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Congress OKs $7 billion for broadband and has another $94 billion teed up.

Spencer clarifies exclusivity: "Great exclusive games... where Game Pass exists."

The Oppo Find X3 Pro can zoom way, way in on objects.

It's not always DNS... sometimes it's printers.

Fold-out worktables, modular storage, and an extending bed all feature.

To the four of you who were using legacy Edge, we extend our condolences.

Our source demonstrated heavy throttling of microsoft.com, not just t.co.

The era of Silicon Valley exceptionalism is over.

A half-dozen groups exploiting the same 0-days is unusual, if not unprecedented.

We've measured the pull between two gold spheres, each 2 millimeters across.

Small enough to fit on a smartphone, capable of hyperspectral and polarimetric imaging.

Texas targeted Twitter because of protected content moderation, suit claims.

Other M1-native apps that hit this week include 1Password and DaVinci Resolve.

Do you want a wheeled camera following you around the house? Amazon bets "yes."

Comcast upgrade backfired, reducing uploads from 20 to 16Mbps until it was fixed.

Familiarity breeds awareness when it comes to advanced driver assists.

Asus' "gaming" phone has 18GB of RAM, a fan attachment, and shoulder buttons.

Begin with 99 problems. Solve one with a regex. You now have 108 problems...

She severs sea slugs down by the seashore... or rather, Sayaka Mitoh does so in the lab.

Middleware promises to protect "fairness and fun" as well as developer revenues.

Industry pours cold water on idea hydrogen can vie with battery power to replace ICEs.

Despite a lot of uncertainty, researchers lay out five ways to prepare for the worst.

"We're in this for the long haul."

Few of its products remain, but C.R. Patterson & Sons was an industry trailblazer.

Cloud-based camera service Verkada exposed hardcoded password—and its customers.

Ironically, growing it in a controlled environment has a huge environmental impact.

If you prefer a Surface with a heavier multicore punch, we've got hopeful news.

Tesla told California regulators the FSD beta lacks "true autonomous features."

Hackers spent weeks building relationships with researchers and then tried to infect them.

Data sales begin April 26 unless you opt out; T-Mobile claims it'll be anonymous.

Samsung's ever-shifting consumer branding drops "EVO" suffix entirely this time.

The new system may be more cryptic for IT, users, and repair shops.

Khan launched her career arguing Amazon is a problem, and she hasn't let up since.

The success for this savvy service isn't as simple as the "Disney" name.

$169 smart speaker streams over Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, begins shipping next month.

Chromebooks turn 10 today, and Google is celebrating with a ton of features.

Dealmaster also has deals on game controllers, USB chargers, and security cams.

Devs speak in an excerpt from Monsters in the Dark: The Making of X-COM: UFO Defense.

US drivers averaged 73 fewer hours in traffic in 2020 because of the pandemic.

China wants a long-term presence on the Moon in the 2030s.

More Bethesda titles hit Game Pass this week as $7.5B acquisition is finalized.

It's still early, but analysts say the "biggest franchises" can probably sustain $70.

Failure to purge authentication tokens taken in first breach leads to second one.

New data suggests that Russia wasn't the only nation-state hacking customers.

Nearly two dozen current and former employees reported a widespread pattern.

Bluetooth sunglasses are a great idea—but these aren't quite good enough.

Dishes will be modified for vehicles, vessels, and aircraft, SpaceX tells FCC.

Acura wants to be known for vehicle dynamics, and this SUV is its calling card.

New optical quantum computer overcomes previous limits, looks like a winner.

The embalming manual is just part of a 3,500-year-old Egyptian medical text.