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The trouble with counting aliens
New study: there might only be 36 communicating extraterrestrial civilizations in our galaxy.
Experiments show hummingbirds see colors you’ve never dreamed of
We see red+blue as purple, but birds can see purple+UV. (Whoa.)
Rocket Report: Another no-go for MOMO rocket, SpaceX invests in McGregor
"The launch and landing are not subtle."
Evercade’s retro portable made me fall out of love with game cartridges
It's the 21st century—just let me download some ROMs.
Europeans vow to pursue digital tax plans after US “provocation”
EU, UK say they will find new ways of taxing multinationals after US ends talks.
Google pushes “text fragment links” with new Chrome extension
New feature can deep-link to specific text on a Web page, with highlighting.
Intel’s 3rd-generation Xeon Scalable CPUs offer 16-bit FPU processing
Today's product announcements carefully accentuate Intel's current strengths.
Chrome extensions with 33 million downloads slurped sensitive user data
Spying campaign tied to 15,000 malicious or suspicious domains uploaded data.
Facebook pulls Trump campaign ads for featuring Nazi-associated image
Announcement happened during heated hearing asking why Facebook doesn't do better.
Trump administration paid millions for test tubes, got unusable mini soda bottles
Tubes don't even fit the racks used to analyze samples, may be contaminated anyway.
Guinness reinstates Billy Mitchell’s Donkey Kong, Pac-Man records [Updated]
Evidence review results in public split with Twin Galaxies.
A bunch of Amazon devices are back on sale for Father’s Day
Dealmaster also has deals on AirPods Pro, iPads, Xbox Game Pass, and more.
Cyberpunk 2077 has been delayed again—this time to November [Updated]
"Trading trust for additional time is one of the hardest decisions a developer can make."
Masked arsonist might’ve gotten away with it if she hadn’t left Etsy review
Woman who burned two police cars IDed by tattoo and Etsy review of her T-shirt.
Acura has invented an airbag that works like a catcher’s mitt
It uses three chambers to control head rotation and prevent diffuse axonal injuries.
GM makes cars; how did it quickly pivot to face shields and ventilators?
Additive manufacturing and great logistics and supply chains all played a role.
To evade detection, hackers are requiring targets to complete CAPTCHAs
Requiring human interaction thwarts automated analysis used by good guys.
Everything we know—and don’t—about Tom Cruise’s plans to film a movie in space
“Axiom is working with Tom Cruise in the making of a movie,” Jim Bridenstine said this week.
Why one email app went to war with Apple—and why neither one is right
Op-ed: As antitrust probes and WWDC loom, one developer sparks a firestorm.
If Buffy found religion: A Catholic order battles evil in Warrior Nun trailer
"Hell will rise up. And heaven will fall."
WHO gives up on hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19, stops trials
All the data is pointing to the popular anti-malaria drug having no effect.
Justice Department proposes major overhaul of Sec. 230 protections
DOJ recommendation is an 8,000 word wish list—only Congress can change the law.
AMD’s upcoming Ryzen 3000XT brings 7nm improvements, higher boost
An extra 100-200MHz boost is nice, but it's not worth upgrading from Ryzen 3000.
Boston Dynamics now sells a robot dog to the public, starting at $74,500
After 28 years of R&D, Boston Dynamics launches an online robot store.
An Italian-made rocket faces a big test on Thursday night
“Vega was designed to launch small satellites from the beginning.”
Amid pressure, Zoom will end-to-end encrypt all calls, free or paid
Bowing to critics, Zoom will offer E2EE if non-paying customers register an account.
AT&T’s “headcount rationalization”—i.e. job cuts—hits thousands more workers
AT&T network operations take big hit—thousands of contract workers lose jobs too.
PG&E pleads guilty to manslaughter: “Our equipment started the fire.”
PG&E’s “gross negligence” led to massive 2018 Camp Fire, district attorney said.
Rockstar stops hackers from spawning KKK members in Red Dead Online
But other widespread cheating problems still persist.
Tesla reportedly shipping Model Ys with significant manufacturing defects
Electrek and pro-Tesla subreddits are full of refused deliveries due to defects.
Over 21 years later, Pokémon Snap is coming back on Switch
No public release date yet for New Pokémon Snap, which will be made by Bandai Namco.
Lawsuit vs. Western Digital wants to end any use of SMR in NAS drives
The hits keep coming against Western Digital's much-loathed SMR Red disks.
Formula E returns in August, will run six races in nine days in Berlin
There will be three double-headers with different track layouts, but no spectators.
Apple is reopening a bunch of stores in the US and Canada… again
70 stores will reopen this week, but they'll continue to focus on appointments.
Homeopaths sell injections containing strychnine, lead, mercury. Seriously
Don’t inject yourself with poison—regardless of what homeopaths say.
HTC’s first 5G smartphone is packing a big 5,000mAh battery
HTC returns to the smartphone market with a midrange, ~$640 device.
Multiple “CIA failures” led to theft of agency’s top-secret hacking tools
Vault 7, the worst data theft in CIA history, could have been avoided, report finds.
As COVID-19 cases increase, Pence blames prevalence of testing
Yes, more testing means more proof of cases—but there's far more to it than that.
Mutation may be helping the coronavirus spread more readily
A mutation that's becoming common seems to boost infectivity in cultured cells.
Over 500 free, downloadable demos are now live at Steam Summer Festival
Seven-day event includes a few biggies, plus former Epic Games Store exclusives.
T-Mobile’s outage yesterday was so big that even Ajit Pai is mad
But Pai's FCC has a history of letting carriers off easy.
COVID-19 death rate cut by cheap steroid, according to unpublished data
Researchers have yet to release data on the trial, but many are optimistic.
Talking Tiberium: Command & Conquer dev on LAN mode, going open source, and more
Watch Remastered Collection's lead producer take your questions for 30-plus minutes.
Report faults NOAA leaders’ response to president’s Sharpie moment
Report finds problems but can’t talk to the people who ordered a key statement.
Apple’s AirPods Pro are down to a new low price on Amazon today
Dealmaster also has deals on Switch games, tons of Amazon devices, and more.
Nintendo issues cease-and-desist for Switch modchip installation service
“All I’m doing is putting the solder on,” says installer, who doesn’t sell the chips.
Boomshakalaka: How the original NBA Jam caught fire through chaos
Former Midway titan Mark Turmell talks rubber-banding, “on fire,” Michael Jordan.
Tesla cuts Model S price by $5,000, bumps range to 402 miles
The American EV maker wants to spur interest in its oldest model.
EC opens antitrust probe into Apple Pay, Apple’s App Store
App Store and Apple Pay face scrutiny amid competition concerns.
Georgia shows why November’s election could be chaos
Coronavirus and voting-technology glitches led to hours-long waits for voters.
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