The upper stage from a commercial Chinese rocket that launched last week has broken apart in space, spreading debris in a heavily trafficked part of low-Earth orbit home to the International Space Station and a significant portion of SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network. The breakup occurred shortly after the Zhuque-2E rocket reached orbit on June 9 … Read More “A Chinese rocket breaks apart dangerously close to the Starlink constellation” »
In the documentation for best practices for implementing process and thread-related callback functions, it calls out Keep routines short and simple. Don’t make calls into a user mode service to validate the process, thread, or image. Don’t make registry calls. Don’t make blocking and/or Interprocess Communication (IPC) function calls. Don’t synchronize with other threads because … Read More “Understanding the rationale behind a rule when trying to circumvent it” »
Fox is about to take over the TVs in more than 100 million homes worldwide. On Monday, Fox announced that it’s acquiring Roku, the streaming middleman that serves as a portal for viewers to hop into services like Netflix, Disney Plus, Hulu, and more. The $22 billion deal may not change Roku’s familiar purple interface, … Read More “Fox wants to take over your TV — and the tech inside it” »
Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? Read on. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check … Read More “Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for June 16” »
Over the past months, many countries have announced plans to restrict social media access for children and teens. Australia became the first to implement such measures at the end of last year, setting a precedent that other countries are now closely watching. The U.K. is the latest country to announce that it will impose a ban … Read More “These are the countries moving to ban social media for children” »
Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Today’s Connections: Sports Edition is a tough one. If you’re struggling with the puzzle but still want to solve it, read on for hints and … Read More “Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints, Answers for June 16 #631” »
Early signs of market fatigue have prompted some tech companies to find alternative avenues for financing. Anthropic has turned to private credit investors to seal a $35 billion deal backed by Broadcom. Google’s parent Alphabet decided to issue equity for the first time in more than two decades, bringing in $85 billion in fresh capital … Read More “Chipmaker Nvidia seeks to raise over $25B in first bond deal since 2021” »
Galaxy S23 users are reporting display issues after installing Samsung’s One UI 8.5 update. There are multiple claims of green and pink lines appearing on affected devices. The reports suggest the problem is showing up shortly after updating. Some users say the issue appears during or after the installation process. In a few cases, overheating … Read More “If you’re a Galaxy S23 user, proceed with caution when updating to One UI 8.5” »
There is a version of buying a flagship phone where you pay full price at launch, watch the price drop four months later, and spend the rest of the year quietly annoyed about it. The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra has dropped to £999, down from its £1,279 launch price, which means £280 off one of … Read More “The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra has dropped to its best price ever” »
During an exchange of war stories, a colleague of mine told one from back in the days when Windows included a processor emulator for x86-32 on systems that natively ran some other processor. (This has happened many times. And no, I don’t know which processor this particular story applied to.) This particular emulator employed binary … Read More “The time the x86 emulator team found code so bad that they fixed it during emulation” »
