Published on: 2025-06-05 11:47:19
Two commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission are resigning at the end of this week. For at least a little while, the FCC will have just two members: Chairman Brendan Carr, a Republican chosen by Trump to lead the agency, and Anna Gomez, a Democratic commissioner. Democrat Geoffrey Starks announced in March that he would leave in the near future, and today he said that Friday will be his final day. Starks' departure could have given Carr a 2-1 Republican majority, but it turns out
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Explainer for Local Network Access This proposal is an early design sketch by the Chrome Secure Web and Network team to describe the problem below and solicit feedback on the proposed solution. It has not been approved to ship in Chrome. Proponents Chrome Secure Web and Network team Participate Introduction Currently public websites can probe a user's local network, perform CSRF attacks against vulnerable local devices, and generally abuse the user's browser as a "confused deputy" that has
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Two commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission are resigning at the end of this week. For at least a little while, the FCC will have just two members: Chairman Brendan Carr, a Republican chosen by Trump to lead the agency, and Anna Gomez, a Democratic commissioner. Democrat Geoffrey Starks announced in March that he would leave in the near future, and today he said that Friday will be his final day. Starks' departure could have given Carr a 2-1 Republican majority, but it turns out
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Explainer for Local Network Access This proposal is an early design sketch by the Chrome Secure Web and Network team to describe the problem below and solicit feedback on the proposed solution. It has not been approved to ship in Chrome. Proponents Chrome Secure Web and Network team Participate Introduction Currently public websites can probe a user's local network, perform CSRF attacks against vulnerable local devices, and generally abuse the user's browser as a "confused deputy" that has
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-08 15:40:00
The big picture: Apple and the European Commission are locked in a standoff over how tech firms should be regulated – a conflict being closely watched by the tech industry, app developers, and consumer advocates. The outcome could set a precedent for how digital marketplaces operate, not only in Europe but globally, as other jurisdictions consider similar measures to promote competition and curb the power of tech giants. Apple is facing a critical deadline in the European Union, with fewer than
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The big picture: Apple and the European Commission are locked in a standoff over how tech firms should be regulated – a conflict being closely watched by the tech industry, app developers, and consumer advocates. The outcome could set a precedent for how digital marketplaces operate, not only in Europe but globally, as other jurisdictions consider similar measures to promote competition and curb the power of tech giants. Apple is facing a critical deadline in the European Union, with fewer than
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-08 19:46:38
Earlier this year, the Trump administration revealed its proposed budget for NASA's fiscal year 2026, indicating brutal cuts of unprecedented proportions are coming. Now, the agency has released new data about the proposal, painting a dire picture of its future. As SpaceNews reports, the documents reveal that thousands of jobs would be cut, and dozens of science missions would be on the chopping block. The cuts — which would drag the budget to its lowest point since 1961, SpaceNews points out,
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-10 16:07:05
Microsoft’s new sustainability report, released late last week, shows how a carbon-heavy economy can weigh on a company that wants to be carbon light. Since 2020, its carbon emissions are up 23.4%, mostly a result of breakneck data center buildout to support its growing cloud and AI operations. Buying enough clean electricity is actually the easy part — it’s the facilities themselves that are laden with carbon-intensive materials and products, including steel, concrete, and computer chips. “We
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-09 23:32:54
NASA's next mission will be to find a new agency leader, following a dramatic reversal from President Donald Trump. In a post made on Truth Social, the president withdrew his nomination of Jared Isaacman as the head of NASA. As first reported by Semafor, the pullback comes just a few days before Isaacman was due in front of the US Senate for a confirmation vote. Trump detailed in the post that he will soon announce another nominee who is more aligned with the president's mission and will "put A
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-11 13:00:21
Less than two years after launch, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft experienced a glitch in its propulsion system that’s now jeopardizing its mission to explore a unique metallic asteroid in the main belt. NASA engineers, ever resourceful, implemented a fix for the spacecraft’s unexpected drop in pressure by switching to a backup line—one they hope will help Psyche reach its namesake asteroid. Earlier in April, the team of engineers with the Psyche mission detected an unexpected decrease in fuel pressur
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-11 21:43:42
