsecured on the internet over a two-year window.
JUN 11, 2021 11:30:46 EDT | TECHCRUNCH.COM

How Hackers Used Slack to Break into EA Games
A representative for the hackers explained to Motherboard how the group stole a wealth of data from the game publishing giant.
JUN 11, 2021 11:30:28 EDT | WWW.VICE.COM

Airbnb and Vrbo are teaming up to shut down repeat party house offenders
They're asking other short-term rental industry companies to join the program, which is intended to launch in the U.S. in the coming months.
JUN 11, 2021 11:30:04 EDT | WWW.CNBC.COM

Amazon will overtake Walmart as the largest U.S. retailer in 2022, JPMorgan predicts
Amazon's e-commerce business was growing rapidly before the coronavirus pandemic, but the shift to online commerce has accelerated the growth even further.
JUN 11, 2021 11:29:32 EDT | WWW.CNBC.COM

Self-driving Waymo trucks to haul loads between Houston and Fort Worth
The Class 8 trucks will still carry a driver and Waymo technicians for safety.
JUN 11, 2021 09:48:53 EDT | ARSTECHNICA.COM

Apple hires BMW veteran in latest sign of electric car push
The hire is the latest sign that Apple is serious about building an electric car to compete with automakers such as Tesla.
JUN 11, 2021 09:47:56 EDT | WWW.CNBC.COM

Bitcoin conference attendees report testing positive for Covid after returning from Miami
Some of the 12,000 attendees who flew into Miami last weekend for the first big tech conference in more than a year have started testing positive for Covid.
JUN 11, 2021 09:47:41 EDT | WWW.CNBC.COM

McDonald's says South Korea and Taiwan operations hacked
McDonald's said on Friday a data breach in South Korea and Taiwan has exposed some customer, employee information.
JUN 11, 2021 09:47:12 EDT | WWW.CNBC.COM

UK competition regulator gets a say in Google's plan to remove browser cookies
Google will give the U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority a say in its plans to replace third-party cookies on Chrome.
JUN 11, 2021 09:46:58 EDT | WWW.CNBC.COM

Netflix shop opens with clothing, toys, and -blood spattered- jewelry
Netflix opened their first online shop this week, powered by Shopify. They-ve teamed up with a few radical designers to release their first bits of clothing, all with inspiration from some of-
JUN 10, 2021 15:28:53 EDT | WWW.SLASHGEAR.COM

Uber offers to pay for drivers- health insurance, and then yanks it away
The company said it "sincerely apologizes."
JUN 10, 2021 15:27:59 EDT | WWW.THEVERGE.COM

Hackers Steal Wealth of Data from Game Giant EA
The data includes source code for FIFA 21 and the Frostbite engine.
JUN 10, 2021 14:00:57 EDT | WWW.VICE.COM

Google is fighting back against exploitative, slanderous websites
Following investigations from the New York Times
JUN 10, 2021 12:30:24 EDT | WWW.THEVERGE.COM

Hacking bitcoin wallets with quantum computers could happen - but cryptographers are racing to build a workaround
Within a decade, quantum computers are expected to be able to hack into cell phones, bank accounts, email addresses, and yes, bitcoin wallets.
JUN 10, 2021 12:29:12 EDT | WWW.CNBC.COM

Google claims it is using A.I. to design chips faster than humans
Google claims that it has developed artificial intelligence software that can design computer chip "floorplans" faster than humans can.
JUN 10, 2021 11:16:11 EDT | WWW.CNBC.COM

Microsoft is developing new hardware to bring its 'Netflix for games' service to TVs
Microsoft is developing streaming devices that people will be able to hook up to their TV to use its Netflix-like gaming service.
JUN 10, 2021 11:15:13 EDT | WWW.CNBC.COM

Microsoft is developing new hardware to bring its 'Netflix for games' service to TVs
Microsoft is developing streaming devices that people will be able to hook up to their TV to use its Netflix-like gaming service.
JUN 10, 2021 11:09:01 EDT | WWW.CNBC.COM

'Miraculous' mosquito hack cuts dengue by 77%
Infecting the mosquitoes with a different bug slams the brakes on dengue fever, trial finds.
JUN 10, 2021 09:01:50 EDT | WWW.BBC.COM

Meat supplier JBS paid ransomware hackers $11 million
The company was hacked in May by a Russian-speaking hacker gangs and led to meat plants across the U.S. and Australia shutting down for at least a day, NBC News reports.
JUN 09, 2021 23:50:36 EDT | WWW.CNBC.COM

