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The OnePlus 10T returns to a winning formula of high specs, low ($649!) price
OnePlus cuts the price way down, but we miss the water resistance of the 10 Pro.
Review: Beavis & Butt-Head reclaim their thrones of the reaction video genre
Paramount+ revival adapts to how teen "TV" watching has shifted 30 years later.
Monkeypox: 25K cases, a batch of new deaths, and 3 state emergencies
WHO says it's seeing a broad range of illnesses as more people are infected.
MIT scientists create color-shifting films inspired by 19th-century holography
Potential applications include pressure-monitoring bandages, shade-shifting fabrics.
3 years after launch, Apple Arcade loses 15 games
Apple's game subscription service isn't immune to the usual downsides.
EA cracks down on modders selling their custom Sims 4 content
But publisher leaves lucrative loophole for "early access" Patreon subscriptions.
Avowed bitcoin creator Craig Wright is not happy with £1 win in UK libel lawsuit
What the judge calls "deliberately false," Wright calls misunderstood evidence.
What do we do about all the people who can’t charge an EV at home?
Two-thirds of US drivers can charge at home—that leaves plenty who can't.
SEC: Crypto fraudsters raised $300M with “textbook pyramid and Ponzi scheme”
Victims lured with "smart contracts" on Ethereum, Tron, and Binance blockchains.
GaN-powered Thunderbolt 4 dock wants to rid data-hungry setups of power bricks
Hyper-brand dock has four power-delivering Thunderbolt 4 ports, seeks crowdfunding.
Raspberry Pi 4 expands 3D potential with Vulkan update
Developers and Android games get more-robust access to the GPU.
Some Studio Display owners are having audio problems; software fix may be coming
Short-term fix is simple, and a more permanent fix should be doable in software.
Why space debris keeps falling out of the sky—and will continue to do so
"All spacefaring nations should follow established best practices."
The age of brain-computer interfaces is on the horizon
Synchron has implanted its BCI in a US patient for the first time.
Post-quantum encryption contender is taken out by single-core PC and 1 hour
Leave it to mathematicians to muck up what looked like an impressive new algorithm.
NY county with polio has pitiful 60% vaccination rate; 1,000s may be infected
Hundreds need to be infected for one paralytic case to arise. And the virus keeps moving.
Analogue Pocket’s 1.1 update already paying dividends: Jailbreak, Neo Geo core
"OpenFPGA" initiative pays immediate dividends, though it's not perfect yet.
Visa knew about Pornhub’s child porn, judge says, and now must face trial [Updated]
Visa claims the court's decision could affect the entire financial industry.
Bungie shuts Destiny 2 text chat to stop malicious exploit
Improper coding of Chinese characters let players weaponize copy-pasted text strings.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai says productivity is “not where it needs to be”
Pichai changes Google's promotion incentives, wants "more customer focus."
Linus Torvalds uses an Arm-powered M2 MacBook Air to release latest Linux kernel
More people using Arm hardware will (eventually) lead to better Arm software.
Charter loses home Internet customers, blames end of COVID subsidy program
After loss of 42,000 customers, Charter pins growth hopes on new federal funding.
Chipmakers battle for slice of US government support
Package to reverse decline of nation’s semiconductor industry will only go so far.
Dell follows Apple in exploring laptops with reverse wireless charging
Dell considers a wireless charging clip that attaches to a laptop's surface.
BMW readies a cheaper electric i4 sedan, due in early 2023
The $51,400 i4 eDrive35 will have 260 miles of range from a 66 kWh battery pack.
Official Andor trailer shows us what the birth of a revolution looks like
"To steal from the Empire, you just walk in like you belong."
We’re about to enter the heart of the Atlantic hurricane season
About 90 percent of the Atlantic's tropical activity comes after August 1.
No code, no problem—we try to beat an AI at its own game with new tools
In part one of three, we give the cloud a new problem to (heart) attack.
Star Trek icon Nichelle Nichols dead at 89
"Hers was a life well lived and as such a model for us all."
Biden tests positive again in COVID rebound, heads back to isolation [Updated]
The president finished one course of Paxlovid. Now doc is watching rebound closely.
The weekend’s best deals: Kindle Unlimited, Nintendo Switch games, and more
Dealmaster also has discounts on the Google Pixel 6a, Switch Lite, and Apple TV 4K.
Satellite images + lucky boat trip give new info on glowing “milky seas”
Scientists are closer than ever to understanding the phenomenon.
US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor design
NuScale will get the final approval nearly six years after starting the process.
As BA.5 continues to blaze across US, feds scrap summer booster plans
Officials are focusing on bivalent fall boosters, which may be ready in September.
Sega Genesis Mini 2 will be in much shorter supply than original
Surprising estimate comes as response to questions about Japanese shipping origins.
VMware Fusion beta joins Parallels in supporting Windows VMs on Apple Silicon
But running Arm versions of Windows on Apple Silicon still has shortcomings.
Inflating spider corpse creates robotic claw game of nightmares
Welcome to the exciting, rather macabre new field of "necrobotics."
Genetically engineered rice needs less fertilizer, makes more food
The change coupled enhanced photosynthesis with improved nitrogen use.
Samsung’s “repair mode” lets technicians look at your phone, not your data
Mailing in your phone for repair? Samsung has just the feature for that.
Despite $100 price increase, Meta Quest 2 still offers historically cheap VR
Plus, using historical price data to guess at the PSVR2's price.
Razer’s latest wireless mechanical keyboard has a low profile and a high price
A mechanical keyboard with less bulk.
DeepMind research cracks structure of almost every known protein
Breakthrough by AI company will reduce time required to make biological discoveries.
Crucial texts between Trump and top DHS officials leading up to Jan. 6 deleted
Former acting DHS officials Chad Wolf and Ken Cuccinelli responded in tweets.
Record-breaking UK heat “extremely unlikely” without climate change
Rapid analysis of the role of climate change finds clear relationship.
How Tor is fighting—and beating—Russian censorship
Russia has been trying to block the anonymous browser since December—with mixed results.
Russia: We’re not leaving the Space Station until our own is ready
Both NASA and Roscosmos are now saying Russia's departure won't be soon.
NASA revises Mars’ sample return plan to use helicopters
The experience with the Ingenuity helicopter has changed the equation.
Gulf Coast tests confirm deadly tropical soil bacterium now endemic to US
The bacterium causes melioidosis, which is hard to diagnose and resistant to some drugs.
Apple reports only slight growth in Q3 2022 earnings report
Services and iPhone grew a bit, but the Mac and others lost ground.
Pixel 6a gift card deal effectively takes $50 off Google’s new phone
Typically $449, phone releases today; gift card deal available at multiple retailers.
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