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The immense instrument platform and the large collection of cables that supported it, all of which are now gone. (credit: NSF) On Monday night, the enormous instrument platform that hung over the Arecibo radio telescope’s big dish collapsed due to the failure of the remaining cables supporting it. The risk of this sort of failure […]
US blacklists maker of Pegasus spyware that helps governments spy on activists
Enlarge / KOLKATA, WEST BENGAL, INDIA: On July 25, 2021, protesters criticized the Indian government for using Pegasus spyware to snoop on journalists, opposition leaders, and activists. (credit: Getty Images | SOPA Images ) The US has blacklisted Pegasus spyware maker NSO Group, saying that the Israeli company “developed and supplied spyware to foreign governments […]
Atari’s collapse cost us this exquisite-looking Laserdisc game
Here’s where players started. [credit: Richard Taylor ] When the early-’80s home video game business began dwindling in the US , Atari looked to a Laserdisc arcade cabinet to boost its fortunes. That’s according to Richard Taylor, who served as the film director for Atari Playland , an unreleased game cabinet from classic Atari’s waning days. […]