NotPetya looked like ransomware, but the "decryption ID" it showed victims was randomly generated garbage with no way to ever produce a real key. A closer look at the detail that got buried under the bigger headlines.
SpaceX launched the Intelsat 35e satellite overnight with zero landing attempt, and I stayed up way too late watching a rocket disappear into the ocean instead of a droneship.
Travis Kalanick resigned as Uber's CEO last week under investor pressure, weeks after his mother died in a boating accident. Some thoughts on the brutal timeline and my own complicated relationship with the app.
Microsoft finally put a price on the Xbox One X at E3 last week, and I've spent the weekend arguing with myself about whether six teraflops matters when my TV can't even show it off.
Google finally put its Assistant on the iPhone as a standalone app. It's smarter than Siri in conversation but locked out of everything that actually makes a phone useful.
Intel and AMD both used Computex this week to start throwing around ridiculous core counts, and it's made my 14-month-old quad-core desktop feel ancient.
A UK researcher accidentally slowed the WannaCry ransomware worm this weekend by registering a random domain for about ten dollars, and that detail is stuck in my head more than the attack itself.
Microsoft renamed its Windows design language again at Build 2017, this time to Fluent Design. A look back at Metro, Modern UI, and MDL2, and why the blur-and-depth comeback might actually be worth caring about.
A close call with Wednesday's Google Docs phishing worm, and why the OAuth permission screen it exploited is basically useless as a warning system.
Facebook opened F8 2017 by addressing the Cleveland Facebook murder video, then pivoted straight into AR camera filters and a VR hangout app for the Rift - the tonal whiplash stuck with me more than either announcement did.
I preordered the Galaxy S8 this weekend, and I've got thoughts on that awkwardly placed fingerprint sensor, the Bixby button that does nothing yet, and why I'm just glad the headphone jack survived.
SpaceX relaunched a used Falcon 9 booster this week for the SES-10 mission, and I spent my Thursday evening glued to a livestream instead of doing anything productive.
