Lawsuit Says Amazon Prime Video Misleads When You ‘Buy’ a Long-Term Streaming Rental Summary An ongoing lawsuit alleges Amazon Prime Video misleads customers by labelling long-term streaming licences as “buy”…
400 ‘Tech Utopian’ Refuges Consider New Crypto-Friendly State Summary Nearly 400 students and entrepreneurs have gathered in Forest City, Malaysia, to attend Network School — an in-person programme created by…
Blizzard’s Diablo devs unionise — Microsoft now has about 3,500 unionised workers Summary Over 450 members of Blizzard’s Diablo development team have voted to form a union under the Communications…
EU To Boost Satellite Defences Against GPS Jamming, Defence Commissioner Says Summary The European Union plans to deploy additional satellites in low Earth orbit and improve detection capabilities to strengthen…
The Age of Cheap Online Shopping is Ending Summary The US has ended the long-standing de minimis duty-free import exemption (previously $800), closing a loophole that allowed millions of low-value…
Azure Budget Alerts Go Berserk After Microsoft Account Migration Misfire Summary A problematic Microsoft account migration caused Azure’s cost forecasts to spike for a number of customers, triggering automated budget…
Do social-media bans benefit young people? These data could offer clues Summary The Australian Online Safety Amendment Act will bar under-16s from accounts on major social platforms. Authors Helen Christensen…
The grant lottery: award rates at UK national funding agency fall below 20% Summary New UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) data show a sharp rise in applications but only a…
I was a part-time DBA. After this failover foul-up, they hired a full-time DBA Summary A reader recounts working as a part-time DBA for a company that ran two MySQL…
White House nixes NASA unions amid budget uncertainty Summary The White House issued an executive order on 28 August 2025 adding NASA to the National Security Exclusions list. That placement…
