Neuralink says US OK's human experiments with Elon's brain chips Hopefully this tech works better than his self-driving cars Science26 May 2023 | 4
LIGO cranks up the sensitivity to sniff out gravitational waves The instrument that proved Einstein right is back Science26 May 2023 | 6
IR35 costs UK Research and Innovation £36M – the same it spent funding tech projects Quango tax blunder follows similar payments from Defra and MoJ Science26 May 2023 | 16
BOFH: Get me a new data file or your manager finds out exactly what you think of him Episode 10 A developer in sales? You poor, poor creature BOFH26 May 2023 | 65
Experimental brain-spine computer interface helped a paralyzed man walk Comment Pioneering research effectively reconnects patient's motor cortex with his spinal cord Science26 May 2023 | 25
Fahrenheit to take over Celsius 0°C×9/5+32 = how much money to thaw frozen crypto accounts? Legal26 May 2023 | 28
India set to regulate AI, Big Tech, with sweeping Digital Act Big semiconductor R&D strategy in the works, too Legal26 May 2023 |
After network glitch, South Korea's commercial sat-slinger succeeds Nuri rocket has done the business – now to get into the business Science26 May 2023 | 2
Virgin Galactic flies final test before opening for business $450k buys you about 90 minutes of space adventure and a sub-orbital glimpse of Earth Science26 May 2023 | 22
Ministry of Justice rapped by ICO for old fashioned data leak Forget AWS buckets, bags of medical and personal info on inmates and their guards left in 'unsecured' area of prison Offbeat25 May 2023 | 2
Ford in reverse gear over AM radio removal after Congress threatens action Surprise: Electronics was always there. Cars lacking button for the band just need a software update, says CEO Offbeat24 May 2023 | 52
Encoded 'alien message' will reach Earth today, but relax: It's just a drill SETI encouraging everyone to break out their decoder rings, get in on the simulated first-contact fun Science24 May 2023 | 20
Virgin Orbit-uary: Beardy Branson's satellite launch biz shutters Rocket Lab, Stratolaunch, and Vast pick at the corpse Science24 May 2023 | 23
Lightning just as frightening on Jupiter as it is on Earth Juno probe strikes at the similarities despite differences in planets' size and structure Science24 May 2023 | 5
Ex-McKinsey IT director claims he was fired for whistleblowing Lawsuit alleges he was 'set up' after finding flaws in product meant for sale to Uncle Sam Legal24 May 2023 | 22
Pakistan turns its back on crypto to keep anti-terrorism watchdogs happy Meanwhile, will train a million IT graduates in Artificial Intelligence Legal24 May 2023 | 5
Nearly 1 in 5 academics admit close encounters of the anomalous kind Boffins call for end to UFO stigma Science23 May 2023 | 76
China becomes the 37th country to approve Microsoft's Activision buyout Boss fights with US and UK authorities lie ahead, and Redmond may not have enough power-ups to prevail Legal23 May 2023 | 10
Russian businesses want to party like it's 1959 with 6-day workweek In Putin's Russia, the work does you Offbeat22 May 2023 | 61
Parent discovers the cost of ignoring Roblox: £2,500 and heart palpitations 10-year-old hacks family iPad and goes on in-game bling shopping spree Offbeat22 May 2023 | 71
Windows XP activation algorithm cracked, keygen now works on Linux The unkillable OS rises from the grave… Again
Intel mulls cutting ties to 16 and 32-bit support Hypothetical x86S architecture would boot straight into 64-bit mode
Europe’s biggest city council faces £100M bill in Oracle ERP project disaster Doubts over Birmingham’s decision to replace SAP in plan once hailed an exemplar win by Larry Ellison
PyPI subpoenaed: US govt demands data on developers Python package packhouse ponders privacy position
That old box of tech junk you should probably throw out saves a warehouse On Call When all seemed lost, here comes the Sun … workstation
Facial recog system used by Met Police shows racial bias at low thresholds Tech used at King's Coronation employs higher thresholds on once-only watch-lists, Met tells MPs
Microsoft has made Azure Linux generally available. Repeat, Azure Linux Come for the Kubernetes, stay for the containers
BlackByte ransomware crew lists city of Augusta after cyber 'incident' Mayor promises to comment on Friday
BOFH: Get me a new data file or your manager finds out exactly what you think of him Episode 10 A developer in sales? You poor, poor creature
