Image copyright Getty Images Facebook has threatened to stop users from sharing news content in Australia as it prepares for a new law forcing it to pay publishers for their articles.Regulators want tech giants like Facebook and Google to pay for the content reposted from news outlets.Last month Google warned its users that its search…
Hitting a century — Weather was iffy right up until the last few minutes before liftoff. Eric Berger - Aug 31, 2020 12:12 am UTC Plenty of clouds remained Sunday when SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launched. Trevor Mahlmann This was the fourth flight of this first stage. Trevor Mahlmann The first stage made a successful…
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Around 200 people are thought to have attended the rave More than 20 people have been taken to hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning after attending a rave in an underground bunker in the Norwegian capital, Oslo. Police say the party was discovered by chance when a patrol came across a…
A little something on my mind — They're in pigs already, and the company is planning for human testing. John Timmer - Aug 29, 2020 7:55 pm UTC Enlarge / Elon Musk shows the latest version of his company's implants.On Friday, Elon Musk gave an update on what's probably his third-most prominent company: Neuralink. Neuralink…
The Italian Coastguard has evacuated 49 migrants from a rescue ship in the Mediterranean, funded by the British artist Banksy, about 12 hours after it called for help.The crew of the Louise Michel had said it was overloaded and could not navigate safely after rescuing 219 people in recent days.The remaining migrants were later transferred…
Can't say they weren't warned — Bad news if you want to re-download Infinity Blade or get Fortnite skins on iOS. Kyle Orland - Aug 28, 2020 11:41 pm UTC Enlarge / Epic's mobile action-RPG is collateral damage in the battle over Fortnite.Apple says it has terminated the developer account that Epic Games used to…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Boseman had not spoken publicly about his diagnosis US actor Chadwick Boseman, best known for playing Black Panther in the hit Marvel superhero franchise, has died of cancer, his family say.The 43-year-old died at home in Los Angeles with his family by his side. Boseman had not spoken publicly…
ELON SPEAKS — “This was a serious attack,” Elon Musk says. Dan Goodin - Aug 28, 2020 2:12 am UTC TeslaTesla’s Nevada Gigafactory was the target of a concerted plot to cripple the company’s network with malware, CEO Elon Musk confirmed on Thursday afternoon. The plan's outline was divulged on Tuesday in a criminal complaint…
Thousands of protesters are expected to gather in the US capital on Friday to commemorate the historic 1963 civil rights March on Washington.The protest, marking the 57th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s “I Have a Dream” speech, was organised earlier this year in response to the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis in…
Buy? Or bye? — No price or release date yet, but it's already a huge sidestep from retail partners. Sam Machkovech - Aug 26, 2020 10:11 pm UTC Enlarge / This credit card doesn't exist, but if it did, we're not sure it'd count as "previous interests and PlayStation activities" in terms of jumping the…
