Tech Triumphs and Tragedies

A monthly snapshot of what’s good and bad in tech

TRIUMPHS

3D PRINTED BRIDGE

A stainless steel footbridge, weighing 4.9 tons, across a canal in Amsterdam has been made using 3D printing.

WESTERN DIGITAL BOOST

Spinning discs are alive and well, with WD reporting sales were up by a third in the last quarter.

TEN BUCK PC

Some bright spark managed to get a $10 microcontroller (an Espressif Systems ESP32) to emulate an original 1981 IBM PC.

TRAGEDIES

HACKERS DUMP FIFA

After failing to extort $28m from Electronic Arts, hackers who stole the FIFA 21 source code have dumped it online.

ORIGINAL KINDLES DYING G

As 3G networks are shut down n older Amazon Kindles are left with no connection. Amazon is s offering new ones instead.

REFORGED, NOT FINISHED D

Leaks show that Blizzard knew w Warcraft 3: Re forged wasn’t ready but released it anyway.