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. Email address Sign Up Thank you! Terms of Service and Privacy Policy Lockheed Martin has shared new details about its QuadStar surface-to-air missile, which is taking part in the U.S. Army competition to replace the venerable Stinger. QuadStar notably leverages past work the company did on a very small interceptor design called Miniature Hit-to-Kill (MHTK), particular
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-15 11:56:31
Marc Benioff, Chairman & CEO of Salesforce, speaking on CNBC's Squawk Box outside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 22nd, 2025. Salesforce shares slumped about 6% despite topping Wall Street's fiscal first-quarter estimates and lifting its full-year guidance due to artificial intelligence tailwinds. The sales and customer service software giant said it now expects $11.27 to $11.33 in adjusted earnings per share and $41.0 billion to $41.3 billion in revenue for the fiscal y
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-18 00:54:09
Just_Super/Getty Images I try out a lot of extensions in Firefox, Chrome, and Edge, both personally and professionally. But when I'm faced with an unfamiliar extension, how do I know it's safe and secure? A new website aims to warn you about suspicious and malicious extensions before you even try to install them. Also: 5 browser extension rules to live by to keep your system safe in 2025 Launched by browser security provider LayerX, the free ExtensionPedia seeks to help individuals and enterp
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-18 07:30:04
It's been almost 30 years since Mission: Impossible hit cinemas in 1996 as an adaptation of the 1966 television series of the same name. The Brian De Palma-directed film, starring Tom Cruise, was a critical success and kickstarted a franchise so successful that MI movies are still coming out more than two decades later. When the first movie came out I was extremely excited to see it and borrowed the VHS tape from a neighbor. Flash forward to 2000 and I made it my mission to see the sequel, MI2,
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Photo by Avess Berge on Unsplash A new study is out which quantifies just how much EVs help not just in cutting harmful exhaust emissions, but also cutting other types of pollution that come from personal vehicles. But of course, public transport, biking and walking are even better. We’ve seen plenty of studies showing how the benefits of shifting to EVs translate to the real world, for example in California and London, where higher EV shares and regulations aimed at cutting down the excesses
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-19 04:16:25
The European Commission has officially published its full ruling against Apple’s App Store practices in the European Union, and the message is clear: the company’s new “DMA-compliant” terms… still aren’t compliant. Fix it up, or pay up Following its initial €500 million fine in April, the European Commission is now giving Apple 30 days to fully align its App Store rules with the Digital Markets Act (DMA). If it fails to comply, the EU says it will start imposing “periodic penalty payments” unt
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-19 04:30:52
The United States was making solid progress on decarbonizing its energy sector. Time to hit rewind on that. According to a report from the New York Times, the Environmental Protection Agency under the Trump administration has drafted a plan that would eliminate all caps on greenhouse gas emissions from coal and gas-fired power plants. The proposal, which comes under the leadership of new EPA chief, and longtime climate change skeptic, Lee Zeldin suggests that the emissions generated by power pl
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-19 12:42:35
It accused them of making it too easy for underage users to access content. European regulators are investigating Pornhub. On Monday, the European Commission (EC) accused the platform of not doing enough to block underage access. Also included in the investigation are Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos. The EC suspects the porn sites have breached the Digital Services Act (DSA), which includes child safety measures. Specifically, it accused the platforms of lacking age restriction tools. All four sit
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-20 04:30:31
All eyes are on SpaceX as it gears up to launch Starship’s ninth test flight. Prior to the launch, CEO Elon Musk will discuss the company’s plans for colonizing Mars. The talk will be livestreamed on SpaceX’s X page and on spacex.com today starting at 1:00 p.m. ET. You can also watch at the embedded tweet below. Colonizing Mars is SpaceX’s guiding mission and the ultimate purpose for Starship. In an emailed statement, the company said Musk will discuss “the development work ahead for Starship a
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-22 11:59:59
These devices detected when a car was undergoing emissions testing and altered performance to meet environmental standards — while in real-world driving conditions, the cars emitted pollutants far above legal limits. In 2017, Volkswagen admitted to manipulating emissions data in the United States, sparking global backlash and triggering one of the biggest corporate scandals in automotive history. The fallout plunged the Wolfsburg-based carmaker into a deep crisis. In 2019, German prosecutors c
