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Daily Telescope: A Wolf-Rayet star puts on a howling light show
I'd like to see it go boom.
Why interstellar objects like ‘Oumuamua and Borisov may hold clues to exoplanets
Two celestial interlopers in Solar System have scientists eagerly anticipating more.
Rocket Report: SpaceX at the service of a rival; Endeavour goes vertical
The US military appears interested in owning and operating its own fleet of Starships.
Convicted console hacker says he paid Nintendo $25 a month from prison
As Gary Bowser rebuilds his life, fellow Team Xecuter indictees have yet to face trial.
Agencies using vulnerable Ivanti products have until Saturday to disconnect them
Things were already bad with two critical 0-days. Then Ivanti disclosed a new one.
Cops arrest 17-year-old suspected of hundreds of swattings nationwide
Police traced swatting calls to teen's home IP addresses.
FCC to declare AI-generated voices in robocalls illegal under existing law
Robocalls with AI voices to be regulated under Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
Google’s Pixel storage issue fix requires developer tools and a terminal
Automatic updates broke your phone; the fix is a highly technical manual process.
Hulu, Disney+ password crackdown kills account sharing on March 14
New subscribers are already banned from sharing logins outside their household.
Starlab—with half the volume of the ISS—will fit inside Starship’s payload bay
"Building and integrating in space is very expensive."
Clownfish “count” white stripes to determine if an invader is friend or foe
They attacked similar fish with three stripes more often than those with one or two stripes.
Palworld’s Pokémon pastiche is Xbox Game Pass’ biggest-ever 3rd-party game launch
To compare, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet have sold over 23 million copies each.
Elon Musk proposes Tesla move to Texas after Delaware judge voids $56 billion pay
Musk is sick of Delaware judges, says shareholders will vote on move to Texas.
eBay to pay $59M after DOJ ties pill press sales to fentanyl drug rings
It's DOJ's first e-commerce settlement under the Controlled Substances Act.
For the first time NASA has asked industry about private missions to Mars
"I'm curious to see if this request brings many new players to the table."
Exploring Reddit’s third-party app environment 7 months after the APIcalypse
Apollo dev: "I don't believe Reddit's leadership... cares about developers anymore."
The right bacteria turn farms into carbon sinks
A company works with farmers to treat fields with bacteria that sequester carbon.
Biogen dumps dubious Alzheimer’s drug after profit-killing FDA scandal
The move ends a long saga that "ended up doing a lot of actual damage."
Should you flush with toilet lid up or down? Study says it doesn’t matter
Pardon us while we go stock up on toilet tank disinfectant dispensers.
Chinese malware removed from SOHO routers after FBI issues covert commands
Routers were being used to conceal attacks on critical infrastructure.
Apple declares last MacBook Pro with an optical drive obsolete
The laptop hadn't been for sale in more than seven years.
ChatGPT’s new @-mentions bring multiple personalities into your AI convo
Bring different AI roles into the same chatbot conversation history.
Cops bogged down by flood of fake AI child sex images, report says
Investigations tied to harmful AI sex images will grow "exponentially," experts say.
Comcast reluctantly agrees to stop its misleading “10G Network” claims
Comcast said it will drop "Xfinity 10G Network" brand name after losing appeal.
Google earnings: 100 million Google One subscribers, Google Cloud profits
We highlight the interesting numbers from Google's earnings call.
Study finds that once people use cargo bikes, they like their cars much less
Even some one-car households ditched vehicles in favor of cargo bike-sharing.
“Time to move on”: Fitbit owners fed up with battery problems, Google response
Charge 5 owners inundate forum, say battery suddenly won't last a day.
Zuckerberg says sorry for Meta harming kids—but rejects payments to families
CEOs of Meta, TikTok, Snap, Discord, and X testified at hearing on child safety.
Andretti’s GM-backed entry wanted to enter F1 in 2025, but F1 says no
The sport's governing body said yes, but the commercial rights holder says no.
Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay plan voided as shareholders beat Tesla in court
Judge: Tesla board members "were beholden to Musk or had compromising conflicts."
“Can it run Doom?” (Gut bacteria edition)
Simulated 1-bit, 32x48 cellular grid runs at a blazing 0.00003 fps.
Ford CEO confirms complimentary charging adapters coming soon
F-150 Lightning and Mustang Mach-E owners can reserve them soon, CEO says.
Lamborghini will make hybrid versions of all its cars to cut its CO2
2024 will see the launch of a hybrid to replace the Huracan, as well as a hybrid Urus.
No more Taylor Swift on TikTok after negotiations with label break down
Universal Music Group says TikTok is engaging in "bullying" as contract expires.
Nvidia RTX 4080 Super review: All you need to know is that it’s cheaper than a 4080
Down from $1,199 for the 4080, this GPU's price is more in line with its speed.
Daily Telescope: Webb telescope reveals breathtaking structure of galaxies
"These holes may have been created by one or more stars that exploded."
Could our Universe be a simulation? How would we even tell?
Simulations all the way down-the philosophical debate on the nature of our Universe.
Someone finally cracked the “Silk Dress cryptogram” after 10 years
What does "Bismarck Omit leafage buck bank" mean to you?
YouTube TV starts testing customizable 2×2 multiview options
YouTube TV has been promising customizable multiview for 10 months.
Ars Technica used in malware campaign with never-before-seen obfuscation
Vimeo also used by legitimate user who posted booby-trapped content.
Lawsuit: Citibank refused to reimburse scam victims who lost “life savings”
Citibank's poor security helped scammers steal millions, NY AG's lawsuit says.
Rhyming AI-powered clock sometimes lies about the time, makes up words
Poem/1 Kickstarter seeks $103K for fun ChatGPT-fed clock that may hallucinate the time.
OpenAI says mysterious chat histories resulted from account takeover
User shocked to find chats naming unpublished research papers, and other private data.
Raspberry Pi is planning a London IPO, but its CEO expects “no change” in focus
Eben Upton says hobbyists remain "incredibly important" while he's involved.
SIM-swapping ring stole $400M in crypto from a US company, officials allege
Scheme allegedly targeted Apple, AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile stores in 13 states.
Japan government accepts it’s no longer the ’90s, stops requiring floppy disks
Government amends 34 ordinances to no longer require diskettes.
Boeing withdraws bid for safety exemption as details on missing bolts emerge
Boeing workers apparently failed to replace bolts after reinstalling door plug.
Microsoft Edge is apparently usurping Chrome on people’s PCs
An apparent bug that plays into criticisms of how Microsoft pushes Edge.
After ditching its hybrids, GM says it needs to build more hybrids
After killing the Volt in 2019, now PHEV powertrains are back on the menu.
Elon Musk’s Neuralink puts brain chip in first human amid federal scrutiny
Neuralink's first chip, called Telepathy, aims to control devices, like a phone, with thought.
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