How a 27-year-old busted the myth of Bitcoin’s anonymity
Once, drug dealers and money launderers saw cryptocurrency as perfectly untraceable.
Tesla finally brings the refreshed 2024 Model 3 to North America
The midlife upgrade was available in China and Europe last year.
New chip-packaging facility could save TSMC’s Arizona fab from “paperweight” status
Apple will be "first and largest customer" at new $2 billion packaging facility.
ownCloud vulnerability with a maximum 10 severity rating comes under “mass exploitation”
Easy-to-exploit flaw can give hackers passwords and cryptographic keys to vulnerable servers.
OpenAI President Greg Brockman quits as nervous employees hold all-hands meeting
After Altman firing, Microsoft has "utmost confidence" in partner OpenAI.
US government considers protecting octopuses used in research
Prior to the pending rules, no invertebrates were subject to regulation.
Jury awards $229M to victims of “Real Water” tainted with rocket fuel chemical
An expert witness testified hydrazine was likely formed during an electrolysis process.
Hyundai is switching to Tesla-style NACS plugs for its EVs in late 2024
Hyundai EVs that still have the CCS1 plug will get access in 2025 with an adapter.
Wii U, 3DS online servers to shut down in six months
Online player bases are already dwindling for Nintendo's aging hardware.
Shift Happens is a beautifully designed history of how keyboards got this way
Marcin Wichary on his long quest to capture everything that shaped modern type.
Oldest Unity game developer group breaks up over lack of trust in the company
Meanwhile, major game devs say fee structure changes haven't won them back
Amazon jacks up price of ad-free Prime Video by $2.99 starting in 2024
Prime Video subscribers will see ads unless they pay extra.
Microsoft is finally on the verge of closing its Activision deal
Provisional CMA approval sets stage for clearing final regulatory hurdle.
AI-generated books force Amazon to cap ebook publications to 3 per day
"In order to help protect against abuse, we are lowering the volume limits we have in place."
Next major Windows update is available September 26th, with new AI (and not-AI) features
Passkeys, Paint, Backup, and other app updates make this a significant release.
Linux gives up on 6-year LTS—that’s fine for PCs, bad for Android
Linux's six-year long-term support was meant to help embedded devices.
Google Slides adds live collaborative mouse pointers
You can also turn them off, if you want.
More than half of Americans plan to get updated COVID shot
There's a sharp partisan divide, but interest blows away uptake of the last booster.
Unity promises “changes” to install fee plans as developer fallout continues
Statement comes as publishers threaten boycotts, developers move to other engines.
Toddler poisoned after eating deadly plant mislabeled as diet supplement
Nine out of 10 Tejocote Root products tested were actually deadly yellow oleander.
