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Should we be trying to create a circular urine economy?
Urine has lots of nitrogen and phosphorus—a problem as waste, great as fertilizer.
Behold this award-winning image of fungus making a fly its “zombie” slave
Plus eight other winning images in 2022 BMC Ecology and Evolution image competition.
Botometer creator says Musk’s Twitter spam estimate “doesn’t mean anything”
With Botometer tool, you can "choose any threshold... to get any result you want."
Ethereum’s “Merge” is about to put every ether miner out of work
The ambitious change is expected to cut energy consumption by a factor of 1,000.
Lucid gives the Air a sporty makeover, launches new Sapphire sub-brand
At $249,000, the Lucid Air Sapphire will be a rare thing indeed.
Qualcomm is jumping back into the server CPU market with Nuvia acquisition
Nuvia—a company founded by ex-Apple CPU engineers—will also tackle server designs.
Debit card fraud leaves Ally Bank customers, small stores reeling
Some are seeing charges on cards they've never activated or hardly used.
Lenovo sends cease-and-desist to Framework over a stylized letter “O”
Company says Framework's 3D-printed motherboard case infringes its trademark.
Scientists are figuring out how to destroy “forever chemicals”
One class of PFAS chemicals can be broken down into harmless compounds with lye.
Sega packs unreleased games, new arcade ports into Genesis Mini 2
Full 60+ game list also includes some Genesis classics with new gameplay features.
Library’s prized Galileo manuscript turns out to be a clever forgery
All signs point to notorious 20th-century forger.
Review: HP’s Elite Dragonfly Chromebook is the cream of the ChromeOS crop
Easily one of the best Chromebooks you can buy, but it needs a price drop.
Rocket Report: Europe wants a super-heavy lifter, Starship nets launch contract
"We are definitely seeing significant attrition. That should surprise no one."
For the first time ever, more people watched streaming TV than cable
The long-predicted shift finally happened.
If everyone bicycled like the Danes, we’d avoid a UK’s worth of emissions
Lower emissions and lower obesity would more than offset the added traffic deaths.
Loathsome anti-vax group run by RFK Jr gets Meta permaban—finally
CHD says the ban came "without warning." Meta says it followed many violations.
Hands-on: Logitech’s tiny G705 wireless mouse is more versatile than it looks
Decent power for traveling or small hands.
FTC sued by firm allegedly selling sensitive data on abortion clinic visits
The firm hopes stopping all health data collection will block the FTC's lawsuit.
Motorola takes on the Pixel 6a with a 144 Hz mid-range phone
The Moto Edge has a super-fast display, but can the MediaTek SoC keep up?
Old laptop hard drives will allegedly crash when exposed to Janet Jackson music
Problem has been assigned an official CVE ID, despite lack of specifics.
Zoom patches critical vulnerability again after prior fix was bypassed
MacOS security researcher was able to bypass the fix issued just last weekend.
Netflix’s ad-supported plan likely to have another drawback: No video downloads
Text found in iOS app code says plan won't allow downloads for offline viewing.
Hundreds of cosmetic MultiVersus mods stop working in apparent crackdown
Twitch streamers also hit for playing with modded characters like Jesus Christ.
Ring patched an Android bug that could have exposed video footage
After a chain of attacks, security firm got access to locations and recordings.
Buttons beat touchscreens in cars, and now there’s data to prove it
Swedish publication Vi Bilägare quantified the problem with new tests.
Europe is seriously considering a major investment in space-based solar power
Such an initiative would require a 200-fold increase over current space-lift capacity.
Embracer acquires rights to Tolkien-related IP, teases new LOTR films
Limited Run Games has also been acquired, along with five worldwide game studios.
TikTok vows to close loophole letting users skirt ban on political ads
The app is adding internal teams to review influencer posts for violations.
Update Chrome now to patch actively exploited zero-day
It's the fifth Chrome zero-day patched by Google this year.
Apple reportedly plans iPhone and Apple Watch event for September 7
New chips, new cameras, and the death of the iPhone mini are all possibilities.
Today’s best deals: Amazon Fire HD tablets, Google Pixel 6 phones, and more
Dealmaster also has the Xbox Series S, 8BitDo gamepads, and board games.
Linking to news doesn’t make Google liable for defamation, Australia court rules
High Court finds Google isn't a publisher, says "a hyperlink is merely a tool."
Review: We Are OFK is stylish, subversive TV disguised as an indie game
A modern, thoughtful update to the visual novel concept for disaffected Gen Z.
New macOS 12.5.1 and iOS 15.6.1 updates patch “actively exploited” vulnerabilities
Kernel and WebKit bugs can allow arbitrary code execution on Apple's devices.
First official teaser for Wednesday is deliciously “Burtonesque”
"The ambition of the show was to make it an eight-hour Tim Burton movie."
CDC to restructure after COVID failure, “confusing and overwhelming” guidance
Cultural, structural changes to shift focus from scientific publishing to public health action.
Android could go 64-bit only in 2023, starting with the Pixel tablet
64-bit-only mode promises better performance and security.
AMD will announce Ryzen 7000 CPUs August 29. Here’s everything we know about them
Ryzen 7000 and Zen 4 will be a big overhaul for AMD's successful Ryzen CPUs.
Airbnb’s party-pooper tech claims to stop likely party-throwers from renting
Pilot program reduced banned parties in Australia by 35 percent, company says.
iOS VPNs have leaked traffic for more than 2 years, researcher claims
VPNs on Apple mobile devices reportedly keep connections open and expose data.
US chipmakers hit by sudden downturn after pandemic boom
Intel, Micron set to cut capital spending despite new law aiming to boost production.
Rimac Nevera first drive: An entirely new level of hypercar performance
It’s more than just a showcase of the company's latest EV technology.
Rocket Lab will self-fund a mission to search for life in the clouds of Venus
"Breakthrough science is possible."
Solving the rock-hard problem of nuclear waste disposal
Finland avoided some of the mistakes made elsewhere and opened its waste repository.
Anti-vaccine activists giddily celebrate as poliovirus spreads in NY
Anti-vaccine org calls dip in childhood vaccination a pandemic "silver lining."
Chrome “Feed” is tantalizing, but it’s not the return of Google Reader
It's not that Google doesn't like RSS, it just wants RSS to look like Google.
When context is key: “Hunger stones” go viral, but news first broke in 2018
Landmark stones recorded low-water levels during droughts to warn future generations.
Sweeping report alleges inequity, sexual harassment at Nintendo’s American HQ
NoA full-timers accused of "using the tester pool of associates as a dating pool."
Deadly swatting increasing on Twitch; alarmed streamers press for change
Some streamers report multiple swatting attempts weekly.
Will the Nintendo Switch ever see a price drop?
The best-selling console has sat at $299.99 for an unprecedented five-plus years.
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