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Updated 2025-07-01 13:45
Scientists may have found the first water worlds
Density suggests these "super-Earths" are more like giant, hot Europas.
Your next pour-over may be Liberica or excelsa
Climate change has coffee growers searching for alternative crop strains.
Microsoft discovers Windows/Linux botnet used in DDoS attacks
MCCrash is specially designed to take down Minecraft servers and performs other DDoSes.
Google Nest and Android devices are now Matter controllers (for future devices)
When Matter devices exist, you can add and control them with Google gear.
Vampire Survivors’ first DLC offers some enjoyable (but diminishing) returns
Legacy of the Moonspell's new unlockables are interesting... for a while, at least.
FuboTV goes kaput during World Cup semifinals, blames “criminal cyber attack”
Streaming service goes dark during one of the most anticipated sporting matches.
ArtStation artists stage mass protest against AI-generated artwork
Users of popular portfolio site seek to castigate and disrupt AI-generated art.
OnePlus targets a Mac-first, quieter design with its first mechanical keyboard
OnePlus plans to start mass production by March.
Musk bans live location sharing, says he’ll sue creator of plane-tracking bot
Musk says son X AE A-XII was stalked, blames student who made @ElonJet Twitter bot.
The 2022 Mercedes-AMG EQS sedan: Brute-force EV misses the mark
The EQS sedan works better as a luxury cruiser than a performance bruiser.
Elon Musk offloads another $3.6 billion of Tesla stock
Tesla’s share price is down 61% since start of 2022, trailing rivals Ford and GM.
Dell concept laptop has pop-out components, disassembles screwdriver-free
We watched Dell dismantle the PC in well under a minute.
Today’s best deals: Google devices, iPads, headphones, and more
Dealmaster also has discounts on VR, Xbox, SD cards, robot vacuums, and 4K TVs.
A Russian spacecraft started leaking uncontrollably on Wednesday night
After three hours Wednesday night, the leak remained ongoing.
High class: A strong electric assist transforms a classic cruiser
Mixed messages from a casual cruising machine with a powerful motor.
Oppo prototypes Magic Mouse-looking health tracker for the whole family
ECG, sleep tracking, and heart and lung auscultation—all in one unusual design.
COVID is here to stay, but global emergency could end next year, WHO chief says
Vaccine inequity, long COVID, and weak variant surveillance loom as big challenges.
Prosecutors charge 6 people for allegedly waging massive DDoS attacks
48 Internet domains associated with the services have also been seized.
Meet Ghostwriter, a haunted AI-powered typewriter that talks to you
Custom typewriter hack uses Arduino, Rapsberry Pi, and GPT-3 to dramatic effect.
The day the plastic music died: Epic shutting down Rock Band and other servers
Rock Band, Unreal, and other games at Epic lose online services on Jan. 24.
Scientists discover a new supergroup of rare single-celled predators
Rare microbes form two branches of a supergroup, a classification above kingdoms.
Musk may try to deny severance to thousands laid off by Twitter, report says
Musk's attorney, Alex Spiro, out but still representing Twitter on pending cases.
“Impossible” to track: China gives up on COVID case count amid explosive outbreak
In an abrupt reversal, China ended mandatory testing last week.
YouTube moderation bots will start issuing warnings, 24-hour bans
New automated moderation program does not seem to allow for human intervention.
Diplodocus may have been one cool dinosaur—thanks to its skin
A skin of porous scales may have helped keep dinosaurs' metabolism from overheating.
Subaru warns Ascent owners to park outside due to fire risk
Subaru is recalling 271,694 2019–2022 Ascent SUVs due to faulty heater wiring.
Twitter suspends @ElonJet plane-tracking bot after Musk pledged to leave it up
Twitter claims Musk plane bot broke the rules but lets Gates and Zuck bots stay up.
Tesla rolls out Steam game support for newest vehicle models
Over 6,000 "Deck Verified" games are now playable on the 17-inch central console.
Record lows on the Mississippi: How climate change is altering large rivers
Water levels in some of the world's largest rivers have hit record lows in 2022.
“Pure and deadly greed”: Lawmakers slam Pfizer’s 400% price hike on COVID shots
Senators Warren and Welch urged Pfizer to back down from "unseemly profiteering."
Space debris expert: Orbits will be lost—and people will die—later this decade
"Flexing geopolitical muscles in space to harm others has already happened."
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse trailer wows with 6 distinct animation styles
Another sequel is already in the works, along with a Spider-Woman spinoff film.
Lensa AI app causes a stir with sexy “Magic Avatar” images no one wanted
Early reports said the app unwantedly sexualized depictions of women using the app.
TikTok would be banned from US “for good” under bipartisan bill
Lawmakers liken TikTok's widening influence in the US to "digital fentanyl."
Only iPhones that can’t run iOS 16 are getting new iOS 15 updates
iPhone 6S, iPhone 7, and the last iPod Touch shift to security-only update model.
Report: Apple plans to support sideloading and third-party app stores by 2024
Europe's Digital Markets Act was the catalyst.
Doc raked in $3.3M in wild spinal surgery scam, gets 5 years in prison
Patients left in "mental anguish" wondering "whether they needed a surgery."
Microsoft digital certificates have once again been abused to sign malware
Code-signing is supposed to make people safer. In this case, it made them less so.
iOS 16.2, macOS 13.1 released with new collaboration features and other updates
Smaller updates for watchOS, tvOS, and HomePod software are also available.
Google’s Black Friday deals are back, including that $299 Pixel 6a deal
Get $100-$150 off a Pixel phone, $50 off the watch, $10 off a Chromecast.
Marvel’s Midnight Suns gets a big boost on PC when 2K’s launcher is removed
One PC gaming pro gained more than 60 percent in frames per second by killing it.
Bill Nelson came to NASA to do two things, and he’s all out of bubblegum
Working with Congress? "It's easy as pie."
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Add to a charity haul that has raised over $6,500 in just 5 days.
What enabled the big boost in fusion energy announced this week?
Two megajoules of laser yielded three megajoules of fusion energy.
Sam Bankman-Fried arrested in Bahamas, charged with “massive” crypto fraud in US
FTX founder charged with fraud, money laundering, campaign finance violations.
US COVID death toll would be 4X higher without vaccines, modeling study finds
Shots also cut millions of hospitalizations and $1.5 trillion in medical bills.
Twitter ditches Trust and Safety Council as Musk tweets fuel harassment
Twitter thanks the council for their service, while members fear retaliation.
After Russia’s exit from the Lunar Gateway, NASA has found a new partner in UAE
The United Arab Emirates is a founding member of the Artemis Accords.
China hits back at US chip sanctions with WTO dispute
Beijing defends "legitimate rights" in response to Washington’s semiconductor controls.
Plugable’s USB dongle is yet another cheap way to add Bluetooth 5.0 to your PC
Windows 11 and 10 only.
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