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COVID hospitalization averages $20K—and insurers want unvaccinated to pay up
Delta surcharge is "necessary to address the financial risk" of not getting vaccinated.
Graphene veils may hold the secret to conserving priceless works of art
Graphene sticks to any clean surface but can easily be removed without causing damage.
As office returns get postponed, workers say they’d take pay cut to work from home
Some tech firms want workers back at their desks, but expectations have shifted.
Documentary about Amiga classic Lemmings due for game’s 30th anniversary
Documentary will include interviews with devs and fans.
Horizon Forbidden West delayed, leaves Sony with fall 2021 first-party gap
"Major milestone" reached in mid-2021 apparently wasn't enough for 2021 launch.
Massive mine truck and a Baja off-road racer both find use for fuel cells
At 231 tons, the mining truck may be the heaviest hydrogen EV in the world.
Nude hunt: LA phisherman accessed 4,700 iCloud accounts, 620K photos
The attacker seems to have relied on social engineering to hoodwink his victims.
Halo Infinite will launch on Wednesday, December 8—in incomplete fashion [Updated]
As we recently learned, this won't be the entire game at first—and half is free-to-play.
30 years later, the baby on Nirvana’s Nevermind cover is suing for damages
Spencer Elden is seeking upwards of $150,000 in damages for the album cover.
Upcoming game turns Quest VR headsets into real-life laser tag machines
Space Pirate Trainer's free Sept. update adds mode for 2 players, 100 square meters.
Waymo expands to San Francisco with public self-driving test
Confidential testing starts in SF, featuring Waymo's 5th-gen Jaguar I-Pace cars.
Misaligned factory robot may have sparked Chevy Bolt battery fires
“What we’re looking at is a perfect storm.”
OnlyFans suspends plan to prohibit porn after backlash from sex workers
But the OnlyFans fight is not over, as pressure on payment providers continues.
In leaked email, ULA official calls NASA leadership “incompetent”
"Let me know if there’s anything else you need—we are here to serve!"
Fitbit announces Charge 5, teases future Google collaboration
Fitbit's most popular tracker is hardly just a tracker anymore.
Europe’s July floods: So rare and extreme, they’re hard to study
One river basin might have seen a 1-in-15,000-year event.
A decade and a half of instability: The history of Google messaging apps
Sixteen years after the launch of Google Talk, Google messaging is still a mess.
Pressure mounts over COVID vaccines for kids; docs warn against off-label use
Officials give slightly different estimates for when vaccines will go to kids under 12.
Years after its competition, Hulu begins streaming in HDR
The Handmaid's Tale and other Hulu Originals lead the charge.
Florida man catches COVID, delaying $6M Arizona vote “audit”
Officials are unsure if the partisan exercise will produce a full report.
Halo Infinite to skip co-op at launch: “We needed to pick a moment”
Coming as part of game's second "season" of content; "Forge" delayed even longer.
President Biden to host infosec roundtable with tech giant CEOs
2021 is a great year for the red teams of the world—blue teams, not so much.
First images of Blue Origin’s “Project Jarvis” test tank
"The reason I like vertical landing is because it scales so well."
Samsung punishes Galaxy Fold 3 modders by disabling their cameras
Samsung's bootloader unlock message has a warning for modders.
iFixit says the Playdate is a surprisingly repairable Game Boy throwback
$179 portable takes the same DIY approach to repairs that it does to coding.
Musk turns on Tesla’s latest Full Self-Driving beta, says it’s “actually not great”
It’s unclear if CEO still thinks company can achieve Level 5 by year’s end.
SpaceX may dig a tunnel to enable frequent South Texas launches
County officials would not be willing to pay for the project.
38 million records exposed online—including contact-tracing info
Misconfigured Power Apps from Microsoft led to exposure.
With nothing able to eat them, cane toads are eating each other
It's creating an evolutionary pressure to grow fast.
The long wait is over: Sony drops teaser trailer for Spider-Man: No Way Home
The reveal comes one day after the trailer apparently leaked on social media.
Study: Ants create stable tunnels in nests, much like humans play Jenga
Caltech scientists used X-ray imaging to capture physics of underground anthills.
GM recalls every Chevy Bolt ever made, blames LG for faulty batteries
Two simultaneously occurring defects will cost $1.8 billion to fix.
At least one species of primate underperforms when the heat is on
After researchers presented a huge reward, monkeys did less well in a skill test.
Netflix reveals premiere date, first images for live-action Cowboy Bebop series
Images show star John Cho in Spike Spiegel's iconic purple suit.
Google Pay team reportedly in major upheaval after botched app revamp
"Dozens of employees and executives have left" the struggling payments division.
Intel Foundry Services gets a boost from $100M Pentagon award for US-made chips
Currently, no onshore foundry can meet the Pentagon's needs.
Windows 11 ISOs make it easier to test the betas with a clean install
And you can get around the TPM and Secure Boot requirements, at least for now.
New PS5 model is lighter, has a better screw
It's lighter and easier to assemble, both welcome updates.
This rare Nintendo Game & Watch just broke an auction record
Limited unit went on sale for the first time ever.
FDA approves Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, now called Comirnaty
The full approval applies to a two-dose regimen for those ages 16 and up.
The US military may soon declassify a secret space weapon
The primary goal US military leaders have is deterring attacks on its satellites.
Aliens: Fireteam Elite review: Finally, co-op action worthy of this franchise
Limited scope, big weapons and tactics, bigger monsters add up to a surprise hit.
Homegrown app helping Kabul residents steer clear of danger
Ehtesab tracks turbulence on the ground and sends users alerts on which areas to avoid.
Psychonauts 2 review: An early, easy nominee for 2021’s game of the year
Invade cartoon minds. Discover wild worlds. Laugh and cry. This game is special.
Intrepid brewer risks scalding to recreate recipe for long-lost medieval mead
The recipe for bochet was lost for centuries, until it was rediscovered in 2009.
Tiong Bahru Social Club review: Won’t you be my algorithmic neighbor?
In this Fantasia Fest film, happiness algorithms dictate terms of community living.
Looking for a new job in tech? It may be your lucky day
Employers are turning on the charm to attract engineers and developers to their firms.
Hydrogen lobbyist quits, slams oil companies’ “false claims” about blue hydrogen
Recent studies have questioned blue hydrogen’s low-carbon bona fides.
On Roblox, kids learn it’s hard to earn money making games
New report claims that the massive video game platform can exploit young developers.
Now that machines can learn, can they unlearn?
Researchers see if they can remove sensitive data without retraining AI from scratch.
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