Leap Day Broke New Zealand’s Gas Stations
February 29 is a weird day. It comes around once every four years, bringing with it questions about if we should be paid extra for the day, if it’s good …
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A Leap Year Glitch Broke Self-Pay Gas Station Pumps Across New Zealand
Yesterday was Leap Day, meaning that for the first time in four years, it was February 29. That’s normally a quirky, astronomical factoid (or a very special birthday for some). …
Nintendo Sues Makers of the Wildly Popular Yuzu Emulator
“Whether Yuzu can get tagged with [circumvention] simply by providing instructions and guidance and all the rest of it is, I think, the core issue in this case,” he continued. …
A Vending Machine Error Revealed Secret Face Recognition Tech
Canada-based University of Waterloo is racing to remove M&M-branded smart vending machines from campus after outraged students discovered the machines were covertly collecting face recognition data without their consent. The …
Odysseus Marks the First US Moon Landing in More Than 50 Years
For the first time in more than half a century, a US-built spacecraft has made a soft landing on the moon. There was high drama and plenty of intrigue on …
Measles Strikes a Florida Elementary School With Over 100 Unvaccinated Kids
Florida health officials on Sunday announced an investigation into a cluster of measles cases at an elementary school in the Fort Lauderdale area with a low vaccination rate, a scenario …
Air Canada Has to Honor a Refund Policy Its Chatbot Made Up
After months of resisting, Air Canada was forced to give a partial refund to a grieving passenger who was misled by an airline chatbot inaccurately explaining the airline’s bereavement travel …
SpaceX Launched Military Satellites Designed to Track Hypersonic Missiles
Two prototype satellites for the Missile Defense Agency and four missile-tracking satellites for the US Space Force rode a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket into orbit Wednesday from Florida’s Space Coast. …
Elon Muskâs X Gave Check Marks to Terrorist Group Leaders, Report Says
A watchdog group’s investigation found that terrorist group Hezbollah and other US-sanctioned entities have accounts with paid check marks on X, the Elon Muskâowned social network that still resides at …
Funimation Digital Libraries Were Supposed to Last ‘Forever.’ Soon They’ll Disappear
How long is “forever”? When it comes to digital media, forever could be as close as a couple of months away. Funimation, a Sony-owned streaming service for anime, recently announced …