US Man Still Alive Six Months After Pig Kidney Transplant
US Man Still Alive Six Months After Pig Kidney Transplant Summary A 67-year-old US man, Tim Andrews, remains alive and dialysis-free more than six months after receiving a kidney from…
Google Tells Court ‘Open Web is Already in Rapid Decline’ After Execs Claimed It Was Thriving
Google Tells Court ‘Open Web is Already in Rapid Decline’ After Execs Claimed It Was Thriving Summary In a court filing responding to a proposed divestiture, Google told the court…
Signal Rolls Out Encrypted Cloud Backups, Debuts First Subscription Plan at $1.99/Month
Signal Rolls Out Encrypted Cloud Backups, Debuts First Subscription Plan at $1.99/Month Summary Signal has started rolling out end-to-end encrypted cloud backups in its latest Android beta. The opt-in feature…
Hackers Hijack npm Packages With 2 Billion Weekly Downloads in Supply Chain Attack
Hackers Hijack npm Packages With 2 Billion Weekly Downloads in Supply Chain Attack Summary Attackers compromised a maintainer account via a phishing email and injected malware into multiple npm packages…
All IT Work To Involve AI By 2030, Says Gartner
All IT Work To Involve AI By 2030, Says Gartner Summary Analyst firm Gartner says that by 2030 all IT work will involve AI in some way. At present, about…
Jaguar Land Rover Extends Shutdown After Cyber Attack
Jaguar Land Rover Extends Shutdown After Cyber Attack Summary Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has extended the shutdown of its UK and overseas factories after a cyberattack forced it to take…
Nova Launcher’s Founder and Sole Developer Has Left
Nova Launcher’s Founder and Sole Developer Has Left Summary Kevin Barry, the founder and sole developer of Nova Launcher, has left parent company Branch Metrics after reportedly being told to…
All 54 Lost Clickwheel IPod Games Have Been Preserved For Posterity
Summary Ars Technica reports that enthusiasts have completed a preservation project collecting all 54 official iPod clickwheel games originally sold by Apple in the late 2000s. The effort, led by…
Plex Suffers Security Incident Exposing User Data and Urging Password Resets
Plex Suffers Security Incident Exposing User Data and Urging Password Resets Summary Plex has alerted customers that an unauthorised third party gained access to one of its databases, exposing emails,…
Disposable Face Masks Used During Covid Have Left Chemical Timebomb
Disposable Face Masks Used During Covid Have Left Chemical Timebomb Summary Researchers report that the vast use of single‑use face masks during the Covid pandemic — estimated at about 129…