Reasons for worry In a recent interview with The Memory Core newsletter, GameSir admitted that its primary motivation for releasing a Windows emulation tool was to sell more of its...
Password managers’ promise that they can’t see your vaults isn’t always true
ZERO KNOWLEDGE, ZERO CLUE Contrary to what password managers say, a server compromise can mean game over. Over the past 15 years, password managers have grown from a niche security...
Stephen Colbert says CBS forbid interview of Democrat because of FCC threat
We contacted CBS and its owner Paramount today and have not received a response. CBS denied prohibiting an interview with Talarico in a statement reported by Variety. The CBS statement acknowledged...
Most VMware users still “actively reducing their VMware footprint,” survey finds
Migrations are ongoing Broadcom introduced changes to VMware that are especially unfriendly to small- and-medium-sized businesses (SMBs), and Gartner previously predicted that 35 percent of VMware workloads would migrate else...
What happens to a car when the company behind its software goes under?
Connected car servers won’t be online indefinitely, and startups often go bust. Fisker managed to deliver some Oceans before it sank. But are those owners beached now? Credit: Angel Garcia/Bloomberg...
RAM shortage hits Valve’s four-year-old Steam Deck, now available “intermittently”
Earlier this month, Valve announced it was delaying the release of its new Steam Machine desktop and Steam Frame VR headset due to memory and storage shortages that have been...
Warner Bros. rejects Paramount again but asks for “best and final offer”
Warner Bros. seeks higher offer, new terms Paramount is offering $31 per share, but it wants to buy the entire Warner Bros. Discovery company, while Netflix’s deal is for just...
There’s a lot of big talk about sovereign launch—who is doing something about it?
As alliances fray, these are the nations investing in sovereign access to space. PLD Space shows off a model of its Miura 1 suborbital rocket during a 2021 presentation on...
Here’s the fun, action-packed trailer for Mandolorian and Grogu
At long last, we have the official full trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu, a feature film spinoff from Disney’s megahit Star Wars series The Mandalorian. Grogu (fka “Baby Yoda”)...
Ford is focusing on efficiency to make its 2027 $30,000 EV pickup affordable
A smaller battery means a cheaper truck, but customers still expect plenty of range. Early design concepts for the mid-size electric truck on Ford’s Universal Electric Vehicle Platform. Credit: Ford...
On Dwarkesh Patel’s 2026 Podcast With Elon Musk and Other Recent Elon Musk Things
Some podcasts are self-recommending on the ‘yep, I’m going to be breaking this one down’ level. This was one of those. So here we go. As usual for podcast posts,...
Get ready for new Macs and iPads: Apple announces “Special Experience” on March 4
It may be more tempting to take that aging Mac you’ve been coddling and put it out to pasture soon. Apple has announced an event for March 4, which in...
Best Buy worker used manager’s code to get 99% off MacBooks, cops say
Best Buy worker linked to shoplifting ring In 2023, a few months before Lettera’s alleged fraud scheme started, the National Retail Foundation warned that monitoring employee theft had become a...
ByteDance backpedals after Seedance 2.0 turned Hollywood icons into AI “clip art”
Misstep or marketing tactic? Hollywood backlash puts spotlight on ByteDance’s sketchy launch of Seedance 2.0. ByteDance says that it’s rushing to add safeguards to block Seedance 2.0 from generating iconic...
A fluid can store solar energy and then release it as heat months later
Sunlight can cause a molecule to change structure, and then release heat later. The system works a bit like existing solar water heaters, but with chemical heat storage. Credit: Kypros...
Michigan antitrust lawsuit says oil companies hobbled EVs and renewables
The energy industry is pressing for laws that would ban climate liability lawsuits. An oil refinery in Louisiana. Facilities such as this have led to a proliferation of petrochemical plants...
Sideways on the ice, in a supercar: Stability control is getting very good
To test stability control, it helps to have a wide-open space with very low grip. You can tell this photo was taken a day or two before we were there...
On Dwarkesh Patel’s 2026 Podcast With Dario Amodei
Some podcasts are self-recommending on the ‘yep, I’m going to be breaking this one down’ level. This was very clearly one of those. So here we go. As usual for...
Space Station returns to a full crew complement after a month
Running solo After these astronauts departed on January 15, just a single NASA astronaut, Chris Williams, remained in orbit. He had reached space on board a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in...
Ancient Mars was warm and wet, not cold and icy
This is important because it means these rocks were less likely to have been altered in a hydrothermal environment, where scalding hot water was temporarily released by melting ice caused...
