James Webb spies distant exoplanet that could be wet, wild, and Hycean That or it's just really gassy Science12 Sep 2023 | 12
Chat2024 stuffs US election hopefuls into generative AI so you can be an 'informed voter' Comment Jean Baudrillard would've LOVED this Offbeat12 Sep 2023 | 10
Long-lost 1977 Star Wars X-Wing prop discovered – lock s-foils in bid position Hundreds more iconic props set to go on sale from collection of late Hollywood model maker Greg Jein Bootnotes12 Sep 2023 | 28
X marks the spot where free speech clashes with Californian transparency AB 587's true purpose is to eliminate speech the government finds objectionable, lawyers argue Legal11 Sep 2023 | 26
MOXIE microwaved Mars air into oxygen, but now it's time for a breather Concept will need to be scaled up to keep more than a small dog alive Science11 Sep 2023 | 19
Elon Musk has beef with Bill Gates because he shorted Tesla stock, says biographer Comment The origin story of the 'in case u need to lose a boner fast' tweet Offbeat11 Sep 2023 | 54
Lithium goldrush hits sleepy Oregon-Nevada border Deposit in 19-million-year old caldera could dwarf sources in Bolivia, Chile and Australia Science11 Sep 2023 | 20
China iPhone curbs reportedly extend to local government and state-owned businesses Asia In Brief ALSO: Alibaba Cloud succession plan overturned; Fujtisu’s Thai takeaway; Australia takes on PayPal Legal11 Sep 2023 | 7
Okay, SMART ePANTS, you tell us how to create network-connected textiles Soldiers, first responders may eventually be able to phone home from their clothes Science09 Sep 2023 | 31
Atari pulls nostalgia power move and buys homebrew community forum AtariAge is older than the current Atari incarnation – retro enough for you? Offbeat08 Sep 2023 | 11
NASA rockets draining its pockets as officials whisper: 'We can't afford this' Watchdog finds space agency has no plans to measure SLS production costs Science08 Sep 2023 | 84
SK hynix says no Huawei its memory should be in Chinese wonder-phone The Mate 60 Pro keeps making waves – this time worrying Korean chipmaker Legal08 Sep 2023 | 21
Musk's mighty missile is ready for launch once FAA says OK Updated Starship Super Heavy to remain on terra firma until US watchdog ticks off the corrective actions Science07 Sep 2023 | 96
UK rejoins the EU's €100B Horizon sci-tech funding program Two and a half years after Brexit, some cheer for scientists based in Britain. We're... baaaaxit (sorry!) Science07 Sep 2023 | 156
Scientists turn to mid-20th century tech for low-power underwater comms Hat tip to the late Lester Clare Van Atta, whose array is behind the system Science07 Sep 2023 | 19
DXC Technology named as participant in bid-rigging cartel Agreed bid prices in advance with local rival for work in Australian mining camps Legal07 Sep 2023 | 3
Japan's 'Moon sniper' and its two ejectable landers make it into space Now for the hard part: testing its ability to pick a safe landing spot Science07 Sep 2023 | 6
Judge greenlights $5.9M unpaid overtime Citrix wage deal Agreement will settle claims the company failed to compensate staff for all the hours they worked Legal06 Sep 2023 | 2
India's Chandrayaan-3 Moon mission hibernates to see out a long lunar night Spacecraft scheduled to snooze until September 22 when it's hoped machines return to duty Science06 Sep 2023 | 9
ASEAN bloc starts work on Digital Economy Framework Who needs India or China when ten booming economies form a gang? Legal06 Sep 2023 |
Europe's Ariane 6 takes rocket science seriously by testing patience before engines Four seconds of fire and fury to be followed by eight minutes then... a launch in 2024? Science05 Sep 2023 | 10
2023 World Solar Challenge entrant welcomes clouds – not the fluffy white ones Special Projects Bureau Revisited Solar roller on Australia-spanning race packs an Nvidia Jetson, radio link to an AWS edge box, and Starlink uplink Offbeat04 Sep 2023 | 15
BOFH: What a beautiful tinfoil hat, Boss! Episode 17 In which our heroes keep the office safe as only they know how BOFH01 Sep 2023 | 108
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is returning with its first-ever asteroid sample Regolith scraped from the surface of Bennu will reach Earth on 24 September Science01 Sep 2023 | 27
Grant Shapps named UK defense supremo in latest 'tech-savvy' Tory tale Comment He praised Apple for its 'open source' tech – now he'll oversee AI use to defend Britain from its foes Bootnotes31 Aug 2023 | 98
Germany's wild boars still too radioactive to eat largely due to Cold War nuke tests Scientists one step closer to cracking the case of these atomic swine Science31 Aug 2023 | 137
Meteorite is 4.6 billion years old and still rocking the solar system dating scene Presence of aluminum isotope might help age other objects from space Science30 Aug 2023 | 4
Let's give these quadruped robot dogs next-gen XM7 rifles, says US Army Black Mirror? Never heard of it Bootnotes30 Aug 2023 | 34
India set to launch Sun-spotting satellite on Saturday Meanwhile its Moon rover dodges a crater and spots sulphur Science30 Aug 2023 | 5
NASA to outdo most Americans on internet speeds, gigabit kit heading to the ISS See hot singles in your area! Well, -453.8 F singles at least Offbeat29 Aug 2023 | 10
