Man open-sources the self-repairable AirPods Pro case that Apple won’t make (arstechnica.com)
The AirPods Pro “could have been easily made repairable with minimal effort.”
US senator blasts Microsoft for “negligent cybersecurity practices” (arstechnica.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/795564...
The US government is taking a serious step toward space-based nuclear propulsion (arstechnica.com)
Four years from now, if all goes well, a nuclear-powered rocket engine will launch into space for the first time. The rocket itself will be conventional, but the payload boosted into orbit will be a different matter....
Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web (arstechnica.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/2437896...
Google says it will start downranking non-tablet apps in the Play Store (arstechnica.com)
Pandemic deaths in Ohio and Florida show partisan divide after vaccine rollout (arstechnica.com)
The death gap between Democrats and Republicans was larger in counties with lower vaccination rates.
Twitter took @x handle from longtime user and only offered him “some merch” (arstechnica.com)
Hwang confirmed to Ars today that “there was no financial compensation” offered to him. The company offered “to switch the @x account and its history/followers etc to a new handle once I select one that is available,” Hwang told us. “They also offered some merch and to meet with the management team as well.”
Seven major automakers to build EV charging network with 30,000 chargers (arstechnica.com)
Twitter commandeers @X username from man who had it since 2007 (arstechnica.com)
Twitter took Gene X Hwang's username and only offered him “some merch.”
Analysis: Pandemic deaths in Ohio and Florida show partisan divide after vaccine rollout (arstechnica.com)
The death gap between Democrats and Republicans was larger in counties with lower vaccination rates.
FCC chair: Speed standard of 25Mbps down, 3Mbps up isn’t good enough anymore (arstechnica.com)
Chair proposes 100Mbps national standard and an evaluation of broadband prices.
FCC chair: Speed standard of 25Mbps down, 3Mbps up isn’t good enough anymore (arstechnica.com)
FCC chair: Speed standard of 25Mbps down, 3Mbps up isn’t good enough anymore (arstechnica.com)
How developers will test their apps before Vision Pro launches (arstechnica.com)
Musk plans Supreme Court appeal after losing bid to terminate SEC settlement (arstechnica.com)
Musk plans Supreme Court appeal after losing bid to terminate SEC settlement (arstechnica.com)
Researchers find deliberate backdoor in police radio encryption algorithm (arstechnica.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/738201...
Researchers find deliberate backdoor in police radio encryption algorithm (arstechnica.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/738201...
Android 4.4 KitKat is truly dead, loses Play Services support (arstechnica.com)
Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web (arstechnica.com)
also on r/privacy
Encryption-breaking, password-leaking bug in many AMD CPUs could take months to fix (arstechnica.com)
Borax is the new Tide Pods and poison control experts are facepalming (arstechnica.com)
Five cool features and one weird thing you’ll find in macOS 14 Sonoma (arstechnica.com)
AlmaLinux says Red Hat source changes won’t kill its RHEL-compatible distro (arstechnica.com)
Red Hat made being a 1:1 clone hard. So AlmaLinux is pivoting and speeding up.
Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web (arstechnica.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/2437896...