Democrats circulate draft antitrust bills that could reshape Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google
The draft bills come after a more than year-long probe into Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google by a House panel.
JUN 09, 2021 23:50:19 EDT | WWW.CNBC.COM

China is vaccinating a staggering 20 million people a day
Scientists are impressed by China-s juggernaut of a vaccination drive, through which it is currently administering nearly 60% of all COVID-19 vaccine doses globally.
JUN 09, 2021 17:07:18 EDT | WWW.NATURE.COM

Facebook plans first smartwatch for next summer with two cameras, heart rate monitor
A way for Facebook to get around Apple and Google.
JUN 09, 2021 17:02:07 EDT | WWW.THEVERGE.COM

Amazon has signed up multiple companies to its telehealth service, executive says
Amazon expects to announce which companies have signed on to use Amazon Care later this year, an executive said Wednesday.
JUN 09, 2021 17:00:05 EDT | WWW.CNBC.COM

Fastly claims single customer responsible for widespread internet outage
We-re not mad. We-re not even disappointed. Just curious, really.
JUN 09, 2021 11:32:21 EDT | WWW.THEVERGE.COM

This animal survived 24,000 years frozen in the Siberian permafrost
A microscopic animal has been revived after slumbering in the Arctic permafrost for 24,000 years.
JUN 09, 2021 11:31:29 EDT | EDITION.CNN.COM

Biden revokes and replaces Trump executive orders that banned TikTok
Biden's order calls for a review of the apps instead.
JUN 09, 2021 11:30:39 EDT | WWW.CNBC.COM

Ohio files lawsuit to declare Google a public utility
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost (R) on Tuesday filed a lawsuit asking the court to declare Google a public utility, which would subject the Silicon Valley giant to government regulation.
JUN 09, 2021 08:51:15 EDT | THEHILL.COM

US super-rich 'pay almost no income tax'
US authorities probe leak claiming to show how billionaires including Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay minimal or no income tax.
JUN 09, 2021 08:50:47 EDT | WWW.BBC.COM

Carbon Dioxide, Which Drives Climate Change, Reaches Highest Level In 4 Million Years
The amount of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere reached 419 parts per million in May, its highest level in more than four million years, according to NOAA. Fossil fuel use is driving the increase.
JUN 09, 2021 08:50:22 EDT | WWW.NPR.ORG

El Salvador becomes first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender after passing law
Lawmakers in the Central American country's Congress voted by a "supermajority" in favor of the Bitcoin Law.
JUN 09, 2021 08:50:03 EDT | WWW.CNBC.COM

Deutsche Bank warns of global 'time bomb' coming due to rising inflation
Inflation may look like it will go away but is more likely to persist and lead to a crisis in the years ahead, according to Deutsche Bank.
JUN 09, 2021 08:48:46 EDT | WWW.CNBC.COM

Ferrari turns to chip firm for its new CEO as the industry looks to reinvent itself
Ferrari has appointed electronics pioneer Benedetto Vigna as its new chief executive as the company gears up for the age of electric vehicles.
JUN 09, 2021 08:48:21 EDT | WWW.CNBC.COM

The FBI likely exploited sloppy password storage to seize Colonial Pipeline bitcoin ransom
The FBI's breach of a bitcoin wallet held by the cyber criminals who attacked Colonial Pipeline is probably about sloppy storage, crypto experts told CNBC.
JUN 09, 2021 08:47:37 EDT | WWW.CNBC.COM

Major Chinese city battles Delta Covid variant first detected in India with lockdowns, mass testing
Authorities in Guangzhou have carried out more than 16 million coronavirus tests and locked down certain parts of the city to control a flare up of cases.
JUN 08, 2021 17:31:51 EDT | WWW.CNBC.COM

Spy phones in gangsters' back pockets betray hundreds to police
Millions of dollars in cash were seized in raids around the world, along with 30 tons of drugs including more than eight tons of cocaine.
JUN 08, 2021 15:40:16 EDT | WWW.CNBC.COM

Twitch, Pinterest, Reddit and more go down in Fastly CDN outage (Update: Outage resolved after 1 hour) - TechCrunch
Countless popular websites including Reddit, Spotify, Twitch, Stack Overflow, GitHub, gov.uk, Hulu, HBO Max, Quora, PayPal, Vimeo, Shopify, Stripe, and news outlets CNN, The Guardian, The New York Times, BBC and Financial Times are currently facing an outage. A glitch at Fastly, a popular CDN provi-
JUN 08, 2021 11:09:35 EDT | TECHCRUNCH.COM