SpaceX: Chip shortage is impacting “our ability to fulfill” Starlink orders
Image: Enlarge The official Starlink website has been amended to reflect that a chip shortage is delaying orders for the...
500TB of data might be stored on a 5D optical disc for billions of years
Image: Hexapolis Over time, hard drives and flash storage have improved in reliability, but only on a human timeline. What...
Snapchat looking to help young people run for local office
@Snapchat The past presidential election saw a record number of young people vote, and it may be time for them...
Afghan girls learn, code ‘underground’ to bypass Taliban curbs
Image: CMS Zainab Muhammadi, who lives in Herat, Afghanistan, reminisces about hanging out with her classmates in the canteen after...
Western Digital to Ship 20TB OptiNAND HDDs in November
Image: meterpreter Western Digital said this week that volume sales of its 20TB hard drives using OptiNAND technology will begin...
Apple quietly discontinues the 21.5-inch Intel iMac
@Apple Intel-powered Macs are gradually disappearing from Apple's range as the company's silicon shift progresses. Apple quietly discontinued the 21.5-inch...
Google Chrome is abused to deliver malware as ‘legit’ Win 10 app
Image: pureinfotech Malware distributed via a hacked website on Chrome browsers can infect systems and steal sensitive data like credentials...
Mozilla Firefox joins browsers implementing Global Privacy Control
Image: cansciencenews This week, Mozilla became the latest browser to put the Global Privacy Control in Firefox to the test,...
Google rolls out tool to help minors delete photos from search
Image: maketecheasier Minors and their parents can now request that photographs of them be removed from Google search results. In...
Robots to clean NYC skyscrapers
Image: robofluence Ozmo, a high-rise window-cleaning robot, will be delivered to New York City skyscrapers thanks to a multi-year agreement...