In the beginning, it took a very specialized pitch to connect Android and Google. (credit: Dan Sandler) Androids: The team that built the Android operating system is a new book from longtime Android engineer Chet Haase. Haase has been on the Android team since 2010, and he interviewed dozens of Googlers for this book, which...
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Alibaba Rape Allegation Reveals China Tech’s Seamy Side
Sexually suggestive office games, boozy dinners and a culture of ignoring problems have long plagued the industry. Changing it will still be hard.
The Lesson to Learn From Apple’s Tool to Flag Child Sex Abuse
An update for iPhones has raised privacy concerns and is a reminder not to become reliant on a company’s cloud.
How Facebook Failed to Stem Racist Abuse of England’s Soccer Players
For more than two years, soccer officials pushed the social network to limit the invective. As a new season begins, the hate continues.
Leaked voting machine BIOS passwords may implicate Q-friendly county clerk
Enlarge / Sensitive BIOS passwords leaked by QAnon figure Ron Watkins have been linked to a Colorado County office run by a clerk who promotes “Stop the Steal” messaging. (credit: JJ Gouin / Getty Images) Last week, Ron Watkins—conspiracy theorist, QAnon enthusiast, and former 8chan site admin—released photocopies of an installation manual for Dominion voting...
Hackers siphon $600 million in digital tokens, crypto network says
Enlarge (credit: RobertAx | Getty Images) A decentralized financial network has claimed hackers absconded with about $600 million worth of cryptocurrencies in one of the largest heists to target the growing digital asset industry. Poly Network, which links some of the world’s most widely used digital ledgers, said on Tuesday that attackers had exploited a...
AT&T delays 500,000 fiber-to-the-home builds due to severe fiber shortage
Enlarge / An AT&T technician working on a fiber project. (credit: AT&T) AT&T says that supply-chain shortages will delay fiber construction to about 500,000 homes that it originally planned to wire up this year and warned that shortages are likely to impact other companies that purchase fiber even more. “Up through the second quarter, we...
Massachusetts Start-Up Hopes to Move a Step Closer to Commercial Fusion
The company, founded by scientists at M.I.T., has been testing an extremely powerful magnet necessary to generate immense heat.
Virus Misinformation Spikes as Delta Cases Surge
Researchers have recorded a new burst of false and misleading information about the coronavirus after a decline in the spring.







