New Scottish Dark Sky Observatory plans in Galloway approved

The Nintendo Power Glove was not good. It’s important that you know that. The Power Glove was ambitious, impressive, even important — one of the very first mainstream devices that let you control a game using your body instead of just your thumbs — but it was not good. In some ways, its not-good-ness is…

The FBI went to Microsoft last year with a warrant, asking them to hand over keys to unlock encrypted data stored on three laptops as part of an investigation into potential fraud involving the COVID unemployment assistance program in Guam — and Microsoft complied. Typically, companies resist handing over encryption keys to authorities. Most famously,…

Mark Poynting,Climate and science reporterand Jonah Fisher,Environment correspondent PA Media The number of monitored bathing sites in England meeting minimum standards for water quality has risen slightly since last year, according to new figures from the Environment Agency. Out of the 449 sites regularly tested this summer, 93% met minimum standards for levels of bacteria…

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.1. The quantum sensor market ‘at a glance’ 1.2. Quantum sensors: Analyst viewpoint 1.3. What are quantum sensors? 1.4. Overview of quantum sensing technologies and applications 1.5. The value proposition of quantum sensors varies by hardware approach, application and competition 1.6. Comparing the scale of long-term markets (in volume) for key…