Summary Seagate teams in Singapore and Malaysia, working with local Malaysian authorities, raided a warehouse outside Kuala Lumpur in May and seized about 700 hard drives that had been processed…
Former Intel Engineer Sentenced for Stealing Trade Secrets for Microsoft Summary After nearly ten years at Intel, Varun Gupta pleaded guilty to possessing trade secrets taken from his Intel work…
Volkswagen Wants You To Pay Monthly To Unlock More Horsepower Summary Volkswagen has started offering a paid software upgrade for ID.3 electric cars that increases advertised power from 201 bhp…
Remember the Companies Making Vital Open Source Contributions Summary Matt Asay, writing in InfoWorld and highlighted on Slashdot, argues that many large companies quietly do the unglamorous but essential work…
Seagate ‘Spins Up’ a Raid on a Counterfeit Hard Drive Workshop Summary Security teams from Seagate’s Singapore and Malaysian offices, together with Malaysian authorities, raided a warehouse outside Kuala Lumpur…
Six questions to ask before jumping into a spreadsheet Summary Spreadsheets are ubiquitous in research but can cause errors, confusion and irreproducible analyses when used without basic data-management habits. Stephanie…
Daily briefing: Bird flu is ‘everywhere’ on dairy farms Summary A preprint analysed environmental samples from affected US dairy farms and detected H5N1 avian influenza widely: in wastewater, dust, air…
Volkswagen Wants You To Pay Monthly To Unlock More Horsepower Summary Volkswagen is testing a subscription-style paywall for extra performance on its ID.3 electric hatchback in the UK. Owners can…
Virtual Power Plants: Where Home Batteries are Saving Americans from Blackouts Summary Home batteries paired with rooftop solar are increasingly being aggregated into “virtual power plants” (VPPs) that utilities can…
Remember the Companies Making Vital Open Source Contributions Summary Matt Asay, writing in InfoWorld and republished on Slashdot, urges readers to recognise the essential but unglamorous open source work done…
