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Former Twitter employees charged with spying on users for Saudis
Indictment accuses two of passing data about people critical of Saudi royals, government.
Recycling cars’ lithium batteries is more complicated than you might think
First step: find some other way to use the batteries before taking them apart.
How Arcade1Up found a sweet spot for scaled-down home game cabinets
CEO discusses challenges getting TMNT released, possibilities for the future.
Tech-support scammers used data stolen by Trend Micro employee
Support-scam callers used leaked data about Trend Micro customers handed over by insider.
How terrible software design decisions led to Uber’s deadly 2018 crash
NTSB says the system "did not include consideration for jaywalking pedestrians."
Cattle eyeball worms found in second human, raising worry of wriggly uprising
Cattle eyeball parasites, part deux: The wrath of flies that will drink your tears.
A young couple might regret their choice of nanny in creepy new Servant trailer
M. Night Shyamalan makes a rare foray into television with new Apple TV+ series.
A bipartisan group of Senators wants to extend the space station to 2030
"This legislation will help grow our already burgeoning space economy."
Scientists unlock the chemical secrets of a 19th-century photography technique
Mordançage, or "etch-bleaching," creates ethereal veiling effects in B&W photographs.
AT&T makes customers work to get refunds they should get automatically
AT&T gives refunds for blacked-out sports channel—but only if you complain.
Facebook Groups API flaw exposed data to 100 developers, company says
"Developers had access to data they shouldn't" is becoming a familiar refrain.
Xiaomi’s Apple Watch clone removes everything good about the Apple Watch
The Xiaomi Mi Watch combines Apple design with Wear OS and a CPU from 2011.
The White House puts a price on the SLS rocket—and it’s a lot
Again, Congress is urged to allow a commercial launch of the Europa Clipper.
Here’s how measles wipes out the immune system’s memory
The virus blanks out immune system’s memory cells and up to 73% of antibodies.
Breaking the law: How 8chan (or “8kun”) got (briefly) back online
Russian "bulletproof" host advertised stolen IP address to take site live.
Customers rave about Model 3 in new Bloomberg survey
More than 90% of customers say Autopilot makes them safer.
New bill would create Digital Privacy Agency to enforce privacy rights
The bill proposes sweeping reforms to privacy rights and enforcement.
AT&T users whose “unlimited data” was throttled get $60 million in refunds
AT&T dragged case out for 5 years before finally agreeing to refunds.
Tipped off by an NSA breach, researchers discover new APT hacking group
DarkUniverse went undetected for at least 8 years. The NSA finally outed it.
SpaceX goes for two big reuse milestones with next launch
On Tuesday, the company completed a static test firing of the Falcon 9.
Red Dead Redemption 2 on PC: More frames, more volumetric beauty, no Steam
Want to get beyond 60fps? Go ahead. Want to buy and load the game on Steam? Not yet.
A drone helped archaeologists discover a lost Florida island settlement
Raleigh Island, off the northern Florida coast, was a center of shell bead making.
Dealmaster: A bunch of Anker chargers and cables are on sale at Amazon today
Plus deals on 512GB microSD cards, Nintendo Switch games, iPads, and more.
8chan gets back online—and is promptly forced off again
8chan was live again at 8kun.net, but not for long.
Aimbot video leads to lifetime ban for popular Fortnite pro
Khattri offers tearful apology, says he never cheated in "competitive scenario."
RIP OG Pixel: Google ends support after just three years
Google's first self-branded smartphone doesn't come with extended support.
Strongly typed documents, move aside—Microsoft Fluid is coming
Remember collaborative typing in BBSes? It's making a comeback in Office 365.
NASA rejects Blue Origin’s offer of a cheaper upper stage for the SLS rocket
Each launch of the SLS rocket may cost on the order of $2 billion.
Actively exploited bug in fully updated Firefox is sending users into a tizzy
Fraudulent tech-support sites cause Firefox to freeze while displaying scary message.
Antitrust 101: Why everyone is probing Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google
Being the biggest player isn't illegal—but cheating to stay that way sure is.
How much Fire, how much Blood: Predictions for GoT prequel House of the Dragon
We take a... Stark look at what to expect from another GoT book-to-TV adaptation.
The Polestar 1 is a turbocharged, supercharged, plug-in hybrid enigma
Only 1,500 will ever be made, which is a crying shame because we love it.
Uber lost $1.1 billion last quarter, says rides are profitable (sort of)
Uber's rides made a profit if you ignore interest, depreciation, and other costs.
A bonanza of data from the second Voyager to reach the Solar System’s edge
Five papers detail what the edge of interstellar space looks like.
Spanish companies’ networks shut down as result of ransomware
Apparent BitPaymer variant strikes major IT consulting company, radio network.
Apple wants affordable housing in California—but laws stand in the way
California can't end its housing crisis without an overhaul of zoning rules.
DirecTV kept charging regional sports fee while channel was blacked out
Comcast gives partial credits for blackout, but DirecTV apparently hasn't done so.
TikTok’s parent company facing national security review, report says
Regulators are having a second look at ByteDance's acquisition of the company.
Formula 1 gets radical new rules for 2021, plus a budget cap
In two years, an F1 team will "only" cost $175 million—drivers not included.
Splatter master Jackson Pollock avoided “coiling” when creating his paintings
Contradicts earlier study's claim that coiling gave rise to curved lines in his work.
Researchers hack Siri, Alexa, and Google Home by shining lasers at them
MEMS mics respond to light as if it were sound. No one knows precisely why.
Blizzard won’t reverse Hearthstone pro’s Hong Kong protest suspension
Blizzard boss shifts some blame for initial decisions to Chinese publishing partner.
Starliner flies for the first time, but one of its parachutes failed to deploy
Parachutes are an old technology, but they are very hard to get right.
Vikings killed off Iceland’s walruses
Ancient DNA says the extinct Icelandic walruses were a genetically distinct population.
Nest Wi-Fi is a big improvement over Google Wi-Fi. But is it enough?
Nest Wi-Fi's strength is doing many things well, not doing one thing the best.
ISPs lied to Congress to spread confusion about encrypted DNS, Mozilla says
ISPs lobby against DNS encryption, but Mozilla tells Congress not to trust them.
Mad Max meets Ferris Bueller in boldly outrageous Netflix series Daybreak
Adaptation of Brian Ralph's graphic novel is almost too smart for its own good. Almost.
The best new board games from the world’s biggest board game show
Hands-on with top games at Essen 2019.
Ford is bringing huge screens—and live updates—to its cars
Ford follows lead of Tesla, Volvo, and Subaru with larger, vertically oriented screens.
Forget the habitable exoplanets—here are some of our galaxy’s freaks
One of these worlds is darker than coal, with an atmosphere as hot as lava.
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