Microsoft sues service for creating illicit content with its AI platform
Microsoft is accusing three individuals of running a “hacking-as-a-service” scheme that was designed to allow...
January 2025
Public health emergency declared amid LA’s devastating wildfires
The US health department on Friday declared a public health emergency for California in response...
Strange, unique, and otherwise noteworthy PCs and PC accessories from CES 2025
The Consumer Electronics Show is a reliable source of announcements about iterative updates to PCs...
Meta kills diversity programs, claiming DEI has become “too charged”
Meta has reportedly ended diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs that influenced staff hiring and...
German router maker is latest company to inadvertently clarify the LGPL license
The GNU General Public License (GPL) and its “Lesser” version (LGPL) are widely known and...
Rocket Report: China launches refueling demo; DoD’s big appetite for hypersonics
Welcome to Edition 7.26 of the Rocket Report! Let’s pause and reflect on how far...
It’s official: 2024 was the warmest year on record
Over the last 24 hours or so, the major organizations that keep track of global...
Judge ends man’s 11-year quest to dig up landfill and recover $765M in bitcoin
A British judge ruled against a man who wants to excavate a landfill where he...
Tesla’s Model Y crossover finally gets a facelift—just in China for now
Yesterday, Tesla revealed a facelift for its bestselling Model Y crossover. Or at least it...
Viral ChatGPT-powered sentry gun gets shut down by OpenAI
OpenAI says it has cut off API access to an engineer whose video of a...
Only 5 percent of US car buyers want an EV, according to survey
Only 5 percent of US consumers want their next vehicle to be a battery electric...
A glowing ring of metal fell to Earth, and no one has any idea what it is
It has been more than a week since reports first emerged about a “glowing ring...
Elon Musk wants OpenAI to auction off a large ownership stake
A lawyer for Elon Musk has called on the California and Delaware attorneys-general to force...
Disney, Fox, and WBD give up on controversial sports streaming app Venu
Venu Sports, the sports streaming app that Fox, Disney, and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) announced...
US selling 69K seized bitcoins could mess with Trump plans for crypto reserve
At the end of 2024, a US court authorized the Department of Justice to sell...