Sold out: why Australia doesn’t have enough electric vehicles to go around
Matt Holding set an alarm on his phone so he wouldn’t miss out on a limited release of electric vehicles, but by the time he...
Putin has a 21st-century digital battle plan, so why is he fighting like it’s 1939? | John Naughton
One thing at least we know about Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine: it isn’t going according to plan. Ah, yes, you reply, but which plan?...
US charges four Russian hackers over cyber-attacks on global energy sector
The US has unveiled criminal charges against four Russian government officials, saying they engaged in two major hacking campaigns between 2012 and 2018 that targeted...
‘He helped shape the modern world’: gif inventor Stephen Wilhite dies after getting Covid
Wilhite worked for Compuserve until 2001, after he had a stroke. Meanwhile, gifs’ popularity took off, including on early social media sites such as MySpace....
UK government vows 10-fold increase in electric car chargers by 2030
The UK government has set a new target to increase the number of electric car chargers more than ten times to 300,000 by 2030 after...
Ukraine uses facial recognition software to identify Russian soldiers killed in combat
Ukraine is using facial recognition software to help identify the bodies of Russian soldiers killed in combat and track down their families to inform them...
Landline phones are back? I’m waiting for the apocalypse before I plug mine in again | Tim Dowling
The New York Times reports on a nostalgic surge for landline phones in the US. In parallel with the resurgent affection for VHS tapes and...
Russia blocks Google News after ad ban on content condoning Ukraine invasion
Russia has blocked Google News, accusing it of promoting “inauthentic information” about the invasion of Ukraine. The ban came just hours after Google announced it...
Vampire appliances: the electronics sucking your wallet dry
Name: Vampire appliances. Age: There are old ones, and less old ones. Appearance: Again, it varies. Some are slim and pale, others boxy. Some of...
‘The casino beckons’: my journey inside the cryptosphere
I can’t explain exactly how I ended up on crypto Twitter (or CT, as it’s known in the cryptosphere) and in the crypto-focused Telegram and...