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What do Uber drivers make of Waymo? 'We are cooked'

(2024/09/07)

Feature Robotaxis, low pay may be end of the road for app cabbies in San Francisco



Boeing's Calamity Capsule returns to Earth without a crew

(2024/09/07)

What now for these pod people?



Despite cyberattacks, water security standards remain a pipe dream

(2024/09/07)

Feature White House floats round two of regulations



Blood boffins build billions of nanobots to battle brain aneurysms without surgery

(2024/09/07)

Good news for rabbits, maybe great news soon for humans?



FTC urged to stop tech makers downgrading devices after you've bought them

(2024/09/07)

Some brick devices they'd rather not support, kill apps that drive functions, or add post-sale subscriptions



Google says replacing C/C++ in firmware with Rust is easy

(2024/09/06)

Not so much when trying to convert coding veterans



Trump taps Musk to lead 'government efficiency' task force

(2024/09/06)

Surely this duty will be executed without bias toward NHTSA, FAA, DOJ, NLRB



Cisco merch shoppers stung in Magecart attack

(2024/09/06)

The 'security issue' was caused by a 9.8-rated Magento flaw Adobe patched back in June



ESA prints 3D metal shape in space for first time

(2024/09/06)

Tech demo paves way to producing spare parts and tools during missions



Qualcomm reportedly eyeing Intel's PC design biz and more

(2024/09/06)

Chipzilla hasn't collapsed yet but the vultures are circling



Dutch government takes ASML export measures off Uncle Sam's hands

(2024/09/06)

Photolithography giant assures customers it is under no new restrictions



Salesforce now owns Own Company after $1.9B bargain hunt

(2024/09/06)

Acquisition of SaaS backup vendor ends mega-merger moratorium



Competition watchdog accuses Google of abusing ad dominance

(2024/09/06)

Provisional findings echo worries in the US and EC about the search giant's dominance



Defense AI models 'a risk to life' alleges spurned tech firm

(2024/09/06)

In-depth Chatterbox Labs CEO claims Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office unfairly cancelled a contract then accused him of blackmail



Foot-thick wall workaround: Gigabit network links beamed through solid concrete

(2024/09/06)

Makes cabling a bit less onerous, says WaveCore maker



Datacenters to emit 3x more carbon dioxide because of generative AI

(2024/09/06)

Carbon capture outfits could be making up to $45B, say analysts



Pat Gelsinger's grand plan to reinvent Intel is in jeopardy

(2024/09/06)

Comment Foundry faces a reckoning



Oak Ridge boffins enlist Quantum Brilliance to make supercomputers sparkle at room temp

(2024/09/06)

Diamond-based accelerators could help smash science problems



To patch this server, we need to get someone drunk

(2024/09/06)

On Call When maintenance windows are hard to open, a little lubrication helps



SQL king Larry Ellison becomes sequel sultan with controlling interest in Paramount Global

(2024/09/06)

Oh, great: another tech billionaire owns a media company – although his son probably runs the show



NASA's solar sailing spacecraft is tumbling – but that's part of the plan

(2024/09/06)

Who needs fuel – or even engines – when you could use the sun to push a spacecraft along?



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