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The price of Samsung's flagship Chromebook has been nearly cut in half. It's $549.

You don't need fancy technology to identify folks who livestream their crimes.

Two research groups manage similar feats through very different methods.

Zachtronics' cleverly engineered battle-solitaire twist based on the game Pounce.

Virus had lots of chances to spread through dense mob and evacuated lawmakers.

The two-seat sports car gets the 4.0L engine from the Boxster Spyder.

"Patriots inside, baby!" WV state legislator Derrick Evans yelled in Capitol.

Bitcoin's anonymous founder, Satoshi Nakamoto, could be worth $40 billion.

Ferrets, minks, and other Mustelinae species are susceptible to COVID-19.

The risks of allowing Trump to remain "are simply too great," Zuckerberg said.

Ryan "Gootecks" Gutierrez's image comes down following Capitol invasion tweets.

Snapchat has also banned Trump's account after insurrection at US Capitol.

Department discovered the intrusion 9 days after SolarWinds hack came to light.

Artificial market segmentation may have suppressed demand for ECC in desktops.

A violent mob invaded the US capitol building at the behest of Donald Trump.

350,000 homes and businesses in Calif. to get fiber after Frontier bankruptcy.

The Facebook-owned messenger with 2 billion users revamps its privacy policy.

Readers have given nearly $400,000 to the EFF and Child's Play since 2008.

Arlington and Seattle are really expensive, and Amazon's not making 'em any cheaper.

Developers look at invasive user tracking techniques before advertising rule change.

Accounting for spatial patterns ups the estimate, but details are crucial.

Moderna used $1 billion from feds to develop vaccine, then set some of the highest prices.

"If Rocket Lab ever builds a new vehicle, it will fundamentally be reusable."

Trump has downplayed the mass compromise and Russia's involvement. Underlings disagree.

On its way out, the Trump administration makes things harder for the next one.

Adding a link to a registration page isn't good enough, court says.

Turo partners with Kiva to provide interest-free loans to an underserved community.

Messenger maker has expressed no plans to fix location disclosure flaw.

Similar privacy concerns are part of the uphill battle for contact tracers in the US.

Autonomous robot swarms with interaction rules for different tasks might be possible

It's a cheap 90Hz phone, but sadly you'll have to deal with a terrible update plan.

Company raised $3.2 billion last year, but CEO says the challenge remains huge

Integration with Retroarch is great for Retroarch users, confusing for others.

Data cap harms poor people and isn't needed to manage network, Mass. reps say.

Over 90 percent of pre-2000 gaming source code may already be gone.

Pulling CO₂ out of the atmosphere using life is slow. But we could make it faster.

ElectroRAT was written from scratch and was likely installed by thousands.

Hands-on with Nintendo's rare, new collectible—and it's full of theme park clues.

Plus five other games, though really, none is as bad as Blizzard's year-long bummer.

Yeah, we're going to say it. We really think Webb is going to launch this year.

Recently discovered account with admin rights is hardcoded into multiple device models.

"It was easier to sell 'flight proven' to customers than it was to sell Falcons."

It's relevant to economics, epidemiology, traffic, and the spread of misinformation.

Ticketmaster used stolen passwords and URL guessing to access confidential data.

Could cutting or delaying vaccine doses help—or make things worse?

Citing Epstein death, judge says US prisons "will not prevent" Assange suicide.

An October job posting seemed to shore up rumors of big UI changes in 2021.

Samsung's Galaxy S21, and the US' first Snapdragon 888 phone, launches in 10 days.

The new union is open to all types of Google employees, including contractors.

The value of all cryptocurrencies in circulation is more than $850 billion.