Operation by two Russia-state groups has been ongoing since at least March. Federal authorities are offering a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the identification or location of a Russian state cyber group that has compromised thousands of Signal and WhatsApp accounts belonging to investigative…
Small-scale solar helped renewables hit nearly triple coal’s generation in the US. When last we looked at the state of the US grid, the ongoing explosion in solar energy had turned it into a major contributor, but one that still lagged well behind fossil-fuel-powered generation. So it was a…
Sony has been scaling down its digitial store for a few years. Sony recently informed its PlayStation customers in the United Kingdom that they will no longer be able to watch previously purchased movies and shows from production and distribution company StudioCanal. As of September 1, affected customers will…
With today’s scientific tools, the problem could have been spotted in the 1950s. The ban on ozone-depleting substances that successfully reversed the growth of the hole in the ozone layer isn’t seen as a missed opportunity. On the contrary, the quick global response is one of the best cases…
The EU wants Google to share search data with competitors and open up AI on Android, but Google alleges major privacy risks. Europe’s push to rein in Big Tech is ramping up, with the European Commission planning to announce new regulations for Google next month. The rules could see…
But the system would require a massive leap from any of its existing hardware. A short time back, we covered an announcement by Amazon that it would be hosting a useful quantum computer from its partner QuEra as soon as sometime in 2028. The system promised some eye-popping numbers…
A heatwave, engine upgrades, plus power levels for the next two seasons. Formula 1 raced at the Red Bull Ring in Austria this past weekend while the region sweltered under a heat dome. It was a weekend of unmet expectations: After such a strong performance in Barcelona, pundits were…
“Where does the threshold live that an action necessitates some proportional reaction?” Imagine this: The US military begins tracking a mysterious spacecraft maneuvering near one of the Space Force’s missile-warning satellites more than 22,000 miles over the equator. This US satellite cost several billion dollars to build and launch.…
NASA’s quiet supersonic flight tests could eventually go on a national tour. More than two decades since the Concorde supersonic airliner last took to the skies, NASA has been flying an experimental aircraft designed to replace loud sonic booms with a quieter thump equivalent to a car door slamming…
Clicking on the links now reveals blank pages and empty PDFs. “Intellectually, it’s not acceptable.” German physicist Max Planck was one of the pioneers of quantum mechanics in the early 20th century, earning the 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of quanta. There has never been a…
