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Enthusiasm for point-to-point travel may be premature, space official says
“I still see that as somewhat speculative, and somewhat over the horizon.”
The volcano that caused famines in ancient Rome? It was in Alaska
Climate shifts led to crop failures, which ramped up the growing unrest in Rome.
Apple adds CarKey function to iOS14, BMW will support it first
The near-field communication standard has been available on Android for a while.
This is Apple’s roadmap for moving the first Macs away from Intel
After years of rumors, the inevitable has finally begun.
Apple announces macOS 11, “Big Sur,“ with an emphasis on design
The next big version of macOS has been announced at WWDC.
Apple’s new watchOS is coming this year with new health tracking features
Parental controls and a big under-the-hood change to apps headline the update.
Apple takes the wraps off iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 at WWDC 2020
Here are all the new features coming to iPhones and iPads later this year.
Follow along with Apple’s WWDC 2020 keynote here
The keynote starts at 1:00pm EDT/10:00am PDT.
Apple caters to China by pulling thousands of “unlicensed” iPhone games
Paid iPhone games need licenses from Chinese gov't to stay on Apple App Store.
Rasputin features in all his mad, mystic glory in The King’s Man final trailer
“This will not be a war of heroes. Nations will slaughter each other while we get rich.”
TV writers, like all of us, are developing a love-hate relationship with Zoom
TV writers from Arrow, Brooklyn Nine-Nine talk COVID-19: Can you do scenes with crowds?
We bought Walmart’s $140 laptop so you wouldn’t have to
EVOO's 11.6" EV-C-116-5 has more substantial problems than its low specs imply.
Nothing is what it seems in taut and twisty horror film You Should Have Left
Director David Koepp talks about the challenge of making internal mental states external.
Apple to close some stores in states where virus cases are rising
Move to shutter almost a dozen reopened outlets delivers “gut punch to reopening bulls.”
Black Angel review: Run your own tabletop “generation ship”
The designers of Troyes are back with a deep-space saga.
Bot mafias have wreaked havoc in World of Warcraft Classic
Blizzard has suspended or closed over 74,000 accounts in the last month.
Skip The Help. Celebrate Juneteenth by watching a few of these 25 films.
Black representation in Hollywood has come a long way. We've still got a long way to go.
What to expect from WWDC 2020: OS updates, ARM Macs, and more
Will AirTags finally make an appearance? What about a new HomePod?
Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story is racing history more people should know
A complicated figure, Ribbs was a trailblazing black athlete in an all-too white sport.
Review: Dave Chappelle’s 8:46 lends catharsis, insight, and some laughs
Dave reaches deep to draw out hope and spell out the country's current racial unrest.
Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods is a hard watch, but an easy Netflix recommendation
A story of Vietnam vets miles away from their American home—yet somehow not very far.
Immunity to COVID-19 may wane just 2-3 months after infection, study suggests
It may not mean the end of immunity, but experts know little about immune responses.
Incestuous kings may have built Ireland’s Newgrange passage tomb
Ancient DNA from 44 people sheds light on Ireland's Neolithic political hierarchy.
Using past data to predict whether 2020 will be the warmest on record
Correlations with spatial patterns allow for a simple mathematical prediction.
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.
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