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TikTok made money from getting Syrian refugees to beg in livestreams
A BBC investigation found that TikTok was taking up to 70% of profits.
The next Ford Mustang won’t be easy to tune; blame cybersecurity
The price of digital security might be your new car eternally remaining stock.
Microsoft preps DirectStorage 1.1 with GPU decompression for faster game loads
Update is "coming soon" but requires use of all-new compression format.
Elon Musk is under federal investigation for merger conduct, Twitter tells judge
Musk refuses to produce communications with SEC and FTC, Twitter tells court.
Big pharma says drug prices reflect R&D cost. Researchers call BS
A new study finds no correlation between R&D spending and outlandish drug prices.
Rocket Report: Amazing view of Falcon 9 landing, spaceport suit Down Under
"We remain confident of achieving our objective of a full vertical orbital launch."
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X review: Performance that’s great but a price that isn’t
The total cost of buying into AMD's new platform still makes it a tough sell.
“So much screaming inside me”—Google Stadia shutdown stuns indie developers
Game makers were still working on their ports when shutdown news went public.
Ohio foragers are accidentally poisoning themselves with lethal mushrooms
The morel of the story: Don't forage for mushrooms.
DeepMind breaks 50-year math record using AI; new record falls a week later
AlphaTensor discovers better algorithms for matrix math, inspiring another improvement from afar.
Framework offers refurbished versions of its repairable laptops
The company's unique model could make refurbished devices more intriguing.
FCC to ban all new Huawei and ZTE equipment on national security grounds
Ban would prevent new products from getting FCC approval; older ones not affected.
Lufthansa awkwardly abandons AirTag ban after baffling face plant
After a confusing, unilateral ban, Lufthansa allows AirTag trackers once again.
Netflix with ads launches Nov. 3, will be missing up to 10% of Netflix catalog
$7 plan to have 5 minutes of ads per hour, 720p quality limit, and no downloads.
Google is serious about its giant video chat booths, starts real-world testing
The giant 3D video chat system is getting trialed at WeWork, Salesforce, and more.
A dish of neurons may have taught itself to play Pong (badly)
Given control of a paddle and feedback, the neurons figured out what to do.
Black hole “burps” at half the speed of light, years after devouring star
“This caught us completely by surprise—no one has ever seen anything like this before.”
US Army soldiers felt ill while testing Microsoft’s HoloLens-based headset
"The devices would have gotten us killed," an Army report claims.
How to get Doom running in Windows’ notepad.exe
21-year-old hacker: "It fires those neurons that are like, 'Oh, we can do that.'"
OnlyFans lawyers accidentally reveal which Meta execs allegedly took bribes
Names of Nick Clegg and Nicola Mendelsohn mistakenly not redacted.
Digital license plates approved for all vehicles in California
Only one company makes the e-ink plates, subscriptions start at $19.95 per month.
32 years in, Microsoft has decided to rebrand “Microsoft Office”
Apps aren't changing, and Office will still be available as a standalone purchase.
“Battery Genome Project” creators want shared data, better EVs
Understanding how different variables affect battery performance.
Carmack: “There’s a bunch that I’m grumpy about” in virtual reality
Lonely lecture as a VR avatar is a far cry from last year's "thousands of people" goal.
New Apple services and apps are rolling out on Windows 11 and Xbox
Music for Xbox is here now; Music and TV for Windows will come later.
Microsoft fights to save Activision merger, says Sony protest is “self-serving”
Microsoft says UK relied on Sony's "exaggerated" claims about Call of Duty.
TikTok wants to be Amazon, plans US fullfillment centers and poaches staff
TikTok to launch live shopping in the US over the holidays.
Kids 5-11 can now get the bivalent, BA.5-targeting COVID booster
Federal officials urge Americans to get their boost by Halloween.
Death to passwords: Beta passkey support comes to Chrome and Android [Updated]
Big Tech's cross-platform password replacement arrives in the Google ecosystem.
Nasal COVID vaccine blows clinical trial, flinging researchers back to the lab
The trial used the same vaccine formula as the AstraZeneca vaccine given intramuscularly.
Webb captures truly strange set of rings built by massive stars
Over the past 120 years, stellar winds have built concentric circles of dust.
Pixel Watch review: Beautiful, fast, and way too expensive
It could be better, but it might be good enough for a wearables-starved ecosystem.
The Polestar 3 SUV will cost $83,900 “loaded,” goes on sale Q4 2023
Production of the new EV starts in China in 2023, then South Carolina in 2024.
Biden gambles with global chip supply by halting US firms’ operations in China
Power of US export curbs could diminish quickly without other nations joining.
NASA says the Artemis I mission will be ready to launch in one month
Set your alarm for 7 minutes after midnight on November 14.
Report: “Thousands” of Intel layoffs planned as PC demand slows and revenues fall
Sales of consumer and server CPUs are down as pandemic-era demand slows.
All the Best Prime Day Deals still running for Amazon’s Early Access sale [Updated]
We've sorted through Amazon's pre-holiday sale to find the stuff that's worth your time.
Microsoft takes AI image generation mainstream, strolling into ethics minefield
Microsoft sidesteps AI-powered art debate, embraces image generation as a tool for creatives.
Microsoft’s Audio Dock adds ports, a woofer, & tweeters to your setup for $250
USB-C docking station opts for video conferencing features over a vast port selection.
Microsoft whiffs a desperately needed internal refresh for the Surface Studio desktop
A generation-old quad-core processor is doing this $4,300 desktop no favors.
Surface Laptop 5 gets a boost from new Intel CPUs, but AMD option is going away
Microsoft refreshes its 13.5- and 15-inch laptops without reinventing them.
Surface Pro 9 comes in both Intel and Arm flavors, absorbing the Surface Pro X
For this refresh, Microsoft works up the courage to remove the headphone jack.
Twitter reviewing policies around permanent user bans
Platform is unlikely to reverse decision to block former US President Donald Trump.
Roku’s new lights, doorbells, and switches are TV-centered (and very familiar)
Roku offers control of your cams, lights, and switches from your biggest screen.
Review: Dell’s MS700 wireless mouse has a twisted parlor trick but limited use
Dell's new Bluetooth mouse is equipped for portability, but not productivity.
SpaceX announces a second private flight to the Moon aboard Starship
"We can't force the timeline. It will happen when it happens."
After fight vs. FAA, Verizon’s and AT&T’s new spectrum is boosting 5G speeds
OpenSignal tests show C-band's impact on 5G download speeds.
Nikon Small World microscopy contest 2022: Meet this year’s top 10 winners
Your annual reminder that science can be beautiful as well as informative.
Fake Joe Rogan interviews fake Steve Jobs in an AI-powered podcast
Voice synthesis PR stunt calls upon the dead to help sell an AI product.
Meta continues to shovel money into the growing VR gaming segment
Revenues are increasing, but maybe not fast enough to justify massive costs.
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