LoginNASA planet hunter resumes operations after low power incident
Pointing problem left TESS in the dark
Good news for planet hunters – NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is back online after a short flirtation with safe mode.…
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Tesla Full Self Driving subscription to rise alongside its capabilities
One-time FSD purchase no longer available as Elon Musk talks up future where drivers can be asleep at the wheel
Having confirmed Tesla will start charging $99 a month for supervised Full Self-Driving (FSD), CEO Elon Musk has told the faithful that the cost will rise "as FSD's capabilities improve."…
Microsoft 365 outage drags on for nearly 10 hours during bad night for North American infra
Down to 364.5 already: Redmond's crappy 2026 continues
Microsoft 365 suffered a widespread outage last night affecting multiple services including Outlook – adding to the megacorp's troubled start to 2026.…
Windows fails to tip the scales in grocery store deployment
Recovery from an excess of sprouts, or something else?
Bork!Bork!Bork! Microsoft's flagship OS can power everything from a mini PC to a giant workstation or even a server. But using it for a grocery-store scale might just be overkill.…
PowerShell architect retires after decades at the prompt
After Microsoft, Google, and a long fight for automation, Jeffrey Snover hangs up his keyboard
A really important window is closing. Jeffrey Snover, chief PowerShell boffin and hero of Windows administrators around the world, has retired.…
Notepad will now tell you all the ways Microsoft has enshittified it
Veteran text editor gets more AI enhancements while Paint will be able to generate coloring books
Microsoft is meddling with Notepad again, this time adding a "What's New" screen so users know the latest indignities heaped on the once-humble text editor.…
Rocket Lab's Neutron schedule under pressure after unexpected tank rupture
Launch vehicle due to make maiden flight this year, company promises update in February earnings call
Rocket Lab suffered a setback after a Neutron Stage 1 tank ruptured overnight while the company was performing a hydrostatic pressure trial at its Space Structures Complex in Middle River, Maryland.…
Splash-screen memories from a Bangkok ticket machine
When the operating system is older than the transport network
Bork!Bork!Bork! There's no keeping an obsolete operating system down, although keeping it operational can sometimes be a challenge, if public terminals are any indication. Today's bork uses an OS that dates back 26 years, but is still serving up train tickets.…
ESA puts ExoMars lander through its paces with eye on 2028 launch
After Russia drama and NASA's on-again-off-again romance, rover shows it still has legs... four of them
The European Space Agency (ESA) has unveiled a full-scale structural mock-up of the landing platform for its long-delayed ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover.…
Concorde at 50: Twice the speed of sound, twice the economic trouble
Supersonic passenger flight worked technically – but never added up commercially
It is 50 years since Concorde began scheduled passenger flights, with British Airways operating a London-Bahrain service and Air France flying from Paris to Rio de Janeiro.…
Microsoft admits Outlook might freeze when saving files to OneDrive
January update is the gift that keeps on giving
Microsoft's January Windows update has delivered another blow for unsuspecting users – apps including Outlook might freeze when saving files to cloud storage services such as OneDrive or Dropbox.…
Microsoft CEO: AI sovereignty isn't where it runs, it's who controls it
Ownership of models, embedded corporate knowledge matters more than server location, Nadella says
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says datacenter location is "the least important thing" for AI sovereignty.…
Kids learn computer theory with wood, cardboard, and hot glue
Behold the cardboard ENIAC
Students at an Arizona school have built a full-scale replica of ENIAC, marking 80 years since the dedication of the computer at the University of Pennsylvania.…
ATM takes a kicking yet keeps on ticking
But who is paying to keep the lights on?
Bork!Bork!Bork! Sometimes technology is made of sterner stuff than we give credit for, such as this ATM, which has clung on to life – and power – despite the indignities heaped upon it.…
Rackspace tests customer loyalty with brutal email price hike
Mailbox costs leap overnight as longtime users vent their frustration
Rackspace is giving a masterclass in how to annoy customers after an eye-watering price hike for email hosting.…
Microsoft veteran explains the one weird trick that made Windows 95 restart faster
Hold down Shift to make the magic happen (or not, as the case might be)
Microsoft's Raymond Chen has explained why holding down Shift during a Windows 95 restart would get the system up and running again far faster than a full reboot.…
Manchester ATM ups PIN requirement to full Windows login
Definitely Maybe running Windows 7?
Bork!Bork!Bork! Just because Microsoft has ended support doesn't mean an operating system will suddenly disappear. Take this crusty ATM running Windows 7 in the fair city of Manchester, England.…
NASA's Artemis II Moon rocket arrives at the launch pad
If it all goes wrong, British kids of the '80s might remember an alternative
NASA's monster Moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), has trundled out to the launch pad – though the upper stage and Orion spacecraft look uncannily like a prop from a 1980s British children's television show.…
Microsoft Intune changes to start biting unprepared admins
Mobile application management updates mean apps could soon be blocked
Today's a critical day for administrators managing a fleet of mobile devices via Microsoft Intune. Without updates, apps - including Microsoft's own - may stop working.…
S Twatter: When text-to-speech goes down the drain
Rinse of the machines: A cautionary tale about relying on robots
Bork!Bork!Bork! UK water company Severn Trent learned an unfortunate lesson about text-to-speech systems when a robocall to customers went hilariously wrong.…
