Ask Slashdot: What’s Your Worst Damaged Hardware Horror Story?
“Everyone has that story,” writes Slashdot reader alaskana98: You know, the one where you spilled a Big Gulp-sized cup of…
‘Why We’re Freaking Out About Substack’
The New York Times explores whether Substack is just a company that makes it easy to charge for newsletters —…
How One Man Lost $20 Billion In Two Days
This week Bloomberg profiled “one of the most spectacular failures in modern financial history: No individual has lost so much…
Google Accused of Secret Program Giving Them an Unfair Advantage in Ad-Buying
Google “has utilized a secret program to track bids on its ad-buying platform,” writes the New York Post, “and has…
US Prosecutor Urges Crack Down on ‘the Scourge of Online Scams’
Last month America’s Federal Bureau of Investigation released its annual report on internet crime, which a former federal prosecutor bemoans…
How a Researcher ‘Clinging To the Fringes of Academia’ Helped Develop a Covid-19 Vaccine
Long-time Slashdot reader destinyland writes: The New York Times tells the story of Hungarian-born Dr. Kariko, whose father was a…
Iran Nuclear Facility Suffers Blackout, Cyberattack Suspected
While difficult negotiations continue over a deal to curtail Iran’s nuclear ambitions, this morning Iran suddenly experienced a blackout at…
How Union Organizers Will Continue Their Fight With Amazon
“The lopsided vote against a union at Amazon’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, was a major disappointment to organized labor…” writes…
Astronomers Detect a Bright-Blue Bridge of Stars, and It’s About To Blow
“Astrophysicists have found a new region of the Milky Way, and it’s filled with searingly hot, bright-blue stars that are…
Git.PHP.net Not Compromised in Supply Chain Attack, but User Database Leak Possible
Inside.com’s developer newsletter reports: The PHP team no longer believes the git.php.net server was compromised in a recent attack, which…