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Updated 2024-11-29 02:00
Even amidst a pandemic, SpaceX is launching more than ever
SpaceX’s 11 launches match the total this year by Russia, Europe, and Japan combined.
Why this month’s PC port of Death Stranding is the definitive version
Sadly, we can't show you our tests just yet. But what we've seen is exciting.
Tracking COVID-19’s spread through an Italian town
About 40 percent of cases were asymptomatic, and viral load didn't seem to matter.
Tesla driver blames Autopilot for crash, faces negligent driving charge
The driver reportedly told police he “must not have been paying attention.”
NASA’s next Mars mission has now burned nearly half of its launch window
The $2.1 billion rover has a limited amount of time to launch this summer.
Amazon’s latest PC game to be delisted from Steam after less than two months
Crucible will still be live for its tiny playerbase of
The Apple TV is getting 4K YouTube, and Macs are getting 4K HDR Netflix
Is your Mac supported, though?
Lady of the Lake takes center stage in Netflix’s Arthurian retelling Cursed
Frank Miller and Tom Wheeler co-created the series and accompanying illustrated YA novel.
Supreme Court says generic domains like booking.com can be trademarked
No one can trademark "Wine Inc.," but now domains like wine.com can get trademarks.
YouTube TV jumps 30% in price effective immediately
YouTube's price hike hits new and existing members; AT&T joins in the fun.
Foreign adversaries likely try exploiting critical networking bug, US says
The window of opportunity to fix critical security bug is rapidly closing.
Qualcomm made a modern smartwatch chip: Meet the Snapdragon Wear 4100
Are there any Wear OS manufacturers and customers left to buy Qualcomm's new chip?
Comcast’s data cap and overage fees return tomorrow after 3-month break
ISPs can also re-impose late fees and disconnect customers as FCC pledge expires.
A bunch of microSD cards and other storage devices are on sale today
Dealmaster also has deals on portable SSDs, Steam games, USB-C hubs, and more.
China moves forward with COVID-19 vaccine, approving it for use in military
Early trial data suggests that vaccine is safe, but efficacy still unclear.
After Tuesday’s launch, SpaceX expands its fleet of used rockets [Updated]
SpaceX has gotten good enough at reuse that it's building fewer rockets.
COVID-19 spread 4X faster in one Amazon warehouse than local area
US employees get a “thank you” bonus; German warehouse workers are on strike.
Mercury and algal blooms poisoned Maya reservoirs at Tikal
A recent study analyzed sediments from large reservoirs in the Maya city of Tikal.
How holographic tech is shrinking VR displays to the size of sunglasses
Facebook Research unveils new lightweight prototype that's just 9mm thick.
Detroit police chief cops to 96-percent facial recognition error rate
Detroit police are under fire for a mistaken arrest using the technology.
NatGeo expedition hunts for 1924 climber’s body in Lost on Everest documentary
A 1999 expedition found mummified remains of Andrew Irvine's climbing partner, George Mallory.
Human Interface: What (almost) every button in an F-15C fighter’s cockpit does
We kick off a new video series designed to show off high-tech systems and how they work.
How’s this for aerodynamic? The Lucid Air’s drag coefficient is only 0.21
Lucid Motors wants the Air to travel 400 miles on a single charge.
Harmonix’s Fuser wants to make you a DJ… but only up to a point
Preview: Successor to DropMix succeeds where DJ Hero failed, but is that enough?
Developers leak benchmarks from the Apple silicon Mac transition kit
How will legacy Mac apps perform under Rosetta on Apple silicon?
Chrome for Android finally gets a bottom tab bar in new experiment
A new flag in Chrome Beta will create a strip of favicons at the bottom of the screen.
Microsoft adds WINFR file undeletion tool to the Microsoft Store
Ready to finally throw away those 15-year-old shareware UNDELETE utilities?
Reddit bans pro-Trump /r/The_Donald for “rule-breaking content”
Reddit says its site is “not for attacking marginalized or vulnerable groups.”
Facebook will label rule violations as Coke, Pepsi, Starbucks join ad “pause”
The 2016 policy seems finally to have cracked to the point of breaking.
Russia’s replacement for the Proton rocket costs way too much
"Angara has no chance of successful competition."
New hack runs homebrew code from DVD-R on unmodified PlayStation 2
Exploit found in DVD player software can also load copies of full PS2 games.
A decidedly non-Linux distro walkthrough: Haiku R1/beta2
1995’s finest operating system in 2020—plus, our $140 EVOO laptop rides again.
Search engine startup asks users to be the customer, not the product
Rival privacy-focused search engine Startpage is not impressed.
This is what Ford’s new F-150 display and infotainment system looks like
It’s tastefully restrained and very legible—exactly what you want in an interface.
New polymer easily captures gold extracted from e-waste
Dissolve e-waste, harvest gold, profit.
How to move your role-playing game nights online
A look at Roll20, which helps you run RPGs online.
An embattled group of leakers picks up the WikiLeaks mantle
DDoSecrets was banned from Twitter after releasing hacked law enforcement files.
TikTok and 53 other iOS apps still snoop your sensitive clipboard data
Passwords, bitcoin addresses, and anything else in clipboards are free for the taking.
Empirical analysis tells Reviewer 2: “Go F’ Yourself”
"Pennywise the Clown, combined with el chupacabra, wrapped in the Blair Witch."
The rocket motor of the future “breathes” air like a jet engine
This theoretical engine could drastically reduce the cost of getting to space.
Doomscrolling is slowly eroding your mental health
Checking your phone for an extra two hours every night won’t stop the apocalypse.
Mulan release date bumped to August 21 as coronavirus pandemic rages on
The good news: it will open in near future, not during the holidays (or on Disney+).
Back to kick some demon derrière: Wynonna Earp S4 trailer is finally here
S4 production was plagued first by financial troubles, then by pandemic woes.
US logs record 40K COVID-19 cases in a day as experts brace for rise in deaths
16 states are seeing both increases in cases and increases in positive test rates.
Gaming on Apple platforms is set for some big changes—here are a few
This year's WWDC was a big one for game development.
Amazon pays $1.2 billion for self-driving startup Zoox
Zoox aimed to create its own self-driving software, vehicle, and taxi service.
FCC helps Charter avoid broadband competition
FCC helped Charter but denied Frontier bid to block funds in parts of 29 states.
Microsoft’s “new approach” to retail stores: Closing them forever
Microsoft designed its retail stores to be cool like Apple's. It didn't work.
Tiny pendulum may reveal gravity’s secrets
Gravity and quantum mechanics may influence each other as tiny pendulum swings.
SpaceX scrubs Friday launch attempt of Starlink satellites [Updated]
No new launch date has yet been set.
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