Google, Apple, CNN, and Ford have all postponed their “Return to Office” date, reports the New York Times. (Alternate URL here.) The Times also cites a Gartner survey of 238 executives in late August which found two-thirds of organizations were delayin…
FAA: No More Astronaut Wings For Future Commercial Space Tourists
“The Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday that it was ending a program that awarded small gold pins called ‘Commercial Space Astronaut Wings’ to certain people who flew to space on private spacecraft,” reports the New York Times. (Alternate U…
Ask Slashdot: What Do You Remember About Windows ME?
“Windows Me was unstable, unloved and unusable,” remembered Computerworld last year, on the 20th anniversary of its release, calling it “a stink bomb of an operating system.”
Windows Me was a ghastly, slapdash piece of work, incompatible with lots of …
Scientists Discover How the SARS-CoV-2 Virus Evades Our Immune System
Long-time Slashdot reader fahrbot-bot quotes SciTechDaily: A discovery by researchers at the Texas A&M College of Medicine could lead to new therapies to prevent the virus from proliferating in the human body… The underlying mechanism of how SARS…
NASA’s Next-Generation Asteroid Impact Monitoring System Goes Online
“To date, nearly 28,000 near-Earth asteroids have been found by survey telescopes that continually scan the night sky, adding new discoveries at a rate of about 3,000 per year…” according to an article from NASA:
“The first version of Sentry was a …
‘When a Newspaper Publishes an Unsolvable Puzzle’
Slashdot reader DevNull127 writes: It’s a newspaper puzzle that’s like Sudoku, except it’s impossible. [Sort of…] They call it “The Challenger” puzzle — but when the newspaper leaves out a crucial instruction, you can end up searching forever f…
Hard Drive With 7,500 Bitcoin Buried in Landfill. Can It Be Dug Up?
In 2013 a British man accidentally threw away a hard drive that contained 7,500 bitcoin. Today it’d be worth over $350 million, reports CNBC:
His name is James Howells. He’s an IT worker from Wales… He once told NBC News, “It is soul-destroying, to …
Is the Internet Changing the Way We Remember?
“A study in 2019 found that the spatial memory used for navigating through the world tends to be worse for people who’ve made extensive use of map apps and GPS devices…” reports NBC News.
But that’s just the beginning, according to Adrian Ward, wh…
As Ice Melts, Arctic Ecosystem Confronts Emboldened Killer Whales
The hunting grounds are apparently widening for one of “nature’s most effective predators” reports the New York Times, warning of “potentially significant consequences for animals up and down the food chain….”
“As sea ice has receded, killer whales…
After 25 Years, Quake 1 Gets Major ‘Horde’ Mode Update
Ars Technica reports:
Months after the first-person-shooter classic Quake got a major 25th anniversary re-release, its modern handlers have returned with an update that exceeds all expectations. Thursday’s new 770MB patch on all platforms (Xbox, PlayS…