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Dell fined $6.5M after admitting it made overpriced monitors look discounted
Dell Australia is paying for something many of its peers are guilty of.
Netflix’s test of streaming games is small, but it’s poised to be a big deal
Some UK and Canadian subscribers can test the streaming giant's first titles.
Montana loses fight against youth climate activists in landmark ruling
Emotional testimony leads to plaintiffs' win in first youth-led climate trial.
Report: “Apple Watch X” will redesign the popular wearable for the first time
A microLED display and a thinner enclosure could headline the redesign.
An Apple malware-flagging tool is “trivially” easy to bypass
Background Task Manager can potentially miss malicious software on your machine.
Dealmaster: Early Labor Day savings on Apple, Lenovo, Kindle, and Google tech
Save on tech from Apple laptops to Pixel phones and everything in between.
The Lexus LC 500h hybrid—an art deco interior and two transmissions
Coupes have lost much popularity over the last decade but Lexus still makes one.
The New York Times prohibits AI vendors from devouring its content
The paper of record pokes holes in the absorb-everything AI business model.
Zuck/Musk cage match canceled; tech billionaires blame each other
"I don't want to keep hyping something that will never happen," Zuckerberg says.
Rockstar Games acquires modding team that it previously banned
If you can't beat 'em, buy 'em.
The Kids Online Safety Act isn’t all right, critics say
Critics warn KOSA could trigger widespread censorship, privacy concerns.
The “Shove” mechanic in Baldur’s Gate 3 can ruin an encounter, and I love it
What my brave warrior's death to a lowly goblin taught me about dice anarchy.
Anti-magnetizing-vaccine doctor loses medical license
Tenpenny lost her license for refusing to cooperate with a board investigation.
Sites scramble to block ChatGPT web crawler after instructions emerge
Restrictions don't apply to current OpenAI models, but will affect future versions.
Microsoft finds vulnerabilities it says could be used to shut down power plants
Exploitation is hard and patches are already out, but the potential risk is great.
Sam Bankman-Fried is going to jail
Judge also denied SBF's request to delay jail time.
Illinois just made it possible to sue people for doxxing attacks
States crack down on doxxing, but there's still no federal law.
Zoom updates terms of service to clarify that it won’t use your calls to train AI
Vague ToS previously implied that customer data could be used for AI training.
Everything is coming together for launch of NASA’s mission to a metal asteroid
"This is how the spacecraft will get mounted onto the interface to the Falcon Heavy."
No regrets: Gender-affirming chest surgery in adults has long-term satisfaction
Evidence of high satisfaction among adults getting gender-affirming care.
Musk dumps remaining Twitter-branded stuff in auction
Most coveted item at Twitter's last auction went for $100,000.
California gives Waymo and Cruise the go-ahead to charge passengers
The California Public Utilities Commission voted 3-1 to approve 24-hour service.
After slow start, NOAA predicts rest of hurricane season to be “above normal”
El Nino is developing slower than anticipated and the ocean is extremely warm.
Cheap wind and solar could revolutionize the African grid
Dams could help Africa go green, but many no longer make economic sense.
The TV streaming apps broke their promises, and now they’re jacking up prices
Op-ed: Apps promised to free us from ad-supported subscription bundles. Oops!
Virgin Galactic just flew again, but is the company going anywhere?
"The new Delta class will be designed for much cheaper operations."
Rocket Report: Astra layoffs; next SLS core stage needs repairs
What are Blue Origin's 11,000 employees doing?
Russia heads back to the Moon with Luna 25
Luna 25 will attempt to land on the Moon the same week as India's Chandrayaan 3 probe.
How fame-seeking teenagers hacked some of the world’s biggest targets
With no skill in software exploitation or encryption busting, Lapsus$ wins anyway.
Biden administration: We never coerced Big Tech into suppressing speech
Conservative-leaning judges to decide if Biden can resume talks with platforms.
Quake II gets a remaster for PC and consoles—and it’s exactly what it needs to be
It features both split-screen and online multiplayer, new levels, and 4K.
Sonos has been unable to fix Arc soundbars’ “pop of death” for over 2 years
It has told users to disable Dolby Atmos.
AI-powered grocery bot suggests recipe for toxic gas, “poison bread sandwich”
New Zealand grocery chain bot suggests harmful things when given silly ingredients.
3D printing isn’t just for supercars, now it’s for drones, too
Organic-looking designs consolidate parts numbers and cut mass by up to 40 percent.
Dealmaster: Save on back-to-school tech from Lenovo, HP, Apple, and more
These tech deals will help make your academic life easier
SanDisk’s silence deafens as high-profile users say Extreme SSDs still broken
SanDisk is ignoring lost data claims. It's time to ignore the company's SSDs.
The Internet is not forever after all: CNET deletes old articles to game Google
Content pruning for SEO threatens web history, and experts say it is ill-advised.
Using AI to find antibodies is fast and produces unimagined molecules
Automation means drug discovery process is less "artisanal" and more streamlined.
It’s finally time—Virgin Galactic is flying private astronauts into space
It must be a magical moment to float freely above the world.
Juno is bringing Jupiter’s moon Io into sharper focus
NASA's Juno probe wasn't designed for this.
How an unpatched Microsoft Exchange 0-day likely caused one of the UK’s biggest hacks ever
Evidence appears to show a critical 0-day tracked as ProxyNotShell was exploited.
Twitter held in contempt, fined $350K over Trump data delay
Trump accused the DOJ of "secretly attacking" his Twitter account.
Supreme Court denies Epic’s request to open up App Store payments during appeals
Apple's Supreme Court petition will decide if it can hold onto all app payments.
Mars rover finds signs of seasonal floods
It's an exciting find because wet/dry cycles may be central to pre-life chemistry.
“Downfall” bug affects years of Intel CPUs, can leak encryption keys and more
Researchers also disclosed a separate bug called "Inception" for newer AMD CPUs.
Hydrogen-powered planes almost ready for takeoff
Companies are readying hardware but differ dramatically in how they're testing it.
Amazon won’t stop sending tortured woman unwanted boxes of shoes
Fifty unwanted Amazon packages arrived in two months, mostly containing shoes.
Getting AAA games working in Linux sometimes requires concealing your GPU
Hogwarts Legacy must be conned to avoid crashing itself with XeSS upscaling.
Cadillac reveals the 2025 Escalade IQ, one excessive EV
450 miles of range, 24-inch wheels, and a price tag starting around $130,000.
Next-gen OSDP was supposed to make it harder to break in to secure facilities. It failed.
OSDP Secure Channel has yet to gain widespread usage, and it's already broken.
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