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It’s getting easier to buy bigger SSDs for the Steam Deck and Surface PCs
Special 30-mm-long SSDs are gradually coming to retail, though big names are MIA.
With Nvidia Eye Contact, you’ll never look away from a camera again
Creepy AI-powered eyeballs maintain direct eye contact even if you avert your gaze.
Lawsuit: Twitter stopped paying rent at headquarters after Musk took over
Twitter didn't pay $3.4M rent bills in December and January, building owner says.
SpaceX completes fueling test, will now work toward massive engine firing test
SpaceX said it loaded more than 10 million pounds of fuel onto the vehicle.
PC peripheral makers are feeling tech’s pandemic boom hangover too
Even Logitech, a top beneficiary of pandemic-driven tech purchases, is hurting.
Appliance makers sad that 50% of customers won’t connect smart appliances
Did users change their Wi-Fi password, or did they see the nature of IoT privacy?
Chris Pine battles undead army in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves trailer
"I lost everything that ever mattered to me. If we quit now, that's for nothing."
Why is GTP suddenly the hottest thing in racing?
The big question ahead of this weekend's race is whether the cars will survive.
Rocket Lab set to try its first US-based launch again
The company's Electron launch vehicle is ready to take 3 small satellites to orbit.
European launch chief insists there be no competition with Ariane rockets
"A huge mistake would be that this focus on microlaunchers destabilizes Ariane 6 and Vega C."
The world’s farms are hooked on phosphorus, and that’s a problem
Nonrenewable fertilizer powers 50% of Earth's agricultural productivity.
The Polestar 2 gets new electric motors in mid-life refresh
Cosmetic changes include a new front, and the single-motor car is now rear-driven.
Fearing ChatGPT, Google enlists founders Brin and Page in AI fight
Threatened by upstart OpenAI, Google pledges to fast-track new AI projects.
Tainted formula: DOJ opens criminal probe on Abbott after infant deaths
The company, which has denied causing the infant deaths, says it's cooperating.
Musk testifies, claims tweet that judge ruled false was “absolutely truthful”
Musk testifies he could have used SpaceX shares to fund taking-Tesla-private deal.
Google’s Fuchsia OS was one of the hardest hit by last week’s layoffs
Fuchsia lost 16 percent of its employees, while the rest of Google cut 6 percent.
iPadOS 15 drops support for newer iPads in 15.7.3 security update
2014's iPad Air 2 and 2015's iPad mini 4 will continue to get iPadOS 15 updates.
Dragon Age: Dreadwolf loses another veteran BioWare producer
After 19-year stint, Mass Effect's Mac Walters is latest to leave company.
iOS 16.3 and macOS Ventura 13.2 add hardware security key support
Plus, Rapid Security Response rolls out to macOS.
Scientists identify rare lead compounds in Rembrandt’s The Night Watch
Work is part of research and conservation project Operation Night Watch.
For Facebook addicts, clicking is more important than facts or ideology
Once clicking "share" becomes habitual, the content of what's shared matters less.
Microsoft will stop selling Windows 10 on January 31, but workarounds remain
So far, Windows 10 and Windows 11 product keys have been interchangeable.
OpenAI and Microsoft announce extended, multi-billion-dollar partnership
Reported $10 billion outlay follows investments from Microsoft in 2019, 2021.
Ransomware victims are refusing to pay, tanking attackers’ profits
The drying up of payouts is forcing attackers to hunt bigger game and re-extort.
This 32,000-mile Ocean Race has yachts doing research along the way
The yachts will sample ocean gases and microplastic levels along their route.
Wanted (by scientists): Dead birds and bats, felled by renewables
Collecting, studying, and storing the carcasses, scientists say, can unlock new insights.
Supreme Court seeks Biden admin input on Texas and Florida social media laws
SCOTUS wants to hear from US gov't before deciding whether to take up the cases.
Wordle clone Quordle purchased by... Merriam-Webster?
Finally, definitions and four-at-a-time word guessing on a single website.
2023 MacBook Pro review: A refined second generation
The M2 Pro and Max and improved connectivity headline Apple’s laptop refresh.
SpaceX may perform a wet dress rehearsal of its Starship launch system today
If at first you don't succeed, cryo, cryo again.
M2 Pro Mac mini review: Apple’s Goldilocks desktop for semi-professionals
Outstanding power efficiency is a highlight of this in-betweener desktop.
Kyle and Andrew sneak through The Last of Us’ by-the-book second episode
After more than 2 hours, it feels like the show is finally done setting things up.
Archaeologists discovered a new papyrus of Egyptian Book of the Dead
Dubbed the "Waziri papyrus," scholars are currently translating the text into Arabic.
The weekend’s best deals: The newest MacBook Pros, Kindle Kids, iPad Air, and more
Dealmaster also has gaming peripherals, portable storage, and Microsoft Surface.
Musk testifies in fraud trial, points out that not everyone believes what he says
Musk denies impact on Tesla stock price in case over false "funding secured" tweet.
US school runs lights 24/7/365: The smart lights have been broken since 2021
"We've been doing everything we can to fix this," says school official.
300+ models of MSI motherboards have Secure Boot turned off. Is yours affected?
The shortcoming has left users susceptible to malicious bootloaders for 18 months.
FTC: Shkreli may have violated lifetime pharma ban, should be held in contempt
Shkreli's latest company, Druglike, may run afoul of his lifetime pharma ban.
Supreme Court allows Reddit mods to anonymously defend Section 230
Mods tell SCOTUS that Reddit's special formula depends on Section 230 immunity.
Google cuts 12,000 jobs, the largest layoff in the company’s history
Google will slash 12,000 jobs, or about 6 percent of the company.
Gonorrhea is becoming unstoppable; highly resistant cases found in US
It has resistance or reduced susceptibility to all drugs recommended for treatment.
Twitter hired experts for case against Musk—now Musk won’t pay them, lawsuit says
Company says it wasn't paid for work on lawsuit that forced Musk to complete merger.
D&D maker still wants to revoke earlier versions of “open” gaming license
Core rules would go under Creative Commons, "hateful" content would be barred.
Twitter retroactively changes developer agreement to ban third-party clients
A single line, changed days after a vague statement, ends a foundational era.
Musk oversaw staged Tesla self-driving video, emails show
Emails show Musk wanted an aspirational—not actual—demo of Full Self-Driving.
Rocket Report: SpaceX reaches ‘ludicrous’ cadence; ABL explains RS1 failure
"This evidence suggests that an unwanted fire spread to our avionics system."
Pioneering Apple Lisa goes “open source” thanks to Computer History Museum
Lisa OS 3.1's 1984 source Pascal code now available under a non-commercial license.
Hacker group incorporates DNS hijacking into its malicious website campaign
The DNS hijacking threat can be especially high for people using public Wi-Fi.
Meet the real zombifying fungus behind the fictional Last of Us outbreak
Ants are in trouble, but humans are safe... for now.
Winnebago’s first electric motorhome prototype breaks cover
One battery for the powertrain, another for the house functions and rooftop solar.
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