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Better than a V12: Rolls-Royce’s first EV is the 2024 Spectre coupe
Smooth, silent electric motors will only make Rolls-Royce's cars better.
Cheaper hearing aids hit stores today, available over the counter for first time
Often thousands of dollars and prescription only, aids now start at $199 at Walmart.
What it takes to re-create Rings of Power title sequence with Chladni figures
British science communicator Steve Mould first explored patterns in 2016 viral video.
Coinbase users scammed out of $21M in crypto sue company for negligence
Nearly 100 users sue Coinbase for allegedly overlooking security flaw.
Nvidia’s last-minute 12GB RTX 4080 rebrand will be a pain for GPU makers
Nvidia will shoulder at least some of the costs of rebranding all of the GPUs.
Discord update adds activities, app directory, and cheaper Nitro subscription
For some communities, Discord has become an alternative to social media.
Build a shelf-size vintage computer museum made of paper
Artist's collection allows mini Apple II, C64, TRS-80—and more—for the cost of paper and ink.
Hacker gets discontinued P.T. running on unmodified PS5
New method relies on a transfer from a separate jailbroken system.
All DisplayPort 2.0 products are now DisplayPort 2.1, VESA says
VESA released DisplayPort 2.1 today, but you may already own certified products.
It’s the BOAT: Astronomers observe “brightest of all time” gamma-ray burst
It's a "once-in-a-century opportunity" to address fundamental questions of these bursts.
$399 Razer Edge tries to make Android gaming tablets happen
Plus it has Qualcomm's "new" (but actually old) Snapdragon G3x Gen 1 gaming chip.
37-year-old Amiga platform gets updates to Linux kernel, AmigaOS SDK
Amiga's big German conference also happened for the first time since COVID.
Kanye West to buy Parler, promises to protect “conservative opinions”
West's antisemitic posts got him locked out of Twitter and Instagram this month.
FedEx abandons its last-mile delivery robot program
A human in a FedEx uniform will deliver those packages for the foreseeable future.
Rent going up? One company’s algorithm could be why
YieldStar helps landlords set prices across the US, likely harming competition.
Comcast wanted $210,000 for Internet—so this man helped expand a co-op fiber ISP
Fed up with Comcast and AT&T, Silicon Valley residents started their own network.
“The hell with it”—Elon Musk to keep funding Ukrainian Starlink service [Updated]
"we'll just keep funding Ukraine govt for free."
New, transparent AI tool may help detect blood poisoning
The algorithm scans electronic records and may reduce sepsis deaths.
Removing notes from Mendelssohn overture shows plight of humpback whales
Hebrides Redacted is meant to show "how human activities have silenced nature.”
Since Crew Dragon’s debut, SpaceX has flown more astronauts than anyone
"Thank you for an incredible ride up to orbit and an incredible ride home."
Apple’s AR/VR headset will scan your iris when you put it on
Apple's headset will also scan users' legs for inclusion in virtual space.
AT&T to pay $23M fine for bribing powerful lawmaker’s ally in exchange for vote
AT&T said it's "committed to ensuring that this never happens again."
Equifax surveilled 1,000 remote workers, fired 24 found juggling two jobs
Equifax used its own worker surveillance product to spy on workers fired.
BA.5 is finally fading—sublineages BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 rise from variant stew
BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 now account for 1-in-10 US COVID infections.
The Pixel 7 tests out 64-bit-only Android, can’t run 32-bit apps
64-bit only Android promises better performance and security, if we can get there.
Dwarf Fortress, the most inscrutable game of two decades, is getting a tutorial
Start off in a mineral-rich play area with hints, rather than primordial chaos.
Brazil court orders Apple to reimburse customers for charger-less iPhones
iPhones sold without chargers is an "abusive practice," São Paulo judge says.
Nvidia will “unlaunch” the 12GB RTX 4080, says it’s “not named right”
Nvidia had taken heat for announcing two 4080 cards with wildly divergent specs.
Researchers make cyborg cockroaches that carry their own power packs
Solar cell and a battery can keep the cyborg's electronics running for weeks.
Only PC players need a registered phone number for Modern Warfare 2
Security measure comes on top of Ricochet's required kernel-level drivers.
How a Microsoft blunder opened millions of PCs to potent malware attacks
Microsoft said Windows automatically blocked dangerous drivers. It didn't.
TikTok made money from getting Syrian refugees to beg in livestreams
A BBC investigation found that TikTok was taking up to 70% of profits.
The next Ford Mustang won’t be easy to tune; blame cybersecurity
The price of digital security might be your new car eternally remaining stock.
Microsoft preps DirectStorage 1.1 with GPU decompression for faster game loads
Update is "coming soon" but requires use of all-new compression format.
Elon Musk is under federal investigation for merger conduct, Twitter tells judge
Musk refuses to produce communications with SEC and FTC, Twitter tells court.
Big pharma says drug prices reflect R&D cost. Researchers call BS
A new study finds no correlation between R&D spending and outlandish drug prices.
Rocket Report: Amazing view of Falcon 9 landing, spaceport suit Down Under
"We remain confident of achieving our objective of a full vertical orbital launch."
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X review: Performance that’s great but a price that isn’t
The total cost of buying into AMD's new platform still makes it a tough sell.
“So much screaming inside me”—Google Stadia shutdown stuns indie developers
Game makers were still working on their ports when shutdown news went public.
Ohio foragers are accidentally poisoning themselves with lethal mushrooms
The morel of the story: Don't forage for mushrooms.
DeepMind breaks 50-year math record using AI; new record falls a week later
AlphaTensor discovers better algorithms for matrix math, inspiring another improvement from afar.
Framework offers refurbished versions of its repairable laptops
The company's unique model could make refurbished devices more intriguing.
FCC to ban all new Huawei and ZTE equipment on national security grounds
Ban would prevent new products from getting FCC approval; older ones not affected.
Lufthansa awkwardly abandons AirTag ban after baffling face plant
After a confusing, unilateral ban, Lufthansa allows AirTag trackers once again.
Netflix with ads launches Nov. 3, will be missing up to 10% of Netflix catalog
$7 plan to have 5 minutes of ads per hour, 720p quality limit, and no downloads.
Google is serious about its giant video chat booths, starts real-world testing
The giant 3D video chat system is getting trialed at WeWork, Salesforce, and more.
A dish of neurons may have taught itself to play Pong (badly)
Given control of a paddle and feedback, the neurons figured out what to do.
Black hole “burps” at half the speed of light, years after devouring star
“This caught us completely by surprise—no one has ever seen anything like this before.”
US Army soldiers felt ill while testing Microsoft’s HoloLens-based headset
"The devices would have gotten us killed," an Army report claims.
How to get Doom running in Windows’ notepad.exe
21-year-old hacker: "It fires those neurons that are like, 'Oh, we can do that.'"
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