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GameStop refused to pay $30 million bill from consulting firm, lawsuit says
GameStop: paying the firm we hired is not "in our stockholders' best interests."
Google Play’s billing crackdown arrives soon, but Spotify has a special deal
Spotify's sweetheart deal for payments comes after years of ignoring the rules.
Dell updates its XPS 17 and 15 laptops
The refreshed PCs are available at similar pricing to their predecessors.
Stop treating cheaters in online games as “the enemy”
Breaking down cheating motivations can lead to more nuanced anti-cheat approaches.
FBI trolls Russian embassy with geotargeted ads for disgruntled spies
“Speak plainly… we are ready to listen.”
You can now buy a road-legal replica of Porsche’s mighty 917K racer
If you've ever wanted to be Steve McQueen or Jo Siefert, here's your chance.
A mysterious satellite hack has victims far beyond Ukraine
The biggest hack since Russia’s war began knocked thousands of people offline.
Legally, Russia can’t just take its Space Station and go home
Ignore Dmitry Rogozin. Putin is the real decision maker.
MSI challenges Lenovo, HP with Tile-tracking laptops
MSI refreshed its Summit laptops with Tile trackers and 12th Gen Intel CPUs.
Wolfenstein 3D secrets revealed by John Romero in lengthy post-mortem chat
Admits id Software was nearly acquired by Sierra—and we get Ken Williams' response.
A new picture of the hot water beneath Yellowstone’s geysers
Hot, mineral-rich water creates changes in electric fields that can be mapped.
AARP-backed social network looks to lure older users from Facebook
Platform focuses on shared interests, discourages off-topic political rants.
How to make online games less toxic? GDC devs debate moderation
Artificial intelligence, verbalizing feelings, and massively multiplayer horse games.
Today’s best deals: Amazon Kindles and Fire HD tablets, LG OLED TVs, and more
Dealmaster also has the new iPad Air, Xbox consoles, and Philips Hue lights.
Kirby and the Forgotten Land goes down smooth like a Kirby game should
Despite the move to 3D, Kirby is as gentle and inoffensive as ever on the Switch
Google Play is stripped of movie and TV show sales
The Play Store used to sell tons of content, but now it offers only apps and books.
Oil-refining giant Koch Industries invests nearly $1B in battery companies
Batteries are closer to Koch’s other businesses than you might think.
Starlink hikes prices to $599 up-front and $110 per month, blames inflation
SpaceX: "Sole purpose" of price hikes "is to keep pace with rising inflation."
Moderna reports good COVID vaccine results for kids
Though antibody levels looked strong, efficacy against omicron infections took an expected hit.
What we learned by driving the prototype Nissan Ariya EV crossover
Nissan's next EV aims for much more mainstream appeal than the hatchback Leaf.
From the Delorean to the Batmobile, these are the cars that shaped film history
Petersen Automotive Museum's "Cars of Film and Television" exhibit showcases iconic vehicles.
Ursa Major says its Hadley engine supports vertical launch and hypersonic uses
"Having an engine off the shelf is going to save you five-plus years."
Gran Turismo 7 players use PC Remote Play to automate the in-game grind
PC script avoids microtransactions by earning millions of credits per day.
Sonos starts hiring to build “Home Theater OS”
Sonos could challenge Roku, Amazon, LG, and others with TV software platforms.
Swab, test, repeat: A 2nd rapid COVID test more than doubled result accuracy
Study puts some numbers to the benefits of serial testing in people without symptoms.
Reporting bias makes homeopathy trials look like homeopathy works
When clinical trials are registered in advance, homeopathy doesn't seem to work.
First Microsoft, then Okta: New ransomware gang posts data from both
If you haven't heard of Lapsus$, you have now. It probably won't be the last time.
The manager of Blue Origin’s rocket engine program has left the company
"He also built a world-class Engines team."
Google routinely hides emails from litigation by CCing attorneys, DOJ alleges
"Adding legal": Google fights monopoly suit by copying lawyers on emails, DOJ says.
Explaining the Mac Studio’s removable SSDs, and why you can’t simply swap them out
To upgrade the Mac's SSDs, it helps to understand how they work.
Android’s Google app can now delete the last 15 minutes of search history
The Google Search app gets an easy "delete history" shortcut.
Steam on Chromebooks is ready for testing, comes with steep requirements
11th-gen Core i5 among minimum system specs.
Apple employee spent a decade defrauding company of $10M, DOJ says
Government has seized $5 million in assets so far.
Annoying desktop watermark comes to users of unsupported Windows 11 PCs
It's only a watermark for now, but it's meant to encourage hardware upgrades.
Take a peek inside a flickering candle flame with these 3D-printed shapes
MIT's Markus Buehler also built system to turn language into 3D-printed materials.
“Evolution can occur really, really rapidly”
Researchers detect genetic changes in response to seasonal change.
White House warns of possible Russian cyberstrike on US critical infrastructure
There's no evidence now of specific attacks planned, but evolving intel is concerning.
SEC will require companies to list greenhouse emissions, climate risks
A proposed rule tries to give investors a fuller picture of risk.
Starlink helps Ukraine’s elite drone unit target and destroy Russian tanks
"If we use a drone with thermal vision at night, [it] must connect through Starlink."
Massive outage brought down most Apple services, including iCloud and iMessage
Even Apple's internal tools were down.
Behold, a password phishing site that can trick even savvy users
Just when you thought you'd seen every phishing trick out there, BitB comes along.
LG lowers the price of entry for an 8K OLED TV—to $13,000
The sets are among the only options if you want 8K in contrast-rich OLED.
After CP77 mess, CD Projekt Red will switch to Unreal for next Witcher game
Unusual provision suggests CDPR and Epic will collaborate on "open-world" UE5 aspects.
Ford F-150 Lightning beats targets, goes 320 miles in EPA testing
The cheapest 320-mile Lightning for consumers will cost over $70,000.
How Big Tech lost the antitrust battle with Europe
Brussels set to finalize stringent legislation targeting Silicon Valley giants.
Firefox will efficiently play AV1 video—if you have a brand-new GPU
Support arrives in May 2022.
OneWeb turns to a competitor—SpaceX—to complete its constellation
"We’re on track to finish building out our full fleet of satellites."
So how do Russian cosmonauts feel about Russia’s war on Ukraine?
"Everyone that I know or have heard of supports the war."
Honda just built the world’s most advanced wind tunnel in Ohio
The 192 mph tunnel will mostly be used for road car aerodynamics and aeroacoustics.
Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra review: The slab phone retirement plan
Samsung stands still while the competition is better than ever.
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