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It’s “time to wake up and do a better job,” says publisher Tim O’Reilly—from getting…
First he held a superspreader event. Then he recommended fake cures.
In late January, tech impresario Peter Diamandis hosted an exclusive, indoor conference for a group…
How China’s attack on Microsoft escalated into a “reckless” hacking spree
At first the Chinese hackers ran a careful campaign. For two months, they exploited weaknesses…
How Facebook got addicted to spreading misinformation
Joaquin Quiñonero Candela, a director of AI at Facebook, was apologizing to his audience. It…
Driving innovation with emotional intelligence
The world watched in wonder in February as NASA’s robotic rover Perseverance successfully landed on…
How much longer will the Hubble Space Telescope last?
On Sunday, NASA announced that the Hubble Space Telescope had gone into safe mode once…
Here’s what the CDC says you can do once you’re vaccinated—and what it doesn’t
Fully vaccinated Americans can now gather indoors, maskless and without distancing—as long as it’s with…
As the Texas power crisis shows, our infrastructure is vulnerable to extreme weather
On Valentine’s Day, a rare burst of Arctic air spread across the central US and…
Four new hacking groups have joined an ongoing offensive against Microsoft’s email servers
A Chinese government-linked hacking campaign revealed by Microsoft this week has ramped up rapidly. At…
How to poison the data that Big Tech uses to surveil you
Every day, your life leaves a trail of digital breadcrumbs that tech giants use to…