New insights into the end-Permian mass extinction 252 million years ago. From a report: The end-Permian mass extinction was a big deal. It was the largest mass extinction event ever and occurred 252 million years ago. A whopping 90 percent of all marin…
New Type of Dark Energy Could Solve Universe Expansion Mystery
Cosmologists have found signs that a second type of dark energy — the ubiquitous but enigmatic substance that is pushing the current Universe’s expansion to accelerate — might have existed in the first 300,000 years after the Big Bang. From a report:…
Home Computing Pioneer Sir Clive Sinclair Dies Aged 81
LoTonah writes: Sir Clive Sinclair, the man behind the Sinclair Spectrum and the first computer to retail for under a hundred dollars (the Sinclair ZX-81, A.K.A. The Timex/Sinclair 1000), died September 15 after battling a long illness. His daughter, B…
New Microsoft Office Arrives Early Next Month, and Won’t Require You To Pay For a Subscription
Microsoft’s new, flat-price version of its Office productivity software will arrive on Oct. 5 — the same day Windows 11 begins rolling out, according to a company blog post Thursday. From a report: Microsoft previously emphasized that while its main f…
Wikipedia Bans Seven Chinese Users Amid Concerns of ‘Infiltration, Physical Harm’
Thelasko writes: The Wikimedia Foundation has revealed efforts to gather personal information on some Chinese Wikipedia editors by entities opposed to their activities on the platform and likely to threaten the targets’ privacy or well-being. The found…
Instagram Boss Says Social Media is Like Cars: People Are Going To Die
An anonymous reader shares a report: Adam Mosseri isn’t doing Facebook any favors. The head of Instagram was interviewed on the Recode Media podcast this week following a damning series of articles in the Wall Street Journal based on leaked internal Fa…
OpenSea’s Product Chief is Out After Insider NFT Flipping Accusations
OpenSea head of product Nate Chastain, who was recently accused of a form of NFT insider trading, appears to no longer be working for the company. His Twitter bio now includes the phrase “Past: @opensea.” From a report: OpenSea has not publicly named t…
Locast’s Free TV Service Ordered To Shut Down Permanently After Copyright Loss
Locast has been ordered to shut down its online TV service forever in a permanent injunction issued yesterday by a federal judge. From a report: The order came two weeks after the judge gave major broadcast networks a big victory in their copyright cas…
New Tolling Systems Are Poised To Hit Highways
Electric vehicles might be good for the environment, but they’re terrible for state budgets, which depend on fuel taxes to pay for road maintenance. So states like Oregon and Utah are experimenting with new road user fees — known as “vehicle mileage t…
AMD: We Stand Ready To Make Arm Chips
AMD’s CFO Devinder Kumar has commented that AMD stands ready to manufacture Arm chips if needed, noting that the company’s customers want to work with AMD on Arm-based solutions. From a report: Kumar’s remarks came during last week’s Deutsche Bank Tech…