Proposed law could lock down open source tools and give vendors fresh reasons to inspect print files

California's proposed legislation to put the burden of blocking 3D-printed firearms onto printer manufacturers could effectively sideline open source tools and create new surveillance concerns, digital rights activists argue.…

Long-familiar workflow lets developers split big code changes into smaller, easier-to-review chunks

GitHub has unveiled Stacked PRs, a new feature aimed at making large pull requests easier to review, manage, and move through the pipeline faster.…

Paper says a single binary operator could replace a lot of scientific heavy lifting

Every now and then, a researcher comes up with something that sounds either wrong or unoriginal to outsiders – yet carries just enough of a chance of being correct, novel, and consequential to demand a closer look.…

Deal only comes with 24 operational sats, but also an Apple deal, spectrum licenses, and plenty of IP

Amazon has agreed to pay more than $11.5 billion to expand its satellite constellation by about two dozen units with the acquisition of Globalstar. But it's more about the underlying technology that Amazon hopes will help it catch Elon Musk's Starlink. …

Honey, the skids are fighting again

Two rival ransomware gangs have locked horns after 0APT threatened to expose people affiliated with Krybit.…