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World’s oldest heart preserved in 380 million-year-old armored fish
"These fish literally have their hearts in their mouths and under their gills."
$35M fine for Morgan Stanley after unencrypted, unwiped hard drives are auctioned
"Astonishing failures" over a 5-year span.
Judge rules Charter must pay $1.1 billion after murder of cable customer
Judge lowers $7B award but agrees Charter is liable.
Set a calendar alert: NASA to broadcast first asteroid redirect on Monday
The DART spacecraft will smash into a small asteroid to alter its orbit.
iRobot and Amazon agree to share data with FTC on $1.7B deal
Both companies agreed to share data for FTC's investigation.
Comcast promises huge boost to cable upload speeds by end of 2023
Full Duplex DOCSIS expected in 2023 but won't be available to everyone at first.
LG releases a 17-inch laptop with an RTX 3050 Ti GPU, DDR5 RAM for $1,600
Storage maxes out at 512GB, though.
Xbox Series X update allows more discs to be played fully offline
Forced online check in no longer required for Xbox One and "Smart Delivery" discs.
Microsoft commits to updating Windows 11 once per year, and also all the time
Microsoft attempts to clarify how it will roll out updates to users.
Microsoft releases Windows 11 22H2, formally dubbed the “2022 Update”
New update has been available in preview form since May of 2022.
Nvidia’s powerful H100 GPU will ship in October
Nvidia's "Hopper" AI chip is in full production, eight major vendors shipping products soon.
Holocaust filmmaker says Meta did not completely reverse ad ban [Updated]
Meta reviewed the accounts and confirmed that there are no restrictions.
The Big Bang should have made cracks in spacetime—why haven’t we found them?
Cosmic strings' greatest power? Their ability to confound physicists.
Nvidia’s Ada Lovelace GPU generation: $1,599 for RTX 4090, $899 and up for 4080
4090 launches October 12; 4080 to follow in "November."
Deepfake audio has a tell and researchers can spot it
With deepfake audio, that familiar voice on the other end of the line might not even be human.
How electric cars could rescue the US power grid
By 2035, batteries in California BEVs could power every home in the state for 3 days.
AMD’s first Ryzen 7000 mobile CPU is a mix of old and new for midrange laptops
It won't be an impressive performer, but it could still be a budget contender.
Big gaming companies get DHS help to keep players from becoming terrorists
Researchers target online gaming companies like Activision and Roblox.
Apple plans a fix for “grinding,” “vibrating” iPhone 14 Pro Max cameras next week
Bug is most likely an issue with the optical image stabilization system.
After strong interest, VW plans to build 130,000 ID Buzzes a year
Production of the EV for European customers has already begun in Hannover.
iPhone 14 teardown: One key change makes it much easier to repair
iFixit calls it the biggest redesign since the iPhone X—but only on the inside.
AI software helps bust image fraud in academic papers
Proofig and ImageTwin software help detect fudged "Western blot" image data in academic papers.
Biden calls pandemic “over” despite pathetic booster rates and new variants
Biden's "over" comment highlights our complicated, precarious pandemic status.
Apple is top funder of lobby group that says it represents small developers
Group claims to "give a voice" to small firms while fighting bills opposed by Apple.
Kiwi Farms has been breached; assume passwords and emails have been leaked
Harassment site is down for now after hacker gains access to admin account.
Google’s Wi-Fi 6E router, the “Nest Wifi Pro,” gets briefly listed for $199
It has Wi-Fi 6E, seemingly no Google Assistant, and Ethernet backhaul.
Review: Return to Monkey Island is must-play point-and-click brilliance
A spoiler-free reflection on an incredible return to Gilbert and Grossman's roots.
A trip down memory lane: Andor “special look” reminds us how the story ends
I spy with my little eye... a starfighter equipped with light sabers?
Rockstar confirms Grand Theft Auto VI leak came from “network intrusion”
Roughly 50 minutes of video confirms Vice City setting, Latina protagonist.
Why is a small Swedish automaker a decade ahead of the rest of the industry?
"I didn't believe we could survive just doing what everyone else is doing."
The weekend’s best deals: Disney+ for $2, Anker chargers, and more
Dealmaster also has Xbox gift cards, MacBooks, SSDs, and gaming monitors.
Review: Dell’s XPS 13 Plus pulls high performance from a frustrating design
Sustained peak performance makes for a powerful 13-inch XPS. But there are costs.
Punishment, puppies, and science: Bringing dog training to heel
Dog trainers have long relied on punishment as a training tool.
Kate Beaton on creating the best graphic novel of 2022
Ducks is a devastating memoir about life in the oil sands of northern Alberta.
Federal court upholds law banning tech companies from censoring viewpoints
Critics warn the law could lead to more hate speech and disinformation online.
Being a victim of rape costs an average of $3,500 in medical bills, study finds
The bills can discourage rape reporting and compound victims' trauma.
Russian official says civilian satellites may be “legitimate” military target
Russia wasn't happy about Starlink providing broadband in Ukraine after invasion.
Fire ant rafts form because of the Cheerios effect, study concludes
Fire ants will change shape of the raft to reduce drag and adapt to fluid flows.
GeForce GPUs are 80% of EVGA’s revenue—but it’s cutting ties with Nvidia anyway
EVGA will continue selling current-gen GeForce cards until it runs out of stock.
Artists begin selling AI-generated artwork on stock photography websites
Using software that creates art on demand, some artists attempt to cash in on AI-generated content.
Sony: PSVR2 is “truly next-generation,” so it can’t play PSVR1 games
No details on why PSVR2 enhancements mean it can't run less-advanced games.
Musk filing claims “conspiracy among Twitter executives” to deceive public
Musk countersuit claims "numerous independently sufficient reasons" to break deal.
Lots of strange things about Saturn can be explained by a destroyed moon
Simulations appear to tie up lots of loose ends.
Beloved browser extension acquired by non-beloved antivirus firm
You can see why some don't want Avast having access to every site they visit.
The end of Ethereum mining could be a bonanza for GPU shoppers
Graphics card prices have been dropping all year—and could go even lower.
Twitter pranksters derail GPT-3 bot with newly discovered “prompt injection” hack
By telling AI bot to ignore its previous instructions, vulnerabilities emerge.
Uber was breached to its core, purportedly by an 18-year-old. Here’s what’s known
“I announce I am a hacker and Uber has suffered a data breach,” intruder says on Slack.
Chrome for Android gets fingerprint-protected Incognito tabs
It's buried behind the flag menu for now, but you can enable it on the stable channel.
Facebook reverses permanent ban on Holocaust movie after outcry
Roy Scheider's final movie is now back on Facebook.
Record monsoon flooding in Pakistan due to a confluence of factors
Climate’s role is tough to quantify this time, though.
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