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Monday June 2, 2025. 09:34 AM
Adam Riess won a Nobel Prize in Physics for helping discover that the universe's acceleration is expanding, remembers The Atlantic. But then theorists 'proposed the existence of dark energy: a faint, repulsive force that pervades all of empty space... the final piece to what ...
Some people will do anything to avoid an all-nighter Who, Me? Welcome once again to “Who, Me?”, the reader contributed column in which we invite Reg reader to tell tales of the times when they got things very wrong.…
Birthdays for ESA (50) and Johann Strauss (200) marked with music of the spheres What did you do on Saturday? We ask because the Vienna Symphony Orchestra spent some of it playing a waltz that the European Space Agency (ESA) transmitted in the general direction of the...
An anonymous reader shared this report from The Hacker News: Two information disclosure flaws have been identified in apport and systemd-coredump, the core dump handlers in Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Fedora, according to the Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU)....
PLUS: Equinix Singapore outage; Japan and India explore geocoding; APAC datacenter shortage predicted Asia In Brief Intel and Japan’s SoftBank have reportedly teamed up to develop low-power memory for AI.…
'The Doctor is dead. Long live the Doctor!' writes Space.com. (Spoilers ahead...) 'The era of Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth Doctor came to a surprise end on Saturday night, as the Time Lord regenerated at the end of 'Doctor Who' season 2 finale... [T]he Doctor gradually realises...
PLUS: Ransomware gang using tech support scam; Czechia accuses China of infrastructure attack; And more! Infosec In Brief Despite last week’s FBI announcement that it helped to take down the crew behind the Lumma infostealer, the malware continues to operate.…
An anonymous reader shared this report from Space.com: Three world travelers, two Space Camp alums and an aerospace executive whose last name aptly matched their shared adventure traveled into space and back Saturday, becoming the latest six people to fly with Blue Origin,...
Stack Overflow remains in the midst of big changes to counter an AI-fueled drop in engagement. So 'We're wondering what kind of online communities Stack Overflow users continue to support in the age of AI,' writes their senior analyst, 'and whether AI is becoming a closer...
Sunday June 1, 2025. 11:29 PM
'This month, millions of young people will graduate from college,' reports the New York Times, 'and look for work in industries that have little use for their skills, view them as expensive and expendable, and are rapidly phasing out their jobs in favor of artificial...
'Chaos ensued on German roads this week after Google Maps wrongly informed drivers that highways throughout the country were closed during a busy holiday,' writes Engadget. The problem reportedly only lasted for a few hours and by Thursday afternoon only genuine road...
A 15-year-old asked the question — receiving an answer from an associate professor of psychology at Georgia Institute of Technology. They write (on The Conversation) that 'As a brain scientist who studies perception, I fully expect mind uploading to one day be a reality....
The Ladybird browser project is now officially tax-exempt as a U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Started two years ago (by the original creator of SerenityOS), Ladybird will be 'an independent, fast and secure browser that respects user privacy and fosters an open web.' They're...
Should a recovering addict take methamphetamine to stay alert at work? When an AI-powered therapist was built and tested by researchers — designed to please its users — it told a (fictional) former addict that 'It's absolutely clear you need a small hit of meth to get...
Wants channel to be all in on private cloud as more details emerge on VCF 9 licensing and hardware Broadcom’s VMware business unit has dropped the lowest tier of its channel program, a move one analyst told The Register will benefit its rivals.…
AI company Anthropic (founded in 2021 by a team that left OpenAI) is now making about $3 billion a year in revenue, reports Reuters (citing 'two sources familiar with the matter.') The sources said December's projections had been for just $1 billion a year, but it climbed to ...
In December it looked like NASA's next administrator would be the billionaire businessman/space enthusiast who twice flew to orbit with SpaceX. But Saturday the nomination was withdrawn 'after a thorough review of prior associations,' according to an announcement made on...
Get your pictures off your phone and in front of your loved ones with these WIRED-tested digital picture frames.
Eero mesh systems are popular and easy to use, but the product lineup is confusing. Here’s how to choose the right one for your home.
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