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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.
4,700 Amazon employees had unauthorized access to private seller data
Shoddy security allowed various employees to use info to their advantage.
Stadia’s VP and head of product leaves Google
Google's embattled Stadia division loses one of its highest-profile executives.
Starship flight attempt for Tuesday afternoon is scrubbed [Updated]
After four failures, SpaceX is really hoping to stick the landing this time.
Porsche and Penske: Two of racing’s most famous names join forces again
The pair will run teams in WEC and IMSA, and there will be customer cars, too.
The Martian’s Andy Weir is back to form with Project Hail Mary
Some quick and spoiler-free thoughts on the new book, out today.
FDA reportedly plans to authorize Pfizer’s COVID vaccine for teens 12-15 in days
Pfizer previously reported the vaccine was safe and effective in adolescents.
Epic vs. Apple opening arguments suggest a bitter battle over iOS’ future
Epic says it's "suing for change." Apple says Epic "just doesn't want to pay."
Yet another Google AI leader has defected to Apple
He will work under John Giannandrea, who also left Google for Apple.
Ajit Pai joins American Enterprise Institute and a firm that invests in ISPs
Post-FCC Pai will apparently keep pushing deregulation of broadband industry.
Apple reports 2 iOS 0-days that let hackers compromise fully patched devices
Webkit flaws in just-released iOS 14.5 lets attackers execute malicious code.
Technician for water co. linked to liver failure says his dog got liver illness
Technician said he only had a couple of hours of training and did what he was told.
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