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Government hearing reveals Waymo's self-driving cars use remote human operators, including workers in the Philippines, for guidance.

In the latest blow to right to repair, BMW has patented a screw which incorporates the automaker's iconic logo design into the head. The screw head design patent filing was spotted by Autoblog: Instead of a Torx, hex, or any other recognisable screw ...

The DOJ's release of Epstein-related documents was supposed to be redacted, but whoever did the job left a backdoor wide open. Email attachments were stored as base64-encoded text -- basically, the raw PDF data converted to a string of letters and ...

New York wants to put a kill switch on your 3D printer. The state's 2026-2027 executive budget bill (S.9005 / A.10005) would require all 3D printers sold in New York to include "blocking technology" -- software that scans every print file through a ...

This week marks the 50th anniversary of Bill Gates' infamous "Open Letter to Hobbyists," in which the 20-year-old accused early computer enthusiasts of theft for copying his BASIC interpreter. "Most of you steal your software," Gates wrote in 1976. -

In 2007, Ibrahim Diallo switched to Dish Network and got an RF remote -- the kind that doesn't need line-of-sight. A few months later, his loud neighbor switched to Dish as well. Same remote, same frequency. "One day, I was in the living room ...

Apple released the second-generation AirTag. The new model uses Apple's second-generation Ultra Wideband chip, enabling Precision Finding from up to 50% farther away. An upgraded Bluetooth chip extends detection range even further. The speaker is 50%