An anonymous reader writes: “At least one intruder is taking advantage of a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive exploit to flood lobbies (even private ones) with text from chat bots that can’t be kicked,” writes Engadget. The attack “allegedly comes from one…

“Scientists have extracted long-dormant microbes from inside the famous giant crystals of the Naica mountain caves in Mexico — and revived them,” reports the BBC. An anonymous reader writes: “The organisms were likely to have been encased in the striking…

An anonymous reader shares a report on The Verge: A former Uber engineer has published an explosive account of sexism and power struggles in the workplace, with allegations beginning from her very first official day with the company. The engineer,…

An anonymous reader shares a report on NASA’s ongoing work on a manned trip to the moon. From the report: Without a new administrator even nominated yet, NASA’s acting head Robert Lightfoot on Wednesday requested a study of whether next…

Google and Microsoft pledged on Monday to crack down on sites hosting pirated content that show up on their search engines. In what is being called a first of its kind agreement, Google and Microsoft’s Bing will demote U.K. search…