How the Large Hadron Collider Will Hunt for Dark Matter
It's the world's largest particle accelerator — and after a three-year pause for upgrades, CERN's Large Hadron Collider now detects more data, runs at higher speeds, and performs at its highest energy level ever — a whopping 13.6 trillion.....»»
Jimmy Wales Solicits Donations for His Ad-Free Social Network
"I need your help," reads an email that Jimmy Wales just sent to financial supporters of his ad-free social network, WikiTribune Social (which currently has 494,296 members): All the problems in the world that I've set out to try to solve with WikiT.....»»
GM"s Cruise so Far: A Crash, and 60 RoboTaxis "Disabled" After Losing Server Contact
On June 2nd California approved General Motors' Cruise robotaxi service. The Drive describes an accident that happened the next day: The autonomous car made an unprotected left turn and was hit by a Toyota Prius on June 3, though the accident wasn't.....»»
65 Editorial Workers at Wired Are Threatening to Strike
"It's Friday night and I'm meant to be on my first vacation in a year," tweeted a senior writer at Wired. "But instead I've been bargaining with Wired management all day — and will tonight and into the weekend to get a fair deal." 65 editoria.....»»
Will Microsoft Ban Commercial Open Source from Its App Store?
Microsoft has "delayed enforcement" of what could be a controversial policy change, according to the Software Freedom Conservancy: A few weeks ago, Microsoft quietly updated its Microsoft [app] Store Policies, adding new policies (which go into effe.....»»
FCC Cracks Down On Spam "Auto Warranty" Robocalls
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Axios: The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday told carriers to stop delivering those annoying auto warranty robocalls and said it has launched a formal investigation. The scam has resulted in more t.....»»
UFO Whistleblowers Would Get Immunity Under New Amendment
Howard Altman writes via The Drive: In an effort to protect those with information about unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) and increase the influx of reports about them, Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wisc) has introduced (PDF) an amendment to the Fiscal Y.....»»
Asteroid Bennu Nearly Swallowed Up NASA"s Sampling Spacecraft
In October 2020, the agency's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft nearly sank into the surface of the rubbly asteroid while picking up rocks for shipment to Earth in 2023, team members revealed Thursday (July 7). The spacecraft only escaped getting stuck or sinkin.....»»
Man Set Up Fake ISP To Scam Low-Income People Seeking Gov"t Discounts, FCC Says
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: An Ohio man created a fake broadband provider in order to scam low-income consumers who thought they were getting government-funded discounts on Internet service and devices, according to the Fed.....»»
Tesla To Expand Its US Supercharger Network To Other EVs In Late 2022
Tesla plans to begin opening its Supercharger network to other electric vehicles by the end of the year, according to a White House memo that shared the automaker's plans. TechCrunch reports: The U.S. government said in April that it needs to increas.....»»
Most Government Websites Serve Tracking Cookies Without Consent, Report Finds
A new study published by the IMDEA Networks Institute shows just how common it is for government websites to install third-party cookies in visitors' web browsers. HotHardware reports: The study makes a distinction between third-party (TP) cookies an.....»»
North Carolina Looks To Remove Public EV Chargers, Probably To the Trash
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Car and Driver, written by Ezra Dyer: Politicians have to run on some kind of platform, and Ben Moss -- my incoming state House representative here in North Carolina's District 52 -- decided that his animating.....»»
EU Antitrust Regulators Probing Tech Group AOM"s Video Licensing Policy
EU antitrust regulators are investigating the video licensing policy of the Alliance for Open Media (AOM), whose members include Alphabet Google, Amazon, Apple and Meta , the European Commission said on Thursday. Reuters reports: Founded in 2015, the.....»»
Web3 Projects Have Lost More Than $2 Billion To Hacks This Year
In the first six months of 2022, Web3 projects have lost more than $2 billion to hacks and exploits -- more than all of 2021 combined. The Verge reports: That's according to research from blockchain auditing and security company CertiK, which on Thur.....»»
Arizona Makes It Illegal For Bystanders To Record Cops At Close Range
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Arizona passed a law making it harder to record police by limiting how close bystanders can be while recording specified law enforcement activity. [...] The new Arizona law requires any bystander.....»»
Elon Musk Notifies Twitter He Is Terminating Deal
Elon Musk wants to end his deal to buy Twitter, reports CNBC citing a letter sent by a lawyer on his behalf. From the report: In the letter, disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Skadden Arps attorney Mike Ringler charged that "Tw.....»»
CEO Arrested for Selling $1 Billion in Fake Cisco Hardware on Amazon, eBay
A Miami-based CEO has been arrested for allegedly importing $1 billion worth of counterfeit Cisco equipment from China and then selling it on Amazon and eBay. From a report: The Justice Department announced today that it had indicted 38-year-old Onur.....»»
Google Offers Concessions To Fend Off US Antitrust Lawsuit
Alphabet's Google has offered concessions in an attempt to head off a possible U.S. antitrust lawsuit aimed at its massive ad-tech business, WSJ reported Friday, citing people familiar with the matter, a sign that legal and regulatory pressures on th.....»»
Dead Solar Panels Are About To Become a Lot More Valuable
In the coming years, recyclers will hopefully be able to mine billions of dollars worth of materials from discarded solar panels, according to a new analysis published this week. From a report: That should ease bottlenecks in the supply chain for sol.....»»
Expert GeoGuessr Players Know That Google Maps Spot Instantly
In a game called GeoGuessr, competitors try to pinpoint where in the world a Google Street View image has been taken. Some can do it in seconds. From a report: An unremarkable stretch of highway and trees, as seen on Google Maps' Street View, appeare.....»»