Unity CEO John Riccitiello is retiring, effective immediately (arstechnica.com)
John Riccitiello, CEO of Unity, the company whose 3D game engine had recently seen backlash from developers over proposed fee structures, will retire as CEO, president, and board chairman at the company, according to a press release issued late on a Monday afternoon, one many observe as a holiday.
Vaccine may save endangered California condors from succumbing to bird flu (arstechnica.com)
Spanish company’s success comes at a critical time for Europe’s launch industry (arstechnica.com)
Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites add to astronomers’ light-pollution woes | Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)
Lamplighters League is light stealth, heavy pulp style, and XCOM gun battles (arstechnica.com)
There's a lot to dig in this intriguing blend, especially the voice acting.
Lamplighters League is light stealth, heavy pulp style, and XCOM gun battles (arstechnica.com)
Enhance your calm: Demolition Man turns 30 | The film remains an under-appreciated gem of ‘90s comedy/action flicks (arstechnica.com)
Thirty years ago today, Demolition Man first hit theaters, pitting Sylvester Stallone against Wesley Snipes in a crime-free but killjoy future where even minor vices have been declared illegal. The passage of time hasn’t quite elevated this sci-fi action comedy to the legendary status of Die Hard or Lethal Weapon, but it’s...
Review: Framework Laptop finally gets an AMD Ryzen config—and it’s pretty good (arstechnica.com)
Review: Framework Laptop finally gets an AMD Ryzen config—and it’s pretty good (arstechnica.com)
Badly [re-]titled ArsTechnica article warns of large multi-vector malware incursions in IoT and personal devices suspected to be Chinese in origin (arstechnica.com)
“In total the researchers confirmed eight devices with backdoors installed—seven TV boxes, the T95, T95Z, T95MAX, X88, Q9, X12PLUS, and MXQ Pro 5G, and a tablet J5-W. (Some of these have also been identified by other security researchers looking into the issue in recent months).”...
Musk refused to testify in Twitter stock probe, claimed SEC is harassing him (arstechnica.com)
After being sued by SEC, Musk says he wants US regulators to be punished....
Thousands of Android (streaming) devices come with unkillable backdoor preinstalled (arstechnica.com)
Thousands of Android TV devices come with unkillable backdoor preinstalled (arstechnica.com)
Long gone, DEC is still powering the world of computing (arstechnica.com)
Apple considered ditching Google for DuckDuckGo in Safari’s private mode (arstechnica.com)
Google open-sourced a hat shaped like a giant keycap—and it actually types (arstechnica.com)
After COVID killed off a flu strain, annual flu shots are in for a redesign (arstechnica.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.crimedad.work/post/22390...
After COVID killed off a flu strain, annual flu shots are in for a redesign (arstechnica.com)
Apparently, a strain of influenza, B/Yamagata, went extinct, perhaps because of COVID. Go figure.
Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core looks like a tougher, action-minded co-op dig (arstechnica.com)
We now know how cats purr—why they purr is still up for debate (arstechnica.com)
It’s crunch time for companies building NASA’s commercial lunar landers (arstechnica.com)
Report: Amazon made $1B with secret algorithm for spiking prices Internet-wide (arstechnica.com)
Last week, the Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon, alleging that the online retailer was illegally maintaining a monopoly. Much of the FTC’s complaint against Amazon was redacted, but The Wall Street Journal yesterday revealed key details obscured in the complaint regarding a secret algorithm. The FTC alleged that Amazon...