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Cards on the table: Are Butch and Suni coming home on Starliner or Crew Dragon?
On the eve of a fateful decision, we're answering some frequently asked questions.
Rocket Report: A ULA sale tidbit; Polaris Dawn mission is on deck
"The idea is to learn as much as we possibly can about this suit."
After months of mulling, NASA will decide on Starliner return this weekend
"The agency flight readiness review is where any formal dissents are presented and reconciled."
Dumb idea? $1,700 “smart” bassinet loses features if you buy it used
Non-new Snoos now lose some use.
FDA green-lights fall COVID-19 boosters
Updated mRNA vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna are ready to roll.
Ex-bank CEO gets 24 years after falling for crypto scam, causing bank collapse
Former bank CEO ignored warnings that he was being scammed while tanking bank.
Peloton announces $95 “used equipment activation fee”
"Completely ridiculous."
Google avoids “link tax” bill with deal to fund California journalism and AI
Critics say Google got off easy as it agrees to pay $55 million into news fund.
Hydrogels can learn to play Pong
Work could lead to new "smart" materials that can learn and adapt to their environment.
AMD explains, promises partial fixes for Ryzen 9000 performance problems
Improved branch prediction in Windows 24H2 should help all recent Ryzen CPUs.
Town urges curfew over mosquito-spread disease that kills up to 50% of people
Eastern Equine Encephalitis is very rare in the US, but when it strikes, it's bad.
Tactical Breach Wizards weaves engaging tactics with lively dialogue
An arcane combo of witty dialogue, turn-based tactics, and magical friendship.
Apple splits App Store team in two, introduces new leadership
This is the latest in a series of changes resulting from EU regulation.
Hacker dad who faked death to avoid child support sentenced to prison
Now he owes child support, plus about $80,000 to repair state death registries.
Feds’ probe of hard braking in Cruise robotaxi crashes ends after recall
Software updates stopped Cruise robotaxis from brake-checking other road users.
From coal plant to data center: Old power stations are being repurposed
Industrial sites have the large tracts of land and resources needed.
With 145 sickened, 2 dead, microdosing candy poisonings are still a mystery
FDA keeps testing-and keeps finding new drugs. But they don't explain the cases.
NASA wants clarity on Orion heat shield issue before stacking Artemis II rocket
"We have still a lot of work to do to close out the heat shield investigation."
“We run a business”—why Microsoft’s Indiana Jones will be on PS5
Spencer: "There's going to be more change in how... games are built and distributed."
Chick-fil-A plans to launch streaming service with original shows
Fast-food chain is paying up to $400K for unscripted content, Deadline reports.
Telco fined $1M for transmitting Biden deepfake without verifying Caller ID
Lingo Telecom signed calls with A-Level attestations despite not verifying them.
German warship floats down Thames while playing Darth Vader’s theme
"No deeper meaning," says German navy.
Novel technique allows malicious apps to escape iOS and Android guardrails
Web-based apps escape iOS "Walled Garden" and Android side-loading protections.
Astronomers think they’ve found a plausible explanation of the Wow! signal
Magnetars could zap clouds of atomic hydrogen, producing focused microwave beams.
Microsoft will try the data-scraping Windows Recall feature again in October
Initial Recall preview was lambasted for obvious privacy and security failures.
Google can’t defend shady Chrome data hoarding as “browser agnostic,” court says
Court reverses Google win in case from Chrome users who chose not to sync data.
Ars Technica content is now available in OpenAI services
Conde Nast joins other publishers in allowing OpenAI to access its content.
Pixel 9 phones: The Gemini AI stuff, reviewed
A newcomer dives into AI with the Pixel 9 Pro.
Pixel 9 family: The “just hardware” review (no AI)
Google's AI says you can use Pixel 9 without AI. Is that a reason to upgrade?
“Disappointing”: Sonos CEO says old, user-preferred app can’t be re-released
Patrick Spence admits Sonos has made "painful mistakes" recently.
Federal judge in Texas strikes down FTC’s ban on noncompete agreements
Judge: FTC Act doesn't give substantive rulemaking authority to FTC.
Ford rethinks EV strategy again—ditching 3-row SUVs, adding vans
The automaker plans some new pickups and smaller, cheaper EVs.
CrowdStrike unhappy with “shady commentary” from competitors after outage
Botched update leads to claims that competitors are "ambulance chasing."
VW has finally announced ID. Buzz pricing—it’s better than we expected
Range tops out with $70K AWD 1st Edition. Deliveries happen later this year.
“Something has gone seriously wrong,” dual-boot systems warn after Microsoft update
Microsoft said its update wouldn't install on Linux devices. It did anyway.
Disney cancels The Acolyte after one season
Star Wars series was admittedly uneven, but it didn't deserve the online hate it received.
CEO of failing hospital chain got $250M amid patient deaths, layoffs, bankruptcy
Steward Health Care System, run by CEO Ralph de la Torre, filed for bankruptcy in May.
Civilization VII hands-on: This strategy sequel rethinks the long game
Classic turn-based gameplay meets a radical rethink of the overall structure.
Peter Molyneux is back with yet another new take on the “god game”
Masters of Albion promises "an open world... full of combat, choices, mysteries, and story."
The Great Circle is Indiana Jones for a post-Uncharted world
MachineGames isn't just throwing Indy into Wolfenstein: The New Order.
Nvidia is ditching dedicated G-Sync modules to push back against FreeSync’s ubiquity
But G-Sync will still require specific G-Sync-capable MediaTek scaler chips.
How accurate are wearable fitness trackers? Less than you mightthink
Wide variance underscores need for a standardized approach to validation of devices.
Disney abandons Disney+ arbitration defense in restaurant allergy death case
Disney said it "strive[s] to put humanity above all other considerations."
Procreate defies AI trend, pledges “no generative AI” in its illustration app
Procreate CEO: "I really f-ing hate generative AI."
Against all odds, an asteroid mining company appears to be making headway
"It's not easy to ever raise for an asteroid mining company, right?"
Russian pensioners urge Vladimir Putin to rescue Starliner astronauts
"They don't know how to get back. We ask you to help them."
A frontrunner in Europe’s private launch industry just lost its first rocket
"We were aware of the higher risks attached to this approach."
This year’s summer COVID wave is big; FDA may green-light COVID shots early
Wastewater SARS-CoV-2 levels suggest the summer surge is high and peaking right now.
Windows 0-day was exploited by North Korea to install advanced rootkit
FudModule rootkit burrows deep into Windows, where it can bypass key security defenses.
That book is poison: Even more Victorian covers found to contain toxic dyes
Old books with toxic dyes may be in universities, public libraries, private collections.
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