China seeks space cargo launches well below prices NASA pays SpaceX Asia In Brief Plus: ChatGPT hallucinates Japan's PM; Infosys scores huge BP deal; Grab on the way to becoming a bank; and more Science22 May 2023 | 8
China bans Micron products after security review finds unspecified flaws Alleges major risks to national security, but is happy for chips to remain in place Legal21 May 2023 | 24
Astronomers spot Earth-sized exoplanet probably 'carpeted' by volcanoes The floor is lava. Literally. But at least there might be water Science18 May 2023 | 16
Asia's top rideshare outfit, Grab, is late paying fines for running late Took out Uber and promised to play nice, but regulator alleges years of evasion Legal18 May 2023 | 3
Elizabeth Holmes is going to prison – with a $500m bill 'Liz' learns you don't screw over rich people Science17 May 2023 | 69
We regret to inform you Earth will not be destroyed by an asteroid within 1,000 years Never mind, there's always nuclear war and climate catastrophe Offbeat17 May 2023 | 38
Stratolaunch takes hypersonic flight dreams to new heights with mid-air release success Paul Allen must be smiling up there ahead of test flight in summer Science17 May 2023 | 9
US Disruptive Technology Strike Force has struck Former Apple engineer busted for stealing self-driving code, others accused of arranging illicit military tech transfers Legal17 May 2023 | 3
North Korea shows off surveillance satellite it claims it can launch To counter the 'US imperialists and the South Korean puppet villains' Science17 May 2023 | 13
Australia asks Twitter how it will mod content without staff, gets ghosted Now the minister responsible has threatened regulation Legal17 May 2023 | 58
OpenAI's Sam Altman rattles tin for crypto startup that will support bot-replaced workers Idea is to scan irises to disburse universal basic income just for being human Offbeat16 May 2023 | 20
Supernova peekaboo could provide clues to our universe's age Gravitational lensing technique offers hope in cracking cosmological conundrum Science16 May 2023 | 7
NASA freezes ice-hunting cubesat Moon mission for good after thruster fail Lunar Flashlight's innovative hardware worked ... other than its engines. Let's call it a draw Science15 May 2023 | 6
Dyson moans about state of UK science and tech, forgets to suck up his own mess Opinion Brexit-supporting offshore merchant wonders what has happened to all the investment Science15 May 2023 | 414
Big Tech mainstays named as targets of PwC tax law leak Consultancy's Australian arm is in deep trouble after offering advice on how to avoid rules its people helped write Legal15 May 2023 | 3
Astronomers say they've seen the largest explosion yet – and we just had to talk to them The culprit: A supermassive black hole, a billion times more massive than the Sun, feeding on a giant gas cloud Science13 May 2023 | 27
Perseverance rover shows up Curiosity with discovery of Martian water park Latest snaps have NASA rethinking scale of rivers on the Red Planet Science12 May 2023 | 22
BOFH: Ah. Company-branded merch. So much better than a bonus Episode 9 Is your hair on fire or is it just that lovely Spring sunshine? BOFH12 May 2023 | 171
Microsoft signs up to buy electricity produced by fusion, perhaps in 2028 How complicated can fusion be, really? Science12 May 2023 | 18
Alien rock causes cosmic disturbance in New Jersey home Potential meteorite excites everyone but the insurance company Offbeat11 May 2023 | 36
EU-US Privacy Framework could make life easier for a data biz, if it survives Analysis But what about the Brits? A lawyer gives their take on the privacy minefield Legal11 May 2023 | 18
NASA tests bot built to slither across, and beneath, alien worlds' ice Video Wheels come off plan to explore Enceladus – in a good way Science11 May 2023 | 9
The Hubble Space Telescope is sinking! Two startups want to save it for free But it's up to NASA to approve a rescue mission. Cue Aerosmith Science11 May 2023 | 27
This upstart is selling tickets for a SpaceX trip to the world's first private space station 30 days with three other people in a double-width shipping container built by a crypto billionaire. What's not to like? Science10 May 2023 | 19
The world of work is broken and it's Microsoft's fault Employees are wasting literal days on meetings and email – but in rides AI like a knight in shining armor, right? Offbeat10 May 2023 | 57
Korea hopes US will extend sanction exemptions for SK hynix and Samsung Stuck in the middle or not, supply chains – and the Korean economy – must carry on Legal10 May 2023 | 1
