2025-03-28
DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse
Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months. [...]
2025-03-27
Amazon Spring Sale tech deals: The best discounts from Apple, Bose, Sonos, Beats, Anker and others
This year’s Amazon Spring Sale is in full swing, and as promised, a ton of household, fashion and outdoor gear has dropped to record-low prices. Tech isn’t a huge focus for this sale, but there ar [...]
2025-03-27
Landmark digital declaration from EU ministers ignites calls to cut startup regulation
A coalition of European startups has urged swift action to slash burdensome EU regulations after a landmark declaration from the D9+ group of digitally advanced nations. The declaration stressed the n [...]
2025-03-27
This wildfire simulator can predict risks to individual homes anywhere on Earth
In the summer of 2018, a devastating fire tore through Greece’s Attica region. In its aftermath, four scientists from the University of Cambridge and Imperial College London — including two Greeks [...]
2025-03-27
Tesla’s sales slump opens ‘rare window’ for European EV makers
Tesla’s sales in Europe have plummeted by 42% this year, according to the latest figures from the European Automobile Manufacturers Association. Tesla’s slip came despite total EV sales on the con [...]
2025-03-27
OpenAI delays rollout of ChatGPT's image generator to free users
Free ChatGPT users will have to wait a while longer to be able to use its built-in image generation capability. OpenAI has just launched a feature that will allow users to generate images directly ins [...]
2025-03-27
Mark Zuckerberg decides content from your actual friends is an 'OG' Facebook feature
Meta has spent the last few years remaking Facebook’s main feed into a “discovery engine” that primarily serves up recommended content from pages, groups and accounts users don’t already follo [...]