The hot air behind Congress’ social media subpoenas

8chan’s Ron Watkins scores a major own goal with leaked BIOS passwords

Enlarge / Sensitive BIOS passwords leaked by QAnon figure Ron Watkins have been linked to a Colorado County office run by a clerk who promotes “Stop the Steal” messaging. (credit: JJ Gouin / Getty Images) Last week, Ron Watkins—conspiracy theorist, QAnon enthusiast, and former 8chan site admin—released photocopies of an installation manual for Dominion voting […]

Google Fractures SMS on Several Android Mobiles, is Switching back changes Today

Expand / / Google’s multitasking program. It is broken today. (charge: Google) In case the text messages in your own Android phone have abruptly stopped functioning, you are not alone. Google pushed a terrible replica of the Carrier Services program, and the end effect was broken up SMS on several Android mobiles. Additionally, it seems […]

After years of futility, NASA turns to private sector for spacesuit help

Enlarge / NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine high-fives Kristine Davis, a spacesuit engineer at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, wearing a ground prototype of NASA’s new Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit (xEMU) in 2019. (credit: NASA) This week NASA’s Johnson Area Center issued a call to industry for new spacesuits. The space agency’s existing suits are decades old, […]