‘I’m a broadband engineer – a man nearly ran me over just because I was working’

The senior engineer for the telecom company Openreach was carrying out repairs in Midhurst, Surrey, last June, as he’d done so many times before. It was a simple enough fix for a vulnerable customer, ...

NXP leases big NW Austin office park as it aims to sell longtime HQ

NXP officials said in a statement the search for the office space "was driven by the need to modernize and create a vibrant environment that enhances how we work and engage." They added that the lease ...
InfoQ

Chrome 144 Ships Temporal API: Advancing JavaScript Date/Time Standardisation

Chrome 144 introduces the groundbreaking Temporal API, revolutionizing date and time management in JavaScript. As a modern alternative to the criticized Date object, Temporal resolves parsing ...

The accountability era is here for AI — and the clock is ticking for execs

Senior executives are being asked to prove their support of AI is worthy of their companies' investments. If AI tools and services fail to deliver, it could mean big disruptions for senior executives' ...

Pastebin comments push ClickFix JavaScript attack to hijack crypto swaps

Threat actors are abusing Pastebin comments to distribute a new ClickFix-style attack that tricks cryptocurrency users into ...
Hackaday

The WalMart Atomic Clock

In the realm of first-world problems, your cheap wall clock doesn’t keep time, so you have to keep setting it. The answer? Of course, you connect it to NTP and synchronize the clock with an ...

Time crystals could become accurate and efficient timekeepers

Time crystals could one day provide a reliable foundation for ultra-precise quantum clocks, new mathematical analysis has revealed. Published in Physical Review Letters, the research was led by ...
Hackaday

Restoration Of Antique Clock With Unique Oscillator

The classic design of a mechanical clock generally consists of a display, a way to store energy, a way to release that energy at regular intervals, and a mechanism to transmit it where it needs to ...

He Designed a Clock to Have a Peaceful Start to the Day

Jamie Kripke designed an analog clock that he said won’t “scare you awake.” Instead, it plays one of seven melodies ...

Google previews WebMCP, a new protocol for AI agent interactions

Google's WebMCP protocol lets AI agents execute structured actions on websites via browser APIs. Is this the next frontier of ...

Researchers rebuild microscopic circadian clock that can control genes

Our circadian clocks play a crucial role in our health and well-being, keeping our 24-hour biological cycles in sync with ...
The Caledonian-Record

This Simple Trick Could Save You Hundreds on Life Insurance

You can pay to rewind the clock, at least when it comes to life insurance.Backdating your life insurance policy can help you lock in a lower age — and a ...