The universal language of space is… Star Trek? Mais oui.
Sixty years after television audiences first tuned in to see the voyages of the Starship Enterprise, an astronaut on board the International Space Station has paid tribute to Star Trek…
Why this month’s Microsoft patch release is a doozy
Microsoft’s patch for September is a doozy, with a record number of roughly 972 vulnerabilities fixed and 112 of them meeting the high critical-severity threshold. It was only two months…
GOG brings back “big box” PC games, one printable template at a time
Those who remember PC gaming in the days before Steam may have fond memories of the “big box” packaging that made those games stand out as shelf eye candy and…
LG TV shown scanning LAN for third-party phones and other devices
LG TVs are facing scrutiny due to a video seemingly showing the devices’ capability to track users when the TVs are off. YouTube channel Gamers Nexus worked with Level1Techs, a…
Some Tech Companies Have Privately Pushed Back On ICE Subpoenas. They Should All Do More.
In a handful of known cases, large social media companies have privately pushed back against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) subpoenas when the agency tried to unmask anonymous users who…
Update to Google’s AI weather model improves forecast accuracy
Google is one of the major players in AI (meaning machine learning) weather forecast model space. The models it and others generate have their strengths and weaknesses, but the main…
“This is the AI men actually use”: Meta ads pushed apps nudifying real teens
Meta took days to remove ads containing AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on Facebook and Instagram. Some ads featured photos of real kids, including a press photo of a…
Godzilla Minus Zero IMAX trailer teases King Ghidorah
One of the cinematic highlights of 2023 was director Takashi Yamazaki’s gloriously grounded kaiju epic, Godzilla Minus One, which became a major international hit and snagged an Oscar for best…
Top chipmakers embrace ASML’s $400M machines, agree to crucial chipmaking change
Leading chipmakers Samsung Electronics and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. announced plans to adopt ASML’s latest chipmaking machines in the next several years—and they also joined Intel in agreeing to a…
Supreme Court forces TV stations to sell more election ads at steep discounts
In a victory for Republican campaign committees, the Supreme Court issued an order on Friday that forces broadcast TV stations to cut the prices of election ads purchased by political…