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Researchers build a working camera out of atomically thin semiconductors
Sheet of atoms works similarly to silicon but has some unique properties.
Nvidia releases RTX 4090 and 4080 firmware update to fix display output bug
Update can be installed on both Founders Edition and third-party GeForce GPUs.
Musk emails remaining Twitter staff to find “anyone who actually writes software”
Musk email: "Anyone who actually writes software, please report to the 10th floor."
Sony’s Miles Morales was at least as good as Spider-Man, and now it’s on PC, too
Graphical enhancements and a focus on varied input methods headline the port.
FCC unveils big update to broadband map—and wants you to help correct errors
Map is better but not perfect—look up your address to see if there are mistakes.
There’s a “new” Atari arcade game, and I can’t put it down
Atari 50's "Vctr Sctr" is an addictive love letter to a long-lost arcade era.
The 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6’s interior lighting might cheer you up
Hyundai's UX team studied the effect lighting color combinations have on mood.
We now have a pretty good idea what the “Connecticut vampire” looked like
Targeted whole genome analysis strengthens case that he was a man named John Barber.
Twitter mayhem, staff cuts have advertisers bailing on the platform
Twitter advertisers pausing ads over brand safety, cybersecurity concerns.
Twitter in chaos as employees accept Musk’s invitation to quit their jobs
Musk jokes through crisis, says record numbers "logging in to see if Twitter is dead."
Eli Lilly CEO says insulin tweet flap “probably” signals need to bring down cost
"We’re obviously not the only insulin company. But the tropes go on," he said.
Twitter’s moderation system is in tatters
After Elon Musk’s staff cuts, there are hardly any moderators left to talk to.
10 years later, the Wii U is still deeply weird—and we love it
Oddly named console made up for its mistakes with infinite quirky charm.
Rocket Report: Long March 6A breaks apart after launch; SLS soars in debut
"The relevant incident will not affect the Chinese space station..."
Lost 8th-century Japanese medical text by Buddhist monk has been found
The surviving 766 prescriptions include recipes for soups, powders, pills, and ointments.
Meta keeps booting small-business owners for being hacked on Facebook
Sophisticated hack hits small-business owners ahead of the holidays.
Strange black hole merger may have been a rare random encounter
Instead of an orbiting binary, two black holes may have met by chance.
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet deliver a fully open world beset by technical problems
Choppy frame rates and animations distract from an entertaining entry.
Waymo shows off its next truly driverless prototype car
The Waymo and Geely collaboration features four sliding doors and no controls.
SpaceX faces labor charges after firing employees who criticized Elon Musk
Employees wrote letter calling Musk a "source of distraction and embarrassment."
Study: AirPods Pro are this close to being full-fledged hearing aids
Apple's social isolation sticks are useful for low to moderate hearing loss.
Feds arrest Russians accused of running the largest pirated e-book library
Textbook piracy platform Z-Library sunk by popular TikTok hashtag.
The next Toyota Prius has been revealed, and it’s even more efficient
It's quicker and slightly more economical, but we're still waiting on pricing.
Cable company’s accidental email to rival discusses plan to block competition
Cable One: Fighting publicly funded rivals one of our "most important tasks."
Is Ubisoft thwarting cheaters with “100 versions” of Rainbow Six Siege?
New versions "every two hours" could feature small, obfuscating code changes.
FTX lacked “accurate list” of bank accounts, failed at basic bookkeeping
Employee expenses were approved by posting emoji in Slack channels, DMs.
Record number of parents miss work as respiratory illnesses spike in kids
Though there are signs things could get worse, the White House has a rosy outlook.
New test shows loose RTX 4090 power connectors cause overheating and melting
Failure is rare but can be caused by any kind of 12VHPWR cable or adapter.
Nvidia and Microsoft team up to build massive AI cloud computer
AI supercomputer will use "tens of thousands" of Nvidia A100 and H100 GPUs.
Amazon begins layoffs of up to 10,000 jobs, blames “uncertain” economy
Amazon confirms Devices & Services layoffs; warehouse jobs apparently safe.
A cosmic hourglass: Webb captures image of protostar swathed in dark clouds
New image offers window into what our Sun and Solar System looked like in infancy.
What’s the deal with Formula 1 and sustainable fuels?
F1's CTO, Pat Symonds, explains the sport's plans to be carbon neutral by 2030.
Netflix gives account holders the ability to kick freeloaders
It's about password sharing, sure, but security, too.
DuckDuckGo’s anti-tracking Android tool could be “even more powerful” than iOS
App Tracking Protection blocks outbound traffic to listed tracking firms.
Measles outbreak jumps to 7 Ohio daycares, 1 school—all with unvaccinated kids
The highly contagious virus is spreading amid slipping vaccination rates.
Razer doubles its latest Blade laptop’s USB speeds with a firmware update
New update lights up functionality present in all of AMD's Ryzen 6000 CPUs.
How the PS5’s DualSense controller is failing disabled players
Two years after PS5 launch, Sony doesn't offer accessible-control alternatives.
Laser-driven fusion’s internal energies not matching up with predictions
There's a change in behavior when the plasma starts burning, and nobody knows why.
City birds are changing their tune
Many urban-dwelling birds have modified their songs in response to human-generated noise.
Musk tells Twitter staff: Agree to work “long hours at high intensity” or quit now
Musk's all-staff email: "Click yes on the link below" to keep your job.
ISP deploys fiber service with a wrinkle—the users themselves own each network
Despite costly Silicon Valley project, CEO says this isn't just for wealthy areas.
NASA gets its mojo back with a stunning nighttime launch of the SLS rocket
The US space agency had not launched an orbital rocket since 2011.
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 brings Wi-Fi 7, sticks with some 32-bit support
Features 32-bit support, Wi-Fi 7, the AV1 codec, and hardware ray tracing.
Hobbyist adds a hinge to the Game Boy Pocket, delighting everyone
No, it's not a Game Boy Advance SP. This is the monochrome Pocket with hinge.
Study: Ötzi the Iceman probably thawed and refroze several times
This would increase the odds of finding another prehistoric human body in melting ice.
Right-wing doctor group led by anti-vaccine insurrectionist implodes in scandal
Simone Gold used charity funds to buy $3.6M house, group leaders claim.
Apple’s satellite emergency service launches in the US and Canada
It'll come to France, Germany, Ireland, and the UK in December.
State-sponsored hackers in China compromise certificate authority
Active in dozens of advanced hacks since 2009, Billbug is still going strong.
Is tonight the night that NASA’s massive SLS rocket finally takes flight?
"We are going," NASA says. "We sure hope so," America replies.
This year’s ugly Microsoft sweater has a suggestion for you: It’s Clippy
Past years' sweater themes have included Minesweeper and Windows XP.
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