Colonial Pipeline Co. paid nearly $5 million to Eastern European hackers on Friday, contradicting reports earlier this week that the company had no intention of paying an extortion fee to help restore the country’s largest fuel pipeline, according to two…

Param Sharma says he has "gone about 40,000 miles without being in the driver's seat" because it is safer.

Repairability has been a big sticking point for consumer electronics over the past several years. As devices have gotten thinner — and companies have pushed to maintain control over proprietary systems — many devices have become near impossible for an every…

In addition to the AF-P DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR lens I reported a few days ago, Nikon has slowly retired several other Nikkor F-mount lenses – they are already listed as “old product” on the main Nikon Japan website or listed on the discontinued section…

The Consumer Price Index rise for April from a year earlier was the sharpest since September 2008.

An experiment that uses hardware security keys (like a YubiKey) to replace CAPTCHAs completely. The idea is rather simple: if a real human is sitting at their keyboard or uses their phone, they can touch their security key’s button or bring it near their…

Cards are available online, however

Now that there’s decent chance of US investment in rail, Randal O’Toole is resurrecting his takes from the early Obama era, warning that high-speed rail is a multi-trillion dollar money…

A Black woman sought three appraisals for her home when she couldn't figure out why the values were so low compared to nearby sales.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Tesla would suspend car purchases using bitcoin, wiping off billions of dollars of value from the cryptocurrency market.

Scientists have identified the fossil of a giant mosasaur in Morocco that grew up to eight metres long.

A letter obtained by Motherboard discusses internet browsing, location, and other forms of data.

Discover how to Auth0’s post-user registration hook and Courier’s automations feature to learn how to help a user sign up for your product.

Framework Laptop pre-orders are now open! It starts at a fantastic price point of $999. Don’t wait!

Dataflow is a new tool that lets you run, edit, and compile Observable notebooks locally on your own computer, with any text editor you want! If you have ever wanted to save + run Observable notebooks as files on your computer (for easier integration with…

To bolster slumping demand for the vaccine, the state will use federal coronavirus relief funds to pay for a weekly lottery beginning May 26.

Drills involving swarms of drones raise questions about whether machines could outperform a human operator in complex scenarios.

Unveiling a scheme flooding vulnerability across major browsers. Learn how it threatens anonymous browsing.