Japan complains Fukushima water release created terrifying Chinese Spam monster Asks Beijing to stop the phone calls harassing civilians, as tests show impact of nuke plant water Science29 Aug 2023 | 107
US and China to keep talking about chip bans, just not when they'll end Intel and Micron made the agenda, but action to ease their woes did not Legal29 Aug 2023 | 2
Samsung realizes behaving ethically is good for business, says compliance boss Mega-corp has mastered the complexity of numerous technologies but it took several scandals to impart this obvious lesson Legal29 Aug 2023 | 8
Silicon Valley billionaires secretly buy up land for new California city Not just a company town - it's the new feudal age Offbeat28 Aug 2023 | 70
UK flights disrupted by 'technical issue' with air traffic computer system British Bank Holiday blues as flight plans have to be filed by hand Offbeat28 Aug 2023 | 159
Foxconn founder Terry Gou to run for Taiwan's presidency Billionaire claims being a political outsider means he can fix border, avert wars, make Taiwan great again … which sounds rather familiar Offbeat28 Aug 2023 | 19
Uncle Sam accuses SpaceX of not considering asylees and refugees for employment Discrimination lawsuit claims company's 'ITAR' excuse was badly wrong Science25 Aug 2023 | 68
Windows screensaver left broadcast techie all at sea On Call A Love Boat story that almost didn't have a happy ending Offbeat25 Aug 2023 | 71
India's Moon mission continues to triumph, Japan's waits for better weather JAXA's SLIM scheduled to arrive after Chandrayaan-3 says goodnight Science25 Aug 2023 | 7
Concorde? Pffft. NASA wants a Mach 4 passenger jet Don't get too excited: We're purely in the 'is this possible' stage right now Science24 Aug 2023 | 107
Zoom CEO reportedly tells staff: Workers can't build trust or collaborate... on Zoom Opinion So those 218,000 enterprise customers are wrong to hold meetings on web? Offbeat24 Aug 2023 | 106
Blazar Token creator accused of using investor funds for renovating bathroom Interesting choice, if true. Not a Lamborghini, is it? Legal24 Aug 2023 | 10
Neighbors angry as another North Korean 'satellite' launch attempt fails US, Japan, and South Korea are well and truly over this sham Science24 Aug 2023 | 19
China's top EV battery maker announced a breakthrough, but top boffin isn't convinced 400km range after 10 minutes charging sounds great. Shame the details are thin Science24 Aug 2023 | 96
India lands Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on Moon, is the first to lunar south pole Video with update Way to go, ISRO. Congrats on getting your rover rolling, too Science23 Aug 2023 | 51
Token prison sentence for first convicted NFT insider trader Prosecutors wanted 2 years, but former OpenSea employee got 3 months Legal23 Aug 2023 | 9
Netflix flinging out DVDs like frisbees as night comes for legacy business Subscribers told to opt in for chance at 10 coasters you can keep forever Offbeat23 Aug 2023 | 42
IBM shows off its sense of humor in not-so-funny letter leak Internal memos detail discontinued Dad-joke products Bootnotes23 Aug 2023 | 55
Space junk targeted for cleanup mission was hit by different space junk, making more space junk Of all the spacecraft in all the orbits around the world, it slams into mine Science23 Aug 2023 | 41
IBM sells off cloud business – yes, we mean Weather.com What better time for private equity to capitalize on changing climate Science22 Aug 2023 | 14
Lockheed's ARRW hypersonic missile: Sometimes it flies, sometimes it just tries US Air Force keeping mum on results of weekend test Science22 Aug 2023 | 15
Budget satellite drag sail shows space junk how to gracefully exit orbit Students prove $30 device could help declutter Earth's backyard Science22 Aug 2023 | 32
NASA still serious about astronauts living it up on Moon space station in 2028 Assuming the orbital hotel is even built by then Science22 Aug 2023 | 36
Controversial Chinese drone maker DJI debuts a cargo carrier For dropping stuff in remote locations. Just don't mention the war in Ukraine, where DJI kit repeatedly appeared Offbeat22 Aug 2023 | 25
North Korea's neighbors issue warnings ahead of attempted 'satellite' launch The last one splashed down badly, but this is no laughing matter – Japan's PM thinks it could be a missile Bootnotes22 Aug 2023 | 9
US tech titans say a heads-up about India's PC import license would've been nice Trade org board members petitioning Uncle Sam are who's who of Big Tech Legal21 Aug 2023 | 7
Moscow makes a mess on the Moon as Luna 25 probe misses orbit, lands with a thud First lunar attempt since Soviet era ends in катастрофа Science21 Aug 2023 | 132
Need a decent dining spot in Ottawa? Microsoft suggested a food bank Azure giant blames human error, not AI – up to you to swallow that Bootnotes18 Aug 2023 | 27
Hold the Moon – NASA's buildings are crumbling amid 200-year upgrade cycles If a facility falls down, 'the microscope inside it is useless to you' Science18 Aug 2023 | 64
LG's $1,000 TV-in-a-briefcase is unlikely to travel much further than the garden 'Perfect' for your next camping trip! For three hours... Offbeat18 Aug 2023 | 82