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Turquoise taillights tell you this Mercedes is driving autonomously
California and Nevada have approved a test of the new light color.
SSH protects the world’s most sensitive networks. It just got a lot weaker
Novel Terrapin attack uses prefix truncation to downgrade the security of SSH channels.
US Congress recommends placing assets at Lagrange points to counter China
We're in another space race back to the Moon, and this time it's with China."
Dark matter might be keeping an even darker secret
Researchers compare a theorized behavior of dark matter to actual galaxies.
Google’s loss to Epic Games leads to $700M settlement with users, states
Play Store users can expect at least $2 in "unnecessary" fees refunded.
Hurricane Larry dumped 100,000 microplastics per sq. meter on Newfoundland each day
It's another sign of how plasticized our environment has become.
Daily Telescope: James Webb zooms in on Uranus
Hopefully we revisit this world in our lifetimes.
Apple Watches being pulled from stores this week due to potential import ban
Ban on Watch Series 9, Watch Ultra 2 starts Dec. 26 if Biden doesn't intervene.
Disgraced Nikola founder Trevor Milton gets 4-year sentence for lying about EVs
Prosecutors had asked for a heavier sentence to deter future fraud.
Google’s Stadia Controller salvage operation will run for another year
The online-only controller updater will run until December 2024.
What turns a fungal scavenger into a killer?
Beware the sticky, tricky genetic weapons of a fungal carnivore.
Not all pickups are work trucks—Toyota aims the 2024 Tacoma off-road
The TRD Pro trim even comes with seats fitted with shock absorbers.
Musk’s X hit with EU’s first investigation of Digital Services Act violations
EU probes disinformation, election policy, Community Notes, and paid checkmarks.
Adobe gives up on $20 billion acquisition of Figma
Competition probes in the EU and UK made regulatory approval dicey.
An Interview with Cities: Skylines 2 developer’s CEO, Mariina Hallikainen
A hugely successful early game can become a developer's own worst enemy.
Daily Telescope: Tracking the Sun’s path every day across the sky
The image is a vivid demonstration of the changing of the seasons.
A song of hype and fire: The 10 biggest AI stories of 2023
When AI hype hit fever pitch-and a market leader nearly tore itself apart.
Love at first ride: The Specialized Turbo Creo 2 Comp gravel e-bike
Specialized says its gravel e-bike can pull double-duty as your road bike.
How Microsoft’s cybercrime unit has evolved to combat increased threats
Microsoft has honed its strategy to disrupt global cybercrime and state-backed actors.
Here’s how an off-road racing series will make its own hydrogen fuel
Extreme E, the electric off-road series, is switching to hydrogen in 2025.
This “smoking gun” killed the McDonald’s ice cream hackers’ startup
Three-year-old email shows evidence of plot to undermine repair business.
A top-secret Chinese spy satellite just launched on a supersized rocket
This satellite may carry a large telescope to continuously monitor the Indo-Pacific.
Marketer sparks panic with claims it uses smart devices to eavesdropon people
"Real-time" listening claims were exaggerated, but the creepy factor remains.
The Pixel 9 might come with exclusive “Pixie” AI assistant
What will happen to the Google Assistant when the new AI assistant comes out?
Tesla Model 3 may lose $7,500 tax credit in 2024 under new battery rules
Tesla's website confirms the tax credit for the electric sedan is going away.
Twitch quickly reverses policy that “went too far” allowing nudity
Twitch confirmed its policy banning nudity was sexist.
X-ray imaging of The Night Watch reveals previously unknown lead layer
Rembrandt may have used lead-rich oil to prep his canvas and protect it from humidity.
TikTok requires users to “forever waive” rights to sue over past harms
TikTok may be seeking to avoid increasingly high costs of mass arbitration.
Judge rejects Elon Musk’s attempt to avoid testifying in Twitter stock probe
Musk has to testify for SEC probe into whether he violated US securities laws.
With the Heybike Ranger S, the S stands for scooter
A very fast and foldable e-bike with brake lights, directionals, and a horn.
These AI-generated news anchors are freaking me out
Channel 1's eerily real newscasters suggest a tumultuous future for online video.
Elon Musk told bankers they wouldn’t lose any money on Twitter purchase
Lenders unlikely to get even 60 cents on the dollar for the bonds and loans.
Daily Telescope: One of the most stunning Andromeda photos I’ve ever seen
The image is the result of 100 hours of observing.
Rocket Report: Signs of life from Blue Origin; SpaceX preps next Starship
Baguette One isn't a joke, but it sure sounds like one.
If AI is making the Turing test obsolete, what might be better?
The Turing test focuses on the ability to chat-can we test the ability to think?
Suspects can refuse to provide phone passcodes to police, court rules
Phone-unlocking case law is "total mess," may be ripe for Supreme Court review.
MDMA—aka ecstasy—submitted to FDA as part of PTSD therapy
If FDA approved, it would require the DEA to reclassify MDMA.
Space Force chief: Timing of Chinese spaceplane launch “no coincidence”
US and Chinese spaceplanes are "two of the most watched objects" in orbit.
UniFi devices broadcasted private video to other users’ accounts
"I was presented with 88 consoles from another account," one user reports.
Four years after Apple, Google will finally kill third-party cookies in 2024
Google delayed long enough to secure its ad business with new tracking methods.
Jeff Bezos says what we’re all thinking: “Blue Origin needs to be much faster”
"We're going to become the world's most decisive company across any industry."
Apple partly halts Beeper’s iMessage app again, suggesting a long fight ahead
Opinion: Beeper isn't just fighting Apple, it's pushing against human instincts.
What happens in a crow’s brain when it uses tools?
Researchers trace the areas of the brain that are active when birds are using tools.
Alphabet’s “Renew Home” company brings power grid data to your smart home
Renew Home tracks power usage, rewards users for cutting use during peak times.
Cable lobby and Republicans fight proposed ban on early termination fees
Customers should be allowed to cancel cable TV without penalty, Democrats say.
Yes, some cats like to play fetch. It’s science!
Cats play fetch longer, with more retrievals, when they initiate the game.
Reminder: Donate to win swag in our annual Charity Drive sweepstakes
Add to a charity haul that's already raised over $17,000 in just a few weeks.
Doom’s creators reminisce about “as close to a perfect game as anything we made”
In 30th anniversary stream, Carmack and Romero recall a game dev "perfect storm."
An Internet video purportedly shows a tornado being blown up. Is that possible?
Seriously, in a theoretical world without risk to lives or property, could you do it?
Intel intros first Meteor Lake chips with faster GPUs and worse single-core speed
They're Intel's first CPUs with a neural processing unit for on-device AI tasks.
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