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Andy Rubin’s smartphone startup, Essential, is dead
After three years of nonstop bad PR and canceled products, Essential is dead.
Frontier, nearing bankruptcy, faces scrutiny over weeks-long phone outages
Frontier's 20-day repair times have US senator from Wisconsin demanding action.
Man who refused to decrypt hard drives is free after four years in jail
Court holds that jail time to force decryption can't last more than 18 months.
After another major E3 data leak, a gaming luminary says bye to the expo
Comes as reaction to E3 organizers' plans for the event.
Mobile World Congress canceled due to coronavirus [Updated]
Decision comes after a number of vendors pull out of world's biggest telecom show.
175 now infected with coronavirus on cruise ship, including quarantine officer
Japan is now planning to test everyone aboard.
Researchers entangle quantum memory at facilities over 50km apart
But the entanglement takes longer than the memory holds its state.
Threadripper 3990x brings more CPU threads than Windows Pro can handle
AMD's newest HEDT monster is ready for you. Are you ready for it?
GeForce Now loses all Activision Blizzard titles weeks after launch
Overwatch, Call of Duty, World of Warcraft and more affected.
The auto industry’s unseen inventions—some are weirder than others
From cars that project their own pedestrian crossings to efficient extending tails.
Steam: Virtual reality’s biggest-ever jump in users happened last month
We know, we know—VR is still a sliver, but that sliver sure is picking up pace.
Altered Carbon’s dystopian world is back and darker than ever in S2 trailer
"Of all the godforsaken rocks we've been to, we're right back where we started."
US says it can prove Huawei has backdoor access to mobile-phone networks
US hasn't made evidence public but reportedly shared it with UK and Germany.
One of the most destructive botnets can now spread to nearby Wi-Fi networks
Emotet's sophistication and reach continues to evolve.
Registrars raise alarm over proposal for big .com fee hikes
Proposed contract allows Verisign to raise registration fees 7 percent per year.
Amid coronavirus outbreak, Trump proposes slashing CDC budget
The proposal cuts funds for preparedness, infectious disease, and chronic conditions.
Report: System Shock 3 developers are “no longer employed”
Involvement of Warren Spector apparently couldn't save long-planned sequel.
Dealmaster: Get a recommended Aukey USB-C portable battery for $21
Plus deals on Bose noise-cancelling headphones, Audible subscriptions, and more.
Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip is the first foldable with a flexible glass cover
Samsung's second foldable smartphone brings us a major improvement: flexible glass.
Samsung’s Galaxy S20 is official, with bigger screens, higher prices
Meet one of the first flagships of 2020.
William Gerstenmaier joins SpaceX, and that’s a really big deal
"I wish my friend success in his new job!"
’90s nostalgia: Dancing Baby does the cha-cha once more in new HD rendering
Also known as "the Oogachacka Baby," it became one of the earliest viral videos.
AI isn’t just coming to the world of dating—it’s already here
It looks like you're trying to ask someone out. May I help with that?
Goodbye, Sprint: US judge approves T-Mobile’s purchase of competitor
Judge rejects claim that merger will raise prices, allows $26 billion deal.
Office365 Pro Plus won’t hijack your search engine after all
Sysadmin blood pressures—and projected support call volumes—decreased sharply.
For decades, US and Germany owned Swiss crypto company used by 120 countries
Unfettered access to encrypted messages from Iran, Libya, and others.
Logitech debuts $169 StreamCam: A streamer-focused, USB-C webcam
Designed for those who want to make and stream videos online.
Airbus shows off MAVERIC, an unusual aircraft to test blended wing bodies
First the Flying V, now MAVERIC—are blended body designs really going to happen?
New “red team as a service” platform aims to automate hacking tests for company networks
Automated reconnaissance and attacks in security's name, without boutique red team.
NASA confirms Crew Dragon almost ready, mostly paperwork left
“Even though it sounds mundane, there is a load of paper that has to be verified.”
How lidar makers are coping with slow progress of self-driving tech
We talked to lidar company executives and independent experts.
NASA puts a price on a 2024 Moon landing—$35 billion
“In the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s, there weren't entrepreneurs who were willing to invest.”
Do morning people do better in school because school starts early?
A lot of factors feed into how kids' preferred sleep times affect achievement.
Stress, heart attacks, and 135 coronavirus cases on quarantined cruise ship
Japan mulls more coronavirus screening after testing 439 of the ~3,700 people onboard.
BioWare promises “substantial reinvention” for year-old Anthem
"More satisfying loot experience... fulfilling end game" among long-delayed promises
The Iowa caucuses were a comedy of tech errors and poor planning
Broken app, jammed phone lines, and understaffed IT help desk led to disaster.
Microsoft’s first-ever Android Phone, the Surface Duo, spotted in the wild
It flips! It folds! It occasionally locks up and crashes.
Equifax breach was the work of Chinese state hackers, DOJ says
Act was “a deliberate and sweeping intrusion,” attorney general says.
British Airways 747 just set subsonic speed record for Atlantic crossing
Thanks to Storm Ciara, the 747-400 saw a peak ground speed of 825mph.
After another failed launch, Iranian minister says “We’re UNSTOPPABLE!”
"Like many scientific projects, Failure happened."
Why is the healthcare industry still so bad at cybersecurity?
This demanded a cross-industry summit—so now medical, security pros attend CyberMed.
Europe’s solar orbiter begins its journey to the Sun
Sun's mysteries and origin of violent storms that spew plasma across space to be studied.
Review: Ragnarok updates Norse mythology for the modern age
Series is best when it drops clumsy climate theme, lets characters take center stage.
The next wild Star Wars twist has emerged in a Darth Vader comic
We go to spoiler-filled lengths to explore the revelation—and guess what's to come.
Cloudspire: a $130 MOBA for your tabletop?
There is a lot going on here.
Welcome to the era of supercharged lithium-ion batteries
Batteries with silicon anodes promise 20% longer life on a single charge.
Boeing’s Starliner problems may be worse than we thought
"Nothing good can come from those two spacecraft bumping into one another."
China takes desperate, “wartime” measures to stop coronavirus in Wuhan
Quarantine deserters "will be nailed to the pillar of historical shame forever.”
Facebook, YouTube order Clearview to stop scraping them for faces to match
The company claims it scraped three billion images for police to match faces against.
“I have the Coronavirus”—two teens arrested for prank at a Walmart
Police don't believe the teens were actually infected.
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