Wales' papers: Paedophile calls teen 178 times from jail

TechCrunch TechCrunch Space: SpaceX calls out 'systematic challenges' with FAA While this is no doubt just a rounding error for SpaceX, the company hit back hard against the allegations in a letter sent to top congressional leaders. The company asserts that the inability of the FAA's Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) to process "relatively minor" license updates is further proof that the agency is unable to keep pace with the space industry's — but chiefly SpaceX's — rapid growth. NASA wants to establish a permanent human presence on the moon, but right now, astronauts have to be in direct line of sight with Earth to phone home.

Some Kaspersky customers receive surprise forced-update to new antivirus software Customers of Kaspersky antivirus in the United States found out in the last few days that their cybersecurity software was automatically replaced with a new one called UltraAV, according to several customers who posted on social media. A former senior U.S. government cybersecurity official said that this was an example of the "huge risk" posed by the access granted by Kaspersky software. It's worth noting that, on the other hand, other customers did report receiving an email from Kaspersky about the transition to UltraAV.

Qualcomm may be trying to buy Intel Chipmaker Qualcomm is trying to buy rival Intel, according to multiple reports. The Wall Street Journal broke the news late Friday that Qualcomm had approached Intel about a takeover. Once the industry leader, Intel has struggled due to a lack of mobile strategy.

Cards Against Humanity sues Elon Musk's SpaceX for trespassing Cards Against Humanity (CAH) is suing Elon Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, for $15 million after it allegedly dumped construction equipment all over the game company's private land in Texas. An email, posted on Threads, went out to around 150,000 Cards Against Humanity Saves America donors. "Unfortunately, an even richer, more racist billionaire – Elon Musk – snuck up on us from behind and completely f-d your land with gravel, tractors, and space garbage," the email reads.

FTC report on predatory social media data hoarding hints at future regulations A new FTC report on how social media and streaming sites collect and monetize their hoards of user data doesn't really feature a lot of surprises for anyone who's followed the space. The report has its roots way back in late 2020, when the FTC ordered nine of the tech companies with the biggest data collection apparatus to disclose numerous aspects of how their surveillance capitalism business models worked. Echoing the way that firms conceal and hide their collection practices, many of the Companies provided the Commission with limited, incomplete, or unhelpful responses that appeared to have been carefully crafted to be self-serving and avoid revealing key pieces of information.