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Final trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker plays up the “Reylo” angle
The saga will end. The story lives forever.
Hackers steal secret crypto keys for NordVPN. Here’s what we know so far
Breach happened 19 months ago. Popular VPN service is only disclosing it now.
Apple releases new version of macOS Catalina Supplemental Update
What Apple has changed is unclear, but it's available if you didn't grab the first.
Coast to coast in under 33 hours? Apex: The Secret Race Across America
It's the story of the Cannonball and US Express races and Alex Roy's 2006 run.
Facebook promises to beef up “election integrity” efforts heading into 2020
2016 is behind us, but foreign interference looks just as likely in 2020.
Watchmen on HBO trades the Cold War for the culture war, keeps superheroes
TBD if this turns out more Lost or Leftovers, but Lindelof has another intriguing world.
Verizon’s 5G network can’t cover an entire basketball arena, either
Verizon 5G can't cover all the seating areas in any NBA or NFL facility.
Google says a fix for Pixel 4 face unlock is “months” away
Google says to use the "lockdown" feature to stop others from unlocking your phone.
In the Amazon, deforestation is linked to higher malaria rates
Deforestation boosts malaria, while higher malaria rates mean less deforestation.
Magic: The Gathering pro uses win to show Hong Kong protest support
Lee receives no sanction, in contrast to Blizzard's Hearthstone crackdowns.
Long stretches of Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA helped Homo sapiens adapt
Denisovans and Neanderthals passed extra copies of some DNA to modern humans.
Remember Sure-Fi? Lostik is open standards Lora you can play with
Generic Lora gear is pretty cheap. It's not Sure-Fi, but it's still impressive.
Review: Jojo Rabbit walks a fine line between humor and heart
Taika Waititi's new film is being billed as satire. It's so much more than that.
Rocket Lab—yep, Rocket Lab—has a plan to deliver satellites to the Moon
"We'll be bringing previously impossible missions within reach at attainable prices."
Alexa and Google Home abused to eavesdrop and phish passwords
Amazon- and Google-approved apps turned both voice-controlled devices into "smart spies."
Accessibility, the future, and why Domino’s matters
Is the Web subject to the ADA? "Of course," says congressman who wrote the ADA.
Neurons hide their memories in their imaginary fluctuations
Noisy brain hides memory-like structures in the noise.
How meme culture changed the PSAT
Stopping the proliferation of test-related memes with... more memes?
Redemption not guaranteed: El Camino is a fitting coda to Jesse Pinkman’s story
Aaron Paul's strong performance anchors this epilogue to Breaking Bad.
Lawmakers express “deep concern” over Blizzard’s Hong Kong protest response
A rare bipartisan issue that Rep. Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Rubio can agree on.
Minecraft becomes a board game, and the results are faithful, fantastic
Builders & Biomes condenses series tropes into a surprisingly fresh game.
When MS Paint ruled the fandom world: An innovative webcomic, 10 years later
Before social media's rise, 2009's Homestuck showed how online fans can shape a story.
Zuckerberg doubles down on free speech—the Facebook way
Zuckerberg reaffirmed his view that Facebook makes the world a better place.
Review: Zombieland: Double Tap delivers wise-cracking, brain-splattering fun
Director Ruben Fleischer's sequel recaptures much of the original's magic.
Two women completed a seven-hour spacewalk on Friday
"You know, for us, this is really just us doing our job."
Man has massive, rotting scrotum removed after avoiding doctors for decades
Doctors believe he had an untreated parasitic infection.
Report: Home builders ditch Nest products after Google takeover
Forcing users into a Google account doesn't work for the home building industry.
AT&T hits online TV customers with second big price increase this year
Two price hikes in seven months raise some bills 50%.
“You’re going to flip”: Motorola teases the new Razr in November event invitation
This clearly indicates a Razr reboot, but there are reasons to stay skeptical.
Frontier gets away with “paltry” settlement after breaking 35 laws and rules
Minnesota approves settlement despite AG saying it lets Frontier off the hook.
Archaeologists unearth a Bronze Age warrior’s personal toolkit
The find sheds light on where the combatants in the Bronze Age battle came from.
Project Xcloud preview serves as a passable, portable Xbox One
Small headaches are worth it to get a tiny Xbox on your phone.
The Pixel 4’s face unlock works on sleeping, unconscious people
Google's lack of an alertness check raises security concerns.
Should all connected cars have a physical network kill switch?
Consumer Watchdog raises the alarm about connected cars with misguided report.
Report: More than half of all US doctors get money from pharma each year
The payouts aren't changing despite newer disclosure requirements.
Explaining how fighting games use delay-based and rollback netcode
How to design your game for optimal play over a network.
Air Force finally retires 8-inch floppies from missile launch control system
"Solid state storage" replaces IBM Series/1's floppy drive.
A new pesticide is all the buzz
The EPA has approved the first-ever bee-distributed pesticide for the US market
Clone Rudd: Living with Yourself is great sci-fi in the Orphan Black mold
Netflix brings on double the Rudd for double the male-fragility exploration.
Google defends its use of Wi-Fi 5 in Nest Wifi
Google decided to save a few bucks and skip the Wi-Fi 6 for now. But only a few.
Rocket Report: The Falcon 9 goes for four, Boeing’s big cost-plus deal
"The cost incentives are designed to reduce costs during early production."
The world’s fastest ant clocks record speed of 108 times its own body length
That's equivalent to a human being running roughly a 9-second mile.
Unpatched Linux bug may open devices to serious attacks over Wi-Fi
Buffer overflow can be triggered in Realtek Wi-Fi chips, no user interaction needed.
So long, supply drops: Call of Duty gets rid of randomized loot boxes
Items with "an impact on game balance" will be earned only through gameplay.
Senators propose near-total ban on worker noncompete agreements
A noncompete ban has served Silicon Valley well. Should it apply nationwide?
Physicists propose listening for dark matter with plasma-based “axion radio”
Axions inside a strong magnetic field will generate a small electric field.
Juul halts sales of some flavors—but not the ones teens use most
The move hints at a battle over mint and menthol products.
Two papers that we’ve covered have been retracted—here’s why
Not all retractions are created equal.
Privacy bill would give FTC actual authority, land lying executives in jail
CEOs won't consider privacy until they face "personal consequences," Wyden said.
Dealmaster: Pre-order a Pixel 4 and get a $100 gift card
From Amazon, Best Buy, and more. Plus a Switch deal and lots of game discounts.
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