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Updated 2025-07-06 17:45
9,000 fliers may have had reused swabs jammed up their noses in Indonesia
Five workers were arrested for washing and reusing cotton swabs for testing.
Paramount+ hits 36 million subscribers, will stream sci-fi movie Infinite
Streaming service commits to one original movie every week.
World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade re-returns on June 1, requires “cloning”
If you're already in WoW Classic, you have a decision to make starting May 18.
Today’s best tech deals: New iPad Pro, Amazon devices, and more
Dealmaster also has deals on wireless headphones and lots of video games.
Biggest ISPs paid for 8.5 million fake FCC comments opposing net neutrality
ISP-funded astroturfing used millions of real names and faked consent records.
Sea level rise uncertainties: Why all eyes are on Antarctica
Latest models project a bumpy road with big risks.
The Google Assistant is now a Google messaging service
"Broadcast" now works on speakers, displays, and phones for your whole family.
US physics lab Fermilab exposes proprietary data for all to see
Exposed systems paved way for researchers to access code, messages, passwords, and more.
China’s carbon pollution now surpasses all developed countries combined
As China's coal-reliant economy has boomed, so, too, have its emissions.
Stranger Things hints at return of Eleven’s “Papa” in new teaser
Matthew Modine, who played Dr. Martin Brenner, was spotted on set earlier this year.
Earliest known burial in Africa is that of a small, fragile child
Early humans in Kenya buried a dead child with tremendous care 78,000 years ago.
Nintendo warns global chip shortage to hit Switch production
Nintendo follows rival Sony in saying supply crunch threatens console sales.
NASCAR ditches decades of tradition for its Next Gen race car
Cup cars will run centerlock wheels, sequential transmissions, and flat floors.
World waits to see where a Chinese booster will come down
The 20-ton booster is big enough that some parts are likely to reach the ground.
Fix for critical Qualcomm chip flaw is making its way to Android devices
Higher-end devices made by Google, Samsung, LG, Xiaomi, and OnePlus are affected.
Severe vulnerabilities in Dell firmware update driver found and fixed
Dell firmware update driver 2.3 can be exploited to gain kernel-level privilege.
Twitter’s latest robo-nag will flag “harmful” language before you post
Follows Twitter's effort to make you read the news before you share it.
SpaceX successfully lands a Starship test flight
Given that it's meant to be the basis for a lunar lander, landing it is good.
Google tries to resurrect Android tablets with “Entertainment Space”
Google brings a TV-like media-aggregation interface to tablet home screens.
Biden backs plan to accelerate vaccine production by waiving patents
Experts disagree on whether patents are a bottleneck for vaccine production.
At trial, Epic and Apple squeeze Microsoft over Xbox, xCloud restrictions
Questions over Xbox restrictions, xCloud's iOS struggles serve as comparison points.
Study: Using Apple’s Night Shift to improve your sleep? Don’t bother
The test was done with iPhones, but many gadgets have a similar feature.
Data leak makes Peloton’s Horrible, No-Good, Really Bad Day even worse
Faulty API let anyone grab users’ private data, including weight and gender.
Appeals court allows parents to sue Snap over 100 mph car crash
The parents argued a Snapchat filter encouraged their boys to drive recklessly.
AMD’s upcoming flagship GPUs should be 3x faster than RX 6900XT
If the rumors can be believed, GPU performance will triple sometime next year.
Chip shortage continues, US asks Taiwan to prioritize automakers
Ford, Renault, and Stellantis warn that Q2 production will be heavily affected.
Blue Origin isn’t pricing its first launch seat—it’s auctioning it
Jeff Bezos' rocket co. targets July 20 for its first crewed launch.
Mighty morphin’ flat-packed pasta takes on 3D shapes as it cooks
New approach could lead to more sustainable packaging, transportation, and storage.
Hands-on: We hammered Plume’s newest Superpod design with all-new Wi-Fi testing
If you can stomach a subscription, Plume’s Superpods offer unmatched performance.
YouTube’s TikTok clone, “Shorts,” is out of beta and open for all US users
Shorts are coming, and the feature is getting a premium spot in the YouTube app.
Peloton recalls treadmills after 6-year-old’s death, CEO admits “mistake”
Consumer Product Safety Commission said recall decision took “intense negotiation."
Plug in a PS5 keyboard to access Returnal’s hidden “debug mode” codes
But some players fear Housemarque may patch out the codes soon.
Starlink can serve 500,000 users easily, several million “more of a challenge”
The "only limitation is high density of users in urban areas," Musk said.
Resident Evil Village review: Apparently, good horror takes more than a village
We had high hopes for "RE4 + RE7," but pumped-up combat isn't enough for this sequel.
Tesla loses huge customer for emissions credits in Europe and the US
Stellantis paid Tesla $2.4 billion for credits between 2019-2021.
Facebook Oversight Board upholds ban on former President Trump
While the ban was permissible, its open-ended nature was not.
AirTag review: They work great—maybe a little too great
Apple made the most privacy-friendly tracker, but that's not saying much.
“Agricomb” is the perfect tool for measuring gases from cow burps
More precise measurements could help boost yields and enable design of cleaner farms.
Biden shifts strategy as national vaccination rate continues to slow
Vaccinations have been steadily declining since mid-April.
NASA has selected its deep space hardware—now comes the fun part
"This isn’t a dream any more."
Netflix IT exec forced employees to use products from vendors that bribed him
Jury finds ex-Netflix VP guilty of awarding tech contracts in exchange for bribes.
The new abnormal is warming up the US government’s new climate norms
The US's expected weather are based on a 30-year average, updated once a decade.
Epic thinks EGS could make up 35-50% of the PC gaming market by 2024
Epic v. Apple gives us our deepest look yet into the economics of Epic's storefront.
New Spectre attack once again sends Intel and AMD scrambling for a fix
A new transient execution variant is the first exploit micro-ops caches.
Today’s best deals: $40 Nintendo Switch games, Kindle Paperwhite, and more
Dealmaster also has deals on true wireless earbuds and Garmin running watches.
Frontier exits bankruptcy, claims it will double fiber-to-the-home footprint
Frontier plans 3 million new fiber lines—but 8M others would be stuck on copper.
Review: Shadow and Bone is a worthy adaptation of the Grishaverse novels
If Cursed had a love child with The X-Men—who was then raised by Doctor Zhivago.
Researchers raise bats in helium-rich air to check how they sense sound
Bats seem to have an innate sense of the speed of sound—and can't adjust it.
Goodbye again, Flash—Microsoft makes removal from Windows 10 mandatory
Windows "Update for Removal of Adobe Flash Player" becomes mandatory this July.
How the next Patent Office director could shape the patent system
Obama created "death squads" for bad patents—Trump's nominees curtailed them.
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