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Feds arrest man for sharing DVD rip of Spider-Man movie with millions online
Accused DVD thief faces up to 15 years for online piracy if convicted.
Review: Mickey 17’s dark comedic antics make for wild cinematic ride
Bong Joon-Ho's latest suffers from chaotic third act, but it's a big creative swing that mostly works.
Nearly 1 million Windows devices targeted in advanced “malvertising” spree
Malware stole login credentials, cryptocurrency, and more from infected machines.
Music labels will regret coming for the Internet Archive, sound historian says
Labels push to spike cost of Internet Archive fight over old 78s.
“They curdle like milk”: WB DVDs from 2006–2008 are rotting away in their cases
Some affected discs aren't manufactured anymore and can't be replaced.
Bad vibes? Google may have screwed up haptics in the new Pixel Drop update
Google didn't mention any changes to haptics prior to the Pixel Drop.
AMD says top-tier Ryzen 9900X3D and 9950X3D CPUs arrive March 12 for $599 and $699
Inflated pricing for the 9800X3D might make these more appealing to some buyers.
After less than a day, the Athena lander is dead on the Moon
"The mission has concluded and teams are continuing to assess the data collected."
Trump says bitcoin reserve will change everything. Crypto fans aren’t so sure.
Trump orders federal agencies to pool seized bitcoins in reserve.
Maserati kills electric version of MC20 supercar for lack of demand
Buyers are increasingly turned off by electrification when it comes to supercars.
White House may seek to slash NASA’s science budget by 50 percent
"It would be nothing short of an extinction-level event for space science."
Rocket Report: Starship fails for a second time; what’s to blame for Vulcan delays?
"During Starship's ascent burn, the vehicle experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly."
iPhone 16e review: The most expensive cheap iPhone yet
The iPhone 16e rethinks-and prices up-the basic iPhone.
The Starship program hits another speed bump with second consecutive failure
Observers in Florida, the Bahamas, and the Turks and Caicos Islands spotted falling debris.
Intuitive Machines’ second attempt to land on the Moon also went sideways
"I would like to get more data before we can determine the orientation."
“Literally just a copy”—hit iOS game accused of unauthorized HTML5 code theft
Web game illicitly "wrapped in a mobile shell" climbed the paid App Store charts.
CMU research shows compression alone may unlock AI puzzle-solving abilities
New research challenges prevailing idea that AI needs massive datasets to solve problems.
When Europe needed it most, the Ariane 6 rocket finally delivered
"For this sovereignty, we must yield to the temptation of preferring SpaceX."
No one asked for this: Google is testing round keys in Gboard
A lot of Gboard beta users are suddenly remembering they joined the beta.
Starlink benefits as Trump admin rewrites rules for $42B grant program
Trump admin decides fiber Internet won't be prioritized in BEAD grant program.
Norovirus vaccine hints at defusing explosive stomach bug in early trial
Phase I study showed vaccine was safe and spurred immune responses in older people.
The most intriguing tech gadget prototypes demoed this week
Some of these ideas have genuine shots at making it into real products.
1Password offers geo-locating help for bad apps that constantly log you out
Get at that hard-to-remember app or garage pin with a new "Nearby" feature.
Prehistoric bone tool cache suggests advanced reasoning in early hominins
Tools "show evidence that their creators carefully worked the bones, chipping off flakes to create useful shapes."
Trump claims CFPB “destroys” people. Senators say killing it is a gift to Musk.
Trump's efforts to shutter the CFPB sparks demand for Elon Musk ethics probe.
VW is testing its robotaxis in snowy, icy Norway
A taxi service that only operates in good weather isn't a good taxi service.
Who gets ownership of useful genetic data?
Digital sequence information alters how researchers look at the world's genetic resources.
Massive botnet that appeared overnight is delivering record-size DDoSes
Eleven11bot infects video recorders, with the largest concentration of them in the US.
Will the future of software development run on vibes?
Accepting AI-written code without understanding how it works is growing in popularity.
You knew it was coming: Google begins testing AI-only search results
AI Mode could be the future of Google, but it's currently just an experiment.
Yes, we are about to be treated to a second lunar landing in a week
"Of course, everybody's wondering, are we gonna land upright?"
Brother denies using firmware updates to brick printers with third-party ink
Brother: Updates aren't behind degradation of quality or removal of features.
AMD Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT review: RDNA 4 fixes a lot of AMD’s problems
For $549 and $599, AMD comes close to knocking out Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5070.
Andor S2 featurette teases canonical tragic event
Adria Arjona: "It's human, it's incredibly truthful, and it just happens to be in a galaxy far, far away."
Google tells Trump’s DOJ that forcing a Chrome sale would harm national security
Google tries an old argument with a new Justice Department.
China aims to recruit top US scientists as Trump tries to kill the CHIPS Act
Tech innovation in US likely to stall if Trump ends the CHIPS Act.
Elon Musk loses initial attempt to block OpenAI’s for-profit conversion
OpenAI can proceed with for-profit shift while litigation continues, judge rules.
Volkswagen gets the message: Cheap, stylish EVs coming from 2026
VW is preparing new front-wheel-drive EVs, the ID. 2all and ID. EVERY1.
Due to new tariffs, many more physical game discs may “simply not get made”
Analysts also warn that tariffs could increase prices for game software and hardware.
NASA just lost yet another one of its low-cost planetary missions
It's increasingly unlikely that Lunar Trailblazer will deliver quality science.
Jeff Bezos brings Amazon work culture to Blue Origin
Job cuts and longer hours at Blue Origin as founder takes prominent role.
Apple announces M3 Ultra—and says not every generation will see an “Ultra” chip
It could explain why we're getting an M3 Ultra this deep into the M4 rollout.
Apple intros new Mac Studio models with M4 Max and… M3 Ultra?
Apple's high-end desktops get a strange (but overdue) mix-and-match refresh.
MacBook Air gets the M4, a new blue color, up to 32GB of RAM, and a $100 price cut
M2 and M3 Airs are mostly going away; M2 will still be sold in some countries.
Shadowveil is a stylish, tough single-player auto-battler
The first Legends of the Five Rings PC game will make you work for your wins.
Eerily realistic AI voice demo sparks amazement and discomfort online
Sesame's new AI voice model features uncanny imperfections, and it's willing to act like an angry boss.
“Wooly mice” a test run for mammoth gene editing
With most targeted changes not mammoth-specific, the focus is on gene editing.
Cod liver oil embraced amid Texas measles outbreak; doctors fight misinfo
Overdoses of vitamin A have serious risks-and it doesn't prevent measles.
George Orwell’s 1984 as a ’90s PC game has to be seen to be believed
A "zero gravity training sphere" makes an appearance, obviously.
Threat posed by new VMware hyperjacking vulnerabilities is hard to overstate
Just one compromised VM can make all other VMs on that hypervisor sitting ducks.
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