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EU set to launch formal probe into Nvidia’s $54 billion takeover of Arm
Brussels expected to open investigation in early September over competition concerns.
Overwatch’s cowboy will be renamed over namesake’s ties to Activision lawsuit
Announcement of name change comes day after new accusation in California lawsuit.
Rocket Report: Webb telescope ready for launch, LOX shortage slows SpaceX
"Large NASA taxpayer investments are being thrown away."
The 2021 BMW X5 xDrive45e—a big battery gives this hybrid a useful range
BMW has doubled the battery capacity compared to the old model.
Apple will finally let devs tell users about non-App Store purchase options
Proposed settlement would make it a bit easier to avoid Apple App Store commission.
More people are poisoning themselves with horse-deworming drug to thwart COVID
Don't make the FDA warn you again that you are neither horse nor cow.
New evidence shows this uranium cube is likely relic of Nazi A-bomb program
New methods could eventually be used to track illicit trafficking of nuclear material.
As it turns out, “Netflix Gaming” isn’t a streaming service [Updated]
Access currently requires a song and dance between the Netflix app and Google Play.
Facebook eyes “Election Commission” in possible bid to shed political scrutiny
Zuckerberg is reportedly unhappy with being seen as the decider.
YouTube Music comes to Wear OS, but only for the Galaxy Watch 4
YouTube Music requires Wear OS 3, which is only on the Galaxy Watch for now.
Reddit takes a teach-the-controversy approach to pandemic and vaccines
In post on vaccination debate, Reddit says dissent is "foundation of democracy."
Need to get root on a Windows box? Plug in a Razer gaming mouse
Razer's automatically downloaded installer exposes a SYSTEM shell to any user.
Silent changes to Western Digital’s budget SSD may lower speeds by up to 50% [Updated]
Most people wouldn't notice most of the time, but that doesn't make it OK.
FCC seeks $5M fine for robocalls telling Black people that voting helps “the man”
Robocalls claimed mail-in voting is used to track down warrants, collect unpaid debt.
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.
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