petty — The state withheld nearly $700,000 in funding from two counties. Beth Mole – Oct 28, 2021 8:41 pm UTC Enlarge / Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wears a face mask during a press conference on July 13, 2020. The state of Florida this week withheld nearly $700,000 in funding from two school districts as…
Enlarge / A woman examines a mask—a part used in wafer conception—at a show room of the United Microelectronics Corp (UMC) factory in Tainan, southern Taiwan. Earlier this year, the chip shortage seemed like it might ease sometime in 2022. Now, that forecast appears to have been optimistic. “The shortages are going to continue indefinitely,”…
There’s a snake in my warp drive — Debut trailer follows name-only tease in March, looks unbelievably epic. Sam Machkovech – Oct 27, 2021 10:40 pm UTC Enlarge / Coming in June 2022 to “theaters.” While nobody was necessarily asking for an origin story film about Toy Story character Buzz Lightyear, the combined powers of…
The big picture: A group of cooperating German investigators and journalists claim to have tracked down a key member of the REvil ransomware gang, which has been responsible for a significant number of attacks this year. It remains unclear when or if the investigators will be able to arrest the person in question because they…
Holiday deals: Steam’s annual sales are always worth looking forward to, but the Holiday season is when we tend to see the most enticing ones. While the Winter Sale is still at least a couple more months off, discount-seekers can still enjoy some significant savings over the next few days courtesy of the just-launched Halloween…
What just happened? Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has unveiled the company’s new name, Meta. As had been reported, this signifies a new effort to make the metaverse a center of the company’s ambitions going forward. It’s also probably an effort to distance the company from the large amount of bad press it has received recently.…
Enlarge / A Starlink satellite dish. The Federal Communications Commission this week urged a court to back the FCC’s approval of SpaceX Starlink satellite launches against a lawsuit filed by Viasat and Dish. With oral arguments scheduled for December 3, final briefs were filed on Tuesday by the FCC, Viasat, Dish, and SpaceX. Judges at…
Happy pills? — It’s not a cure, but it seems to keep some at-risk people out of the hospital. John Timmer – Oct 28, 2021 9:12 pm UTC Despite the wide availability of vaccines, the most recent surge in COVID-19 cases left several US states struggling to provide adequate health care to their citizens. The…
The big picture: It’s been more than five years since NASA’s Juno spacecraft entered Jupiter’s orbit. In that time, Juno has provided astronomers and scientists with a wealth of information about the gas giant, some of which was recently made public for the first time through a series of published journals. Since entering Jupiter’s orbit,…
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