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open Mysterious outbreak with high fatality rate in the DRC could imperil tech supply chains 48
open India launches two ESA sun-spotters that will fly in incredibly precise formation 14
open You're so bad at recycling, this biz built an AI to handle it for you 42
open British boffins build diamond battery capable of working for a millennium or five 49
open Digital Isle of Man: For all your connected tax haven needs? 33
By 'bluey
open Vega-C finally launches ESA's next Sentinel satellite 7
open NASA finds Orion heatshield cracks won't cook Artemis II crew 39
open Arianespace's Vega C delayed after gantry throws a tantrum 17
open Temporary printable tattoos could be the future of EEGs 24
open Trump wants SpaceX customer Jared Isaacman as next NASA boss 41
open Europe's Vega C rocket cleared for launch tonight, first since 2022 18
By druck
open Microsoft learned of fresh antitrust probe from the news 2
open £1B lawsuit targets Microsoft for allegedly overcharging Windows customers on other clouds 9
open SOHO, the two-year mission that forgot to retire, finally faces sunset 24
open Judge again cans Musk's record-setting $56B Tesla package 39
open $373M ASML chipmaker shrinks to $228 – but it's made of Lego 29
open Employee sues Apple over 'spying' claims tied to mandatory devices 8
open Win a slice of XP cheese if you tell us where Microsoft should put Copilot next 205
open China launches first next-gen Long March 12 rocket, christens private spaceport 3
By druck
open NASA's X-59 plane is aiming for a sonic thump, not a boom 66
open SpaceX hits 400 launches of Falcon 9 rocket 56
open Google earns fresh competition scrutiny from two nations on a single day 13
open Australia passes law to keep under-16s off social media – good luck with that, mate 84
open Yup, half of that thought-leader crap on LinkedIn is indeed AI scribbled 54
open 'Best job at JPL': What it's like to be an engineer on the Voyager project 34
open Google sues Pixel engineer who allegedly posted trade secrets online 29
open China starts building world's largest fully steerable radio telescope 26
open Microsoft informed of yet another antitrust probe by US authorities 5
open Bluesky too opaque about user figures for Euro watchdogs 82
open Abandoned US Army 'city under the ice' imaged in serendipitous NASA find 78
open Why Google's Chrome monopoly won't crack anytime soon 77
open AI Jesus is ready to dispense advice from a booth in historic Swiss church 74
open SpaceX closing in on approval for 25 Starship launches in 2025 23
By Hurn
open BOFH: The devil's in the contract details 66
open India's Moon orbiter was shifted suddenly to avoid Korea's and NASA's craft 31
open Billionaire food app CEO wants you to pay for the privilege of working with him 87
open SpaceX claims another Starship success, but fumbles the catch 201
open BASIC co-creator Thomas Kurtz hits END at 96 115
open Robot runs marathon in South Korea, apparently the first time this has happened 23
open Judges not impressed by Amazon, SpaceX's attempt to have NLRB declared unconstitutional 71
open Musk, America PAC sued for allegedly rigging $1M election prize 70
open NASA wants ideas on how to haul injured moonwalkers 62
open NIST trains AI to hear the 'oh crap' moment before batteries explode 26
open First looks at China's Moon rock samples suggest Luna had volcanoes for longer than previously thought 1
open Swiss cheesed off as postal service used to spread malware 34
By Terry 6
open Airbus A380 flew for 300 hours with metre-long tool left inside engine 163
open Congress ponders underwater alien civilizations, human hybrids, and other unexplained stuff 48
open Tesla Cybertruck, a paragon of reliability, recalled again 53
open SpaceX Starship moved to launchpad for 6th flight test 16
open NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to eject hundreds more workers 35