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...