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The Federal Trade Commission has finally given up the ghost on challenging Microsoft's $68.7 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard. "The Commission has determined that the public interest is best served by dismissing the administrative litigation in this case," the agency said in an order issued today. The federal regulator had attempted to block Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard both before and after the deal closed back in October 2023. The FTC just lost out on its latest appea
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-23 01:05:59
After nearly 30 years, three on-screen deaths, and at least a dozen wild stunts, Ethan Hunt and Mission: Impossible have approached some kind of end with The Final Reckoning. The question now is “what’s next?,” which has hovered over this franchise for years, and in several different ways. Tom Cruise is the series, and throughout the years, he’s reaffirmed his commitment to these movies until his heart stops beating. Longtime fans know some of this served as a direct statement to Paramount: aft
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Machinist and Machine I love coding so much. I don't mean software, I mean just writing code and talking to the machine. Many nights I open blank emacs and just stare at the non-blinking block cursor until something comes out. The sillier the better. Even if it's just a few symbols, sometimes its just for (;;);. Sometimes I open code that I consider beautiful, some Tromp diagrams, or K&R code. Every day I am reminded how far I am from truly understanding complexity and programmable machines.
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-24 11:39:35
California is preparing to sue the federal government to recover its right to set vehicle emissions standards, Rob Bonta, the state’s attorney general, told TechCrunch in a statement. Senate Republicans voted on Thursday 51 to 44 to overturn a waiver that allowed California to set stricter air pollution standards for vehicles. The state has received waivers more than 100 times since federal laws granted the right some 50 years ago. “The weaponization of the Congressional Review Act to attack C
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-21 10:58:59
Modvion towers are built from laminated wood, where the wood itself stores carbon. In fact a wooden tower stores more carbon than it emits during production, transport and installation, making the tower carbon negative. Conventional towers are responsible for the biggest share of CO 2 emissions in a wind turbine due to the use of materials like steel and concrete, that are responsible for approximately 15% of global CO2 emissions*. Simply by switching the tower you can reduce emissions for the e
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-25 16:32:48
In recent written testimony to a US House of Representatives subcommittee that oversees the military, the senior official responsible for purchasing launches for national security missions blistered one of the country's two primary rocket providers. The remarks from Major General Stephen G. Purdy, acting assistant secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration, concerned United Launch Alliance and its long-delayed development of the large Vulcan rocket. "The ULA Vulcan progra
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-25 20:27:16
President Donald Trump’s new Make America Healthy Again commission, established through an executive order signed Feb. 13, released its first report on Thursday, titled “Make Our Children Healthy Again: Assessment.” Trump held an event at the White House on Thursday afternoon to discuss the report with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The 68-page report is a mix of perfectly reasonable observations about the availability of nutritious foods and the influence of
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-26 08:40:06
Senate Republicans have voted 51 to 44 to overturn a waiver that allowed California to set stricter air pollution standards for vehicles. The state has received waivers more than 100 times since federal laws granted the right some 50 years ago. Sixteen other states and the District of Columbia follow California’s emissions standards, and most of them have implemented fossil fuel vehicle phase outs. Other Senate votes today repealed waivers that allowed California to set stricter emissions stand
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-28 08:00:08
It's been almost 30 years since Mission: Impossible hit cinemas in 1996 as an adaptation of the 1966 television series of the same name. The Brian De Palma-directed film, starring Tom Cruise, was a critical success and kickstarted a franchise so successful that MI movies are still coming out more than two decades later. When the first movie came out I was extremely excited to see it and borrowed the VHS tape from a neighbor. Flash forward to 2000 and I made it my mission to see the sequel, MI2,
Keywords: impossible mission paramount plus reckoning
Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-29 04:24:35
As electric vehicles reduce car exhaust as a source of particulate emissions, people are increasingly focusing on other vehicular sources of pollution that won't go away with electrification. Tires are one of them, particularly as we grapple with overweight EVs with tire-shredding torque. And brakes are another—even an EV with regenerative braking will occasionally need to use its friction brakes, after all. Over in Europe, the people responsible for writing regulations have taken this into con
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