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Peter Beck pushes toward a Neutron debut in 2024, but acknowledges challenges
"We don't believe in signing janky, fake contracts."
The trade-off that helped some trilobites survive mass extinctions
While legs made them vulnerable to predation, they came with extra gills.
“Gaming Chromebooks” with Nvidia GPUs apparently killed with little fanfare
Most Chromebook gaming will have to take place in the cloud, at least for now.
New malaria vaccine works well in infants, offers adults layered protection
New vaccine targets a distinct stage in the malarial parasite's life cycle.
Fall COVID shots will boost protection against latest subvariants, Moderna says
Pfizer vaccine also reportedly effective against the latest omicrons in mice.
It’s time for Americans to embrace small cars
Small cars are good for us but bad for business.
Moderna CEO made $400M last year—2,435x the median salary of employees
The report from Stat looks at the outsize gains health care executives reap.
What I played on my summer vacation
Don't let Baldur's Gate obscure these inventive, smaller recent releases.
New Intel GPU drivers help address one of Arc’s biggest remaining weak points
Driver updates (and so-so upgrades from Nvidia and AMD) keep Arc in the game.
Our health care system may soon receive a much-needed cybersecurity boost
We're now researching better defenses to US health care's digital infrastructure.
With NASA’s mobile launcher on the move, here’s a road map to Artemis II
We're getting back into testing, which is what we love."
Rocket Report: Russian rocket lands like an airplane; SpaceX steamroller rolls
I must confess that I thought I was reading The Onion.
NASA’s buildings are even older than its graying workforce
The space agency says its facilities are in an "increasing state of decline."
End of the road: The Xbox 360 game marketplace will shut down
Players will still be able to download previously purchased games.
Western Digital, SanDisk Extreme SSDs don’t store data safely, lawsuit says
The suit is seeking class-action certification.
Heavy, highly magnetic star may be first magnetar precursor we’ve seen
A strange history has produced a helium-rich star with kilogauss magnetic fields.
Microsoft AI suggests food bank as a “cannot miss” tourist spot in Canada
AI-penned Microsoft Travel article recommends food bank as a must-see destination.
Mars keeps spinning faster every year, NASA InSight data says
Radio signals from the lander help us track Mars' spin as it slowly shifts.
Buyers of Bored Ape NFTs sue after digital apes turn out to be bad investment
Lawsuit: Sotheby's $24M sale to FTX gave Bored Ape NFTs "an air of legitimacy."
Dealmaster: Early Labor Day deals on laptops, smartphones, and more
Early Labor Day sales bring terrific savings on some of our tech favorites.
Can coffee or a nap make up for sleep deprivation?
Lack of sleep harms memory and cognition, but our easy remedies can't fix everything.
Report: Potential NYT lawsuit could force OpenAI to wipe ChatGPT and start over
OpenAI could be fined up to $150,000 for each piece of infringing content.
Acura unveils its first GM-based electric vehicle, the new ZDX
This new electric SUV shares a lot with the Cadillac Lyriq.
Lenovo’s answer to Steam Deck, Legion Go, sports Switch-like detachable controls
Product shots also show off kickstand, large 8" screen, and tons of buttons.
Want to have your genes tested? It might be genetic
People in a genetic database have segments of DNA in common unexpectedly often.
Guidemaster: RFID-blocker cards and wallets to help keep your cards secure
Gear to help protect information from your ID, credit cards, and debit cards.
Appeals court reverses Texas ruling nullifying FDA approval of abortion pill
The ruling does not affect access to mifepristone; SCOTUS will decide the case.
DirectX 12 support comes to CrossOver on Mac with latest update
CrossOver for Linux got some updates, too-but not DirectX 12.
An Iowa school district is using ChatGPT to decide which books to ban
Official: "It is simply not feasible to read every book" for depictions of sex.
Fugitive “sovereign citizen” arrested for selling silver as bogus COVID cure
Gordon H. Pedersen of Utah was on the run from fraud charges for three years.
Amazon pinches sellers: Use our costly logistics services or pay extra fee [Updated]
Change comes as booksellers urge FTC to launch another Amazon antitrust inquiry.
Adobe and Microsoft break some old files by removing PostScript font support
PostScript Type 1 fonts are decades old, but apps supported them until recently.
Tech glitch let people with empty bank accounts withdraw hundreds in cash
Bank of Ireland says the problem wasn't connected to a cyberattack.
X apparently added 5-second delay for links to sites Musk doesn’t like
X, formerly Twitter, "confirmed the delay was removed but did not elaborate."
Windows feature that resets system clocks based on random data is wreaking havoc
Windows Secure Time Seeding resets clocks months or years off the correct time.
$220 billion is helping build US cleantech infrastructure. Here are the projects.
Financial Times identified 110 large-scale manufacturing announcements.
AI chatbot scares Snapchat users by posting mysterious video
"I swear I thought that was my wall."
China blocks Intel’s $5.4B merger with Tower Semiconductor
Deal ends with Intel paying a $353 million termination fee to Tower.
Public EV charging keeps getting worse, according to new study
Volta and Tesla Superchargers had the most satisfied customers, according to JD Power.
Early plate tectonics was surprisingly speedy
A chunk of Western Australia once raced across the globe at over 64 cm a year.
New Triassic fossil features sharp claws and a nasty beak
A non-flying precursor to pterosaurs shared the Earth with the first dinosaurs.
Xbox’s new “8 strikes” mod rollout judges hate speech 3x worse than cheating
Eight strikes = one-year suspension; "egregious" infractions can cause permanent bans.
Let the review begin—SpaceX takes another step toward launching Starship again
This milestone was on paper, not in the hustle and bustle of Starbase.
FDA issues safety alert on pregnancy tests after bust on illegal medical lab
Universal Meditech was behind an illegal lab discovered in Reedley, California.
Maui truthers are so dumb they’re using a Falcon 9 photo as wildfire evidence
You can always count on conspiracy theorists to make a tragedy worse.
Ongoing scam tricks kids playing Roblox and Fortnite
The scams are often disguised as promotions, and they can all be linked to one network.
ISPs complain that listing every fee is too hard, urge FCC to scrap new rule
Broadband industry fights requirement to "list all recurring monthly fees."
Requiring ink to scan a document—yet another insult from the printer industry
How much ink does it take to scan a document?
Internet Archive’s legal woes mount as record labels sue for $400M
The Internet Archive also reached a confidential settlement with book publishers.
You’re the OS is a game that will make you feel for your poor, overworked system
The disk caching will continue until idle process morale improves.
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