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Portugal’s navy reveals “tech guerrilla” unit creating tech toys that kill
Unit uses "asymmetrical thinking" to turn off-the-shelf tech into instruments of mayhem.
Super Mario Maker 2 catches up with 1998, lets you play online with friends
Sweeping patch adds "play with friends" feature three months after launch.
Life after the Joker: Harley Quinn finds a new gang in Birds of Prey trailer
Subtitle: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn.
Former Yahoo engineer admits using his access to steal users’ sexual images
The 34-year-old man targeted accounts of younger women, including friends and colleagues.
After “last remnants” of non-contested launches, Air Force seeks competition
"I think competition is a huge part of affordability."
Facebook tried to fight $5B FTC fine, is ready to fight antitrust probes
An attempt to break up Facebook would "suck," Zuck says, but he's ready to fight.
Sony slashes PlayStation Now streaming prices ahead of Google Stadia launch
$60 now gets a year of streaming access to over 800 PlayStation titles on PS4, PC.
Ransomware forces 3 hospitals to turn away all but the most critical patients
"A criminal is limiting our ability to use our computer systems," hospital officials warn.
What problems can you solve on a quantum annealer?
Figuring out what algorithms could see D-Wave's annealer beat a regular computer.
Dealmaster: Save on Lenovo and Dell laptops, Bose and Garmin gadgets, and more
Plus deals on Samsung and TCL smart TVs, USB-C hubs, video games, and more.
Medieval skeleton puts a face on accounts of torture and violence
The remains are the first archaeological evidence of the so-called breaking wheel.
Ajit Pai wins (and loses) in court as net neutrality repeal is mostly upheld
Court upholds repeal of US rules but rejects FCC attempt to block state laws.
Men hack electronic billboard, play porn on it
Pornographic video could be seen along I-75 for 15 to 20 minutes, police say.
A gas giant planet that couldn’t have formed the way Jupiter did
At about half the size of Jupiter, GJ 3512 b challenges planet formation models.
Amid heavy competition, Relativity Space secures $140 million in funding
"Fundraising is always a process."
Garmin Vivoactive 4s review: So many fitness features, so little time
More fitness chops than you'd expect in a $349 device but largely the same smartwatch.
Most mobile browsers display the Web, that’s it—Vivaldi Mobile can change that
Vivaldi's power-user browser used to be desktop only. Not anymore.
Why big ISPs aren’t happy about Google’s plans for encrypted DNS
DNS over HTTPS will make it harder for ISPs to monitor or modify DNS queries.
Woman who sleeps in $500 EMF-blocking sack wants area-wide Wi-Fi limits
Seems like a good time to remember that EMF sensitivities are not real.
It’s official: We’re getting a 4th season of Stranger Things from Netflix
The Duffer Brothers also signed a multi-year development deal with streaming giant.
Webkit zero-day exploit besieges Mac and iOS users with malvertising redirects
Flaw rendered ad-sandboxing protections "entirely useless," researchers say.
HP’s Spectre X360 13” laptop offers Ice Lake, Project Athena, and more
HP's Spectre x360 13 features Ice Lake CPUs and promises great battery life.
Councilman “mind-boggled” by Baltimore City IT department ineptitude
City IT lost data for audit because it was all kept on staff workstations.
NCAA fights California over new law that helps athletes get paid
New state law says NCAA can't ban endorsement payments for student athletes.
BBC drops first trailer for new adaptation of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds
The three-part miniseries will be set in Edwardian England.
iOS 13.1.1 and iOS 13.1.2: Apple takes an aggressive update cadence to clean up iOS 13
A rocky iOS 13 launch has led to an unusually brisk pace of bug-fix updates.
NASA signals openness to change with new Solar System exploration hire
"Sometimes it takes somebody from the outside to bring organizations together."
Cinemood is the little projector that couldn’t quite
Cinemood's little 360P projector works, but you can do better for the money.
German police seize “bulletproof” hosting data center in former NATO bunker
Data center in former military complex hosted drug, child porn sites.
Video: Ubisoft’s Alex Karpazis rates your Rainbow Six: Siege loadouts
Style and strategy thoughts on the tacti-coolest tops and best breaching britches.
D-Wave announces the next generation of its quantum annealer
Lots more qubits, lower noise, and higher connectivity should boost performance.
As we age, we struggle to use landmark-based navigation
Deficits in how we process visual info cause a reliance on geometric features.
Possible cover-up of Ebola outbreak in Tanzania prompts travel warnings
Travelers should stay informed and avoid contact with sick people, CDC says.
Musk broke the law with anti-union tweet, judge rules
Judge orders Tesla to reinstate a fired union worker with back pay.
The new MS Flight Simulator taught me how to fly an actual plane
Ahead of closed alpha, Microsoft takes the wraps off its ambitious return to the skies.
Preview: Unmatched, a deck-battling game where Bruce Lee can fight King Arthur
Will Robin Hood beat Bigfoot? Can Buffy slay Medusa?
iPhone 11 review: The most attractive choice in Apple’s best lineup in years
It's only a slight update to the iPhone XR, but it's the best iPhone for most.
NASA wants to send nuclear rockets to the Moon and Mars
Nuclear propulsion, first floated in the ’60s, is hot again.
Elon Musk, Man of Steel, reveals his stainless Starship
"Honestly, I'm in love with steel."
Communication with locked-in patients in question after misconduct finding
The work claimed it was possible to interpret yes-or-no answers from brain waves.
On Netflix and next projects, a night in genre-king Bong Joon-Ho’s lecture hall
Ahead of Parasite's US release, the director treats Texas fans to pseudo film school.
SSDs are on track to get bigger and cheaper thanks to PLC technology
Storage of five bits in every NAND cell is coming, courtesy of Intel and Toshiba.
Developer of Checkm8 explains why iDevice jailbreak exploit is a game changer
Unpatchable vulnerability is a game-changer that even Apple will be unable to stop.
Feds say Boeing 737 needs to be better designed for humans
NTSB review suggests pilots may have been overwhelmed by multiple alerts and warnings.
Nonprofit fights TV networks in court to keep free TV service alive
Locast says ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC limit reach of broadcasts to boost profits.
Driving the 2020 Lotus Evora GT makes me optimistic about Lotus’ future
If it can do this on a shoestring, imagine what it can do now with real resources.
Watch Teslas drive around parking lots with no one inside them
Tesla cars can now drive to their owners across crowded parking lots.
Sony, Marvel bury the hatchet so Spider-Man can stay in the MCU
Marvel will now get 25% of first-dollar gross; Disney keeps merchandising rights.
The rights to Ms. Pac-Man are caught up in a messy legal battle
AtGames allegedly misrepresented itself in negotiations with original developers.
Unpatchable bug in millions of iOS devices exploited, developer claims
"Checkm8" exploit works on devices from iPhone 4s to iPhone X, developer claims.
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