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Microsoft discovers critical SolarWinds zero-day under active attack
Flaws allow attackers to run malicious code on machines hosting Serv-U products.
Bone-conduction headphones: Long-term test and review of AfterShokz
After four months of testing, we love these for podcasts—not so much for music.
Android 12 will default to a play-as-you-download scheme for newer games
No developer support needed: Android 12 will do "play-as-you-download" automatically.
$11 billion in 9 days—Texas’ natural gas sellers cashed in on deep freeze
State's gas supplies halved during cold snap, but sellers made record profits.
Here’s why Richard Branson’s flight matters—and, yes, it really matters
“I absolutely believe this is that moment."
World record for most expensive video game auction is now $1.56 million [Updated]
Beats the price set by a rare Legend of Zelda copy, which only lasted 48 hours.
Archaeologists “flabbergasted” to find Cerne Giant’s origins are medieval
"Everyone was wrong, and that makes these results even more exciting."
How much shipping can we get through a warming Arctic?
Research discusses the logistic, social, and ecological impacts of a warm Arctic.
Creepypasta and the search for the ghost in the machine
Stories of haunted video games have circulated for decades.
The weekend’s best tech deals: Nintendo Switch Lite, MacBook Air, and more
Dealmaster also has deals on Dell monitors, good board games, and portable SSDs.
When science breaks bad: A rogues’ gallery of history’s worst scientists
A new book catalogs some of the greatest ethical lapses done in the name of science.
Quest for “green” cement draws big name investors to $300B industry
Startups and venture capitalists are joining concrete makers against a hard problem.
Feds indict “The Bull” for allegedly selling insider stock info on the dark web
Data allegedly sold individually or through weekly or monthly subscriptions.
Cheat-maker brags of computer-vision auto-aim that works on “any game”
Capture cards, input hardware, and machine learning get around system-level lockdowns.
Rupert Murdoch’s answer to Google News is dead after only 18 months
The shuttered news aggregator offered stories mainly from right-leaning sources.
NYC ePrix: It’s time for Formula E’s annual visit to America
We check in with one of our favorite series ahead of this weekend's races.
The FBI’s honeypot Pixel 4a gets detailed in new report
FBI honeypot phones are now public—and showing up on the secondary market.
How to watch Branson’s flight, which Jeff Bezos is still hopping mad about
"New Shepard was designed to fly above the Kármán line."
With little remaining of Champlain Towers, how will we find answers?
Researchers discuss the methods NIST can use to find the cause of a tragedy.
Biden urges FCC to undo Pai’s legacy—but it can’t until he picks a third Democrat
Biden wants FCC to lower prices and protect consumers, but he must break 2-2 deadlock.
Amid criticism, FDA narrows use of $56K Alzheimer’s drug, calls for probe [Updated]
FDA now says drug should only go to those with mild disease—the only patients tested.
“Bad mergers” and noncompete clauses targeted in Biden executive order
Sweeping order tries to counter rising corporate consolidation.
Google’s Nest Hub is the best bedside smart display—and sleep tracking helps
Adding sleep tracking bolsters its bedside utility, but the feature could use more depth.
Rocket Report: SLS not available for science, OneWeb reaches milestone
"There is great concern about this engine development."
Black Widow review: ScarJo’s sendoff is MCU’s best standalone film yet
Florence Pugh's scene-stealing turn caps a tremendous MCU mix of action, acting.
The Windows 11 insider build is surprisingly unpolished and unfinished
Windows 11 looks to be a decent upgrade, but not one to lose sleep over missing.
Morgan Stanley discloses data breach that resulted from Accellion FTA hacks
Financial services firm says data was stolen by exploiting flaws discovered in December.
All fans banned from Tokyo Olympics as COVID cases rise, delta spreads
The prime minister also asked bars and restaurants not to serve alcohol.
It’s a mad, mad multiverse as Marvel drops first trailer for What If…?
"Every universe is different. Each one unique."
GOP’s Big Tech plan ignores consumers, targets “censorship” of Republicans instead
Republican antitrust plan is all about supposed bias, never mentions competition.
New fabric passively cools whatever it’s covering—including you
Structured fabric reflects most light, still radiates in the IR.
What fractals, Fibonacci, and the golden ratio have to do with cauliflower
Self-selected mutations during domestication drastically changed shape over time
New Google Pay debit card lets you actually spend the money people send you
A virtual debit card lets you skip transferring money to a bank account.
Google “bought off Samsung” to limit app store competition, 36 states allege
"Google has taken steps to close the ecosystem from competition."
Four new electric platforms, five gigafactories: Stellantis’ EV plan
The world's fourth-largest OEM just laid out its electrification strategy.
Reconstructing Roman industrial engineering
How a special design increased the efficiency of an ancient watermill.
mRNA vaccine technology moves to flu: Moderna says trial has begun
Moderna aims for one seasonal shot for flu, COVID-19, respiratory viruses RSV and HMPV.
OnePlus admits to throttling 300 popular apps with recent update
Chrome performance tanks 85-75 percent in some tests.
Microsoft’s emergency patch fails to fix critical “PrintNightmare” vulnerability
Game-over code-execution attacks are still possible even after fix is installed.
Pacific Northwest heatwave “virtually impossible” without climate change
Rapid analysis shows it would be hard to do this in a cooler world.
Netflix gives us our first look at Zack Snyder’s heist film Army of Thieves
It's a prequel to Snyder's Army of the Dead, so yes, there will also be zombies.
Trump sues Twitter and Facebook for banning him, claims “trillions” in damages
Trump's "free speech" case is likely doomed by First Amendment and Section 230.
Dozens of Chinese phone games now require facial scans to play at night
After a 2018 test, "Midnight Patrol" system officially rolls out to 60 Tencent games.
The Chime banking app has been closing accounts, not returning money
Chime isn't actually a bank—it's a "neobank" with less federal regulation.
Why the password isn’t dead quite yet
Everyone hates the old ways of authentication. But change comes with its own drawbacks.
Increasingly, the ULA-Blue Origin marriage is an unhappy one
"It does no good to throw Blue Origin under the bus."
Biden’s right-to-repair order could stop companies from blocking DIY fixes
Executive order comes amid growing state, federal push to open repair process.
Cluster full of black holes may be spitting out stars
If the researchers are right, globular clusters may end up full of black holes.
No driver? No problem—this is the Indy Autonomous Challenge
Ars meets the college engineers who hope to revolutionize racing.
Google Chat review: Terrible as a Slack clone, good as a consumer chat app
Google's enterprise-first chat app is only occasionally awkward for consumers.
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