The Archive
The Archive
Roads
AAA survey: drivers say they slow for crews, many don't
A 5,887-driver AAA survey found over 90% say they slow or move over for roadside crews. Observed traffic says 36% don't. SA's rule is 25 km/h.
EV
VW recalls ID.3, ID.4, ID.7 and Buzz, caps charging at 80%
Volkswagen is recalling several thousand ID.3, ID.4, ID.7, ID. Buzz and Cupra Born EVs in Europe over faulty battery cells, capping charge at 80%.
AI / LLM
Musk says SpaceXSI is building a Hagglebot for business
Elon Musk says a business Hagglebot could lower company costs by 5% or more. SpaceXSI's own Haggle Bot found more than $100,000 in savings.
SpaceX
Reliance answers Musk: Starlink welcome in India
Reliance says it welcomes Starlink and that Jio's own satellite service also awaits clearance. Starlink says it's ready, days before Jio's 21 October IPO.
Tesla
Slovakia approves Tesla FSD Supervised, ninth EU country
Slovakia recognised the Dutch approval of Tesla's FSD (Supervised) on 16 October, the ninth EU country to do so. Tesla says rollout begins soon.
Hacking
BeyondTrust hack: how suspected China spies hid for a month
Suspected Chinese spies got into BeyondTrust's help desk software on 29 August and hid for a month. Here's how they did it, and what to do now.
Ciphers
The Nullarbor straight
Ten short puzzles about the Nullarbor railway, from tap code up to a four-square closer. Answers are at the bottom.
Christian
Pope Leo's lung surgery recovery progressing normally
Pope Leo XIV's doctors say his chest X-ray shows good recovery after lung surgery. He's walking, saying Mass and back at work at Gemelli.
Game Reviews
Gears of War: E-Day patched after DDoS knocked out logins
A DDoS attack knocked Gears of War: E-Day logins offline on 11 October. The Coalition's 14 October patch fixes login and ranked bugs.
Tech
Meta's Muse Spark Open runs on Apple Mac Studios via MLX
Meta's 816 billion parameter open model runs on two or four M5 Ultra Mac Studios using Apple's MLX. No cloud needed, but the hardware bill is steep.
United States
Trump scraps livestream of Nidal Hasan's execution
After criticism from both parties, Trump says Hasan still faces an Army firing squad at Fort Hood on 3 December, but the execution won't be streamed.