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Eight years after its console debut, Spelunky is trickier, more hilarious than ever.

A biotech thriller and a German take on The X-Men are good—just not as good as Dark.

The show is aspirational. We could all use a little more of that in 2020.

Mice take 21 days from egg to animal, humans take nine months. How's that managed?

Blazes on the West Coast are spewing a haze clear across the country.

Active since 2014, “Rampant Kitten” uses Windows and Android infostealers.

Tesla sued Martin Tripp for stealing secrets—he countersued for defamation.

DOJ: Bribes to Amazon workers also helped sellers get rivals' accounts suspended.

If you have no symptoms but have been exposed “you need a test,” CDC says once again.

Only about one-quarter of GameStop stock is the cheaper, disc-drive-free system.

Cloudflare-enabled sites get automatic archiving through the Wayback Machine.

Online orders are backing up, but retail is now an option.

The vehicle had “both front seats completely reclined,” according to police.

The footprints appear alongside tracks from a herd of Pleistocene elephants.

Riot Games, Epic Games reportedly asked for info on data security standards.

NOAA’s August summary covers some nasty weather and looks ahead.

Comcast says Denver company resold Comcast service without permission.

Turns out the list of “transactions” is “anything that makes the app function.”

Behold: The useful and not-so-useful privacy features you've been waiting for.

iOS 14 won't ruin older phones, but a second-gen iPhone SE is a tempting upgrade.

“JAXA will deal with the LE-9 engine-related problem in an appropriate manner.”

WWOZ—one of the best US community radio stations—charts a temp path for festivals.

Hoverboarding was “outrageous, narcissistic you know, and crazy,” former patient said.

This year's ceremony was held virtually (thanks, coronavirus), but the fun remained.

Bad news for old discs; follows August leak from Ubisoft.

Congressional testimony by health experts is overruled hours later by the president.

Tiger Lake is a much better challenger for AMD—but it's still fighting uphill.

Outage caused an hour delay in treatment for woman with life-threatening condition.

It ships in the US on December 4.

GM will have 22 new EVs on sale by 2023, and they'll all use these motors.

The ban is taking effect in three days, and nobody knows what it will do yet.

What does the future hold for dedicated portable gaming hardware?

Barr: COVID response is second “greatest intrusion on civil liberties” ever in US.

Yes, they're probably sold out. But here's a handy reference just in case.

JB Straubel’s Redwood aims to extract lithium, cobalt and nickel from old smartphones.

Counterfeits of rare single-malt whisky are a growing problem for the industry.

Men accused of spying on behalf of China and earning illicit hacking profits on the side.

HHS said Caputo is leaving to “focus on his health and the well-being of his family.”

Federal courts charge 10 cents per page for many documents online.

We'll give you three guesses, and one hint: Extra Virgin Olive Oil.

Console-exclusive Final Fantasy XVI leads game-trailer-packed event.

Trump nominates NTIA official who helped write White House's social media order.

The short runway is giving developers headaches, but the update is here.

Deputy assistant secretary job goes to author of reality-defying nonsense.

iOS maker says it's worried Epic could insert another "trojan horse" if allowed.

Issues big and small, and that's before we get into the Facebookening of this thing.

AT&T CEO: Customers would accept targeted ads if given $5 or $10 price cut.

The Viking Age brought more genetic diversity into Scandinavia, the study suggests.

Yet again the US patchwork of state laws makes an easy thing complicated.

But even the reported reduction would outpace early PS4 production.