SitRep: Is the F-35 officially a failure?
Cost overruns, other issues prompt Air Force to look for "clean sheet" fighter.
Policy // Civilization & Discontents
Ransomware crooks threaten to ID informants if cops don’t pay up
The FBI is investigating claim hackers obtained 250GB of police department data.
SEC halts trading of iced tea company that pivoted to blockchain
The company's blockchain business "never became operational," SEC says.
Microsoft throws Google under the bus in European news fight
Google has blasted "link tax" proposals as antithetical to the open Web.
AT&T and Frontier have let phone networks fall apart, Calif. regulator finds
AT&T raised phone prices 153% over a decade as service got steadily worse.
Software bugs reportedly keep Arizona inmates jailed past release dates
State law was updated in 2019, but the state's software suite still hasn't been.
After Saturday’s engine failure, Boeing says many 777s should be grounded
Many of the engine components fell over populated areas.
Bitcoin’s value just passed $1 trillion
Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto may have mined 1M bitcoins worth $55 billion.
Comcast reluctantly drops data-cap enforcement in 12 states for rest of 2021
ISP grants reprieve in Northeast but still caps users in most of its US territory.
UK Supreme Court says Uber drivers are not independent contractors
Uber's "gig economy" business model is under attack around the world.
New browser-tracking hack works even when you flush caches or go incognito
At least 4 top browsers affected by "powerful tracking vector," researchers say.
Robinhood says GameStop volatility was a “1 in 3.5 million” black swan
CEO Tenev tells House committee quicker trade settlements would prevent a repeat.
Tech groups sue Maryland to block new digital-ad tax from going into effect
The countdown to lawsuit o'clock basically started the second legislators voted.
House Republicans propose nationwide ban on municipal broadband networks
GOP claims ban would "promote competition by limiting government-run networks."
Facebook news ban is “arrogant,” Australia will not be “intimidated,” PM says
Deploying a blunt instrument on a whole nation is going just as well as you'd guess.