Cisco: Don't use 'blind spot' – and do use 'feed two birds with one scone' Switchzilla takes a stab at inclusive language. Sorry, that should be 'makes a first pass' Bootnotes10 May 2023 | 218
Star Fomalhaut has dusty little secret – two more debris belts and a potential planetary party Nearby system was thought to have an exoplanet, but that was wrong. Now NASA says there may be multiple Science09 May 2023 | 4
Meta CEO doesn't Zuck at Brazilian jiu-jitsu, apparently 'Silent killer' Mark bags himself top medals in tournament Offbeat09 May 2023 | 22
Of course Russia's ex-space boss doubts US set foot on the Moon 'How did NASA do what they did in the 60s what they cannot do now?' Bootnotes09 May 2023 | 108
Vietnam to require registration of social media, even on global platforms Show some ID or your Facebook feed might not make it across the border Legal09 May 2023 | 5
Irony alert: Major airport to be interrupted for two hours to replace UPS Three power outages have hit NAIA in the past year. What was that about ramping up tourism? Offbeat08 May 2023 | 9
China lands mysterious reusable spacecraft after 276-day trek Asia In Brief PLUS: Smartphone sales slump in India, China; Singapore's Temasek denies crypto investment; Dyson's new battery plant; and more Science08 May 2023 | 25
Eta Aquariid meteor shower peaks this weekend, and will be one for the ages Dense debris left by Halley's Comet more than 3k years ago will produce more than 100 fireballs per hour Science05 May 2023 | 19
Hubble spots stellar midwife unit pumping out baby planets Young mother only 10 million years old appears to have twins Science05 May 2023 | 20
Four out of five Uranus moons likely to have ocean under crust A preview of what Uranus Orbiter and Probe might find in the 2040s Science05 May 2023 | 32
Ex-OpenSea exec convicted in first-of-its-kind case of insider trading of NFTs Who would have thought there was anything dodgy about selling pictures of cartoon apes? Legal05 May 2023 | 6
Ten-day optical burst shows star eating giant planet, scientists say Twelve-year interaction ended with a bang Science04 May 2023 | 10
Pixies keep switching off my morning alarm, says Google Pixel owner That's certainly one of the stranger headlines we've written Offbeat04 May 2023 | 66
Fresh GDPR ruling says even 'minor anxiety' could mean payouts for EU folks Lawyers quip: 'The definition of hell is European legislation with American enforcement' Legal04 May 2023 | 45
I've seen things you wouldn't believe, like an atom about to photosynthesize Paper details previously unknown step in process of converting light energy to chemical energy Science04 May 2023 | 21
Storing the Quran on your phone makes you a terror suspect in China Human Rights Watch details mass surveillance and repression Legal04 May 2023 | 56
Universe-mapping Euclid satellite arrives in US ahead of July launch Neither war nor bad sensors nor a nautical journey will keep this probe from building a 3D map of space Science03 May 2023 | 9
Handwritten Einstein essay on theory of relativity goes under the hammer It's not an NFT either! Offbeat03 May 2023 | 22
Major decision on GDPR compensation rights expected soon Breached businesses might have to cough for your discomfort too Legal03 May 2023 | 21
Smuggler busted heading for China with dodgy GPUs … and live lobsters A new twist on fast food Legal03 May 2023 | 14
Saturn's rings are shrinking and boffins will use the Webb 'scope to find out why They go down, down, down, with the burning pull of gravity ... or do they? Science03 May 2023 | 16
Pornhub walls off Utah in age-verification law protest Dare we say that's a master stroke Bootnotes03 May 2023 | 74
Eco warriors sue FAA over Starship fallout, claim watchdog is lost in space NEPA was violated by letting SpaceX do its own impact study, suit alleges Science02 May 2023 | 29
How Sandia hopes to accelerate US hypersonic weapons development You want this to go faster? OK, send in the contractors. That'll do the trick Science01 May 2023 | 10
Uncle Sam sounds like it may actually do something about rampant visa H-1B fraud Gee, you mean that surge to 800,000 applications in one year isn't entirely legit? Shocking Legal01 May 2023 | 32
Boffins claim to create the world's first wooden transistor But don't toss out your silicon chips quite yet Science01 May 2023 | 51
