An anonymous reader shares a report from Technology Review: The Massachusetts Audubon Society has long managed its land in western Massachusetts as crucial wildlife habitat. Nature lovers flock to these forests to enjoy bird-watching and quiet hikes, with the occasional bobcat or moose sighting. But in 2015, the conservation nonprofit presented California’s top climate regulator…

Really, three years should be the bare minimum at this point Analysis Almost seven months after the brand splashed down in the UK market, mobile maker Vivo is making some bold promises about the longevity of its upcoming phones.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Just hours after the iconoclastic CEO hosted Saturday Night Live, his company conducted a landmark launch. …read more Source:: CNet

The spacecraft pickpocketed an asteroid and now is returning to Earth with the largest space souvenir from a NASA mission since Apollo astronauts brought moon rocks home. …read more Source:: CNet

Meanwhile, the hacker group DarkSide said a statement that its goal is “to make money, and not creating problems for society”. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Clubhouse finally has an Android app that you can download from the Play Store — provided you live in the U.S. From a report: The voice-based social network launched its beta Android app on Play Store for users in the U.S. on Sunday, and said it will gradually make the new app available in other…

5.10 lifespan also extended to six years, up from two Linus Torvalds has closed the merge window for Linux 5.13 with the first release candidate, which includes initial support for Apple’s M1 processor along with “a fair amount of stuff, all over the place.”… …read more Source:: TheRegister

The criminal hacking group suspected of being behind the ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline, which was shut down as a precaution in response, has published a new statement on its dark web site saying it is “apolitical.” From a report: “We are apolitical, we do not participate in geopolitics, do not need to tie…

Leverage a couple easy Amazon Prime hacks to score a significant discount on this great bike — and other stuff, too. …read more Source:: CNet

Join us on Wednesday, May 12 at noon Pacific for the Embedded Rust Hack Chat with James Munns! Programming languages, like fashion, are very much a matter of personal taste. Professional developers often don’t have much say in which language they’ll use for a given project, either for legacy or team reasons, but if they…