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Amazon locks down internal employee communications amid organizing efforts
If all complaints must first be approved by a manager, there will be fewer of them.
Bose’s latest noise-cancelling headphones are down to their lowest price yet
Dealmaster also has deals on Fitbit trackers, PlayStation Plus, and more.
Want your flowers to glow? If you’re OK with GMOs, that’s now an option
May incidentally prove useful in tracking plant development.
Comcast overcharged elderly couple $600, denied refund until contacted by Ars
Auto-pay compounded Comcast error, leading to a year of $50 monthly overcharges.
Georgia ditches road testing new drivers amid pandemic
They will still need 40 hours of supervised driving, although no one will check.
We’re making garbage patches on the ocean floor, too
Microplastics are accumulating in ocean floor biodiversity hotspots.
NASA awards lunar lander contracts to Blue Origin, Dynetics—and Starship
“Between the three contractors, I think NASA has everything it needs to be successful.”
The 2020 Chevrolet Bolt EV is solid but lacks advanced features
The midlife refresh is delayed until 2021, but Chevy's EV got a 10% range boost.
War Stories: How Prince of Persia slew the Apple II’s memory limitations
We're resurfacing our interview from last month now that Mechner's book is out.
Virtualization on the Linux desktop—Gnome Boxes vs virt-manager
We took Gnome Boxes for a quick spin—it has promise but needs more work.
New report says SLS rocket managers concerned about fuel leaks
“Should leaks or other issues be discovered, the program will need time.”
It’s one last time-traveling mission for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in S7 trailer
Final season picks up where S6's cliffhanger finale left off.
Google Play has been spreading advanced Android malware for years
Advanced hacker group seeded market with at least 8 apps likely since 2016.
Tesla stock leaps after unexpected profit
Tesla's cash reserves have grown to $8.1 billion.
Stadia’s latest woe: Its PUBG port is overrun with official, crappy bots
If 98 painfully stupid bots fall onto a PUBG island, do they make a sound?
First bit of success from a randomized trial of a COVID-19 treatment [UPDATED]
Mortality data still ambiguous, but the first good news on the disease.
Boeing will cut 10 percent of workforce, says federal support “critical”
"We're in an unprecedented period for the industry and the world."
Who owns remdesivir, how much can they make, and how much does it cost?
The drug was originally developed for Ebola but has shown promise with COVID-19.
Lyft lays off almost 1,000 staffers as Uber weighs big layoffs
Report says Uber's ride bookings have fallen 80 percent from a year earlier.
Half of Americans won’t trust contact-tracing apps, new poll finds
Respondents trust public health agencies, but not tech firms, with their data.
Single-chip lidar routing is in our tiny future
Silicon nonlinear device enables light to route light to the right location.
Google Meet, Google’s Zoom competitor, is now free for everyone
Google did video before Zoom, but a lack of focus means it wasn't ready for COVID-19.
Trials of Mana demo taken down after crackers use it to enable piracy
Workaround tricked Steam to get past Denuvo's DRM protection.
Here’s why Tony Stark drove an Audi in the Avengers movie
Audi's head of product placement lifts the veil on how and why cars show up in films.
Fortnite’s “Party Royale” mode ditches the guns, asks players to “chill”
Epic leans into Fortnite’s role as less a shooter, more a gathering place.
Loan site buckling under COVID-19 strain shows man another applicant’s data
Form requires sensitive data, including driver’s license and voided check scan.
Streets of Rage 4 review: This beat-’em-up revival beats them all
No rose-tinted nostalgia necessary for this butt-kicking, high-volume revival.
iPhone SE review: Small screen, huge performance
Apple’s new iPhone packs top-tier performance in an affordable package.
Appearing nightly, the Quest Diagnostics Air Force
Your lab results fly first class after dark.
Google details new AirPods-style Bluetooth upgrades for Android
Bluetooth will be a little less awful, with battery info, find my device, and more.
Amnesiac Janelle Monáe tries to recover her past in Homecoming S2 trailer
"If you keep picking at this, it's gonna start bleeding."
Michael Moore’s green energy takedown—worse than Netflix’s Goop series?
Planet of the Humans is deeply useless. Watch anything else.
Want free games on Epic Games Store? Now, that will require 2FA
Comes one week after Nintendo plugged a leak that affected 160,000 of its users.
Trump admin threatens to sue states that don’t lift pandemic orders
AG Barr says state orders for containing COVID-19 may violate Constitution.
Senator pushes DOJ to launch criminal antitrust probe of Amazon
The other eleventy zillion probes are all civil matters.
A handful of our recommended Fitbit devices are on sale today
Dealmaster also has deals on Bose headphones, Sonos devices, iPad Pro, and more.
How does economic collapse alter the mortality rate?
Suicide rates increase, but other causes of death drop.
These two racing drivers swapped race cars; here’s what they learned
What are the Acura ARX-05 and NSX GT3 Evo like to drive if you’re new to them?
Fine structure constant may vary with space, constant in time
Researchers extend direct fine structure measurements, confirm spatial variation.
New York AG’s office questions Amazon over “inadequate” COVID-19 safety
“Many workers are fearful about speaking out” on COVID safety, officials wrote.
How Netflix’s Extraction engineered a 12-minute, one-shot action sequence
Director Sam Hargrave drew heavily on his stunt work background to pull it off.
Riot turns on ability to turn off kernel-level anti-cheat tool
System-tray icon also lets you easily uninstall Vanguard completely.
Could genetics explain the confusing array of SARS-CoV-2 symptoms?
An extremely preliminary study highlights the range and variety of symptoms.
Supreme Court rules Georgia can’t put the law behind a paywall
The state of Georgia licensed the official copy of state law to LexisNexis.
Comcast waives data cap until at least June 30 in response to pandemic
Comcast hasn't enforced data cap since March 13 because of pandemic.
Attackers exploit 0-day code-execution flaw in the Sophos firewall
Yep, in-the-wild SQL injection exploits in 2020 are still a thing.
Ajit Pai uses bad data to claim ISPs are deploying broadband to everyone
Pai’s “baffling” report ignores broadband gaps and high prices, Democrats say.
We’ve found the world’s worst coworker, and here’s what they do
No, you should not CC the CEO on every email you send.
After prolonged service outage, Petnet shuts down, citing coronavirus
The COVID-19 crisis may just be the last nail in the coffin for the company.
Lenovo is joining Dell in the “OEM Linux Laptop” club
Several Thinkpad models will join the Dell XPS 13 DE in Linux-land this year.
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