Boeing's dreamliner seems to be a flying turkey
Not the sort of dreams anyone would want
Boeing's manufacturing woes appear to be getting worse after engineers investigating a litany of manufacturing defects on the 787 Dreamliner found even more problems than they expected.
Congress members stunned by Amazon privacy moves
Apparently the company has been “lobbying” politicians
Five members of Congress called for federal consumer-privacy legislation after a Reuters report published last Friday revealed how Amazon has led an under-the-radar campaign to gut privacy protections in 25 states while amassing a valuable trove of personal data on American consumers.
Qualcomm changes branding for Snapdragons
Users were getting too used to the old system
Qualcomm has announced some changes to how it brands its Snapdragon chips, and getting away from the three-digit numbering system.
Hackers don't bother brute-forcing long passwords
Time for longer sentences
According to data collected by Microsoft's network of honeypot servers, most brute-force attackers primarily attempt to guess short passwords.
Windows on ARM space hots up
Qualcomm’s Windows exclusivity about to end
Windows on ARM chips could be a space set to get more competitive.
Rolls-Royce electric plane breaks speed record
Fastest battery powered aircraft in the skies
Rolls-Royce has announced that its all-electric plane, dubbed the "Spirit of Innovation," is the fastest of its kind in the world after it reached a maximum speed of 387.4 mph (623 k/h) in recent flight tests. Rolls-Royce, which is not the car company owned by BMW, claimed that the Spirit of Innovation set three new world records earlier this week.
Apple and Amazon fined over cartel
Teamed up to break EU rules
Italy's antitrust authority has fined fruity cargo cult Apple and online bookseller Amazon $225 million.
Norway releases zero emission ship
Time to go Viking automatically
Norway has just launched the world's first fully electric autonomous cargo vessel.
Boffins create phone for lonely dogs
Calling your owner on the dog and bone
Boffins have created a hi-tech option for canines left home alone: a ball that allows them to call their owners on the old dog and bone.
Texas about to stuff up its power grid for cryptocurrency miners
At this rate the Mexicans will not want it back
Texas, which has one of the most dodgy power grids in the US, is about to be hit by a surge in demand for electricity that's twice the size of Austin's as part of local government policy.