Apple releases Chrome extension for iCloud passwords

Apple has released an official extension for the Windows and Mac versions of Chrome that lets you use passwords stored in your iCloud Keych...

While Recreating CentOS as 'Rocky Linux', Gregory Kurtzer Also Launches a Sponsoring Startup

"Gregory Kurtzer, co-founder of the now-defunct CentOS Linux distribution, has founded a new startup company called Ctrl IQ, which will...

Google Gave Top Spot For 'Home Depot' Searches to a Malicious Ad

"A malicious Home Depot advertising campaign is redirecting Google search visitors to tech support scams," claims Bleeping Compute...

To Re-Enable Flash Support, South Africa's Tax Agency Released Its Own Web Browser

"The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has released this week its own custom web browser," reports ZDNet, "for the sole pu...

Biofuel-Powered Rocket Makes Historic Launch in Maine

Despite bad weather and early technical difficulties, employee-owned bluShift Aerospace "made history Sunday afternoon when it launched...

CNN: Tesla's Net Profit 'Doesn't Come From Selling Cars'

"Tesla posted its first full year of net income in 2020 — but not because of sales to its customers," reports CNN: Eleven states r...

A 'Severe' Bug Was Found In Libgcrypt, GnuPG's Cryptographic Library

Early Friday the principal author of GNU Privacy Guard (the free encryption software) warned that version 1.9.0 of its cryptographic library...

New trailers: The Map of Tiny Perfect Things, Ginny & Georgia, Young Rock and more

Dwayne Johnson in Young Rock | NBC I think I’m in Ted Lasso withdrawal, you guys; no other shows are quite working for me since I finish...

A 25-Year-Old Bet Comes Due: Has Tech Destroyed Society?

"Twenty five years ago I made a bet in the pages of Wired. It was a bet whether the world would collapse by the year 2020." So wri...

Corporate Trolls? A Covert, Pro-Huawei Influence Campaign on Social Media

"Huawei, the crown jewel of China's technology industry, has suffered from a sustained American campaign to keep its equipment from...

Is Misinformation on Nextdoor Impacting Local Politics?

Was Nextdoor's impact on the world exemplified by a crucial funding referendum for the Christina School District of Newark, Delaware? Me...

Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy: New Research Says #42 Really Is Our Number

Just 11 months before his death in 2001, famous author Douglas Adams answered questions from Slashdot readers. And Slashdot reader Informati...

NASA delays moon lander awards as Biden team mulls moonshot program

Photo by Ozkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images NASA last week quietly delayed its plan to award two high-profile crewed lunar land...

Amazon’s Ring now reportedly partners with more than 2,000 US police and fire departments

Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge All but two US states — Montana and Wyoming— now have police or fire departments participating in Amazon...

Researchers Try Using CRISPR To Genetically Engineer Zika-Resistant Mosquitoes

A new research study at the University of Missouri is using CRISPR gene-editing technology to produce mosquitoes that are unable to replicat...

The people wanted Lego bike lanes, and Lego is finally listening

Screenshot: Lego The quest to get one of the most popular toymakers in the world to make a little space for bicycles Continue reading… ...

Are We Overestimating the Number of COBOL Transactions Each Day?

An anonymous Slashdot reader warns of a possible miscalculation: 20 years ago today, cobolreport.com published an article, according to whic...

Motorola One 5G Ace review: a weak hand

The Ace offers a large screen and massive battery, but it falls short in some key areas Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts htt...

Facebook is getting pulled into a fight about the politics of Israel

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge On November 10th , a Facebook employee sent out an unusual email to an unknown outside party, hop...

The latest Steam Game Festival kicks off Wednesday

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Valve’s latest Steam Game Festival begins Wednesday, giving access to playable demos of more than...

Volunteers built a one-stop website to find open NYC vaccine appointments

Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images The first two months of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign have been chaotic: local health depa...

Firefox 85 Isolated Supercookies, But Dropped Progressive Web App Support

Tech blogger Paul Thurrott writes: Firefox 85 now protects users against supercookies, which Mozilla says is "a type of tracker that ca...

Perl.com Domain Stolen, Now Using IP Address of Past Malware Campaigns

"The domain name perl.com was stolen and now points to an IP address associated with malware campaigns," reports Bleeping Computer...