As spotted by Kotaku, Sony has decided to discontinue credit card and PayPal payment options for both the PS3 and the PS Vita on October 27th, 2021, making it frustratingly difficult to use these stores. From the report: To actually buy video games on …
UN Report Warns of Global Water Crisis Amid Climate Change
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Associated Press: Much of the world is unprepared for the floods, hurricanes and droughts expected to worsen with climate change and urgently needs better warning systems to avert water-related disasters, ac…
Scientists Have Successfully Recorded Data To DNA In a Few Short Minutes
Researchers at Northwestern University have devised a new method for recording information to DNA that takes minutes rather than hours or days. Interesting Engineering reports: The researchers utilized a novel enzymatic system to synthesize DNA that re…
Google Is About To Turn On Two-Factor Authentication By Default For Millions of Users
Google is reminding us that it will enable two-factor authentication for 150 million more accounts by the end of this year. The Verge reports: In 2018, Google said that only 10 percent of its active accounts were using two-factor authentication. It has…
Oculus Quest Becomes a Paperweight When Facebook Goes Down
When Facebook went down yesterday for nearly six hours, so did Oculus’ services. Since Facebook owns VR headset maker Oculus, and controversially requires Oculus Quest users to log in with a Facebook account, many Quest owners reported not being able t…
The Nation’s Largest Public Library System Is Ending Late Fees Forever
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: The largest public library system in the country has become the latest to eliminate all late fees. Effective immediately, the New York Public Library system will not charge fines on overdue materials, and a…
Microsoft’s<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.NET Foundation Under Fire As Resigning Board Member Questions Its Role
The role of Microsoft’s .NET Foundation, set up for the governance and support of open-source .NET and related projects, has been questioned by a former board member who resigned in frustration. Here’s an excerpt from The Register’s report: Rodney Litt…
Telegram Founder Says Over 70 Million New Users Joined During Facebook Outage
Messaging app Telegram gained over 70 million new users during Monday’s Facebook outage, its founder Pavel Durov said on Tuesday, as people worldwide were left without key messaging services for nearly six hours. Reuters reports: Facebook blamed its ou…
Activists Are Designing Mesh Networks To Deploy During Civil Unrest
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: [O]rganizers and programmers with the Mycelium Mesh Project are […] designing a decentralized, off-grid mesh network for text communications that could be deployed quickly during government-induce…
FCC Plans To Rein In ‘Gateway’ Carriers That Bring Foreign Robocalls To US
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The Federal Communications Commission hopes to reduce the number of illegal robocalls from overseas with an expansion of rules that require phone companies to implement Caller ID authentication tec…