When Elon Musk blamed Twitter's outage yesterday on code that "is extremely brittle for no good reason," he ignored the effect his massive layoffs had on Twitter's ability to keep the site running.Twi...
Cyber attacks on critical infrastructure have become a growing concern since war broke out in Ukraine.After the 2014 annexation of Crimea, a sustained barrage by Russian-linked groups pummelled infras...
One of the most honest moments in a new book, When the Heavens Went on Sale, comes during a discussion between two aerospace technicians working at the rocket company Astra in December 2018. On a Sund...
Welcome to Edition 5.28 of the Rocket Report! We have had a big week for news about United Launch Alliance. All three items in the "Heavy Rockets" section concern the company, which may only be two mo...
Snapstreaks, a Snapchat feature that tracks how long you've been trading daily snaps with a friend, are about to get a little more forgiving. In a short blog post, the company says it's testing the op...
Why is the Pixel Watch so expensive? The device's $350 and $400 price tags are well above the closest comparable products from Apple and Samsung, especially considering Google's first-generation smart...
A class-action complaint alleges that Tesla and CEO Elon Musk repeatedly made false statements about the capabilities and safety of the electric carmaker's Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) techno...
The Crew-6 mission bound for the International Space Station was postponed on Monday after experiencing last-minute technical issues just minutes from launch. With the help of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket...
Controversial solar geoengineering startup Make Sunsets says it released three balloons carrying atmosphere-altering particles in Reno, Nevada, this month. It's an escalation of the company's question...
Back in the days before practically every mobile game was a free-to-play, ad- and microtransaction-laden sinkhole, Rovio found years of viral success selling paid downloads of Angry Birds to tens of m...
The launch of the iPhone 14 made satellite messaging the hot new feature in smartphones. You've been able to get big, bulky, ugly satellite phones for years with full satellite calling and messaging, ...
YouTube has confirmed that it's experimenting with a higher-quality 1080p option for Premium subscribers after some Reddit users noticed a new "1080p Premium" option in the quality settings menu. The ...
China's tech giants, including Baidu, Alibaba, and NetEase, are racing to match the West's recent developments in artificial intelligence, touting projects that they hope will achieve the same buzz cr...
Britta Eder's list of phone contacts is full of people the German state considers to be criminals. As a defense lawyer in Hamburg, her client list includes anti-fascists, people who campaign against n...
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is stepping down from her post, she announced in an email sent to employees that YouTube posted publicly on Thursday. Wojcicki has been at Google for nearly 25 years but wil...
Apple blew up the advertising market in 2020 when it gave tracking an opt-in feature on iOS. Since then, Google--the world's biggest advertiser--has been slow to roll out its solution for Android and ...
The idea of using dirt on the Moon to manufacture solar cells, which could power a permanent human settlement, may seem outlandish, but two companies say they've made big progress on that front: they ...
Cover letters are something many job candidates really struggle with. Lots of people aren't even convinced they're necessary. With so many job applications happening these days via websites and apps -...
TikTok is working on several new features to boost usage and expand its older audiences in the US, according to a new report by The Information.Among the features in the works is a paywall, allowing c...