Well, Maverick, you’ve lost that lovin’ feeling and it’s gone, gone, gone Video An AI bot defeated a human pilot in a series of virtual dogfights that unfolded in skies albeit within a flight simulator during a competition held by the US military research arm DARPA.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Associated Press: Every day, like clockwork, to-do lists for those protesting against Belarus’ authoritarian leader appear in the popular Telegram messaging app. They lay out goals, give times and locations of rallies with business-like precision, and offer spirited encouragement. The app has become an indispensable tool in…

Detecting ISP shenanigans has led to a constant deluge of packets The Google Chromium team’s effort to detect when ISPs are trying to hijack domain name typos has led to a lot of network load: the browser’s query response testing routine now accounts for about half of all DNS root server traffic according to a…

Hubble shows that Neowise came out bright and beautiful from its close encounter with the sun. …read more Source:: CNet

Alphabet thought about participating in a group bid for a small stake in the short-form video app. …read more Source:: CNet

About four years ago, [Russell Graves] created what was, to him, the ultimate work-from-home environment: an off-grid office shed. The shed might look a bit small, but it’s a considerably larger workspace than most people in an office are granted. Four years later, in the middle of a global pandemic, working from home has become…

With pandemic measures continuing and political divisions deepening, security experts express concern about the security and integrity of the November election. …read more Source:: DarkReading

‘After careful consideration’ uni decided to pay up using its insurance policy The University of Utah has admitted to handing over a six-figure pile of cash to scumbags to undo a ransomware infection during which student and staff information was stolen by hackers.… …read more Source:: Register

Apple responded to Epic Games’ lawsuit accusing it of anticompetitive behavior in how it controls the App Store, telling the court that the Fortnite maker violated Apple’s rules and shouldn’t be placed back into the store temporarily while the legal battle rages. From a report: In its filing, Apple alleges that Epic Games asked for…

In a court filing, Apple says Epic’s asked for special permission to run its own store in the App Store, as well as offer a separate payment option for Fortnite. …read more Source:: CNet