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Florida’s latest anti-health political stunt is to cast doubt on kids’ vaccines
Gov. DeSantis held roundtable with prominent COVID contrarians and anti-vax figures.
Extensive study finds small drop in brain volume after COVID-19
The changes are focused in areas linked to the olfactory system.
Valve does what FromSoftware don’t, thanks to Steam Deck’s precaching update
Cool feature on Steam's desktop client gets new life on static Deck hardware.
New method that amplifies DDoSes by 4 billion-fold. What could go wrong?
New method also stretches out DDoS durations to 14 hours.
Rivian hit with shareholder lawsuit over surprise EV truck price hike
Company made "untrue statements" in its IPO about R1T and R1S pricing.
Elon Musk tries to get out of settlement with SEC, says he was “forced” into it
Musk also wants a subpoena quashed, tells judge SEC "micro-manages" his tweets.
Stonehenge may be ancient solar calendar
Bournemouth University's Timothy Darvill says layout represents 365.25-day solar year
Apple’s 27-inch iMac disappears from its store with no fanfare or replacement
Rumors suggest a big Apple Silicon iMac is coming, but it's not here yet.
At long last: Apple will sell a desktop monitor that doesn’t cost $5,000
The new monitor will support 5K and house an A13 Bionic chip.
This extinct ten-armed fossil may be earliest known ancestor of vampire squid
Syllipsimopodi bideni named to honor US President Joe Biden's commitment to science.
Apple announces $1,999 Mac Studio workstation with new 20-core M1 Ultra chip
New diminutive desktop can be even faster than the MacBook Pro, for a price.
Apple’s M1 Ultra tapes two M1 Max chips together
"UltraFusion" allows two M1 Max processors to work together on big workloads.
“Friday Night Baseball” on deck for Apple TV+ subscribers
Apple starts streaming live sports with Major League Baseball.
Apple refreshes the iPad Air with the iPad Pro’s M1 chip, 5G
Fifth-generation tablet still starts at $599, begins shipping on March 18.
Cloudflare refuses to pull out of Russia, says Putin would celebrate shutoff
Cloudflare: "We believe the Russian government would celebrate us shutting down."
Apple’s new iPhone SE features 5G, a faster CPU, and more
Apple's smallest, cheapest phone starts at $429.
Google makes second-largest acquisition ever: $5.4 billion for Mandiant
Besides bulking up in-house security, Mandiant can offer on-premises consulting.
Liveblog: All the news from Apple’s “Peek performance” event
Tune in at 1 pm EST on March 8, 2022, to see what's next from Apple.
System76 Launch review: Linux-friendly keyboard with a USB hub
USB hub and quality keycaps tempt, but stiff switches are polarizing.
Biden bans imports of all Russian fossil fuels amid broad bipartisan support
Vast majority of Americans support the move, while the UK will follow suit.
Amazon rainforest is losing its ability to recover from destruction
Satellite research finds that an irreversible "tipping point" could be approaching.
Linux has been bitten by its most high-severity vulnerability in years
Dirty Pipe has the potential to smudge people using Linux and Linux derivitives.
Rosario Dawson hunts for her son as Second Civil War rages in DMZ trailer
HBO Max miniseries adapts critically acclaimed comics by Brian Wood and Riccardo Burchielli.
DOJ, FTC, FDA sue man who claims $60 herbal tea cures COVID
Feds say the herbal tea is "nothing more than snake oil."
Android 12L is official as “Android 12.1,” rolling out now to Pixel phones
Google says actual 12L tablet hardware will be out by the end of the year.
Utah’s red rock towers shake and shimmy to a predictable beat
The fundamental frequencies of 14 red rock towers fall between 1 Hz and 15 Hz.
Want to save rivers and coasts? Don’t burn rubber
Tires shed a lot of mass in their lifetime—what’s lost can end up in fish.
The long wait for a new Apple Thunderbolt Display may or may not be over soon
If you want an affordable-ish Apple-made monitor, hope springs eternal.
Netflix to leave Russia after defying order to carry state-run channels
Netflix to stop streaming in Russia, cut off all users when billing periods end.
A 3,600-hour Nintendo Switch OLED test gets to the bottom of burn-in
YouTuber's test results provide potential good news for more than just the Switch.
Russia mulls legalizing software piracy as it’s cut off from Western tech
Proliferation of software-as-a-service may make it harder to pull off, though.
If adapting to climate change sounds easy, it shouldn’t
While we need mitigation, adaptation (if done well) can reduce impacts.
YouTube offers popular podcasts $50K in cash to pivot to video
Starting up video production is expensive, but YouTube is willing to help with that.
Game industry unites behind call to cut off Russian market
Ubisoft, Take-Two, EA, Activision, Epic, and more join a growing corporate movement.
How to save the International Space Station and prevent the dreaded “gap”
Unity in space remains in the best interest of the international partners.
Attackers can force Amazon Echos to hack themselves with self-issued commands
Popular “smart” device follows commands issued by its own speaker. What could go wrong?
The war in Ukraine is keeping Chinese social media censors busy
Posts that glorify war and those that criticize Russia are getting quietly deleted.
Report: Apple mulling bid for NFL Sunday Ticket package
Cash-flush Apple has been exploring a move into live sports.
A few simple rules determine how floating fire ant rafts change shape over time
Agent-based model describes how "treadmilling" behavior can spontaneously emerge.
The weekend’s best deals: Nintendo eShop gift cards, Paramount Plus, and more
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Orbiting robots could help fix and fuel satellites in space
Machines will soon have a go at maintaining fleet of small spacecraft orbiting Earth.
Hackers stoke pandemonium amid Russia’s war in Ukraine
A wave of cyberattacks meant to buoy Ukraine could have unintended consequences.
Prominent peddler of COVID misinfo pleads guilty to joining Capitol riot
Gold has spent the pandemic downplaying COVID-19 and promoting unproven treatments.
Activision employee suicide was spurred by workplace harassment, lawsuit says
Parents of deceased allege "hostile work environment" contributed to her death.
Elon Musk: “High” probability of Russian attacks on Starlink in Ukraine
Musk urges users to place Starlink antennas as far away from people as possible.
Americans want to be carbon neutral, don’t want to take needed steps
The country hasn't come to grips with what carbon neutrality actually means.
John Romero releases new Doom II map to “support the Ukrainian people”
We test "One Humanity," whose proceeds benefit Ukraine-focused aid organizations.
Samsung responds to app-throttling discovery, promises to ship an off switch
If this is really needed for heat management, why would you let users turn it off?
The rat problem in Washington, DC, is so bad, two people got hantavirus
The type of hantavirus is less severe than the one that usually spreads in the Americas.
If Dilophosaurus ran the 100-meter against Usain Bolt, who would win?
Eight-time Olympic gold medalist would beat the Jurassic beast by a good 2 seconds.
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