Samsung takes bite out of Apple over its mega marketing misstep
If Apple thought it could forget about last week's marketing disaster — which saw the tech giant roundly slated for appearing to crush human creativity in the name of computing progress — it was wrong.…
BepiColombo power struggle could leave probe short of Mercury's orbit
Updated Thruster problems with BepiColombo, the joint ESA and JAXA mission to Mercury, could cause headaches for managers plotting the spacecraft's trajectory and insertion into Mercury's orbit.…
Put Rescuezilla 2.5 on a bootable key – before you need it
A fresh release of Rescuezilla, a free Ubuntu-based rescue disk for imaging the drives of a sickly computer, is available.…
Tax helpline callers left on hold for nearly eight centuries
Appalling service levels at Britain's tax collector meant customers phoning in with inquiries were collectively left on hold for 798 years in fiscal 2023.…
Forget feet and inches, latest UK units of measurement are thinking bigger
Reg Standards Bureau The UK has announced new units of measurement as part of pronouncements on wind turbines by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).…
NCSC CTO: Broken market must be fixed to usher in new tech
CYBERUK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) CTO Ollie Whitehouse kicked off day two of Britain's cyber watchdog's annual shindig, CYBERUK, with a tirade about the tech market, pulling it apart to demonstrate why he believes it's at fault for many of the security problems the industry is facing today. …
HR expert says biz leaders scared RTO mandates lead to staff attrition
Evidence is mounting that tech companies' policies demanding staff return to the office are only serving to drive out the talent that became accustomed to remote work.…
Apple on track for quarter of all iPhones to be made in India by 2028
Apple is expected to have a quarter of all iPhones made in India by 2028, according to the country's IT minister.…
FBI takes down BreachForums ransomware website and Telegram channel
The FBI, in combination with police around the world, have taken control of the website and Telegram channel of ransomware brokerage site BreachForums.…
Crook brags about US Army and $75B defense biz pwnage
An extortionist claims to have stolen files from the US Army Aviation and Missile Command in August 2023, and now claims they are selling access to a $75 billion aerospace and defense company.…
Tesla nearing shareholder vote to grant Musk $46B
Owners of Tesla stock will vote on June 13 to determine whether the company's CEO Elon Musk deserves a $46 billion payday.…
US senators' AI roadmap aims for $32B in R&D spending
A quartet of US senators have released an AI legislation roadmap that calls for billions of dollars in research funding, but largely kicks the can down the road on determining federal AI legislation.…
Neuralink keeps losing the thread on brain implant wiring
Elon Musk's neurotech startup's revelation that the tiny wires on its chip implants came loose from its first human patient's brain might not have been a first.…
Aghast iOS users report long-deleted photos back from the dead after update
Some iPhone users are reportedly seeing photos they had previously deleted resurface on their devices ever since updating to the latest version of iOS.…
Senate AI roadmap's piecemeal legislation is ideal, says former FTC tech chief
interview The AI legislation roadmap published this week by a bipartisan group of US senators hasn't pleased everyone, but the Federal Trade Commission's former chief technologist believes it takes the perfect approach. …
Clean Air Act complaint paints smoggy picture at Tesla Fremont factory
Tesla is facing a lawsuit brought under the US Clean Air Act by the Environmental Democracy Project (EDP) claiming pollution from its Fremont facility.…
Boeing might be criminally prosecuted for 737 MAX crashes after all, says DoJ
Boeing avoided prosecution for a pair of 737 Max crashes thanks to a 2021 agreement with the Department of Justice, but the DoJ says the jetmaker has since violated the order and can be prosecuted. …
Qualcomm warms bed for Linux on Arm PCs
Qualcomm may be leading the push for Windows on Arm systems, but the corporation also has an eye on Linux support with a roadmap for updates to enable the OS to boot on its Arm-based PC hardware.…
Biden cranks up the heat on China with wall of tech tariffs
The Biden administration's Chinese tariff hikes were formally announced on Tuesday including, among other items, a doubling on semiconductors and solar cells and a more than tripling on batteries.…
With Asmi 24.04, Ubuntu's never looked so snappy (without the Snaps)
The latest version of Teejeetech's take on Ubuntu offers what many users wish Canonical did – natively packaged Firefox and the choice of whether to use Snap, Flatpak, or neither.…