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Updated 2025-09-13 19:15
When the medium matters: The mighty mantis shrimp pulls its punch in air
Study finds that strikes through air are half as fast as strikes in water.
Facebook denies reports it is backing away from Libra cryptocurrency
Facebook's ambitious proposal ran into a wall of opposition from regulators.
Google cancels I/O developer conference amid coronavirus concerns
Pretty much all sectors have decided large gatherings are a bad idea right now.
Coronavirus: You may need to take a 2-week break from your life, CDC says
CDC stresses individual action as situation looks out of hand.
Apple can’t break up with China, Wall Street Journal report argues
Sources say it's not possible to replicate Chinese supply lines elsewhere.
New entry in commercial quantum computing, using entirely different tech
Honeywell will put trapped ion computing on Microsoft's quantum cloud.
A bunch of microSD cards and hard drives are on sale at Amazon today
Dealmaster also brings discounts on Anker power banks, Sonos speakers, and more.
Did Apple throttle your iPhone? Settlement will give you a whopping $25
Apple to pay $25 per user, up to $500M, for slowing iPhones with bad batteries.
Spellbreak beta stands out from the copycat battle royale crowd
Fun movement mechanics and slower-paced spell-slinging are unique and enjoyable.
Pixel Slate fire sale sees $300-$700 price drop, free pen, free keyboard
2018's Pixel Slate is still hanging around in stores, now at a reduced price.
Cisco: Avoid coronavirus, stay home, use Webex
If you somehow manage to get a virus through Webex, it won't be the coronavirus.
Let’s Encrypt discovers CAA bug, must revoke customer certificates
Let's Encrypt users will need to manually force-renew once to avoid downtime.
This is our best look yet at VW’s new electric crossover, the ID.4
The schedule has slipped, but US deliveries should start in Q1 2021.
Relativity Space has big dreams. Is the company for real?
Relativity now operates one-third of the test stands at NASA’s Stennis Space Center.
From Wi-Fi to Spy-Fi—we test Plume’s new motion detection feature
Superpods can now sense disturbances in the Force—er, the RF spectrum, that is.
Pixel 4 feature drop adds new emoji, scheduled dark mode, faster Google Pay
The second-ever Pixel feature drop adds a few new features to Google's smartphone.
Ten minutes of Half-Life: Alyx: The biggest VR goosebumps we’ve ever had
Half-Life: 3 videos. That is, of how March 23's HL:A will look and feel in VR.
Alphabet’s Waymo accepts outside money as it raises $2.25 billion
Waymo is following in the footsteps of rivals Cruise and Argo.
Artemis Fowl trailer has some book fans up in arms over boy-genius portrayal
Kenneth Branagh-directed film was a casualty of the Disney/20th Century Fox merger.
There’s an $80 million driving simulator in Iowa, and we tried it out
The National Advanced Driving Simulator was built for serious research.
Apple will release a trackpad for the iPad alongside new Pro models, report claims
Yet another step in a markedly different direction for the platform.
AT&T’s new online TV has contracts, hidden fees, big 2nd-year price hike
Buying AT&T TV? Your price will nearly double after a year.
Climate models go out of this world
NASA scientists get a climate model to take on Proxima Centauri b.
It’s make or break for Astra today in the government’s launch challenge
There remains "some probability" of an issue that prevents launch today.
FIFA pro is “done” after server issues force Rock, Paper, Scissors decision
Problem highlights widespread esports pro complaints about the state of the game.
Twitter’s newest major investor wants to oust CEO Jack Dorsey
Lots of folks want to change Twitter, but most can't buy enough stock to do it.
Final Fantasy VII Remake demo finally gets official, free release [Updated]
Free PS4 exclusive comes two months after a leaked version was datamined.
Coronavirus cancels Geneva auto show
Car makers and the public were already getting cold on trade shows before this happened.
PAX East 2020: The show’s best costumes, collectibles, and eye-catchers
Coronavirus concerns can't stop this gathering of tens of thousands of gamers.
Companies are contracting out more jobs—that’s not great for workers
Companies' obsession with efficiency hasn't always been good for workers.
Big Data promises better deals. But for whom?
Intuit’s $7 billion deal to buy Credit Karma a test for antitrust regulators.
After first coronavirus death in the US, first possible outbreak reported
Possible outbreak is in a nursing home where dozens of cases are already suspected.
WHO raises global coronavirus alert as US faceplants
There are now four possible community-spread cases of COVID-19 in the US.
Dances, diaries, detentions, and demons in Netflix’s I Am Not Okay with This
This show is so Netflix 2020: A brisk and bingeable seven-episodes blending TV niches.
New FAA drone rule is a giant middle finger to aviation hobbyists
Public comments are open until 11:59pm on Monday.
How a hacker’s mom broke into prison—and the warden’s computer
Security analyst John Strand had a contract to test a correctional facility’s defenses.
Cortana’s not Alexa—skills are going away in Windows 10 version 2004
We've got bad news for anyone with Cortana-centered smart home setups.
FCC issues wrist-slap fines to carriers that sold your phone-location data
Pai's FCC fines carriers "less than one one-thousandth" of annual revenue.
Boeing acknowledges “gaps” in its Starliner software testing
"They did an abundance of testing."
The man behind the sphere, Freeman Dyson, is dead at 96
He made critical contributions to science and contemplated colonizing the Universe.
Review: The Invisible Man is a horror film that works on multiple levels
Elisabeth Moss' emotionally intense yet nuanced performance anchors the film.
More than 2,200 agencies and companies have tried Clearview, report finds
Schools, stores, federal agencies, and legions of local police are on the list.
Congress gives small ISPs $1 billion to rip out Huawei, ZTE network gear
ISPs banned from using FCC funds on Huawei/ZTE, get $1B for replacement gear.
Stealing advanced nations’ Mac malware isn’t hard. Here’s how one hacker did it
Former NSA hacker repackages in-the-wild Mac malware for his own use.
Volcanoes where they shouldn’t be? Maybe it’s a mantle sponge
Hypothesis explains eruptions in China and off the coast of Japan.
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip review—I think I hate flip phones
Samsung makes big technical improvements in an anachronistic form factor.
Rocket Report: Sweden launches suborbital rocket, Mad Mike dies in accident
"It's pretty exhaustive. You gotta do that."
Baldur’s Gate 3 gameplay reveal: A huge leap past THAC0, early access in 2020
So far, BG3 looks like a perfect blend of Bioware's original, Larian's modern touches.
NASA planning document may offer clues to changes in Artemis program
The plan asks a lot of Boeing.
Facebook cancels F8 conference over coronavirus fears
Facebook will offer "locally hosted events, videos, and live streamed content."
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