Latest Coronavirus Science: Pinning Down the True Fatality Rate
An ambulance in New York CityPhoto: Getty Images Every day brings new scientific insights into covid-19 and the coronavirus that causes it. Here are some of the latest studies and…
The Leeroy Jenkins of Tech Sends Tweet, Wipes $14 Billion Off Tesla’s Market Value
Photo: Win McNamee (Getty Images) Tesla stocks are too damn high, or something like that. At least that’s what Elon Musk said on Twitter earlier today, “Tesla stock price is…
We Should Bail Out Fossil Fuel Workers, Not the Industry
Photo: Getty This May Day, workers in pretty much every sector are struggling. In the wake of the covid-19 pandemic, the U.S. is almost surely facing Depression-era levels of unemployment.…
$1.1 Billion Sale of .Org Registry to Private Equity Leeches Voted Down by ICANN
Photo: Philippe Huguen (AFP via Getty Images) Something good has happened for once: The Internet Corp for Assigned Names and Numbers voted to block its partner organization, the Internet Society,…
India’s Mandated Contact Tracing App Is An Invasive, Insecure Mess
Photo: Getty No matter how you feel about contact tracing, it’s been openly embraced by federal authorities around the world, from the UK, to Germany, to, well, you name it,…
The 10 Best Deals of May 1, 2020
Best Deals of the DayBest Deals of the DayThe best deals from around the web, updated daily. You’ve heard of our deals of the day, but now, in rare form,…
Judge Orders FCC to Hand Over IP Addresses Linked to Fake Net Neutrality Comments
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Communications and Technology Subcommittee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill December 05, 2019 in Washington,…
Telescopes Around the World Pick Up Mysterious Radio Burst Coming From Our Own Galaxy
Artist’s impression of a magnetarIllustration: ESO/L.Calçada. Astronomers just spotted an extremely bright burst of radio waves emanating from within our own galaxy. The surprising observation could help us understand the…
The Web’s .Org Domain Is Still Run by a Nonprofit
The battle over the future of .org domain names is over. For now. An organization called Icann, short for Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, handles the internet’s address…