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Homeopaths sell injections containing strychnine, lead, mercury. Seriously
Don’t inject yourself with poison—regardless of what homeopaths say.
HTC’s first 5G smartphone is packing a big 5,000mAh battery
HTC returns to the smartphone market with a midrange, ~$640 device.
Multiple “CIA failures” led to theft of agency’s top-secret hacking tools
Vault 7, the worst data theft in CIA history, could have been avoided, report finds.
As COVID-19 cases increase, Pence blames prevalence of testing
Yes, more testing means more proof of cases—but there's far more to it than that.
Mutation may be helping the coronavirus spread more readily
A mutation that's becoming common seems to boost infectivity in cultured cells.
Over 500 free, downloadable demos are now live at Steam Summer Festival
Seven-day event includes a few biggies, plus former Epic Games Store exclusives.
T-Mobile’s outage yesterday was so big that even Ajit Pai is mad
But Pai's FCC has a history of letting carriers off easy.
COVID-19 death rate cut by cheap steroid, according to unpublished data
Researchers have yet to release data on the trial, but many are optimistic.
Talking Tiberium: Command & Conquer dev on LAN mode, going open source, and more
Watch Remastered Collection's lead producer take your questions for 30-plus minutes.
Report faults NOAA leaders’ response to president’s Sharpie moment
Report finds problems but can’t talk to the people who ordered a key statement.
Apple’s AirPods Pro are down to a new low price on Amazon today
Dealmaster also has deals on Switch games, tons of Amazon devices, and more.
Nintendo issues cease-and-desist for Switch modchip installation service
“All I’m doing is putting the solder on,” says installer, who doesn’t sell the chips.
Boomshakalaka: How the original NBA Jam caught fire through chaos
Former Midway titan Mark Turmell talks rubber-banding, “on fire,” Michael Jordan.
Tesla cuts Model S price by $5,000, bumps range to 402 miles
The American EV maker wants to spur interest in its oldest model.
EC opens antitrust probe into Apple Pay, Apple’s App Store
App Store and Apple Pay face scrutiny amid competition concerns.
Georgia shows why November’s election could be chaos
Coronavirus and voting-technology glitches led to hours-long waits for voters.
Chilling out: Physicists create exotic “fifth form of matter” on board the ISS
JPL built Cold Atom Lab to make so-called Bose-Einstein condensates in microgravity.
Beijing reinstated lockdown as US officials warn the same could happen here
The pandemic is still with us, experts warn, and we need to be ready for upticks.
eBay execs sent roaches and “bloody pig mask” to harass journalists, feds say
Ex-execs arrested for alleged harassment of couple who run e-commerce news site.
US FDA pulls its emergency approval of chloroquine use for COVID-19
As evidence built, justification for using the drug was hard to come by.
Political groups use “deeply spooky” protester location data, report finds
Activists want demonstrators to stay active—but privacy implications abound.
More than 7 in 10 Americans won’t use contact-tracing apps, data shows
That's a decline from April, when only 1 in 2 rejected the idea.
Paleolithic French didn’t let their dead rest peacefully
The unusual burials hint at complex social structure and spiritual beliefs.
FCC Republican has “deep reservations” about Trump’s social media crackdown
FCC may have no authority to impose Trump’s Big Tech order, O’Rielly said.
Google is messing with the address bar again—new experiment hides URL path
New address-bar tweak would show only the domain name instead of the page URL.
The 16-inch MacBook Pro got a new GPU option that’s up to 75% faster
Apple has also begun selling an SSD upgrade kit for the Mac Pro.
Living the Top Gun dream, on a budget
DIY kit planes that replicate classic warbirds have become (slightly) more accessible.
The PlayStation 5 looks to be the biggest game console ever made
Contextual photo analysis suggests a 15-inch+ width, ~550-cubic-inch volume.
Intel will soon bake anti-malware defenses directly into its CPUs
Control-Flow Enforcement Technology will debut in Tiger Lake microarchitecture.
The US military is getting serious about nuclear thermal propulsion
“Activity in cislunar space is expected to increase considerably in the coming years.”
An ancient Roman city has been fully mapped using ground-penetrating radar
Archaeologists have found a monument, market, temple, bath complex, and water pipes.
PSA: This year’s confusing, virtual E3, condensed in a single handy site
We, too, needed help sifting through over 250 game trailers and counting.
Neurons discovered that put mice in a hibernation-like state
It’s not yet clear whether these neurons function the same way in other mammals.
Deepfakes aren’t very good—nor are the tools to detect them
Winning algorithm from a Facebook-led challenge missed one-third of altered videos.
Review: Artemis Fowl is a crushing disappointment
Film gets titular character completely wrong. Did anyone involved even read the books?
Plate tectonics vs. erosion—what sets the height of a mountain range?
Wish your mountain was a little bit taller? Blame plate tectonics.
Not a lot of sourdough starters: Our brief escapes amid continued COVID chaos
At least we're holding onto pandemic hobbies that require no human interaction or travel.
Spies can eavesdrop by watching a light bulb’s variations
Technique allows for real-time listening in on a room hundreds of feet away.
SpaceX launches its third rocket in two weeks [Updated]
This is the first time the company has launched a Falcon 9 rocket without a static fire.
With theaters still closed, Warner Bros. shifts Tenet release to July 31 [Updated]
Instead, on July 17, the studio will re-release Inception for 10th anniversary screenings
After months of silence, CDC holds press briefing, issues new COVID advice
CDC suggests rallies and other large in-person events are of the highest risk.
Plastic rain is the new acid rain
Plastic rain could prove to be a more insidious problem than acid rain.
Trump hasn’t followed through on plan to withdraw US from WHO
Trump said US would immediately exit WHO on May 29—it hasn't happened.
South Asia now has the oldest evidence of bows and arrows outside Africa
The bone arrowheads are between 48,000 and 34,000 years old.
Study: People who hoard toilet paper are just looking for a symbol of safety
Older people more likely to hoard toilet paper; Americans hoarded more than Europeans.
Light, the company behind the Nokia 9 camera, quits the smartphone business
Light's hardware-based approach to image stacking didn't make enough of a difference.
NASA’s new chief of human spaceflight has a commercial background
“I’m a big fan of Kathy Lueders!”
New Google rule bans discriminatory targeting for housing ads
Google said it’s “working closely” with regulators who sued Facebook over same.
Most COVID cases don’t spread virus—it’s the superspreaders we need to stop
Mounting evidence on superspreaders suggests a shift in thinking about social distancing.
Face masks don’t even have to work especially well to be effective
But to stop the pandemic, they have to be combined with lockdowns.
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