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3M is as tired of those shady pop-up resellers as defrauded customers are.

The company had a big 24 hours on the market even as other stocks struggled.

Elections in five states have used or plan to use OmniBallot's online voting tech.

The little songbird figurine was carved in a piece of burned bone.

"This team has stayed on its toes and pushed this telescope forward."

SpaceX wins FCC funding battle but must prove it can deliver low latencies.

Efforts spread as many reflect on academia’s own problems.

“Elon Musk did not bring us down—he brought down his compatriots.”

Section 230 is the legal foundation of social media, and it's under attack.

Security researchers suspect outage is the result of a ransomware infection.

The clearly incomplete prototype was uploaded to archive.org, then removed.

Senate report blasts FCC and other agencies for two decades of inaction.

Symptomless spread is no doubt happening. But talking about it is hard.

"We don't want to repeat" older mistakes "by making a Destiny 3."

Huge increases in broadband speed are outpacing ballooning game file sizes.

Flush with cash and a new factory, Lucid aims to start deliveries early next year.

Dealmaster also has deals on Bose headphones, PS4 games, Roku sticks, and more.

Intel's speculative execution flaws go deeper and are harder to fix than we thought.

Insurance scam faked Caller ID and targeted numbers on Do Not Call List, FCC says.

AI can remove dog barks, taps, and other background noise in your video chats.

After three-month absence, $30 add-on is worth a look for hardcore PS4 players.

The time-traveling dynamic duo reunites with a few old friends to save the universe.

Report claims internal Apple testing has seen “sizable improvements” over Intel.

28k webpages set up to steal passwords from elected officials, lawyers, and journalists.

IBM wants Congress to act “in pursuit of justice and racial equity,” CEO wrote.

The tinker-friendly gadget shows a lot of promise, despite COVID-19 QA issues.

“They cut the price so much we could not believe what we were looking at.”

We're getting some strong The Others meets The Shining vibes.

Motorola's upgraded pop-up camera phone costs around $339.

Over 350,000 people have tried to decipher the clues Forrest Fenn hid in a poem.

Not perfect, but over 20 solid travel-sized board games make this an easy rec.

One of the hardest hit countries is limiting access to its data.

Cox warns customers to lower usage, imposes 10Mbps upload limit on “gigabit” plan.

Vigilance still required, but Kiwis can return to normal life, events, and gatherings.

Police ability to face-match anyone amid mass protests is troubling, critics say.

Simulation with deep convection points to hidden vortices.

With this update, we've learned that Sony has an unusual tip: "Wear headphones."

In a confined space, hydrogen burns on, making a beautiful fractal pattern.

Thus far, few games have hit Stadia the same day as their wider launch.

There’s an all-new model due late next year, but the Mk7 soldiers on until then.

The celestial object, a quasar known as MG 1131+0456, is 10 billion light years away.

If humans want to live longterm in space, they'll need medicines—research is scarce for now.

The film is based on Susan Scarf Merrell's 2014 novel about author Shirley Jackson.

The legend of Bruce Lee can speak to an entirely different era without raising a fist.

Champion of a 2016 DARPA contest at DEFCON, now Mayhem gets used by the military.

Made-up swears like “fouch” or “twizpipe” just don’t have the same effect.

For homemade masks, you're probably doing it wrong, guidance suggests.

Once elusive, remote code execution is looking increasingly likely.

Schools hope tracking beacons can identify where students congregate, who should be isolated.

After limiting its lockdown, Sweden is neither success story nor disaster zone.