Eerie, ultra-detailed photo of a lightning ‘sprite’ exposes one of nature’s least understood phenomena::An astronomer in Slovakia captured the rare luminous phenomenon as it briefly flashed in Earth’s upper atmosphere during a thunderstorm.
Almost everything based in technology spies on everyone now a days and most people are alright with it. I don’t understand why people are okay knowing this spying exists. Louis Rossman does a great job here showing us the disgusting tactics used by big corporations to gaslight people into believing them over what these...
The $53,000 Connection: The High Cost of High-Speed Internet for Everyone::Officials doling out billions of dollars for broadband in rural America are struggling to decide when a new hookup costs too much
Arstechnica: “AI took my job, literally”—Gizmodo fires Spanish staff amid switch to AI translator::Meanwhile, readers say that some AI-penned articles switch languages halfway through.
Airbnb bookings dry up in New York as new short-stay rules are introduced | Under the new restrictions, short-term renters will need to register with the city and must be present in the home for th…::Under the new restrictions, short-term renters will need to register with the city and must be present in the home for the...
The European Commission has today designated, for the first time, six gatekeepers - Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta, Microsoft - under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). In total, 22 core platform services provided by gatekeepers have been designated. The six gatekeepers will now have six months to ensure full compliance...
Wow. Molly Holzschlag passed away. An invaluable force for adoption of web standards and usability. May Molly’s loved ones find solace in sharing those memories that inspire them most.
US moves to force recall of 52 million air bag inflators that can explode and hurl shrapnel::The U.S. government is taking a big step toward forcing a defiant Tennessee company to recall 52 million air bag inflators that could explode, hurl shrapnel and injure or kill people.
Chinese mock US sanctions after large Chinese chip manufacturer achieves major performance and manufacturing breakthrough::US sanctions and unintended consequences – China mocks sanctions as Huawei technology looks stronger than ever.
Reddit’s replacement mods may be putting its communities at risk — With institutional knowledge seeping out of the site, poor moderation could have real-world impacts as more misinformation is allo…::Reddit’s moderator purge could have real impacts on reliability and information safety as it rushes to replace mods with...