Google has announced a new version of Chrome OS called Chrome OS Flex, which is designed to run on old PCs and Macs. The operating system can be installed “within minutes,” according to Google’s blog post. Google told me that Chrome OS Flex will look and feel identical to Chrome Read more…
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense website suffered from what appeared to be a distributed denial of service attack Tuesday, according to the government’s Facebook account. The military’s website remained unavailable as of 12 p.m. PT Tuesday, with the Ukrainian military’s Facebook account saying work is currently underway to restore regular functioning Read more…
A U.S. patient with leukemia has become the first woman and the third person to date to be cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant from a donor who was naturally resistant to the virus that causes AIDS, researchers reported on Tuesday. The case of a middle-aged woman Read more…
In an all-hands meeting at Meta “explaining the company’s updated values,” Mark Zuckerberg says employees are not supposed to “nice ourselves to death,” adding that they are now to be known as “Metamates.” According to the Daily Beast, citing long-time executive Andrew Bosworth, “the term was coined by the cognitive Read more…
Virgin Galactic announced that it’s opening ticket sales to the general public for its spaceflight system, “letting you become an astronaut if you’re willing to pay $450,000 and put down a $150,000 deposit,” reports Engadget. For that $450K, you’ll get a 90-minute ride to the edge of space including the Read more…
Second Sight left users of its retinal implants in the dark. IEEE Spectrum reports: Barbara Campbell was walking through a New York City subway station during rush hour when her world abruptly went dark. For four years, Campbell had been using a high-tech implant in her left eye that gave Read more…
Robots are being trialled to deliver food and other items in South Korea, which is planning to allow them on roads from 2023. Woowa Brothers, operator of the country’s biggest food delivery app, started using robots on a trial basis in 2020 while a convenience store chain started in November Read more…