Cybersecurity
Most Hackers Are Never Caught—and That’s the Real Problem
The attribution illusion: why catching some hackers masks how many escape When LAPSUS$ members were arrested in 2022,…
Consumer Tech
Fix Wi-Fi Roaming on OpenWrt With 802.11r and wpa_cli
The ‘Good Enough’ Trap: Why Home Roaming Problems Hide in Plain Sight Roaming was a deliberate deferral. After…
Consumer Tech
Flatpak’s systemd Dependency Breaks Its Universal Linux Promise
The Promise That Made Flatpak Matter Flatpak built its reputation on a single, bold claim: one app package…
Consumer Tech
uv is fast, but its UX debt could stall adoption
The uv revolution: what it got spectacularly right Astral’s uv arrived and immediately made the existing Python tooling…
Consumer Tech
Anderon: IBM’s Quantum Chip Foundry Is CHIPS Act’s Real Bet
What Anderon Actually Is — And Why It’s Structurally Unusual Anderon is a pure-play quantum foundry — a…
Consumer Tech
Find Your Own Manhattanhenge With This Solar Alignment Tool
The Manhattanhenge Effect: Why One City’s Quirk Captivated the World Twice a year, New Yorkers flood the cross…
Startups & Business
SpaceX IPO Filing: Why the $28T Market Claim Falls Short
The Numbers That Demand a Double-Take SpaceX’s S-1 filing opens with a number designed to stop you cold:…
AI & Machine Learning
AI News Overload Is Now a Tech Story in Its Own Right
The Acknowledgment No One Is Talking About MIT Technology Review’s own Download newsletter recently did something rare in…
AI & Machine Learning
AI Honesty Is Now a Feature You Have to Sell
The Diogenes Problem: Why AI Honesty Needs a Marketing Campaign Anthropic opened its Claude Opus 4.8 launch with…
Gadgets & Reviews
Budget QLED Art TVs Now Rival Samsung The Frame
Samsung Built the Art TV Category — Then Priced Most People Out Samsung launched The Frame in 2017…
Cybersecurity
FBI Wants Real-Time License Plate Reader Access—Here’s Why It Matters
The Request Itself: What the FBI Is Actually Asking For The FBI is seeking direct, near real-time access…
Consumer Tech
Browser Extensions That Put You Back in Control of YouTube
Why Your YouTube Experience Is Already Being Shaped For You YouTube hosts over 20 million video uploads every…