Something to look forward to: Best yet, this is only the tip of the iceberg. Over the planned seven-year mission, the craft’s other instruments are expected to reveal a wealth of additional information about the Sun that scientists will be studying for years to come. The Solar Orbiter, a... Read more

Bottom line: Seemingly having exhausted all other options in its four-year-old investigation, cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex is now hoping that someone will come forward with fresh tips or perhaps appeal to the hackers’ guilty conscience. Eh, good luck with that. Bitfinex on Tuesday put out a call to the cryptocurrency... Read more

Editor’s take: With new Arm-based Apple silicon on the horizon, an Intel-based iMac at this stage of the game could be a tough sell. Then again, it’s not outside the realm of possibility to think that there could be some ‘growing pains’ that’ll accompany the transition from Intel to... Read more

What just happened? Apple’s Siri is not the most successful digital assistant, but that didn’t stop a Chinese AI company from use it as a means to block sales of Apple devices in the region and potentially score some settlement cash. All of this is possible thanks to a... Read more

Why it matters: Are you using the free version of CCleaner? If so, you’ll probably notice that Windows Defender is now flagging the junk file remover as a Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA) after Microsoft recently updated its antivirus program. CCleaner optimizes a system by removing unused and temporary files,... Read more

A hot potato: There was a time—and it wasn’t really that long ago—when if you asked anyone who tracked the chip business about Intel, they probably would have said they were invincible. After all, they owned 99% of the datacenter CPU market, close to 90% of the PC CPU... Read more

In context: Where possible, tech companies throughout the world — but particularly in the US — have instituted strict work-from-home policies for their employees to reduce the spread of Covid-19. Though some companies have already begun to open up their physical offices, Microsoft is taking a more conservative approach.... Read more

What just happened? The US Department of Energy this week laid out its blueprint for what it is calling the Quantum Internet, a second Internet that would run parallel to the digital Internet and offer unprecedented levels of security. The traditional Internet, as The Wall Street Journal points out,... Read more

What just happened? Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s attempt to ban the US military from recruiting on Twitch has failed. The US Representative’s proposed amendment to the House Appropriations bill would have prevented the military from using funds to “maintain a presence on Twitch.com or any video game, esports, or live-streaming platform.”... Read more

Why it matters: It seems that some bad actors are preying on the fervent anticipation of gamers eager to get their hands on CD Projekt Red’s much hyped Cyberpunk 2077, due out later this year. However, don’t be fooled — there is currently no beta, according to the developer.... Read more