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Solar + batteries at home can provide backup power during disasters
Hurricanes, other disasters can knock out your power—solar can help, study shows.
Never-before-seen malware has infected hundreds of Linux and Windows devices
Small office routers? FreeBSD machines? Enterprise servers? Chaos infects them all.
Grand Canyon’s explosive gastroenteritis was a 3-month, multisource outbreak
The outbreak mirrored a nationwide surge in norovirus outbreaks.
Razer joins the “handheld streaming console” wars, which are now a thing somehow
Android-based Razer Edge 5G is based on last year's Qualcomm reference design.
Today’s best deals: Apple MacBook Air, Sony and LG 4K TVs, Nintendo Switch, and more
Dealmaster also has PC components, charging gear, and gift card deals.
Cloudflare’s CAPTCHA replacement lacks crosswalks, checkboxes, Google
Cloud giant says its verification tool doesn't challenge or profile users.
More EV charging stations coming nationwide, electrifying 75K miles of highways
Access to 500,000 chargers could lay the groundwork to convert Americans to EVs.
Amazon’s Astro robot still isn’t ready for prime time
A year after its announcement, it's unclear when Astro will be ready.
Ubisoft’s biggest 2022 game delayed for sixth time in five years
Other delays out of 2022 leave Ubisoft with an unusually quiet holiday season.
DALL-E image generator is now open to everyone
DALL-E launched frenzy of image synthesis development but was invitation-only until now.
Google Maps gets augmented reality search results
Search for an ATM or restaurant and Maps can point the way via your camera feed.
Google Fiber touts 20Gbps download speed in test, promises eventual 100Gbps
Google Fiber test delivered 20.2Gbps downloads to exec's home in Kansas City.
Amazon’s $340 Kindle Scribe is its first e-reader with handwriting and pen support
It will also be Amazon's largest Kindle e-reader, with a 10.2-inch display.
Ship that warned Titanic of icebergs has been found at bottom of Irish Sea
The SS Mesaba was torpedoed by a German sub six years after Titanic's sinking.
Eero can now extend your mesh network with Echo devices
Also adding hotspot fallback during outages, plus company's first PoE products.
No, minors can’t just “opt out” of Destiny 2’s anti-cheating provisions
"Disaffirmation" defense may open cheating defendant to serious copyright claims.
Early renders show the Galaxy S23 ditching the camera bump
Base model design changes bring the phone more in line with the Ultra model.
Serious vulnerabilities in Matrix’s end-to-end encryption are being patched
Previously overlooked flaws allow malicious homeservers to decrypt and spoof messages.
Twitter says Elon Musk’s own data scientists did not back up bots claims
Social media group seeks sanctions as billionaire attempts to pull out of acquisition.
As a meteorologist, Hurricane Ian is the nightmare storm I worry about most
This is the kind of storm that destroys a community forever.
Western forests, snowpack, and wildfires appear trapped in vicious climate cycle
Extreme 2020 wildfires affected the water cycle in key mountain forests.
We interviewed Linux OS through an AI bot to discover its secrets
In the world's first operating system interview, Linux tells all about Windows, Torvalds, and its favorite distro.
Logitech finally makes a wireless mechanical keyboard with a true Mac layout
A nice gesture toward Mac users, but a full layout, switch options would be even better.
Unusual Ebola strain kills 23 in Uganda; no vaccines, treatments available
The Sudan species of Ebolavirus has a fatality rate between 41% and 100%.
Better than JPEG? Researcher discovers that Stable Diffusion can compress images
Lossy compression bypasses text-to-image portions of Stable Diffusion with interesting results.
Apple no longer replacing entire iPad mini 6 just to swap the battery
With this one model, you may actually get your iPad back, new battery and all.
Meta disrupted China-based propaganda machine before it reached many Americans
Networks blocked had dozens of fake accounts from China, thousands from Russia.
Apple backtracks, will extend Stage Manager multitasking support to older iPads
External display support remains exclusive to M1 iPads, coming "later this year."
FCC advances plan to require blocking of spam texts from bogus numbers
Robotext plan approved after a year, but FCC still needs to adopt final rules.
Early-adopter tax is in full force for the first batch of AM5 motherboards
You can spend as much on a board as some people do on their whole PC.
Intel: “Moore’s law is not dead” as Arc A770 GPU is priced at $329
Expected performance somewhere near Nvidia's RTX 3060 Ti—at least, for DirectX 12.
HBO Max drops first teaser for The Last of Us adaptation
"You keep her alive, and you set everything right."
WoW: Lich King player hits level 80 just 9 hours after “Classic” server launch
Bugged boss encounter leads to 9-hour power-leveling run at 1.8 million XP/hour.
The Roomba j7+ learns to mop with a dramatic swing-arm setup
iRobot's wild mop design can move from the top of the robot to the bottom.
Everything you need to know about Zen 4, socket AM5, and AMD’s newest chipsets
Ryzen 7000 CPUs use a new platform—with plenty of changes.
Apple Watch Ultra teardown suggests new—but trickier—repair angles
Rear access to the Watch Ultra isn't nearly as useful as it was on the iPhone 14.
Alienware QD-OLED monitor picks open standards over G-Sync, is $200 cheaper
With VESA & AMD certification, the monitor is $200 cheaper than the G-Sync version.
Intel’s 13th-gen “Raptor Lake” CPUs are official, launch October 20
High-end chips have more cache and cores; laptop and mid-range CPUs come later.
Dialing back the bling makes a better EV: The 2023 Mercedes EQE sedan
Great aerodynamic efficiency and class-leading infotainment are highlights.
Apps can pose bigger security, privacy threat based on where you download them
Same app, different risks if you download it in, say, Tunisia rather than in Germany.
Nreal’s $380 AR glasses want to be a virtual monitor for MacBooks
Air AR glasses add support for M1/M2 MacBooks, an iPhone adapter amid US launch.
Ian reaches major hurricane status, will be a historic storm for Florida
Surge, winds, rainfall—unfortunately, Hurricane Ian is going to pack quite a punch.
DART goes silent after hitting an asteroid [Update]
Details of the impact aren't yet here, but the probe's last image indicates success.
Experts debate the ethics of LinkedIn’s algorithm experiments on 20M users
LinkedIn relied on its user agreement to gain consent to research millions of users.
20-year-old Linux workaround is still slowing down AMD systems
A little fix for CPUs that didn't properly sleep had decades-long consequences.
As ISPs seek payments from Big Tech, Google criticizes “sender-pays” model
Google exec objects as EU mulls whether tech giants should fund telecom networks.
E3 2023 books its physical venue, schedule—and confirms new fan-friendly twist
Reading between the lines about what post-COVID E3 will look like.
Russia plans “massive cyberattacks” on critical infrastructure, Ukraine warns
Distributed denial-of-service attacks are also likely to increase, advisory says.
Report pushes ‘big-tent’ approach for the future of batteries
Beyond lithium: Report weighs strengths, weaknesses of alternative battery types
TikTok can keep operating in US under deal being worked out with Biden
Negotiations could still go on for months as security risks are weighed.
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