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Facebook catches Iranian spies catfishing US military targets
Hackers posed as recruiters, journalists, and hospitality workers to lure their victims.
Finger wrap could one day let you power up wearables while you sleep
This thin, flexible strip generates small amounts of electricity from finger sweat.
Apple Watch lead Kevin Lynch shifts focus to car development
Evan Doll will take over some responsibilities leading health product strategy.
Disable the Windows print spooler to prevent hacks, Microsoft tells customers
The third serious Windows print flaw in 5 weeks prompts new Microsoft warning.
An Alabama lawmaker just wants NASA to fly SLS, doesn’t care about payloads
"The mission for which is to be determined by the NASA Administrator."
Expert panel says new $56K Alzheimer’s drug is unproven—and worth $8,400 max
A Biogen rep said assessing its drug requires "innovative thinking."
HTML holes provide a glimpse of Steam Deck’s initial preorder numbers
Valve patches hole after a frantic morning of Steam error messages.
California’s ambitious fiber-Internet plan approved unanimously by legislature
CA to build middle-mile network open to all ISPs and give $2B in last-mile grants.
Here’s the new car Formula 1 hopes will improve racing in 2022
F1's lead engineer Rob Smedley explains how and why the cars are changing.
Counterfeiters are hungry for a piece of Apple’s $16B AirPod market
Counterfeit earbud seizures at the border are up 63% so far this year.
Delta stole its pilot’s messaging app, should pay $1 billion, lawsuit alleges
Pilot says he developed app on his own time with $100k of his own money.
Xiaomi passes Apple to become the #2 smartphone vendor
Plus, the whole market sees growth from an economic bounce back from COVID.
Hubble is back, thanks to backup hardware
Next up is getting the scientific instruments back out of safe mode.
Rocket Report: SpaceX tests FAA again in Texas, India pushes Vikas engine
"Welcome to the dawn of the new space age."
Review: Loki’s surprising twists paid off with a major cliffhanger finale
Marvel also announced a second season for the series in post-credits snippet
For years, a backdoor in popular KiwiSDR product gave root to project developer
Users are rattled after learning their devices and networks were exposed.
US cracks down on “Fulfilled by Amazon,” citing sale of 400,000+ hazardous items
Amazon shipped hair dryers with electrocution risk and CO detectors that don't work.
Sea walls might just make floods someone else’s problem, study suggests
As sea levels rise, our defenses against flood damage might not work as planned
Feds arrest CA homeopath for selling COVID pellets, fake CDC vaccine cards
Homeopath: "It is like an energy medicine... made from the disease particles themselves."
LG’s rollable TV costs 50 times as much as a normal OLED
Apart from the rolling feature, it's almost identical to an LG CX or C1.
Facebook Pay extends its reach later this summer
August's expansion is Facebook Pay's first step out of the Facebook ecosystem.
Nintendo’s OLED Switch goes up for preorder today—here’s where to get one
The newest Switch is now available to order. Here's what to know before you buy.
Steam Deck is Valve’s Switch-like portable PC, starting at $399 this December
Preorders kick off on July 16, but you'll need an older Steam account.
TSMC signals global chip crunch may be easing
Semiconductor group says carmakers can expect upturn in supplies over coming weeks
Facebook advertisers are panicking after iOS cuts off key tracking data
Facebook’s ads aren’t as effective after iOS privacy changes, advertisers say.
OnePlus cancels the base-model OnePlus 9 Pro, will only sell a $1,069 version
OnePlus' choice to not sell $969 version effectively marks a $100 price increase.
Nintendo’s “OLED model” Switch estimated to cost just $10 more to produce
Top-end model costs $50 more to buy; standard Switch price hasn't dropped in 4+ years.
Feeding the machine: We give an AI some headlines and see what it does
In part two of our series, we attempt to learn the ways of the machine.
James Bond’s new car is a plug-in hybrid—the Aston Martin Valhalla
It has 937 horsepower from a pair of electric motors and a twin-turbo V8.
Netflix will start publishing video games, has hired former EA exec
Follows years-long tiptoe into interactive specials, game-based TV series.
Unvaccinated health workers are “unethical and appalling”—experts want mandates
Health organizations call for mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for health care workers.
After defeating Hernando de Soto, the Chickasaw took his stuff and remade it
The site offers rare evidence of interactions between de Soto and Indigenous people.
With Apple Pay Later, Apple may take another stab at the PayPal model
Apple plans to offer iPhone users another way to borrow money.
Amazon bought Facebook’s satellite team to help build Starlink competitor
Amazon's Project Kuiper got some new employees as Facebook ended satellite project.
Google tries out error correction on its quantum processor
Two options for error correction both work, but current hardware limits them.
iOS zero-day let SolarWinds hackers compromise fully updated iPhones
Flaw was exploited when government officials clicked on links in LinkedIn messages.
Microsoft fails to provide Windows 10 VM images for developers
Microsoft's Windows 10 VMs for devs expired on July 10. They're still missing.
Facebook tries to beat FTC lawsuit by pushing Chair Lina Khan off the case
Facebook petitions for Khan's recusal as FTC decides whether to continue lawsuit.
The $2,000 Super Mario smartwatch you’ve always wanted is here
Under the Mario theme, this is a dog-slow Wear OS device that will be obsolete soon.
SpaceX will soon fire up its massive Super Heavy booster for the first time
What has SpaceX been up to in South Texas since early May?
Texan city to deploy intelligent traffic system from Velodyne Lidar
The pilot program will use lidar to monitor traffic at a dangerous intersection.
Sweeping “Green Deal” promises to revamp EU economy, slash carbon pollution
Slew of proposals still leaves the hardest cuts for future generations.
Auto-aim cheatmaker halts development at Activision’s request
Developer says, "My intent was never to do anything illegal."
VW Group’s 10-year plan: A single EV platform across all its brands
The new platform, due in 2025, will be called SSP.
Today’s best tech deals: Fire HD Kids tablets, Fitbit trackers, and more
Dealmaster also has deals on Nest gadgets, pre-owned games, and ANC headphones.
Review: Skyward Sword HD isn’t the 35th Zelda birthday gift we’d hoped for
Welcome tweaks for brand-new Switch players, but the same can't be said for Skyward vets.
We’re getting a Wheel of Time prequel film trilogy to augment Amazon series
Films will focus on history of Robert Jordan's fictional world before events of books.
SolarWinds 0-day gave Chinese hackers privileged access to customer servers
Hackers IDed as DEV-0322 have a fondness for defense contractors and software-makers.
Museum obtains rare demo of id Software’s Super Mario Bros. 3 PC port
1990 demo was rejected by Nintendo but led to id's own Commander Keen.
Tennessee has gone “anti-vaccine,” state vaccine chief says after being fired
Vaccine chief says she was fired for noting state's 34-year-old policy for vaccinating teens.
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