Tesla announced that it’s delivered a new record number of electric cars in its third quarter, according to Reuters, “beating Wall Street estimates after Chief Executive Elon Musk asked staff to ‘go super hardcore’ to make a quarter-end delivery push….
New ‘Babylon 5’ Reboot Being Developed By Original Creator J. Michael Straczynski
Back in 2014 Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski answered questions from Slashdot’s readers.
And now this week, long-time Slashdot reader Jaegs writes: According to many sources and the Babylon 5 creator/writer/director/producer himself, J. Mich…
Can High-Powered Lasers Unlock the Secrets of Strong Field Quantum Electrodynamics?
Phys.org reports that a newly published theoretical/computer-modeling study “suggests that the world’s most powerful lasers might finally crack the elusive physics behind some of the most extreme phenomena in the universe — gamma ray bursts, puls…
FSF Announces ‘JShelter’ Browser Privacy Extension to Block Fingerprinting, Tracking, and Malware
This week the Free Software Foundation (FSF) announced the JShelter project, “an anti-malware Web browser extension to mitigate potential threats from JavaScript, including fingerprinting, tracking, and data collection.”
The browser add-on — sup…
Crypto Platform Mistakenly Gives $90M to Its Users, Asks Them To Please Give It Back
Bleeping Computer reports on Compound, “an Ethereum-based money market protocol that enables users to earn interest or borrow assets against collateral.”
“Yesterday, due to an erroneous upgrade process, the decentralized finance platform ended up spil…
Crypto Platform That Mistakenly Gave $90M to Its Users Asks Them To Please Give It Back
Bleeping Computer has an update on the unique predicament of Compound, “an Ethereum-based money market protocol that enables users to earn interest or borrow assets against collateral.” (Which “Due to an erroneous upgrade process, the decentralized fin…
Newly-Published Evidence Undermines China Lab-Leak Theory
In 1999 Los Angeles Times reporter Michael Hiltzik won a Pulitzer Prize. Now a business columnist for the Times, he writes that “new evidence undermines the COVID lab-leak theory — but the press keeps pushing it.”
A paper posted online [in Sept…
Millions Experience Browser Problems After Long-Anticipated Expiration of ‘Let’s Encrypt’ Certificate
“The expiration of a key digital encryption service on Thursday sent major tech companies nationwide scrambling to deal with internet outages that affected millions of online users,” reports the Washington Examiner.
The expiring certificate was issue…
How Miami’s Mayor Hopes to Build a New (and Crypto-Friendly) Silicon Valley
Miami is a city “that unblushingly loves rule-breaking and money,” according to a new article in New York magazine, wondering whether Miami could ever really replace Silicon Valley as “a more natural home — and maybe even an accelerant — fo…
Neiman Marcus Discloses a 2020 Data Breach That Impacted 4.6 Million Customers
“American luxury retailer Neiman Marcus Group has just disclosed a major data breach impacting approximately 4.6 million customers,” reports Ars Technica.
“The breach occurred sometime in May 2020 after ‘an unauthorized party’ obtained the personal i…