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Richard Stallman returns to FSF 18 months after controversial rape comments
Stallman quit in 2019 after emails about Jeffrey Epstein and age-of-consent laws.
AstraZeneca vaccine: 79% effective and no rare blood clots in US trial
The trial results seem positive, but the vaccine may continue to raise doubts.
Hardcore F1 fans might feel short-changed by Drive to Survive season 3
The documentary gives short shrift to some of the biggest stories from 2020.
Jury orders Apple to pay $308 million in royalties for DRM patent
FairPlay DRM used in iTunes and Apple Music infringed on small company's patent.
Europe is starting to freak out about the launch dominance of SpaceX
The Falcon 9 has come to dominate commercial satellite launches.
Super Seducer 3 ban highlights Steam’s fuzzy “adult content” rules
"Sexually explicit images of real people" not allowed on the service, Valve says.
Samsung Galaxy S21 US sales have reportedly tripled compared to last year
The Galaxy S21 line is $200 cheaper this year, and Samsung is seeing results.
Stabbing, crucifixion, eaten by eels: Learn all about murder the Roman way
Emma Southon discusses her new book, A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.
New York lawmaker wants to ban police use of armed robots
Use of Boston Robotics' Digidog intensifies concerns about police militarization.
Mouse embryos grow for days in culture, but the requirements are a bit nuts
And human embryos now get to the earliest state of development in a dish.
Facebook finally explains its mysterious new wrist wearable
Will we be able to trust it with a new form of personal data? (Probably not.)
Apple bent its rules for Russia—and other countries will take note
Russian iPhone buyers soon to see prompts to install software developed in Russia.
Hackers are exploiting a server vulnerability with a severity of 9.8 out of 10
As if the mass-exploitation of Exchange servers wasn't enough, now there's BIG-IP.
Falcon & Winter Soldier series premiere: More of Disney+‘s slow-burn status quo
Disney+'s latest won't unseat Justice League this weekend—but it belongs in your queue.
Zuckerberg: Facebook could be in “stronger position” after Apple tracking change
The change is expected to come with iOS 14.5 within just a few weeks.
Alkaline “Real Water” linked to liver failure in kids—and reports are rising
The FDA has warned not to drink or use the water.
LOL Garamond sux, say federal judges
Garamond—it's just too small for the DC Circuit.
Victoria University of Wellington accidentally nukes files on all desktop PCs
"I always do that. I always mess up some mundane detail!"—Michael Bolton
Cricut fully abandons plans to make device owners pay subscription fee
The after-the-fact change was incredibly unpopular among device owners.
Amazon will spend $1 billion per year on NFL’s Thursday Night Football
New deal lets ESPN+, Peacock, Paramount+, and Tubi simulcast national games, too.
Under pressure, CDC drops school spacing to 3 ft in many classrooms
3 ft enough for elementary; 6 ft best for middle, high schools if cases are high.
Chinese military restricts use of Teslas over security concerns
Employees at sensitive facilities have been asked not to drive Teslas to work.
Here are five questions we would ask the nominee for NASA administrator
"If we can't do a rocket for $11.5 billion, we ought to close up shop."
The economics of covering California’s water system with solar panels
Renewable power, less evaporation, lower maintenance, and more.
Rocket Report: Pegasus booster will fly again, hacking SpaceX telemetry
"The RS-25 is a great program for us."
Sherlock Holmes takes a back seat to street kids in The Irregulars trailer
New series modernizes Holmsian lore with diverse cast, supernatural elements.
NASA fired up its new rocket for 499.6 seconds on Thursday
The Green Run test may give NASA a green light to proceed with a launch.
“Expert” hackers used 11 0-days to infect Windows, iOS, and Android users
The breadth and abundance of exploits for unknown vulnerabilities sets group apart.
Real-world Supercross tracks have been influenced by the sport’s video game
Ars talks to the sport's senior director of operations to learn about the whoops.
Sony acquires world’s largest fighting-game tourney series
Next online event, coincidentally, will only include PlayStation games.
AT&T lies about Calif. net neutrality law, claiming it bans “free data”
AT&T is angry that it must stop charging HBO Max rivals for data-cap exemptions.
Sony’s excellent WH-1000XM4 headphones are back down to their lowest price
Dealmaster also has deals on the Nintendo Switch Lite, Dell monitors, and more.
One company wants to sell the feds location data from every car on Earth
Federal agencies already buy tons of user data; one vendor is now being sued.
The debate continues: ‘Oumuamua could be remnant of Pluto-like planet
Secret to at least one aspect of object's unusual properties lies in solid nitrogen ice.
The next iPad Pro could have a Thunderbolt port
Report claims Mini LED is in the works, too.
Uber concedes UK drivers are workers—some drivers aren’t satisfied
Uber only wants to pay for "engaged time"—not time waiting for a new customer.
Chrome brings live-captioning to any web audio source
Machine-generated captions are great for podcasts, livestreams, and more.
New PSVR controllers suggest PS5 headset won’t need external sensors
Oculus Touch-style controllers bring DualSense-style haptic feedback, triggers.
Attackers are trying awfully hard to backdoor iOS developers’ Macs
XcodeSpy uses malicious Xcode project to install the EggShell backdoor.
Distraction, not partisanship, drives sharing of misinformation
But getting people to pay attention to news quality doesn't seem to help much.
~4,300 publicly reachable servers are posing a new DDoS hazard to the Internet
DDoS-for-hire services adopt new technique that amplifies attacks 37 fold.
FreeBSD kernel-mode WireGuard moves forward out-of-tree
Development has been moved to Donenfeld's own zx2c4.com for the time being.
Amid panic over AstraZeneca vaccine, WHO urges countries to keep using it
COVID vaccines don’t prevent blood clots, which are common in the general population.
Intel hires Justin Long to mock Macs in throwback to 2000s “I’m a Mac” ads
"No one really games on a Mac."
A severe weather outbreak is underway across the southern United States
When warm and cold air masses collide, bad things can happen.
Intel Rocket Lake-S desktop gaming CPUs are here
Rocket Lake-S looks like a solid gen-on-gen improvement—but not a Ryzen-killer.
Samsung Galaxy A52 is the follow-up to Samsung’s best-selling phone
The best model has a 120 Hz display, Snapdragon 750G for ~$510.
AT&T whines about Calif. net neutrality law as ISPs’ case appears doomed
Judge thoroughly rejected ISPs' arguments against Calif. law, transcript shows.
A Maya ambassador’s grave reveals his surprisingly difficult life
The grave offers a rare glimpse at the lives of high-ranking Mayan officials.
Study finds 3-ft distancing in schools is enough—but debate is far from over
New study had a firm conclusion on 3 feet, but rather shaky data.
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