Rust code in Linux kernel looks more likely as language team lead promises support

Torvalds worries about compiler bugs: ‘Very rare, but incredibly hard to debug’ Read more…

Microsoft: We’re pulling the plug on Windows builds of programming language PHP | ZDNet

Microsoft will no longer produce official PHP builds for Windows from PHP 8.0 onwards. Read more…

UK and Australia open joint data-privacy investigation into Clearview AI

The facial recognition company is being scrutinized over its database of 3 billion photos. Read more…

Microsoft wants to kill off Linux malware for good

Project Freta detects Linux malware for free. Read more at TechRadar…

If the coronavirus is really airborne, we might be fighting it the wrong way

Airborne transmission would mean there are certain solutions we really need to focus on. Read more…

30-year-old dies after Texas ‘COVID party,’ thought coronavirus was a hoax

“He said to his nurse was, ‘I think I made a mistake.'” Read more at ABC7…

Linux team approves new terminology, bans terms like ‘blacklist’ and ‘slave’ | ZDNet

Linux creator Linus Torvalds puts stamp on proposal to use neutral language in kernel code and…

Fusion Energy Gets Ready to Shine—Finally

Three decades and $23.7 billion later, the 25,000-ton International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor is close to becoming…

Astronomers discover South Pole Wall, a gigantic structure stretching 1.4 billion light years across

The South Pole Wall has been hiding in plain sight, remaining undetected until now because large…

How to Crack SSH Private Key Passwords with John the Ripper

Secure Shell is one of the most common network protocols, typically used to manage remote machines…

Hundreds of Years of Tree Rings Reveal a Grim Anomaly That Began in The 20th Century

Scientists have collected 600 years of this data to better understand climate change. The new records…

The violent attack that turned a man into a maths genius

Futon salesman Jason Padgett cared little about anything beyond partying and chasing girls, then one fateful…

Yes, Stephen Hawking Lied To Us All About How Black Holes Decay

Physicist and best-selling author Stephen Hawking presents program in 2012. His analogy about black holes decaying…

Native Americans and Polynesians Met Around 1200 A.D.

Genetic analysis of their modern descendants shows that people from the Pacific Islands and South America…

First precise edits to mitochondrial DNA achieved with weird enzyme

Feat enables researchers to study — and perhaps treat — deadly diseases. Read more…

4 mysterious objects spotted in deep space are unlike anything ever seen

Four faint objects at radio wavelengths are highly circular and brighter along their edges. Dubbed odd…

Astronomy’s Most Perfect Ring Galaxy, Hoag’s Object, Is Still A Mystery After 70 Years

We still don’t know how it came to be this way. Read more at Forbes…

350 elephants drop dead in Botswana, some walking in circles before doing face-plants

No one knows why. Read more at livescience.com…

Astronauts bound for Mars should swing by Venus first, scientists say

It could be cheaper, faster and two planets for the cost of one. Read more at…

Yes, There Really Could Be Life In The Cloud Tops Of Venus

Here’s how the closest place to “hell” in our Solar System might actually be home to…