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The weekend’s best deals: Kindle Unlimited, Nintendo Switch games, and more
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Satellite images + lucky boat trip give new info on glowing “milky seas”
Scientists are closer than ever to understanding the phenomenon.
US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor design
NuScale will get the final approval nearly six years after starting the process.
As BA.5 continues to blaze across US, feds scrap summer booster plans
Officials are focusing on bivalent fall boosters, which may be ready in September.
Sega Genesis Mini 2 will be in much shorter supply than original
Surprising estimate comes as response to questions about Japanese shipping origins.
VMware Fusion beta joins Parallels in supporting Windows VMs on Apple Silicon
But running Arm versions of Windows on Apple Silicon still has shortcomings.
Inflating spider corpse creates robotic claw game of nightmares
Welcome to the exciting, rather macabre new field of "necrobotics."
Genetically engineered rice needs less fertilizer, makes more food
The change coupled enhanced photosynthesis with improved nitrogen use.
Samsung’s “repair mode” lets technicians look at your phone, not your data
Mailing in your phone for repair? Samsung has just the feature for that.
Despite $100 price increase, Meta Quest 2 still offers historically cheap VR
Plus, using historical price data to guess at the PSVR2's price.
Razer’s latest wireless mechanical keyboard has a low profile and a high price
A mechanical keyboard with less bulk.
DeepMind research cracks structure of almost every known protein
Breakthrough by AI company will reduce time required to make biological discoveries.
Crucial texts between Trump and top DHS officials leading up to Jan. 6 deleted
Former acting DHS officials Chad Wolf and Ken Cuccinelli responded in tweets.
Record-breaking UK heat “extremely unlikely” without climate change
Rapid analysis of the role of climate change finds clear relationship.
How Tor is fighting—and beating—Russian censorship
Russia has been trying to block the anonymous browser since December—with mixed results.
Russia: We’re not leaving the Space Station until our own is ready
Both NASA and Roscosmos are now saying Russia's departure won't be soon.
NASA revises Mars’ sample return plan to use helicopters
The experience with the Ingenuity helicopter has changed the equation.
Gulf Coast tests confirm deadly tropical soil bacterium now endemic to US
The bacterium causes melioidosis, which is hard to diagnose and resistant to some drugs.
Apple reports only slight growth in Q3 2022 earnings report
Services and iPhone grew a bit, but the Mac and others lost ground.
Pixel 6a gift card deal effectively takes $50 off Google’s new phone
Typically $449, phone releases today; gift card deal available at multiple retailers.
What’s inside the US’s first big climate bill?
Tax credits, grants, and more to boost renewable and clean technology.
OctaGlove brings the underwater gripping power of the octopus to humans
Octopus combines "tunability, sensing, and control" for efficient underwater adhesion.
Comcast stock falls as company fails to add Internet users for first time ever
Comcast started and ended Q2 with 32.2 million broadband subscribers.
New PS5 system software beta adds two of users’ most-requested features
The update is in beta now, but its features will go wide later this year.
Meta to double the dose of force-fed filler on Instagram, Facebook in 2023 [Updated]
Next year, TikTok-like content will dominate about a third of Meta user feeds.
As Intel gets into discrete GPUs, it scales back support for many integrated GPUs
Older Core and current Celeron and Pentium iGPUs move to "legacy" support model.
Google delays death of tracking cookies again, wants more time for “testing”
World's largest advertising company seems oddly reluctant to quit tracking cookies.
Earbud review: Google Pixel Buds Pro fall well short of their $200 price
Noise canceling is a welcome upgrade, but everything else, especially audio, is flat.
Jury sends message to Charter with $7 billion verdict over murder of customer
Charter was ruled negligent, but "breathtaking" punitive damages may be reduced.
Manchester City smart scarf wraps data-collecting sensors around fans’ necks
Hungry for data, soccer club pilots The Connected Scarf.
The players are the problem: Community managers complain of excessive harassment
Some Destiny 2 and Minecraft players seem to be taking their fandom too far.
You won’t be confused about electric vehicle charging after reading this
Charging an EV is not nearly as complicated as people think.
Carbon offsets alone won’t make flying climate-friendly
Exhaust contains a host of polluting particles, from soot to nitrogen oxides.
FDA’s top tobacco scientist takes job at Marlboro-maker Philip Morris
This is Philip Morris' second FDA hire recently.
Study sheds light on how dogs recognize their favorite toys
Dogs construct "multisensory mental representations" by encoding different features.
Zuckerberg: Apple, Meta are in “deep, philosophical competition”
Zuckerberg positioned Meta's XR platform as the successor to Windows, Android.
FTC says Meta’s Supernatural purchase could ruin the VR fitness market
Overlap with Beat Saber would bring Meta "closer to... owning the entire 'Metaverse.'"
0-days sold by Austrian firm used to hack Windows users, Microsoft says
Windows and Adobe Reader exploits said to target orgs in Europe and Central America.
Meta thinks Facebook may need more “harmful health misinformation” [Updated]
The oversight board is now fielding public comments on potential policy change.
Today’s best deals: Google Nest Hub, Apple TV 4K, and more
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Twitter has one more task before Musk trial: Get shareholder approval
Sept. 13 shareholder vote is the "only remaining approval" needed for Musk deal.
Google Maps is getting 3D imagery on mobile, detailed biking info, and more
Google Maps takes the "first step" toward the SimCity-like Immersive View.
Sylvester Stallone is a grizzled, disillusioned superhero in Samaritan trailer
"Things start to fall apart when you stop caring. And I stopped caring a long time ago."
Spotify hits the brakes on Car Thing,halts production of its only hardware
Spotify's only hardware first released to the general public 5 months ago.
Astronomers have found an especially sneaky black hole
Discovery sheds light on star death, black hole formation, and gravitational waves.
Apple’s Virtualization framework is a great, free way to test new macOS betas
VirtualBuddy and other apps make it pretty easy to run macOS on top of macOS.
Newly found Lightning Framework offers a plethora of Linux hacking capabilities
This modular malware framework for Linux has gone undocumented until now.
Out of prison, Shkreli plans “Web3 drug discovery” platform backed by crypto
The venture tests the boundaries of his lifetime ban from the pharmaceutical industry.
One week later, astronomers find a galaxy even deeper back in time
How many galaxies should we see shortly after the Big Bang?
Logitech G715 hands-on: A strong typist with a polarizing look
Hands-on with one of Logitech's new colorful PC peripherals.
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