Top official spells out simply why America is going back to the Moon Interview "There is no SpaceX without NASA," Thomas Zurbuchen, an associate administrator at the US space agency's Science Mission Directorate, told The Register this week as a Fa…
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Lees meerFingers crossed this prodigious test will have a good weather experience NASA will try to launch its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket to the Moon on Saturday after its first attempt on August 29 was scrubbed due to what turned out to be a faulty sen…
Lees meerJust days after US rules tackling homemade firearms take effect A US man has admitted he broke the law when he used 3D printers to make components converting semi-automatic guns to full auto.…
Lees meerUsers will now be able to blur or replace their backgrounds during video meetings or calls Microsoft is making it easier for Teams to work with virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) in a bid to grow the number of monthly active users on the collabora…
Lees meerMore silicon sales for us says Qualcomm Meta’s latest move in the effort to reinvent Second Life, or roll out the metaverse, involves building better VR chips and it's trusting Qualcomm with the job.…
Lees meerLetters to FCC prove what many believed, but don't address a bigger problem US mobile carriers know a lot about where their customers are located, and according to letters sent to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), they routinely store suc…
Lees meerOutsourced assembly and test a key missing part of supply chain, and foreign entities aren't beyond the pale Stakeholders in the semiconductor industry have a clear-eyed view of the changes that should happen in order for the US to rebuild a leading…
Lees meerUMC founder Robert Tsao wants to train more than 3m 'civilian warriors' and sharpshooters A Taiwanese semiconductor magnate is to provide the money to prime several million "civilian warriors" and marksmen to help defend the island nation in the eve…
Lees meer'Improved algorithm' set to keep miscreants at bay, web-based taxi service promises The taxi offshoot of troubled Russian tech giant Yandex has been hit by online pranksters, who yesterday ordered dozens of cabs to a single address in central Moscow…
Lees meerJudge says that servers being located in Singapore is not a get-out clause A ruling handed down from the Delhi High Court this week declared that Telegram must hand over information such as IP addresses, mobile numbers, and devices used by channels …
Lees meerNational Labor Relations Board says company had not met the burden of proof for its objections Amazon's attempt to rerun the election that resulted in workers unionizing at a warehouse in New York City have been shut down by the National Labor Relat…
Lees meerOr so says a hopeful IDC after releasing latest forecast of doom The pandemic fueled buying frenzy in the PC industry looks to be well and truly over with analysts at IDC forecasting a double digit decline in shipments this year, and growth hopes fo…
Lees meerOS support includes Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 2021 LTSC and Linux options Intel has made available versions of its 12th-generation Core processors optimized for edge and IoT applications, claiming the purpose-built chips enable smaller form factor d…
Lees meerWhat could possibly go wrong? The UK government has suggested IT contractors should challenge errors in their tax status and reclaim overpaid tax through self-assessment yet some experts think the plans are impractical and misguided.…
Lees meerRules for devices including phones aimed at reducing environmental impact of scroll addiction The European Union is proposing legislation which will make manufacturers of tablets and smartphones offer longer-life batteries and spare parts for at lea…
Lees meerBrit watchdog says what we're all thinking, motions for deeper investigation Following the launch of a merger inquiry into Microsoft's acquisition of video game developer and publisher Activision Blizzard in July, the UK's Competition and Markets Au…
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