Tech

The CrowdStrike outage wrecked airlines. Are banks just as vulnerable?

The podcast format has seen significant growth in the past few years, with new rewatch shows, growing popularity and more ad revenue.

Podcasting Popularity: How the format is growing in revenue, viewership, nostalgia

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is looking into how artificial intelligence could be costing consumers more at checkout.

FTC probes companies on ‘surveillance pricing’

Meta says it shut down 63,000 accounts linked to sextortion scams.

Meta removes 63,000 accounts linked to sextortion scams

For the first time since dropping out of the 2024 race, President Joe Biden will address the nation. Here's what to expect.

President Biden to address the nation on his decision to end 2024 campaign

In this episode of Weapons and Warfare, revisit some of the W&W team's favorite weapon of the week features.

Weapon of the week best in show: Weapons and Warfare

Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot project faces delays and skepticism despite rolling out functional prototypes.

Musk says Tesla will be using humanoid robots by next year

Congress demands CrowdStrike CEO testify on the major outage impacting airlines, banks, hospitals and millions globally.

House Republicans want CrowdStrike CEO to testify over outage

Vice President Kamala Harris has secured enough verbal delegate support to become the Democratic presidential nominee.

VP Harris secures enough delegate support to become Democratic nominee

More than a week after an incident at the Vineyard Wind project, residents of Nantucket are still finding debris washing up on their shores.

Debris from Vineyard Wind still washing up as Nantucket considers legal action

Delta Air Lines canceled over 4,500 flights since the cybersecurity outage. Transportation Secretary Buttigieg demands customer assistance.

More flights canceled as Delta struggles after global tech outage

Scientists say that universal flu vaccine may be available within the next five years, according to new research.

One-time flu shot may offer a lifetime of protection in next five years: Study

A software update glitch at CrowdStrike, a prominent cybersecurity firm, triggered widespread chaos across the globe on Friday, July 19.

What is CrowdStrike? How a software glitch disrupted a tech-dependent world

Global tech outage disrupted airlines and businesses worldwide due to a CrowdStrike update, affecting Microsoft Windows systems.

Major tech outage for Microsoft users affects airlines, businesses around the world

Netflix is ending its cheapest ad-free plan, requiring current users to switch. Ad-supported plan now the lowest at $6.99/month.

Netflix getting rid of lowest-priced ad-free plan

"You'll never hear it from me a second time." Former President Trump recounted assassination attempt while accepting GOP nomination.

Trump accepts GOP’s nomination, recounts assassination attempt

Semiconductor shares plummeted as U.S. considers new export controls on China and the market reacts to Trump and Biden's comments.

Chipmaker stocks dive following US policy rumors

NASA announced that it has scrapped plans to put a rover on the moon to look for ice deposits, citing budget constraints and launch failures.

NASA cancels moon rover mission after spending $450 million on development

Scientists say so-called "supermodel granny" mice could be the key to helping humans slow down the aging process.

‘Supermodel granny’ mice could be key to slow human aging

Vineyard Wind, the nation's largest offshore wind farm, located 14 miles off the coast of Massachusetts, is now under federal investigation.

Nation’s largest offshore wind project under federal investigation

Former Republican rivals of Donald Trump are now throwing their weight into backing him for the 2024 presidential election at the RNC.

Haley among former rivals to show support for Trump at RNC

This week, Weapons and Warfare revisits its first episode, providing an update on the development of pills to protect troops from radiation.

Research on anti-radiation drug continues: Weapons and Warfare

A massive asteroid is expected to pass by Earth in 2029 and the European Space Agency hopes to catch it with a new mission.

Giant asteroid will fly by Earth in 2029, scientists want to catch it

Hackers leaked Disney's internal Slack data, including ad campaigns, unreleased projects and employee info.

Hacker group claims it leaked Disney’s internal info