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It’s almost showtime for SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket
SpaceX will again target a morning liftoff for the rocket.
Diablo IV will get its first expansion and WoW Classic will revisit Cataclysm
Blizzard also announced three (yes, three) World of Warcraft expansions.
Soda additive linked to thyroid toxicity may finally get banned by FDA
BVO has largely been phased out of big-name sodas and was recently banned in CA.
What do we know about the Switch 2’s hardware power?
Digital Foundry reads the tea leaves for a deep dive full of informed speculation.
How long will Jeff Bezos continue to subsidize his New Shepard rocket?
"It's definitely a money loser. Always has been."
Perfect Dark finally gets the full-featured PC port it deserves
Decompilation project adds mouse-and-keyboard controls, upscaled graphics and more.
Intel’s failed 64-bit Itanium CPUs die another death as Linux support ends
Intel stopped selling the last Itanium processors in 2021.
The UAW beat the big three; Elon Musk’s Tesla is among its next targets
Toyota has already given its workers a pay raise in response to the UAW contract.
AI helps 3D printers “write” with coiling fluid ropes like Jackson Pollock
Reinforcement learning lets 3D printers exploit, not suppress, coiling instabilities.
Former head of NASA’s climate group issues dire warning on warming
Conclusion that decrease in aerosol pollution will drive temps higher sparks backlash.
Daily Telescope: Lucy finds not one but two diamonds in the sky
"The fact that it is two makes it even more exciting."
Why OLED monitor burn-in isn’t a huge problem anymore
Burn-in likelihood has to do with the user and OEM, not just OLED materials.
Teen boys use AI to make fake nudes of classmates, sparking police probe
Parents told the high school "believed" the deepfake nudes were deleted.
Apple slides from 2013 skewer Android as “a massive tracking device”
But Apple also wanted to know what results users clicked on Google from iPhones.
Tenn. vaccine chief, fired after promoting COVID shots, gets $150K settlement
Dr. Michelle Fiscus was fired after sending a memo on vaccination rights of minors.
12 V battery problem forces Toyota to recall 1.8 million SUVs
Owners should hear about a fix by late December.
Google is moving Shopping List and other notes into one app to worry about, Keep
It's technically a reversal of a bizarre, annoying move they made in 2017.
AMD starts bringing its own tiny CPU cores to new Ryzen 7040 laptop chips
AMD has already announced some of these chips without mentioning Zen 4c cores.
Disney to buy out Hulu from Comcast for about $8.61 billion
The companies still have to settle on Hulu's worth.
Firefox lost users during “failed” Yahoo search deal, says Mozilla CEO
Mozilla could be biggest loser" if DOJ wins Google trial, ex-Google exec says.
Apple’s cheaper Pencil is available to buy now, but it has some limitations
$79 Pencil lowers the barrier to entry for drawing on an iPad.
Dealmaster: Big early Black Friday display sale, Apple deals, and more
Hot TV deals, laptops galore, Apple gear, and more ahead of Black Friday.
Why Capcom thinks PC game modding is akin to “cheating”
Japanese publisher cites reputational damage, support costs of "unauthorized" mods.
Despite spooky Consumer Reports’ testing, metals in chocolates aren’t scary
Chocolate is just not a big source of either lead or cadmium in diets.
Amid price hikes, ads, & crackdowns, Netflix finally cuts subscribers a break
Ad-tier improvement is rare good news for streaming subscribers.
Remains of planet that formed the Moon may be hiding near Earth’s core
High-density material in the mantle may be remains of a Mars-sized planet.
Once valued at $47 billion, coworking-space provider WeWork nears bankruptcy
WeWork bankruptcy filing may happen next week as market cap falls to $60 million.
YouTube’s ad blocker crackdown escalates, aggravating users
Ads are YouTube's biggest revenue source.
Almost-unbeatable AI is now a permanent feature of Gran Turismo 7
The Sophy AI can now drive 340 cars and nine tracks in the game after update 1.40.
Cute, fun to ride, but does it have a future? The Honda Motocompacto
Even Honda isn't sure what to do with this cute little thing.
Major critic of X sues after being banned from platform
Ban came after owner's research showed growing influence of far-right accounts.
Daily Telescope: A dazzling view of the Milky Way from southern Africa
"I finally had 30 minutes or so to admire the spectacular view."
After decades of dreams, a commercial spaceplane is almost ready to fly
Plunging into the ocean is awful. Landing on a runway is really nice."
Two artists suing AI image makers never registered works with Copyright Office
Artist suing Stability AI pushed to explain how Stable Diffusion actually works.
Tesla Autopilot not responsible for 2019 fatal crash, jury says
It's Autopilot's second big jury win in California this year.
Inserted AI-generated Microsoft poll about woman’s death rankles The Guardian
Speculative AI news poll presented three choices: Murder, accident, or suicide.
SEC sues SolarWinds and CISO, says they ignored flaws that led to major hack
SolarWinds misled public about security while hackers accessed network, SEC says.
Google plans RISC-V Android tools in 2024, wants developers to “be ready”
We've got RISC-V OS support, incoming chips, and soon, an app ecosystem.
Microsoft rolls out Windows 11 23H2, a new baseline for the frequently updated OS
Most of 23H2's new features actually rolled out a month ago to 22H2.
Dinosaur-killing impact did its dirty work with dust
Fine dust in impact deposits would have chilled the planet, shut down photosynthesis.
Relish the Halloween horror of this purple fungus that “mummifies” spiders
Nature has its own horrors to rival the classic legendary ghouls and monsters of fiction.
Scientists will soon find out whether the Lucy mission works as intended
On Wednesday, the spacecraft will come close to the small asteroid Dinkinesh.
Facing 110 years in prison, Sam Bankman-Fried “can’t recall” what he did at FTX
SBF reportedly said he couldn't remember over 100 times in cross-examination.
Apple introduces new M3 chip lineup, starting with the M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max
Apple's is refreshing three Mac chips at once, in a total of six configurations.
There was a heavy dose of the future at the 2023 Japan Mobility Show
As the auto show tries to reinvent itself, Japan lets some interesting ideas loose.
One year after being bought for $44 billion, X is worth $19 billion
Company is giving employees equity based on a share price of $45.
Toyota has built an EV with a fake transmission, and we’ve driven it
Five minutes behind the wheel, and you'll be a believer.
Daily Telescope: A spooky image of the Solar System’s largest planet
What's big and has a lot of gravity, but won't cause a cavity?
Why you should take your 3DS along for a “StreetPass Halloween”
12 years later, a community of thousands keeps Nintendo's social network alive.
A giant battery gives this new school bus a 300-mile range
The Type-D school bus uses a 387 kWh lithium iron phosphate battery.
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