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Collector discovered Isaac Newton’s lost personal copy of Opticks
David DiLaura called his discovery "a once-in-a-collector’s-lifetime event."
Google to SCOTUS: Liability for promoting terrorist videos will ruin the Internet
Supreme Court ruling could trigger “devastating spillover effects,” Google says.
New Sony Walkman music players feature stunning good looks, Android 12
Sony holds onto the beautiful dream of standalone portable audio players.
Musk on trial for “funding secured” tweet—experts predict he’s going to lose
Musk faces tough trial as judge already ruled his tweets were false and reckless.
Amid widespread backlash, D&D maker scales back “open” license changes
License will remain royalty-free, earlier OGL content will "remain unaffected."
LG issues recall of 52,000 TVs due to 86-inchers’ “serious tip-over” hazards
LG says the TVs are only a risk if you don't install the stand properly.
Tesla drops prices up to 20 percent in attempt to drive sales
The electric automaker is beginning to look a bit desperate for customers.
Third-party Twitter clients stopped working, and nobody’s sure why
Developers find their apps "suspended" or unresponsive, lack Twitter contacts.
US vaccination decline continues: 250,000 kindergarteners vulnerable to measles
Officials blamed a variety of factors, including pandemic disruptions and hesitancy.
Apple CEO Tim Cook to take 40% pay cut this year
CEO requested pay cut after shareholder vote on executive compensation.
Batteries and hydrogen power these cute Toyota AE86 factory restomods
The Toyota AE86 is beloved due to its role in the anime Initial D.
Despite public stance, internal Exxon climate analyses were very accurate
Exxon's scientists accurately projected things its executives didn't want to hear.
New imaging finds trigger for massive global warming 56 million years ago
56 million years ago, hot magma scorched the sediments under the Atlantic seafloor.
Rocket Report: Starship may actually be near liftoff; China’s copycat booster designs
“This is not the outcome we were hoping for today."
I disconnected from the electric grid for 8 months—in Manhattan
What started as an experiment has turned into a habit I hope will inspire others.
Vulnerability with 9.8 severity in Control Web Panel is under active exploit
A patch was released in October, but not all servers have installed it.
This cool new approach to refrigeration could replace harmful chemicals
New method uses salt and an organic solvent to change a material’s melting point.
Apple previews a trio of apps that will finally replace iTunes for Windows
The new apps are all roughly analogous to the versions that run on macOS.
Biden taking “absolutely wrong approach” to crack down on Big Tech, critics say
Biden asks Congress to stop Big Tech’s data-gulping, competition-smothering ways.
Sedimentation threatens to steal capacity from nearly 50,000 dams
Study shows the world’s dams could lose up to 28 percent of storage by 2050.
Fortinet says hackers exploited critical vulnerability to infect VPN customers
Remote code-execution bug was exploited to backdoor vulnerable servers.
RIP HDMI Alt Mode, we hardly knew ye
After failing to release any cables or adapters, HDMI Alt Mode is dead.
Leaked Samsung Galaxy S23 pictures show off new camera design
Samsung's new smartphones are launching February 1, and a lot has leaked.
You’re not imagining it—new cars really have gotten much more expensive
Kelly Blue Book data shows a 5% increase in average transaction prices since 2021.
2022 was once again one of the warmest years on record
Final tallies contain no surprises—it was a warm one.
Indigenous tech group asks Apache Foundation to change its name
Identity as a "last tribe" is simplification and erasure, indigenous group says.
EVs are getting too heavy and too powerful, safety chief says
NTSB chief warns that heavier vehicles mean more severe injuries and deaths.
FTC delays could send Microsoft and Activision back to the bargaining table
August hearing blows past July deadline, triggering $3 billion "breakup fee."
Warehouse workers say they “beat Amazon fair and square” in union fight
Amazon plans to appeal labor board ruling certifying the company’s first union.
Report claims Apple could reverse course and add touchscreens to Macs
Apple execs have repeatedly, emphatically said that touch Macs are a bad idea.
FAA outage that grounded flights blamed on old tech and damaged database file
Notice to Air Missions outage puts spotlight on FAA's struggles with technology.
Apple promises to disclose more details about app removals
Addressing freedom-of-expression concerns about decision-making process.
Here’s the story of a lunar image that doesn’t look remarkable, but really is
What you're actually looking at is an area of the Moon that is in total darkness.
Neutron imaging revealed the secrets of this gold-plated medieval pendant
Pendant held 5 tiny silk and linen packets with bone shards, likely religious relics.
Microsoft events to show new slate of games—including Starfield
Starfield will be shown separately from the other games, though.
XBB.1.5: Still more questions than answers on risk of latest omicron subvariant
Amid heightened concern, XBB.1.5 risks have a "high degree of uncertainty."
Microsoft will soon push Xbox owners into energy-saving Shutdown mode
Xboxes will soon have options for active hours and carbon-friendly downloads.
Hundreds of SugarCRM servers infected with critical in-the-wild exploit
Attackers are using the exploit to infect on-premises servers with web shell backdoors.
Microsoft 365 Basic gives you 100GB of OneDrive space (but no Office) for $2
Basic subscription tier will also remove ads from web and mobile Outlook apps.
Chuck E. Cheese still uses floppy disks in 2023, but not for long
Employee TikTok demos a robot show upgrade from floppy and DVD—possibly for the last time.
TCL backtracks on making its first OLED TVs
QD-OLED announcement during CES was apparently a mistake.
Twitter didn’t block child sex abuse hashtags until journalists pointed them out
Hashtags promoting sale of CSAM were searchable on Twitter until NBC News report.
RPG fans irate as D&D tries to shut its “open” game license
Leaked document seeks to revoke two decades of royalty-free rules sharing.
A widespread logic controller flaw raises the specter of Stuxnet
Over 120 PLC models contain a serious vulnerability—and no fix is on the way.
Nothing Phone’s US “beta test” targets people with more money than sense
For $300, you won't get US cellular bands, a warranty, or a production OS.
Oddities in nuclear reactor measurements not due to a new particle
An anomaly in neutrino measurements is real, but the cause isn't a new neutrino.
Parler owner laid off 75% of staff and has only 20 employees left, report says
Parler reportedly laid off staff and execs after ending deal to sell to Kanye West.
Hackers discover that vulnerabilities are rife in the auto industry
Connected car skeptics have a right to be concerned about the widespread problem.
Big ambitions, tiny LEDs: Apple said to be developing Micro LED displays for 2024
Screens said to ship in Apple Watch first, with iPhone and others to follow.
Madden NFL 23 removing faux-CPR celebration after Damar Hamlin collapse
Staging a cardiac arrest scene is too much, too soon, even for Madden.
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