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PU 13: The Cosmic Ray That Broke the A320
How a programming mistake in an avionics software update combined with a stray neutron from outer space to take down the best-selling passenger jet i…
9 months, 1 week ago
PU 12: No Such Thing as Free Speech in Germany
There is a big difference between the German freedom to have an opinion and actual freedom of speech in the American sense, as a new report on the Ge…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
PU 11: What Happened to UPS Flight 2976?
On 4 November, an MD-11 cargo plane operated by UPS crashed in Louisville, Kentucky, killing fourteen people. We know that the airplane lost its left…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
PU 10: The Great Canadian Ostrich Massacre
Canadian officials killed over 300 ostriches, a full year after they recovered from the avian flu they had suffered from. Out of pure bureaucratic sp…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
PU 9: Your Bus is Controlled by China
Norwegian public transport authority Ruter has discovered undocumented cell modems in electric buses built by Chinese company Yutong, which enable th…
10 months ago
PU 8: Robotics Slop
According to the Wall Street Journal, the 1X NEO is a $20,000 robot that does your chores. The problem is that NEO is really bad at it. And the thing…
10 months, 1 week ago
PU 7: Von der Leyen's Paper Maps
The story of how European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s plane was allegedly attacked by GPS jamming is a particularly egregious example…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
PU 6: Chat Control Denied
For now, the EU’s Chat Control legislation has been halted by German opposition. What is this new law? And why is it so dangerous?
Punching Upwards, E…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
PU 5: The Modern Solution Case
The story of an IT consultant turned unwitting security researcher, who found a security vulnerability, reported it to the software vendor and instea…
11 months ago
PU 4: Drones over Denmark
Drones have been sighted over several Danish airports and the country is in turmoil, coincidentally days before an EU summit to discuss drone defence…
11 months, 1 week ago