From TechCrunch: Microsoft says a vulnerability it discovered in a core macOS security feature, Gatekeeper, could have allowed attackers to compromise vulnerable Macs with malware.

The flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-42821, was first uncovered by Microsoft principal security researcher Jonathan Bar Or...

From TechCrunch: After years of promises and millions in investments, Porsche today pumped the first gallons of its fully synthetic fuel into a car. That car? A 911, of course.

Porsche has been talking about eFuels since 2020, when it made a €20 million investment into a project with Siemens Energy...

From Ars Technica: We can expect continued disruption to the global semiconductor industry and, therefore, continued supply chain shortages in the automotive industry throughout 2023, according to a new report in the Financial Times. The head of Onsemi, Hassane El-Khoury, told the paper that "there...

From PC Mag: A micro-meteoroid or space debris may have caused the leak on the Soyuz MS-22 craft, according to the Russian space agency Roscosmos.

Last Thursday, the abrupt leak derailed a planned spacewalk. It affected the craft’s external cooling system, which led to a stream of particles to...

From The Verge: That poll that Elon Musk posted to Twitter Sunday evening? Asking whether he should stay on as CEO of Twitter or appoint someone else? The one where he said he would “abide by the results” no matter how it turned out? The one where nearly 58 percent of participants said, yes, please...

From ExtremeTech: Time is running out for NASA’s InSight lander. On the heels of yet another important seismic discovery, the lander’s power reserves have dropped to critical levels. InSight, which has been on Mars since late 2018, beamed home what may be its final image, featuring the arid surface...

From ExtremeTech: There are many universal experiences we share as human beings. One of those is getting a prescription from our doctor, and being unable to decipher it. Google is aware of this problem and is now working on AI technology that can do it for you.

The company announced at its annual...

From The Verge: Amazon and European Union regulators have reached an agreement over two long-running antitrust cases, the European Commission has announced, which it’s hoped will help make third-party sellers more competitive on Amazon’s marketplace. The agreement means Amazon will avoid fines that...

From The Verge: TikTok users will soon get a peek under the hood of their For You pages to understand why each video is being recommended.

In a blog post today, the company said it would begin rolling out a new feature on videos that breaks down why they’re being shown to the user. The feature —...

From PC Mag: Apple has reportedly scrapped a high-powered, double-M2 Ultra chip for the Mac Pro.

According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman(Opens in a new window), the chip—which he calls the M2 Extreme—was shelved because of the complexity and cost of producing it.

When it announced the shift to Apple...