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Android 6 and up will start stripping unused apps’ permissions
Google Play Services update will soon strip unused apps of their permissions.
Facebook forced troll farm content on over 40% of all Americans each month
Report blames Facebook’s prioritization of engagement over all else.
36,000 gigatons of carbon heralded history’s biggest mass extinction
New insights into the end-Permian mass extinction 252 million years ago.
Cryptocurrency launchpad hit by $3 million supply chain attack
SushiSwap's MISO launchpad hacked via a malicious GitHub commit.
Dell XPS 15 9510 review: Come for the screen, stay for everything else
Limited ports and a midrange GPU don't detract much from an excellent laptop.
Telegram emerges as new dark web for cyber criminals
Growing network of hackers sharing data leaks on encrypted messaging app.
Rocket Report: Virgin Galactic delays flight, Falcon Heavy nets NASA mission
"There was a large bang and some white smoke went up."
Study confirms superior sound of a Stradivari is due to the varnish
Chemicals used to soak the wood include borax, zinc, copper, alum, and lime water.
Billionaire Sacklers’ immunity threatened as DOJ moves to block opioid deal
The DOJ argues the immunity is unconstitutional and expects the deal to be overturned.
Apple sunsets the 256GB iPhone SE
The change makes the iPhone SE compete less directly with the iPhone 13 mini.
Nintendo’s “thing after the Switch”: How an overheard convo sent me reeling
Shocking? Absolutely not. Yet this freak encounter has plenty worth chewing on.
Battlefield 2042 joins recent game-delay frenzy, moves to November
Fans left wondering whether all announced modes will land on launch day.
Man once called world’s “largest facilitator of child porn” sentenced to 27 years
Freedom Hosting spread millions of images, including "sadistic abuse of infants."
Office 2021 will be available for non-Microsoft 365 subscribers on October 5
New release won't get new features like the subscription versions of Office.
Lost Judgment impressions: 15 wild hours in Yokohama
The sequel to 2019's Yakuza spinoff Judgment shines in our extended hands-on.
Hospital staff must swear off Tylenol, Tums to get religious vaccine exemption
Hospital CEO aims to educate staff on the full scope of what they're claiming.
Alphabet’s laser-Internet system has sent 700TB of data with 99.9% uptime
Alphabet is bridging the Congo River with a 20Gbps laser beam.
Locast’s free TV service ordered to shut down permanently after copyright loss
Locast must decide whether to appeal as ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC win copyright case.
Near-death of anti-vaccine cardinal is an “irony of life,” says Pope Francis
Humanity used to be such good friends with vaccines!
Self-sustaining solar house on wheels wants to soak up the Sun
Students from the Netherlands will take their new solar ride 3,000 km to Spain.
Cherry-picking data was routine practice at Theranos, former lab worker says
Theranos’ Edison device failed at least 25 percent of the time, court hears.
NASA awards five contracts for lunar landers to follow SpaceX demonstration
The announcement comes as one of the winners, Blue Origin, is suing NASA.
Lucid gets its official EPA range ratings, and they’re astounding
The Air Dream Edition is rated at 520 miles on a full charge.
US hospitals buckling under delta surge: 25% of ICUs are over 95% full
The burden on hospital ICUs has more than doubled since June.
Shocking Pixel 6 rumor lists Google SoC with two ARM X1 CPU cores
Google blazes its own trail for its first SoC design.
How the Le Mans hydrogen racer is shaping up
In preparation for a hydrogen-powered category, Le Mans saw laps from prototypes.
Crew Dragon has flown four more people—all private citizens—into space
SpaceX promised to make spaceflight available to the masses. This is a good start.
The iPhone 13 is thicker and heavier than the iPhone 12
Plus, more new details revealed by Apple's website.
Walmart to begin driverless deliveries with Ford and Argo AI
Deliveries will begin in Austin, Miami, and Washington, DC, later in 2021.
Recent Ebola outbreak emerged from someone infected 5 years earlier
We knew the virus could go dormant but not that it could do so for five years.
Backpage founders get mistrial because US overplayed child sex trafficking claims
US focused too heavily on child sex trafficking in case with no trafficking charges.
“Melting face,” “pregnant person,” and 35 other emoji approved for Unicode 14.0
838 new characters bring Unicode's total to a whopping 144,697.
Anonymous leaks gigabytes of data from alt-right web host Epik
Clients include 8chan, Parler, and Gab, among others.
Theranos burned through $2M a week as investors were given rosy projections
Jurors heard about mounting losses, fudged data from first witnesses.
Microsoft accounts can go passwordless, making “password123” a thing of the past
Passwordless accounts rely on MS Authenticator or a security key for login.
How 13 Reasons Why sparked years of suicide-contagion research
A Netflix series fueled heated debates about the risk of copycat suicides in fiction.
Nintendo Switch finally supports Bluetooth audio—but beware the lag
Firmware 13.0 delivers mostly good Bluetooth news—along with one weird menu update.
Globally, climate change drives a willingness to change lifestyles
In most countries, partisan and age differences shape attitudes.
Storage galore: New PS5 update finally lets users add more space for games
The most-wanted feature from a July beta gets a public release soon.
Xiaomi shows off smart glasses with an all-green microLED waveguide display
Xiaomi calls this a "concept," but it seems like a working product.
It’s all in the ink: Vinland Map is definitely a fake, new analysis finds
“There is no reasonable doubt here. This new analysis should put the matter to rest.”
In a first, New York passes law banning new fossil fuel vehicle sales after 2034
State agencies have to create a market-development strategy by end of 2022.
Travis CI flaw exposed secrets of thousands of open source projects
Developers furious at Travis CI's "insanely embarrassing 'security bulletin.'"
Biden’s baffling FCC delay could give Republicans a 2-1 FCC majority
Biden and Senate can still avert nightmare scenario, but they have to act quickly.
The stormy relationship between solar power and the weather
Insurance claims, maintenance tickets show how snow and storms hit solar power.
iOS 15 brings new FaceTime and AI features on September 20
iOS and iPadOS 15 and watchOS 8 are coming September 20.
Apple announces iPhone 13 in 4 flavors: mini, regular, Pro, and Pro Max
The new phones feature smaller screen notches, the faster A15, and improved cameras.
The Apple Watch gets a slight visual upgrade with the Series 7
The display is bigger with smaller bezels, and some software updates are in tow.
COVID in children: Infections skyrocket 30X, now account for 30% of cases
Cases have risen "exponentially" to record highs, pediatrics group reports.
The redesigned $499 iPad mini finally catches up with the times
New, pricier refresh borrows heavily from recent iPad Air and iPad Pro tablets.
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