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You can take $20 off three months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate today
Dealmaster also has deals on Bose headphones, PS4 games, Roku sticks, and more.
Plundering of crypto keys from ultrasecure SGX sends Intel scrambling again
Intel's speculative execution flaws go deeper and are harder to fix than we thought.
1 billion robocalls net $225M FCC fine that will likely never be collected
Insurance scam faked Caller ID and targeted numbers on Do Not Call List, FCC says.
Google Meet takes on Zoom with AI-powered noise cancellation
AI can remove dog barks, taps, and other background noise in your video chats.
Sony’s Back Button Attachment is finally back in stock, so here’s our review
After three-month absence, $30 add-on is worth a look for hardcore PS4 players.
Whoa! First teaser for Bill & Ted Face the Music drops, is most excellent
The time-traveling dynamic duo reunites with a few old friends to save the universe.
Apple plans to announce ARM transition for all Macs at WWDC 2020
Report claims internal Apple testing has seen “sizable improvements” over Intel.
Hackers for hire targeted hundreds of institutions, says report
28k webpages set up to steal passwords from elected officials, lawyers, and journalists.
IBM asks Congress for police reform, leaves facial recognition business
IBM wants Congress to act “in pursuit of justice and racial equity,” CEO wrote.
Pinebook Pro review—a $200 FOSS-to-the-hilt magnesium-chassis laptop
The tinker-friendly gadget shows a lot of promise, despite COVID-19 QA issues.
Planet teams with SpaceX to expand its Earth-observation constellation
“They cut the price so much we could not believe what we were looking at.”
Kevin Bacon is a writer with a dark secret in You Should Have Left trailer
We're getting some strong The Others meets The Shining vibes.
The Motorola Fusion+ is a pop-up camera phone with a blemish free display
Motorola's upgraded pop-up camera phone costs around $339.
Decoding the clues: After 10 years, the “Fenn treasure” has finally been found
Over 350,000 people have tried to decipher the clues Forrest Fenn hid in a poem.
Clubhouse Games review: The Nintendo version of a ‘90s CD-ROM compilation
Not perfect, but over 20 solid travel-sized board games make this an easy rec.
Brazil pulls all coronavirus stats, then releases incompatible numbers
One of the hardest hit countries is limiting access to its data.
Cox slows Internet speeds in entire neighborhoods to punish any heavy users
Cox warns customers to lower usage, imposes 10Mbps upload limit on “gigabit” plan.
New Zealand has beaten COVID-19. Here’s how
Vigilance still required, but Kiwis can return to normal life, events, and gatherings.
Senator wants to know if police are using Clearview to ID protesters
Police ability to face-match anyone amid mass protests is troubling, critics say.
What causes Saturn’s strange polar cloud hexagon?
Simulation with deep convection points to hidden vortices.
PS5 game reveal event is back on: Thursday, June 11 [Updated]
With this update, we've learned that Sony has an unusual tip: "Wear headphones."
Fractal flaming hydrogen wiggles through tiny gaps
In a confined space, hydrogen burns on, making a beautiful fractal pattern.
Cyberpunk 2077 will come to Stadia after console, PC launch
Thus far, few games have hit Stadia the same day as their wider launch.
The 2020 VW Golf GTI proves you shouldn’t overcomplicate an icon
There’s an all-new model due late next year, but the Mk7 soldiers on until then.
Astronomers have finally measured the distance of first observed Einstein ring
The celestial object, a quasar known as MG 1131+0456, is 10 billion light years away.
Vicodin, ketamine, and caffeine: The ingredients of a good space pharmacy
If humans want to live longterm in space, they'll need medicines—research is scarce for now.
Review: Elisabeth Moss gives a brilliantly subversive performance in Shirley
The film is based on Susan Scarf Merrell's 2014 novel about author Shirley Jackson.
After ESPN’s Bruce Lee doc, you’ll see Enter the Dragon through a whole new lens
The legend of Bruce Lee can speak to an entirely different era without raising a fist.
This bot hunts software bugs for the Pentagon
Champion of a 2016 DARPA contest at DEFCON, now Mayhem gets used by the military.
The F-word’s hidden superpower: Repeating it can increase your pain threshold
Made-up swears like “fouch” or “twizpipe” just don’t have the same effect.
Here’s what WHO says your mask should have to prevent COVID-19 spread
For homemade masks, you're probably doing it wrong, guidance suggests.
Exploit code for wormable flaw on unpatched Windows devices published online
Once elusive, remote code execution is looking increasingly likely.
Schools turn to surveillance tech to prevent COVID-19 spread
Schools hope tracking beacons can identify where students congregate, who should be isolated.
What’s up with Sweden?
After limiting its lockdown, Sweden is neither success story nor disaster zone.
We put Western Digital’s dreaded SMR Red drive to the test
Western Digital's SMR disks won't work for ZFS, but they're okay for most NASes.
Americans are drinking bleach and dunking food in it to prevent COVID-19
Thirty-nine percent of surveyed people admitted to at least one risky practice.
Archaeologists find a way to look for ancient beer
In the process, they discovered the oldest evidence of malted drinks in central Europe.
Tear gas is more dangerous than police let on—especially during the pandemic
It also seeps into homes; contaminates food, furniture; and can cause long-term lung damage.
New iPad keyboard shortcuts aim to make up for lack of function keys
It would address one of our main complaints about the Magic Keyboard peripheral.
Motorola’s sub-$200 Moto G Fast and Moto E pack modern designs, big batteries
Motorola turns in great budget designs, but whiffs on NFC.
Command & Conquer Remastered Collection review: Loving the smell of Tiberium
This 4K-ready return hews tightly to the original games, and that's mostly good news.
Investors argue against excessive pay package for Activision CEO
Activision defends Kotick's pay by citing the company's healthy stock performance.
From Zelda to Civ to Frostpunk—can climate change be fun?
"The climate change and disaster mechanics are the most compelling additions to Civ VI."
Rocket Report: Falcon 9 leaps forward; a gator and a Dragon
“We knew the test-stand was nearing its end-of-life.”
Iran- and China-backed phishers try to hook the Trump and Biden campaigns
It's starting to feel a lot like 2016.
A detective hunts a costumed vigilante in Major Grom: Plague Doctor trailer
It's like The Punisher meets V for Vendetta, but in Russian.
Do face masks help? Studies leaning toward yes
Most of the data, however, comes from SARS and MERS.
Instagram just threw users of its embedding API under the bus
People may need to get permission before embedding someone else's Instagram photo.
Huawei’s temperature-taking smartphone is the most 2020 phone of 2020
An IR temperature sensor lets a smartphone do fever screening for COVID-19.
Nature’s cosmic hard drive? Black holes could store information like holograms
Theoretical black holes are ideal toy models for thought experiments in quantum gravity.
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