New study shows that the default apps collect data even when supposedly disabled, and this is hard to switch off

Following a successful pilot project, the northern German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein has decided to move from Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office to Linux and LibreOffice (and other free and open source software) on the 30,000 PCs used in the…

Credit card rewards are mostly funded out of interchange, a fee paid by businesses to accept cards.

In the early 70s, young filmmakers John Carpenter and Dan O'Bannon created a spaceship tale for a graduation project – little knowing it would influence Alien and many other works.

For Bernard Stiegler, a visionary philosopher of our digital age, technics is the defining feature of human experience

Responses to a survey about GenZ suggest this new generation possesses standout differences. We explore what makes GenZ distinctive, and check out ideas for ways to work fruitfully together.

Anyone who has had to deal with HTML emails on a technical level has probably reached the point where they wanted to quit their job or just set fire to all the mail clients due to their inconsistent implementations. But HTML emails are not just a source of…

We're never going to give you up...

Chairwoman Rosenworcel announced the Commission will vote during its April Open Meeting to restore Net Neutrality, which would bring back a national standard for broadband reliability, security, and consumer protection.

A new Washington's Lottery site featuring AI technology turned a user's photo into softcore pornography. The site has since been taken down.

Players experience the art and soul that our development team has poured into the game, but the infrastructure that makes it all possible behind the scenes is hidden from view. We are proud of what our team has accomplished with Pali

By Shannon Kelleher A US appeals court has vacated an action by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)  ordering a company to stop producing plastic containers that leach toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) into pesticides, household cleaners…

On this week’s show Patrick and Adam discuss the week’s security news, including:

A directory of self-hosted software and applications for easy browsing and discovery

AI-generated sad girl with piano performs the text of the MIT License

Ultra fast, persistent database supporting Valkey API - sabledb-io/sabledb

A pair of finance veterans bought the bankrupt car rental company and went all-in on electric. Too bad they got almost everything wrong.

The US Department of Energy is funding a pilot project to demonstrate the commercial viability of storing energy in heated sand, which is capable of producing 135 MW of power for five days.

V8 features a lightweight, in-process sandbox to limit the impact of memory corruption bugs