New NSA Report: This is How You Should Be Securing Your Network

America's National Security Agency (NSA) released a new report "that gives all organizations the most current advice on how to prot...

The Free Software Foundation Appoints a New Executive Director

The Free Software Foundation announced its new executive director this week. Back in 2010 John Sullivan had become the Free Software Foundat...

'Open Web Advocacy' Group Battles Apple's WebKit-Based Walled Garden

The Register reported this week on a group of software developers launching a group called Open Web Advocacy "to help online apps compe...

Internet backbone provider shuts off service in Russia

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Cogent Communications, an internet backbone provider that routes data across intercontinental con...

Chernobyl Is Being Run By 'Exhausted' Staff Held Hostage for 10 Days

When Russia's invasion of Ukraine first began, Russian forces seized control of the Chernobyl nuclear plant — and then took its staff ho...

HTC Pivots From Blockchain To the Metaverse for its Next Smartphone Gimmick

HTC's slow-motion fall from smartphone grace is reportedly set to continue in 2022, with the company said to be working on a new "m...

Microsoft will let you play Xbox cloud games with a mouse and keyboard: ‘it’s coming’

The newest Microsoft Flight Simulator is one of the most demanding games ever made — and yet you can now play it on a shitty PC ( or an or...