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This new sensor is how F1 plans to stop teams from cheating in 2020
If the season ever gets started, this is how the fuel flow rules will be enforced.
Alameda County Sheriff pressures Tesla to shut down Fremont factory
Tesla stock is down 11 percent from Tuesday's close.
Apple’s new iPad Pro has trackpad support, lidar, and an 8-core GPU
Mouse and trackpad support are coming to all iPads on March 24 with iPadOS 13.4.
Two US doctors in critical condition with COVID-19, dozens more infected
“This virus is dangerous, and its impact is still unfolding.”
Apple’s new MacBook Air brings the price down and the specs up—plus a new keyboard
Configuration options include Intel Core i3, i5, or i7 CPUs and double the old storage.
How China built facial recognition for people wearing masks
Hanwang says its technology has reached 95% accuracy in identifying mask wearers.
Falcon 9 launches safely, but suffers an early engine shutdown [Updated]
Engine failure likely contributed to the loss of first stage during landing attempt.
Reputable sites swept up in FB’s latest coronavirus-minded spam cleanse [Updated]
Facebook acknowledges issue, which could sow distrust in urgent crowdfunding efforts.
A tech bro opts for a digital afterlife in first trailer for Amazon’s Upload
It's the latest comedy series from the man behind The Office, Parks and Recreation.
Buzz Aldrin has some advice for Americans in quarantine
"We looked at this one crack in the floor, and there were ants crawling in and out."
LG’s new consumer 2020 OLED TVs will cost up to $6,000
The cheapest is the new 48-inch CX model at $1,500.
Inside the model that may be making US, UK rethink coronavirus control
An Imperial College report considers whether anything short of a vaccine will help.
Amazon hiring 100,000 warehouse workers amid coronavirus boom
At least five workers in Amazon's EU warehouses have contracted COVID-19 so far.
Study ranks the privacy of major browsers. Here are the findings
Upstart Brave browser gets the highest ratings. Chrome, Firefox and Safari fall between.
Charter engineer quits over “reckless” rules against work-from-home
Charter workers apparently face choice in pandemic: work in the office or resign.
Google strips location sharing from Google Hangouts
Google seems determined to kill its best messaging app.
Amazon’s Fire HD 8 tablet is back down to its lowest price ever today
Dealmaster also has offers on Doom Eternal, Nvidia and Roku streamers, and more.
Going for speed: The load-busting, lag-limiting tech of the Xbox Series X
Prettier graphics are nice, but we're most excited about opening gaming's bottlenecks.
Uber is shutting down Uber pool to “flatten the curve” of the coronavirus
Shutdown starts in US and Canada, other markets on a case-by-case basis.
NASA spent a decade and nearly $1 billion for a single launch tower
"NASA exacerbated these issues by accepting unproven and untested designs."
Firm wielding Theranos patents asks judge to block coronavirus test [Updated]
Legal expert calls it "the most tone-deaf IP suit in history."
Doom Eternal is a masterful twitch shooter symphony with one sour note
Almost uniformly excellent, fast-paced action is hampered by one pace-breaking flaw.
Plot Against America: HBO’s alternate-history series is too stuck on the present
Philip Roth's novel, interpreted by ex-The Wire writers, got our hopes up. Alas.
AMD’s 7nm Ryzen 4000 laptop processors are finally here
Ryzen 4000 brings the Zen 2 architecture to mobile form factors.
As US fumbles COVID-19 testing, WHO warns social distancing is not enough
The US is still struggling to ramp up testing as disease continues to spread.
Tesla surprises everyone by delivering the Model Y ahead of schedule
Model Y is built on the Model 3 platform, saving time and development costs.
The Internet is drowning in COVID-19-related malware and phishing scams
Emails and websites promise info about the pandemic. In reality, they're shams.
US starts safety testing of coronavirus vaccine
The vaccine relies on a novel technology that hasn't been used at scale yet.
Xbox Series X eschews storage standards for proprietary expansion “card”
USB hard drives can still be used for backup storage, though.
F1 drivers and other pros switch to esports in the age of the coronavirus
Stars of F1, NASCAR, and IndyCar went digital on Sunday in three esports events.
Trump reportedly offered $1B to poach coronavirus vax for US use only
A vaccine made in Germany would be "for the whole world," health minister said.
French antitrust watchdog hits Apple with its biggest fine ever: $1.2 billion
Two wholesalers that worked with Apple were also fined. Apple plans to appeal.
Verily’s COVID-19 screening site goes live, is already over capacity
There's an extremely simple three-question survey and only two testing sites.
The virus has gone global—so what happens to the launch industry?
"At this time, we do not expect an impact to the launch of AEHF-6."
Why is Meetup helping people organize meetings during a pandemic?
Meetup could help save lives by suspending in-person meetings.
Microsoft Teams went down for two hours as Europe logged in
MS Teams seems unprepared for the unprecedented high number of remote workers.
Amid pandemic, T-Mobile gets emergency access to Dish’s 600MHz spectrum
FCC grants 60-day access to 600MHz spectrum controlled by Dish and Comcast.
How do we stop people from blinding other drivers with aftermarket LEDs?
Good headlights make you safer, but bad ones actively hurt other road users.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons review: A quarantined life has never been cuter
Nintendo's answer to unfamiliar times is a very familiar, and very dense, sim game.
Stuck at home? Binge on some “War Stories” gaming videos!
Beat those lockdown blues with some fascinating tales of game-design challenges.
The Powerbeats are the latest workout-friendly headphones from Beats (and Apple)
New exercise buds arrive on March 18 after extensive leaks.
What a WoW virtual outbreak taught us about how humans behave in epidemics
Revisiting a seminal 2007 paper modeling WoW's Corrupted Blood incident.
Westworld S3, episode 1: O brave new world, that has such hosts in it
Spoilers: A look at what we learned in the season premiere, and what might be yet to come.
Google and Verily clarify their roles in the US coronavirus response [UPDATED 3/15]
The portal, developed by a different Alphabet company, is not ready for national use.
Suddenly working at home? We’ve done it for 22 years—and have advice
Your productivity, your health, and your sanity: We have your home office covered.
How alternative Egyptology and scientific archaeology were born on the Giza Plateau
The analog world still has plenty of wonders in this excerpt from The Analog Antiquarian.
High-stakes security setups are making remote work impossible
Some staffers at power grids, intelligence agencies, and more can't work from home
What Monty Python’s Ministry of Silly Walks can teach us about peer review
Reducing the time it takes for peer review by 80 percent wouldn't affect funding levels.
Sea turtles think plastic smells like food
New explanation for why sea predators are eating so much plastic
Review: The Hunt is every bit as bad and offensive as we suspected
But at least it's an equal-opportunity offender. And Betty Gilpin is terrific.
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