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Conspiracy theorist said death threats were “jokes”—but jury didn’t buy it
Brendan Hunt posted videos about murdering US elected officials.
Want to save an island’s coral reefs? Get rid of invasive rats
Rats drive off birds, setting off a cascade of ecosystem damages that spread offshore.
Verizon tries to sell Yahoo and AOL after spending $9 billion on fallen giants
After spending $9 billion combined, Verizon may sell units for $4 billion or so.
You can now teach the Google Assistant how to pronounce names
Google can listen to you pronounce a name and learn from it.
Gas prices are expected to rise due to the truck driver shortage
Robotrucks aren't here to save us yet.
Returnal review: Roguelite arcade combat has never felt this epic—or hard
Legendary dev Housemarque nails its most ambitious game yet, but beware its pitfalls.
This is the slightly sportier, slightly more efficient 2022 Honda Civic
The next Civic looks less like a starfighter, inside and out.
Facing uncharted waters, Apple reports 54% year-over-year revenue increase
Chip shortages and a waning pandemic might make growth unsustainable, though.
Office default Calibri will join Clippy, Internet Explorer in Windows retirement
"Calibri in Office" could almost drive (15 years old), but a new sans serif will soon emerge.
Verizon “leads” all US carriers in mmWave 5G availability at 0.8%
Phones capable of using mmWave 5G access it less than 1% of the time.
Algorithms were under fire at a Senate hearing on social media
"Algorithms have great potential for good. They can also be misused."
Chipmaker says it will ramp up production of older 28nm chips
Fourth-largest contract chipmaker aiming at supply problems for carmakers, others.
Michael Collins, who piloted the Apollo 11 command module, has died
"The nation lost a true pioneer and lifelong advocate for exploration."
Epic deposition shows how differently Google and Apple treat messaging
Apple considered fighting a Google/WhatsApp acquisition with iMessage on Android.
Play this Dreamcast Castlevania game 20+ years after it was canceled
Castlevania: Resurrection was briefly seen at E3 1999, then vanished for decades.
Toyota is entering a hydrogen-powered Corolla in a 24-hour race
It's still internal combustion, not a fuel cell.
SitRep: Is the F-35 officially a failure?
Cost overruns, other issues prompt Air Force to look for "clean sheet" fighter.
These concept interiors for an electric Lexus are thought-provoking
Untreated leather, translucent silicone cushions, and granite steering wheels.
New Pokémon Snap is a welcome take on the “first-person shooter”
Plenty of secrets and adorable moments make for the perfect relaxation game.
Ransomware crooks threaten to ID informants if cops don’t pay up
The FBI is investigating claim hackers obtained 250GB of police department data.
Nestlé threatened with cease-and-desist over alleged illegal water use
Company's claims hinge on how much water early-1900s rail cars carried.
High-bandwidth wireless BCI demonstrated in humans for first time
BrainGate device complements Neuralink's successful test of wireless BCI in monkey.
Lyft is getting out of the self-driving business
Lyft will save about $100 million without its self-driving project.
FCC lets SpaceX cut satellite altitude to improve Starlink speed and latency
Rival satellite companies opposed change that cuts altitude in half, to 540 km.
To entice vaccine-hesitant, Biden touts maskless activities for vaccinated
Biden: "This is another great reason to go get vaccinated—now, now."
Report: Apple’s M2 chip has entered production and will ship as soon as July
The timeline in this report suggests new Macs might be introduced at WWDC.
Today’s best deals: Sony noise-canceling headphones, Fitbit trackers, and more
Dealmaster also has deals on the latest Super Mario game and Echo Dot speaker.
Contractor that ruined 15M doses of J&J vaccine is holding up vaccine to India
India is in crisis, but US can’t yet ship stockpiled AstraZeneca vaccine doses.
CentOS replacement distro AlmaLinux gets commercial support options
This CentOS replacement seems to be "getting there firstest with the mostest."
Amazon’s 11th-gen Fire HD 10 tablet starts at $149.99
There's a Plus and non-Plus model, two kids' versions, a keyboard, a charging dock...
Tesla posts another record quarterly profit—and Wall Street shrugs
Tesla has $17 billion in the bank.
Cable-chewing beavers take out town’s Internet in “uniquely Canadian” outage
Beavers dug 3-foot hole, chewed through fiber conduit and the cable itself.
Ford is setting up a new EV battery center in southeast Michigan
It will be called Ion Park and will work with Ford's Allen Park test lab.
EU to charge Apple with anticompetitive behavior this week
Case began two years ago and is one of several involving the iPhone maker.
Archaeologists found the site of Harriet Tubman’s family home
The site was found on federal land recently acquired for marshland conservation.
A freshly flush Lotus Cars readies four new vehicle architectures
The next Lotus will also be the last one to use internal combustion engines.
Actively exploited Mac 0-day neutered core OS security defenses
Apple fixes macOS vulnerability hackers exploited to suppress security warnings.
Legislation would mandate driver-monitoring tech in every car
Distracted driving claimed more than 3,000 lives in the US in 2019.
Linux kernel team rejects University of Minnesota researchers’ apology
UMN researchers probed for weaknesses in patch approval—Greg K-H wasn't amused.
Apple releases iOS 14.5, the biggest update since iOS 14 first launched
Read for screenshots, update notes, and changes aplenty.
Pentagon explains odd transfer of 175 million IP addresses to obscure company
Something weird happened minutes before Trump left—US says it was security research.
Bad infrastructure and not being male among reasons people give up EVs
About 20 percent of Californian EV adopters gave up plug-ins, study finds.
New versions of macOS, watchOS, and tvOS hit supported devices today
macOS gets improved iPhone/iPad app experiences, AirTag support, and more.
It took Facebook two months to realize “Stop the Steal” might turn violent
Social media giant was apparently unprepared for "authentic" calls for violence.
Believe the hype: The Hyundai Veloster N is a darn good hot hatch
Tired of Europe getting great hatches we don't? Now the tables have turned.
Africa’s first Iron Age culture had a sweet tooth
The results offer some of the oldest physical evidence of honey in people's diets.
Roku warns customers: “Google may remove your access to YouTube TV” [Updated]
Roku says Google wants changes to Roku search. Google calls the claims "baseless."
No, this strange Twitter account isn’t teasing a new Metal Gear Solid [Updated]
The strange story of @TheTomOlsen, "Maintenance Technician at the Big Shell."
China’s state rocket company unveils rendering of a Starship look-alike
The Asian country has tracked SpaceX from the beginning.
Review: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier aims high but falls a bit short
It tries to do too many things at once, and thus doesn't do them as well as it could.
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