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Small satellites begin to offer unrivaled detail in radar images of Earth
For the first time, smallsats are delivering radar image resolution under 1 meter.
Rocket Report: Catching a falling fairing, Delta IV Heavy may stop in 2024
"We're crazy-expanding our factories and hiring."
Review: The Boys is the perfect therapy for chronic superhero fatigue
It's a wickedly funny, darkly irreverent adaptation of Garth Ennis' comic books.
Blogger says she got an injunction for a post published five days earlier
Post that reported 300,000 unsecured records is also subject of a criminal complaint.
New IPCC report shows land use is part of solution to climate change
Land use is a big problem that could be a big solution.
Microsoft contractors hear phone sex and more while reviewing Cortana, Skype audio
More than just Microsoft's voice assistant is being reviewed by contract workers.
Uber’s no-good, terrible-rotten bad Q2 loses more than $5 billion
Trips were up 35%, revenue was up 14%, and that just makes it worse.
In strategy shift, Facebook seeks to pay millions to license news
Potential partners include Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post.
Verizon: 5G speeds on low-spectrum bands will be more like “good 4G”
5G is for all frequencies, but it won't be much different from 4G on low bands.
Republicans suspend Twitter ad spending after boneheaded video takedown
Republicans say Twitter video takedown is latest evidence of bias.
Dealmaster: Get a 55-inch LG OLED TV and a $250 Dell gift card for $1,047
Or a 65-inch OLED TV and a $300 gift card for $1,497. Plus plenty more deals.
Dell’s new XPS 13 2-in-1—a notable redesign—goes on sale today
A hardware redesign and 10th-generation Intel Core CPUs headline this update.
Big Pharma is using faux generics to keep drug prices high, critics say
Drug makers have mastered gaming the system to beat generic competition, critics say.
Google Maps AR Navigation comes to iPhones and Android devices
Replace your inaccurate compass with camera-based positioning.
Years and Years: Dystopian sci-fi that makes Black Mirror feel bubbly
Russell T. Davies explores a dark near-future in this miniseries.
Apple locks new iPhone batteries to prevent third-party repair, report says
It's yet another change that keep iPhone owners inside Apple's ecosystem.
What Sharp’s IGZO display technology will mean for the Nintendo Switch
It's currently unclear which new Switch models will get the new panels.
We now know what causes these two shark species to glow green
A previously unknown family of metabolites may also have antimicrobial properties.
Galaxy Note10 hands-on: Samsung falls behind the competition
Samsung's $1,000 phone doesn't offer anything over the cheaper, better competition.
Google Pixel 4 will reportedly jump on the 90Hz display bandwagon
Google would actually be ahead of a hardware trend for once.
$13,000 NES cartridge found at the bottom of a Safeway sack
Seattle shop brokers surprise sale: "We could've gotten that for, like, 20 bucks."
Samsung’s new Galaxy Book S laptop is built around Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8cx
The always-connected LTE laptop is a cousin to Samsung's Galaxy Book.
Severe local 0-Day escalation exploit found in Steam Client Services
This trivially exploited security flaw allows any user root—er, LOCALSYSTEM—privileges.
Here’s why Rocket Lab changed its mind on reusable launch
"Once would be wonderful. Anything more would be really fantastic."
The Galaxy Note 10 launches with the biggest display of the year
It's $949 for the Note 10 and $1,099 for the Note 10+, shipping August 23.
ISP Frontier is failing so badly it won’t take questions from investors
Frontier records $5.45 billion impairment, warns of continued revenue drops.
Is that rare whisky bottle the real deal? This artificial tongue can make the call
Counterfeits of rare single-malt whisky are a growing problem for the industry.
Feds told Tesla to stop making “misleading statements” on Model 3 safety
"Your company has issued a number of misleading statements," NHTSA wrote to Musk.
We’ve finally gotten a look at the microbe that might have been our ancestor
A very strange cell structure hints at how complex cells originated.
Self-driving car service open sources new tool for securing firmware
FwAnalyzer provides continuous automated analysis of firmware images.
MSDN Magazine will publish its last issue, ending a Microsoft developer era
The final issue of the print magazine will publish this November.
FCC finally gets around to denying net neutrality complaint against Verizon
Pai's FCC temporarily forgot about July 2016 complaint against Verizon.
Tiny tardigrades crash-landed on the Moon and probably survived
These microscopic creatures can survive for decades without water, then reanimate.
8chan resurfaces, along with The Daily Stormer and another Nazi site
Epik is still helping 8chan despite distancing itself due to "lawless content."
Google releases the 6th and final beta for Android Q
Next up: The final version of Android Q.
Skype, Slack, other Electron-based apps can be easily backdoored
Changes to configuration files don't change signature, can add malicious features.
FedEx leaves Amazon on the doorstep as the store becomes a competitor
Amazon's massive business doesn't just compete with other retailers anymore.
Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo team up to force loot box odds disclosures
Major publishers will also increase transparency in 2020 as FTC looks at loot boxes.
After Epic purchase, Psyonix removes random loot boxes from Rocket League
Move follows similar removal in Epic's Fortnite: Save the World.
People don’t want to see workers replaced by a robot—themselves excepted
When it's your own job, you'd rather not be replaced by another person.
What all the stuff in email headers means—and how to sniff out spoofing
Parsing email headers needs care and knowledge—but it requires no special tools.
I tried to pay with bitcoin at a Mexico City bar—it didn’t go well
After 10 years, Bitcoin is still searching for practical applications.
SpaceX launched an expendable mission Tuesday, but caught the fairing
There has been a pretty remarkable sea change in the attitudes toward rocket reuse.
Disney’s new streaming bundle priced to compete with “standard” Netflix plan
It's the same price as Netflix's 1080p streaming option, which went up in January.
iOS 13 privacy feature will force total overhaul for Facebook apps
Apple is set for another privacy showdown with Facebook and VoIP apps.
Silent Windows update patched side channel that leaked data from Intel CPUs
It took a year, but the patch fixes a new speculative-execution flaw found by Bitdefender.
The Ferrari Portofino—Maranello made this one handle like a Miata
Yes, a car this big and powerful can be fun on a narrow, twisty road.
Tensions rise between humans, mythical creatures in new Carnival Row trailer
"Think Game of Thrones but with better technology and set in Narnia."
AT&T workers took $1 million in bribes to unlock 2 million phones, DOJ says
Malware installed on AT&T systems helped conspirators unlock 2 million phones.
Police can get your Ring doorbell footage without a warrant, report says
Documents show Ring tells police how to get user engagement... and user footage.
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