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George Newall, a former ad exec who co-created the influential series, has died at 88.

System76's $300 Launch Heavy has open source hardware and software, plus a USB hub.

Do batteries really cause garbage fires? Only three times in one month.

After missing a Senate deadline, FTX founder tweets, "I am willing to testify."

Some children who got their first shot may not yet be eligible for their second.

Price-to-performance is a bit better than the 4090, if you can find it at $1,200.

"Reentry is our priority-one objective for a reason."

"We need some adult supervision there to actually help these guys."

Hades and Death Stranding sequels, Bioshock's spiritual successor, and more.

Microsoft agrees multi-cloud strategy is "the right one" for Defense Department.

Background tabs will get kicked out of memory, but only if you allow it.

Google's AI division tackles programming languages with a language model.

In medical terms, the dance party is called the "filarial dance sign."

Twitter laid off 63% of women in engineering roles compared to 48% of men.

Former Microsoft CTO Nathan Myhrvold did first computer simulations in late 1990s.

Microsoft would gain "means and motive to harm competition," regulator says.

We can't talk about performance yet, but these GPUs should fit in most PC cases.

Google says it "remains deeply committed" to the Waze app.

There are still lots of ways to exploit Internet Explorer through a Word doc.

EU government says USB-C compliance is mandatory by December 28, 2024.

Reports suggest Musk is looking to pass Apple fees on to Twitter users.

Nearly 1,000 GM dealers have enrolled in the program to double level 2 chargers.

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Amazon already had a lot of success with Fire TV devices.

Long gamma-ray burst stems from neutron star merger, not usual supernova explosion.

Balwani was convicted in July on all 12 counts of fraud related to Theranos.

It remains unclear what the hospital's marketing director was doing with the guns.

DNA left behind during a warm period is viable 2 million years later.

AG: Amazon has so far "escaped appropriate accountability" for consumer harm.

Company abandons its plans for CSAM scanning, too.

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Rise seen as another aftereffect of the pandemic disrupting disease transmission.

Explosive robots were approved for the SFPD arsenal, then the protests started.

Promoted tweets from "roughly 40 brands" appeared near extremist posts.

Latest beta driver can boost speeds of some DirectX9 games by 50 to 80 percent.

It's limited to desktops and older games, but Asahi has made real progress.

Agreement also extends to continued Steam support for the ultra-popular shooter.

There’s a lot going on in the first 12 hours of the upcoming horror-fantasy RPG.

Existing engine designs can be modified to allow hydrogen injection.

"Come toward me, baby! Looks like it’s moving... Don’t run over me!"

Squad says in sunny climes like Las Vegas you may never need to charge it.

Elysium Planitia may be best explained by the same process that powers Yellowstone.

Louder, lighter, and better-looking than your typical 13-inch XPS laptop.

The evolution of this weapon may have had little to do with threats from predators.

AI-wielding artist must assert ownership and label each piece as "Generative AI."

Changes may help devs handle inflation, exchange rates, and new content types.

The countries: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and the UK.

For now it's only in Europe, with a worldwide rollout coming in 2023.

Meta may have to rethink its ad model (again) in the next month.

"Please do not post any rants about NFTs in this thread."