Space: The final frontier, or the next venture capital gold rush Book review Ashlee Vance's When the Heavens Went on Sale paints an inside view of orbital startups Science01 May 2023 | 3
Europe floats patent overhaul, which obviously everyone's thrilled about Industry groups and biz aren't yet sold on reforms Legal01 May 2023 | 8
China's Mars rover finds signs of 'modern' water Asia In Brief AWS adds Korean support; Singtel creates InfraCo; Philippines SIM registration drive extended Science01 May 2023 | 4
Ashlee Vance spills the beans on the secret exciting life of space startups Interview Reg-turned-Bloomberg journo talks rockets, satellites, and more Science29 Apr 2023 | 10
ESA's Jupiter-bound Juice spacecraft has a sticky problem with its radar Time to shake, rattle, and roll the probe to remove pesky antenna pin Science29 Apr 2023 | 29
BOFH takes a visit to retro computing land Episode 8 You know what never gets old? Taking the Boss for a ride... BOFH28 Apr 2023 | 136
NASA tweaks Voyager 2's power supply to avoid another sensor shutdown By redirecting energy from probe's voltage regulator, NASA buys itself another three years Science27 Apr 2023 | 54
Brit fusion magnets set for US gamma ray bombardment test Tokamak Energy off to Albuquerque desert to douse kit in radiation Emerging Clean Energy Tech Week27 Apr 2023 | 10
Just what the universe needs right now: A black hole with wind Gusts associated with M87 accretion flow surprises scientists peering into massive ring-like structure Science27 Apr 2023 | 18
China space agency reckons Zhurong Mars rover has probably been done in by dust Hopes it might wake during the Martian solstice, but not with much confidence Science27 Apr 2023 | 4
US watchdog grounds SpaceX Starship after that explosion Musk loyalists said launch wasn't a failure. Tell that to folks, wildlife covered in dust, ash, debris Science26 Apr 2023 | 157
Elizabeth Holmes is not going to prison – for the moment Yes, launch another appeal, that'll do the trick Science26 Apr 2023 | 47
Amazon, Bing, Wikipedia make EU's list of 'Very Large' platforms Will need to sit at the front of the class where Commish can keep an eye on them Legal26 Apr 2023 | 20
South Korea prosecutes Terraform Labs co-founder Daniel Shin Alleges large scale fraud, embezzling, and maybe even bribery, before crypto collapse Legal26 Apr 2023 | 5
First attempt by Japan's ispace biz to land on Moon ends in awkward silence Comms lost to Hakuto-R after apparent crash landing Science25 Apr 2023 | 18
NASA InSight lander spills the beans on Mars' core The lander might be dead, but its scientific legacy lives on Science25 Apr 2023 | 8
Tech giants could pay 10% of turnover under draft UK law Competition? We've heard of it Legal25 Apr 2023 | 16
China joins US and Europe in considering 3D-printed Moon bases Chang'e 8 missions will check whether regolith harbors appropriate materials Science25 Apr 2023 | 2
Brit politicians, Big Tech grumble about India tech laws Free trade agreement founders, and fears of government censorship rise Legal25 Apr 2023 | 10
Balloon-borne telescope returns first photos in search for dark matter Helium is way cheaper than rocket fuel, and the pictures are just as good if you get high enough Science25 Apr 2023 | 45
Techie sacked after jetting to tropical island on sick leave 'Let me tell you, I recuperated at home, and I followed the doctor's advice to recuperate at home' Offbeat24 Apr 2023 | 34
NASA solar satellite burns up over the Sahara desert Goodbye RHESSI, thanks for all the data Science22 Apr 2023 | 9
Florida folks dragged out of bed by false emergency texts Laugh while you can, UK residents – you've got a nationwide emergency alert system test this weekend Offbeat21 Apr 2023 | 158
Boffins think they've decoded mysterious 819-day Mayan calendar Letting the calendar cycle for 45 years gives each planet a chance to complete a synodic cycle Science21 Apr 2023 | 43
Musicians threaten to make Oasis 'Live Forever' with AI Comment Some things should remain dead Offbeat21 Apr 2023 | 59
CEO sorry after telling staff to 'leave pity city' over bonuses Video Put the $26 million in the bag Bootnotes21 Apr 2023 | 89
Hyundai to develop a Moon rover (to launch, not because the roads are so bad down here) Japan's Toyota, Honda, and Nissan, are already pondering what it takes to make a MoonMobile Science21 Apr 2023 | 11
Pentagon shoots down UFO rumors but says 650 cases are still pending Has found no evidence of alien tech or objects that defy the known laws of physics Science21 Apr 2023 | 18