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After prolonged service outage, Petnet shuts down, citing coronavirus
The COVID-19 crisis may just be the last nail in the coffin for the company.
Lenovo is joining Dell in the “OEM Linux Laptop” club
Several Thinkpad models will join the Dell XPS 13 DE in Linux-land this year.
Are electric vehicles doomed? We don’t think so, despite poor sales
The prospects are good for EVs, particularly bigger commercial trucks and buses.
Teardown describes iPhone SE as a mix of prior components
Many—but not all—components are interchangeable with the iPhone 8.
Mystery Samsung smartphone is packing a pop-up camera
Pop-up cameras aren't dead! Check out Samsung's new midrange phone.
Navy releases three videos that showcase “unidentified” objects
"DOD is releasing the videos in order to clear up any misconceptions by the public."
The baby Benz has grown up—the 2020 Mercedes-Benz CLA, reviewed
A little gem in some ways, full of useful tech, but the back seat is unlivable.
Starship chilled. Starship pressurized. And for the first time, it didn’t explode
Now the company will mount a single engine to the Starship prototype.
Moft Z is a standing desk that fits in your laptop bag
You can stand and work anywhere with this origami laptop stand.
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels walks a fine line between realism, the supernatural
Spinoff series trades Gothic horror of its predecessor for more of a noir aesthetic.
Music theory meets game theory in 400+ episodes of a great game-music podcast
Homages, interviews, and spin-offs, focused on where your fave game melodies came from.
The best board games to play with your quarantined housemates
It's the perfect time to sucker those you live with into playing games with you.
A puzzling past sea level rise might have its missing piece
About 14,650 years ago, sea level jumped 12 meters in just a few centuries.
The psychology behind that tempting quarantine makeover
Thinking of bleaching your hair, growing a beard? It's a coping mechanism, not boredom
Review: Chris Hemsworth shows his dramatic acting chops in Extraction
Streaming services like Netflix provide a much-needed platform for mid-level films.
What does COVID-19 mean for car design? We ask Jaguar’s Julian Thomson
Plus he tells us about the new F-Type and forthcoming electric XJ sedan.
Games getting us through COVID-19—blocks, roguelites, whatever Death Stranding is
We're all stuck at home, but no one's gone stir crazy enough to try Dwarf Fortress (yet).
Ancient Mongol warrior women may have inspired legend of Mulan
Patterns of marks on bones show evidence of archery, horseback riding
Our favorite boardgames that model the natural world
Cardboard meets conservation.
Newly unemployed and labeling photos for pennies
People who've lost jobs and are stuck indoors are turning to crowd work.
That no-click iOS 0-day reported to be under exploit doesn’t exist, Apple says
Other critics also question evidence and say 0day may have been confused with simple bug.
FDA now wants chloroquine limited to hospitals and clinical trials [UPDATED]
Study of veterans finds higher death rates, no benefits.
Amazon reportedly used merchant data, despite telling Congress it doesn’t
Amazon is a competitor to its own third-party merchants, and probes abound.
Japanese game historians share 100 Super Famicoms with quarantined families
JARGA sees classics as “a communication tool for parents and children.”
BCI system gives paralyzed man back his sense of touch with haptic feedback
Long-term goal is to develop system that works as well at home as in the laboratory.
Experts demolish studies suggesting COVID-19 is no worse than flu
Authors of widely publicized antibody studies “owe us all an apology,” one expert says.
Trump takes good news on disinfectants and gives it an insane spin
The contrast between Trump and actual experts may have never been greater.
AT&T CEO retiring as telco plans for three years of cost cuts and layoffs
AT&T executive John Stankey will take over from Randall Stephenson on July 1.
Android 11 Preview 3 hands-on—Strange changes to Recent Apps and notifications
Preview 3 has some unfinished UIs that raise interesting questions.
Fallout 76’s “Wastelanders” expansion makes West Virginia feel like home
With the addition of NPCs, Appalachia is a lot less lonely.
160,000 Nintendo accounts were compromised—including one of ours [Updated]
Let our staffer’s woes be a reminder: Change passwords, enable 2FA ASAP.
The pandemic is bringing us closer to our robot takeout future
“We saw that business double overnight,” startup says of UK grocery deliveries.
Rocket Report: A new Starship moves to the pad, Iran’s surprise launch
Falcon Heavy gets a payload for its next mission, and it’s... a CubeSat?
Breaking deaf stereotypes and normalizing sign language through gaming
The deaf experience is modeled in its own language for the first time in Deafverse.
We put the paper back into a ChromeOS paperless office
Brother’s MFC-L3770CDW and MFC-L3710CW devices offer great ChromeOS integration.
I probed my nasal cavity for the new coronavirus—here’s what I found
Quick turnaround, unclear instructions are worth exploring for tests going forward.
Many supposedly grassroots reopen sites are tied to one pro-gun lobbyist
Sites protesting the COVID-19 lockdown are an astroturf campaign, researchers say.
The Hubble Space Telescope launched 30 years ago—then the problems began
“What stands out most vividly in my mind is all the things that didn't go right.”
The train’s social order is threatened in latest Snowpiercer trailer
"There's an idea traveling up train. It wants to set the train ablaze."
First look at the outcomes of COVID-19 patients in NY hospitals
The data provide a snapshot of the early stages of the pandemic in the US's epicenter.
FCC moves cautiously in plan to prevent space debris and satellite collisions
FCC changed orbital-debris plan to avoid conflict with NASA recommendations.
The Polestar 2 will start at $59,900, deliveries start this summer
The 408hp four-door started production in March.
Report: Apple will begin selling Macs with its own processors in 2021
12-core chips for the Mac based on the 2020 iPhone's A14 are in the works.
Grab a pair of six-foot Anker USB-C to Lightning cables for $20
Dealmaster also has deals on PS4 controllers, microSD cards, and more.
The FCC ratified Wi-Fi 6E this morning
The 6GHz spectrum is officially open for unlicensed use in the USA.
Bing disables “trending” feature after wildly inappropriate results
“These search results were unacceptable,” Microsoft says.
Disney+ is giving us a peek behind the curtain of Mandalorian’s first season
Eight-episode documentary series includes roundtables and footage of "Baby Yoda."
One million people have tried Google Stadia, mobile app estimates suggest
But new mobile app downloads already down significantly from early April peak.
Ford builds a 1,400hp electric Mustang drag racer
Other Mustang drag racers have gone that fast, but none as quietly.
SpaceX to offer Starlink public beta in six months, Musk says
SpaceX asks FCC to approve lower orbits to boost coverage, minimize space debris.
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