Harvard University on Monday announced that tuition will be free for students from families with annual incomes of $200,000 or less starting in the 2025-26 academic year. From a report: “Putting Harvard within financial reach for more individuals widens the array of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives that all of our Read more…
A ransomware-as-a-service variant called “Medusa” has claimed over 300 victims in “critical infrastructure sectors” (including medical), according to an joint alert from CISA, the FBI, and the Multi-State Information Sharing Analysis Center. And that alert reminds us that Medusa is a globe-spanning operation that recruits third-party affiliates to plant ransomware Read more…
Oceans last year reached their highest levels in three decades — with the rate of global sea level rise increasing around 35% higher than expected, according to a NASA-led analysis published Thursday… Last year’s rate of average global sea level rise was 0.23 inches per year, higher than the expected Read more…
Alphabet’s Waymo autonomous vehicles are programmed to follow the rules of the road. But while the cars obey speed limits and properly use their turn signals — they also “routinely violate parking rules.” Waymo vehicles driving themselves received 589 tickets for parking violations in 2024, according to records from San Read more…
Cities in Europe are dramatically scaling back their relationship with the car. They are removing parking spaces and creating dedicated bike lanes. They are installing cameras at the perimeter of urban centers and either charging the most-polluting vehicles or preventing them from entering. Some are going so far as to Read more…
A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the COP30 climate summit, in the Brazilian city of Belém. The highway will ease traffic into the city, which will host over 50,000 people at the conference this November: The state Read more…
SpaceX founder Elon Musk has said his Starship rocket will head to Mars by the end of next year, as the company investigates several recent explosions in flight tests. Human landings could begin as early as 2029 if initial missions go well, though “2031 was more likely”, he added in Read more…