Category: Technology

Autumn is my favorite time in the South. There’s a day, usually in late October, when the humidity finally breaks, the air stirs, and you can feel it in your bones: Summer is over. If you’re in the Midwest, that might be a shame because snow is coming, while those of you in California might […]

These success stories are wonderful, but they all pale in comparison to Wikipedia, the greatest work of human knowledge of all time and the single most important thing ever created on the web. It was routinely mocked as absurd in its earliest days, but it is by now deeply woven into our lives—it lives in […]

Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: A strong market for IT talent softened the impact of tech sector layoffs this year. Nearly three-quarters of laid-off tech workers found jobs within three months, according to a data analysis dating back to March […]

There are several other mobile controllers we tested that just missed out on a place above, plus a few that we are keen to test soon. Turtle Beach Recon Cloud for $100: Here is another Xbox-branded controller that supports Xbox Cloud Gaming and Remote Play and comes with one free month of Game Pass Ultimate. […]

“We provide our customers the guidance and insight needed to ensure their research is rigorous, well-designed, and impactful to the broader scientific community–this helps move the needle forward on microgravity research,” she wrote. Sirisha Bandla, the head of Virgin Galactic’s research operations, says analysis for their projects is also still in progress. “We have flown payloads […]

I’ll admit it: I’m a skeptic, and a grouchy one at that. I rarely let fun or interesting new products go by without a “harumph” or a “humbug.” That’s why I think I need to issue a retraction here. See, when niche video game console maker Analogue announced the Analogue Pocket, its first handheld retro gaming system, […]

Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: In the wake of a reconfiguration of company meeting culture, a connection is emerging between employee retention and meeting attendance, according to data from workspace collaboration analytics company Vyopta. Employees who would later leave their […]

In March 2015, the Deepwater Champion rig was at work for Exxon Mobil, exploring for oil in the Atlantic Ocean 120 miles off the coast of Guyana, drilling below 6,000 feet of water and through 12,000 feet of earth. Ultra-deepwater drilling is so complex that experts liken it to space travel, and the dangers are […]

Fortinet is warning customers to apply security upgrades after a critical vulnerability was found in FortiOS SSL-VPN that could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands and take control of a targeted system.  A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability, CVE-2022-42475, could allow a remote attacker to take over an affected system, Fortinet said. There […]

Dive Brief: Federal cyber authorities on Tuesday urged organizations to patch a critical vulnerability in Citrix ADC (application delivery controller) and Citrix Gateway. The remote code execution vulnerability, CVE-2022-27518, is being actively exploited in the wild, Citrix said in a security update. It has a CVSS score of 9.8.  The National Security Agency issued a […]