Someone had to take the blame

Boeing has axed Ed Clark, the chief of its 737 Max passenger jet programme, after a shocking and terrifying mid-air blowout in January exposed the ongoing problems with the jet.

Just like human cars

Google's self-driving car firm Waymo is facing a backlash in its bid to launch 24/7 robotaxi service in other parts of California after a series of blunders that have sparked safety fears about the vehicles invading their towns.

Phone users are empty-headed food trough wipers

The French town of Seine-Port, in the Seine-et-Marne area south of Paris, with fewer than 2,000 people, has voted for a Phonexit.

Dark satanic rumour mill suggests it might be worth the wait

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn suggesting that AMD’s Medusa chip might be really good.

That is a lot of p*rn

A bunch Shanghai boffins have used a tiny laser to cram loads of data onto a disk.

Nevermind Nervana, give us 30 per cent of your rice bowl

Fruity cargo cult Apple has been bullying the maker of a meditation app and demanding that a third of the donations given to its teachers be handed over to keep the company wealthy.

New study finds men, in particular, ignore threats

A new study from the University of Portsmouth has found that scary messages meant to stop digital piracy have the opposite effect on men.

If only they had not had to give up their Huawei technology

The FCC confirmed that it is investigating how AT&T’s network went spectacularly tits up for 11 hours yesterday.

AI Tsar named

The US Justice Department has hired a top boffin to be its first AI Tsar as it tries to work out how AI affects the law and policing.

Fighting over new ground

Buried in yesterday’s filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission was an indication that Nvidia still saw Huawei as a significant threat.