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Paid-for Copilot trained on FOSS code final straw for Software Freedom Conservancy The Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC), a non-profit focused on free and open source software (FOSS), said it has... stopped using Microsoft's GitHub for project hosting - and is urging other software developers to do the same....

The Perseverance team says the rover can still take key weather measurements after pebbles struck a wind sensor amid strong Red Planet gusts.

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NASA's next-generation rocket, the Space Launch System, will return to its home at the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida today.

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One of the instrument's early programs includes performing spectroscopy on stellar nursery NGC 133 to spot the small, dark celestial bodies.

People are using deepfakes to apply for remote jobs in the tech industry, according to the FBI.

The last six phones languishing on Android 11 have received access to the open beta for Android 12, although owners of the global phone version may want to wait for now.

If you're curious about what may be changed in VR and what details there are about it, we've sussed out all the information you need to know about Among Us VR.

It's nice to have a feel-good story every once in a while, so here's one to hold off the existential dread: the Earth isn't likely to get flung off into deep space for at least 100,000 years. In fact,... all of the Solar System's planets are safe for that time frame, so there is good …

Uber's second safety report covering 2019 and 2020, delayed due to pandemic, says third-party drivers are mostly to blame for fatalities.

NASA is preparing to unveil the first high-res images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, and its latest comments suggest they'll be something special.

NFT marketplace OpenSea shared today that it's the victim of another data breach -- though this time the target is one of its vendors. An employee of its email delivery vendor, Customer.io, allegedly... downloaded and shared stored email addresses associated with OpenSea accounts and newsletter subscriptions with an unknown third party. Any OpenSea account holder or newsletter subscriber should assume their email address was among those impacted, according to a blog post by the company's head of security Cory Hardman. At this time it does not appear any passwords or other personal information was stolen. The company is working with Customer.io to investigate the matter. "Please stay vigilant about your email practices, and be alert for any attempt to impersonate OpenSea via email," wrote...

If you can't defend against crypto bros ... The British Army has apologised after its Twitter and YouTube accounts were compromised by entities that used them to promote NFT....

There's a big feature expected to arrive with the next-gen Apple Watch, but rumors about it keep oscillating back and forth - and the latest includes good news.

Here are some expert technology tips for Google users. They are simple steps to insure your Google account and your important documents are safe from hackers on the internet.

Researchers have developed a new implantable device that can "cool" nerves and provide on-demand pain relief for those suffering from neuropathic or chronic pain.

Study reports adolescents are three times more likely to develop cannabis use disorder than adults, but may not be at more risk of developing other mental health disorders associated with cannabis... use.

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter Blue has finally started letting subscribers on Android customize the app's navigation bar. The feature, which was previously available only on iOS,... lets you get rid of the Spaces icon that's smack-dab in the middle of your navigation bar (and of course, remove some of the other tabs if you want, too). With custom navigation, you can reduce the number of displayed tabs to as few as two, or keep all five that appear by default -- handy if you're tired of stretching your finger over the Spaces tab just to get to your DMs and notifications. Twitter first started testing the Spaces tab on iOS last year and rolled out the tab on Android in May, which seemed to only give more inconvenienced users a reason to sign up for the $2.99 /...

Researchers developed a new GPU-based machine learning algorithm to help predict the connectivity of networks within the brain.

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge It's no mystery why Sony made a PC gaming monitor that can also work well with the PS5. The PC gaming business is simply too big to ignore, and it's just... money on the table that's otherwise up for grabs by other monitor makers. Sony didn't say those exact words, but it didn't have to for me to know that it's one of the reasons why it decided to announce two gaming monitors this week. Another reason is because Sony's growing focus on services means that PS Plus will eventually go beyond the console. Getting its games in front of more people instead of locking them down as exclusives has, in the past few years, become a welcome change in strategy.

Robots will venture into the sunless depths of lunar craters to find ancient water ice, while studies find hints about how water arrives on rocky worlds.

Industrial systems' security got 99 problems and CVEs are one. Or more The latest threat security research into operational technology (OT) and industrial systems identified a bunch of issues -- 56 to... be exact -- that criminals could use to launch cyberattacks against critical infrastructure. ...

It all comes down to performance when picking your next graphics card, right? Not exactly. Here's how GPU benchmarks can mislead upgrades.