Microsoft ties executive pay to security following multiple failures and breaches

Enlarge / A PC running Windows 11. It’s been a bad couple of years for Microsoft’s…

The Download: the cancer vaccine renaissance, and working towards a decarbonized future

Last week, Moderna and Merck launched a large clinical trial in the UK of a promising…

Apple: pay attention to emerging markets, not falling China sales

Apple’s chief financial officer Luca Maestri challenged investor worries over an 8% drop in China revenue,…

Calling All Hot Sleepers and Hot Flashers: This Wearable May Be Worth a Try

If you could stop being flushed or uncomfortably warm by setting an app or wearing a…

Apple Reports Decline in Sales and Profit Amid iPhone Struggles in China

Difficulties have been piling up for Apple. In recent months, it has been sued by the…

The UK’s ARIA Is Searching For Better AI Tech

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Nick Bostrom Made the World Fear AI. Now He Asks: What if It Fixes Everything?

Philosopher Nick Bostrom is surprisingly cheerful for someone who has spent so much time worrying about…

Canceling people’s unpaid medical bills doesn’t improve their credit or health, study finds

Four in 10 Americans carry some kind of medical debt, an affliction that is unique to…

New Snapchat update finally introduces editable Snaps

In a huge update this week (May 1) Snapchat announced several new upcoming features including one…

Hacker free-for-all fights for control of home and office routers everywhere

Cybercriminals and spies working for nation-states are surreptitiously coexisting inside the same compromised name-brand routers as…