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Retired engineer discovers 55-year-old bug in Lunar Lander computer game code

Enlarge / Illustration of the Apollo lunar lander Eagle over the Moon. (credit: Getty Images) On Friday, a retired software engineer named Martin C. Martin announced that he recently discovered a bug in the original Lunar Lander computer game's physics code while tinkering with the software. Created by a 17-year-old high...

Sat Jun 15, 2024 03:44
Give yourself a day to tackle all your recommendation and subscription guilt

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) We're heading into summer, a time when some people get a few half or whole days off from work. These can't all be vacations, and there's only so much shopping, golfing, or streaming one can do. A few of these times off are even unexpected, such that people with kids might even have some rare...

Sat Jun 15, 2024 03:44
Microsoft delays Recall again, won’t debut it with new Copilot+ PCs after all

Enlarge / Recall is part of Microsoft's Copilot+ PC program. (credit: Microsoft) Microsoft will be delaying its controversial Recall feature again, according to an updated blog post by Windows and Devices VP Pavan Davuluri. And when the feature does return "in the coming weeks," Davuluri writes, it will be as a preview...

Fri Jun 14, 2024 11:51
“Simulation of keyboard activity” leads to firing of Wells Fargo employees

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Last month, Wells Fargo terminated over a dozen bank employees following an investigation into claims of faking work activity on their computers, according to a Bloomberg report. A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) search conducted by Ars confirmed that the fired members of...

Fri Jun 14, 2024 11:51
Roku owners face the grimmest indignity yet: Stuck-on motion smoothing

Enlarge / Motion smoothing was making images uncanny and weird long before AI got here. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images | Roku) Roku TV owners have been introduced to a number of annoyances recently through the software update pipeline. There was an arbitration-demanding terms of service that locked your TV until...

Fri Jun 14, 2024 11:51
Starlink user terminal now costs just $300 in 28 states, $500 in rest of US

Enlarge / The standard Starlink satellite dish. (credit: Starlink) You can now buy a Starlink satellite dish for $299 (plus shipping and tax) in 28 US states due to a discount for areas where SpaceX's broadband network has excess capacity. Starlink had raised its upfront hardware cost from $499 to $599 in March 2022 but...

Fri Jun 14, 2024 11:51

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