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The AI research paper was real. The “co-author” wasn’t
An MIT professor found his name on two papers with which he had no connection.
New malware found on 30,000 Macs has security pros stumped
With no payload, analysts are struggling to learn what this mature malware does.
As coronavirus variants spread, the US struggles to keep up
Without federal strategy or enough funding, US sequencing superpowers don't work.
What’s new in the first Android 12 Developer Preview
Lots of hidden features, and hints that the leak from the other day is true.
Diablo II Resurrected tops BlizzCon announcement flurry
Expected announcements for Diablo IV, Diablo Immortal, Hearthstone, more.
Study blames Earth’s magnetic field flip for climate change, extinctions
Study suggests that one magnetic event caused everything from extinctions to art.
Bitcoin’s value just passed $1 trillion
Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto may have mined 1M bitcoins worth $55 billion.
Pfizer vaccine doesn’t need ultra-cold storage after all, company says
The pharma giant and partner BioNTech have asked FDA to revise the vaccine's label.
NASA releases “exhilarating” image of Mars rover just above the planet
"It is exhilarating. It is absolutely exhilarating."
Apple faces development hurdles with MagSafe battery pack accessory
Development ran into a hitch when software falsely reported overheating.
It took a year, but Gwyneth Paltrow figured out how to exploit the pandemic
Paltrow treats her long COVID with $8,600 hiking necklace, $112 mocktail glass.
Comcast reluctantly drops data-cap enforcement in 12 states for rest of 2021
ISP grants reprieve in Northeast but still caps users in most of its US territory.
UK Supreme Court says Uber drivers are not independent contractors
Uber's "gig economy" business model is under attack around the world.
Valve gets dragged into Apple and Epic’s legal fight over Fortnite
Apple seeks vast troves of Steam sales data; Valve says it's irrelevant to the case.
New browser-tracking hack works even when you flush caches or go incognito
At least 4 top browsers affected by "powerful tracking vector," researchers say.
Burning Crusade Classic leaks ahead of BlizzCon
BlizzCon leak includes vague "2021" release window, offers option to stay "vanilla."
Microsoft says SolarWinds hackers stole source code for 3 products
The company said it found no indication the breach allowed customers to be hacked.
Perseverance on Mars: Where it is, and what the next steps are
NASA's first chat about its newest rover talks about the landing and what's next.
Robinhood says GameStop volatility was a “1 in 3.5 million” black swan
CEO Tenev tells House committee quicker trade settlements would prevent a repeat.
The Land Rover Defender—rugged, charming, but drinks like a fish
Off-road utility is paid for at the gas pump.
Tech groups sue Maryland to block new digital-ad tax from going into effect
The countdown to lawsuit o'clock basically started the second legislators voted.
Microsoft Office 2021 is on its way
Dark mode is the new hotness.
Perseverance rover has landed safely on Mars
Only the second time NASA's skycrane has placed a rover on Mars' surface.
“Shameful and inhumane”: DeSantis threatens to withhold vaccine amid criticism
Pop-up vaccination site serves "whitest demographic, the richest demographic."
Let them fight! Mortal Kombat red-band trailer gives fans what they want
Reboot of popular franchise finally emerges from development hell.
Apple is already working on developing 6G wireless technology
6G is still many years away, but Apple doesn't want to depend on Qualcomm again.
Today’s best tech deals: Nintendo Joy-Cons, Apple’s M1 Mac mini, and more
Dealmaster also has deals on Roombas, gaming keyboards, and the iPad Air.
What to expect from the dramatic Mars Perseverance landing [UPDATED with livestream]
This mission brings a lot of new hardware and science to the red planet.
Uber: Bankrupt engineer Levandowski is hiding millions from creditors
Judge views Levandowski's financial antics with an "incredibly jaundiced eye."
House Republicans propose nationwide ban on municipal broadband networks
GOP claims ban would "promote competition by limiting government-run networks."
Google announces the Android 12 Developer Preview
Google promises a revamped notification UI, lots of other changes.
Facebook news ban is “arrogant,” Australia will not be “intimidated,” PM says
Deploying a blunt instrument on a whole nation is going just as well as you'd guess.
Deep in the heart of Texas’ collapsing power grid
Everything in Texas went wrong at once.
Acting NASA chief says 2024 Moon landing no longer a “realistic” target
"We are reviewing the program for the most efficient path forward.”
Latest Nintendo Direct event led by Zelda: Skyward Sword HD remaster
Splatoon 3, Fall Guys, a Ninja Gaiden 3D trilogy collection, new Mario Golf, more.
The world’s second-most popular desktop operating system isn’t macOS anymore
Chrome OS's rise in market share has been swift and decisive.
Steam developer gets banned for “Very Positive” review trickery
Steam UI made it hard to tell if "Very Positive" games had "Very Positive" reviews.
Egyptian royal mummy shows pharaoh wasn’t assassinated—he was executed
An earlier X-ray had suggested that the king might have been murdered in his sleep.
Facebook goes nuclear, banning all news posts in Australia
Facebook says Australia "fundamentally misunderstands" its relationship to news.
Google’s older Pixel cameras are failing at an accelerating rate
Users of the Pixel 2, 3, and 4 are reporting nonfunctional cameras.
Xbox takes back-compat to new extremes, tricks old games to run faster
"FPS boost" skips code injection, delivers doubled performance—for some weird games.
Citibank just got a $500 million lesson in the importance of UI design
Citibank was trying to make $7.8M in interest payments. It sent $900M instead.
Apple M1-native malware has already begun to appear
Security researcher Patrick Wardle discovered M1-native malware targeting macOS.
Mobile World Congress will proceed without vaccination requirements
"It would be great if the world was vaccinated, but we can’t rely on that."
Ex-Stadia developers dish on Google’s mismanagement and poor communication
Former Stadia developers "shocked" by surprise shutdown of Google's game studio.
Million-year-old mammoth DNA rewrites animal’s evolutionary tree
The oldest DNA yet sequenced shows how the genus split off into new species.
Fortnite fight expands as Epic claims Apple broke EU competition law
In the US, Epic is taking Apple to court; in the EU, it's heading to regulators.
Volta Truck’s city delivery trucks will use Proterra batteries
Testing begins this year, with production scheduled for 2022.
Big Tech opens wallet for publishers as Australian news code looms
Google and Facebook strike deals in effort to stymie rules on paying for content.
Two visionaries: Marie Curie forged a friendship with dancer Loïe Fuller
Liz Heinecke on her new book Radiant, a parallel biography of two extraordinary women.
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