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The modders who spent 15 years fixing Knights of the Old Republic 2
From missing planets to missing romance options, players are restoring a classic.
White dwarf star covering itself with the atmosphere of a hot Neptune
First-of-its-kind system requires a rare combination of events.
On its second attempt, SpaceX sends Dragon soaring to the ISS [Updated]
The rocket's first stage made it safely back to Earth.
Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 865 is 25% faster, comes with mandatory 5G
The 5G modem still isn't integrated, but Qualcomm won't sell the 865 without one.
Unvaccinated Samoans should identify themselves with red flags, officials say
The outbreak has killed 60 so far, almost all young children.
The next Xbox is in the wild, connecting to current-gen Xbox One players
Specs haven't been finalized; for now, Spencer confirms back-compat pledge.
Star Trek writer and Hollywood trailblazer D.C. Fontana has died
Her career included numerous episodes, plus deep explorations of Vulcan society.
FCC tries to bury finding that Verizon and T-Mobile exaggerated 4G coverage
FCC buries investigation's finding in 5G press release, won't punish carriers.
BMW does about-face, drops CarPlay annual subscription requirement
BMW had previously charged $80 per year for BMW owners to use CarPlay.
Payment card-skimming malware targeting 4 sites found on Heroku cloud platform
Why host skimmers yourself when you can abuse a service to do it for free?
Study that argued EVs aren’t cleaner gets an update
Redo of 2017 study uses newer data on battery manufacturing.
Amazon’s new fantasy series, Wheel of Time, adds four more cast members
The bestselling Robert Jordan novels are as popular as A Song of Ice and Fire.
New Iranian wiper discovered in attacks on Middle Eastern companies
“ZeroCleare” wiper, descendant of Shamoon, found by IBM responders.
Qualcomm builds a bigger, better in-screen fingerprint reader
Never miss your fingerprint scanner again with this giant new sensor.
Attacking agricultural pests with viruses
The phages use a three-pronged strategy to cripple the agricultural pathogen.
AT&T says TV losses have peaked after latest loss of 1.3 million customers
DirecTV has lost millions of customers, but AT&T expects success in online video.
Radar reveals ghostly footprints at White Sands
The images also shed light on the mechanics of mammoth footsteps.
Senators want answers about algorithms that provide black patients less healthcare
Was the potential for bias considered in these literal life-or-death algorithms?
The next Bond film: No Time to Die mashes up Aston Martins, Gatling guns
Premiere trailer answers “why another Bond film” by looking like five films in one.
SpaceX set to launch NASA mission, make experimental second-stage flight
The mission may demonstrate a new capability to the Air Force.
HackerOne breach lets outside hacker read customers’ private bug reports
Company security analyst sent session cookie allowing account take-over.
5G won’t change everything, or at least probably not your things
5G is many things, but a radically better phone experience it is not.
Musk takes the stand in first day of “pedo guy” trial
"I thought he was just some random creepy guy," Musk said.
Plant-based burgers are “ultra-processed” like dog food, meat-backed ads say
Meat producers raise concerns about alternatives, even though they sell them, too.
Sundar Pichai becomes CEO of Alphabet and Google, as Larry Page steps down
The co-founders are out at Alphabet, and one CEO now rules Google and Alphabet.
Huawei is now shipping smartphones with zero US components
A teardown reveals the Mate 30 Pro is built using only the international supply chain.
Mobile industry has stifled eSIM—and the DOJ is demanding change
US warns GSMA, says it must change eSIM standard that blocks competition.
How “randomizers” are breathing new life into old games
Hundreds of mods shuffle items and more for a brand-new experience every time.
Justices debate allowing state law to be “hidden behind a pay wall”
An open-government activist published Georgia law online. Then the state sued.
Natasha Romanoff gets the origin story she deserves in Black Widow trailer
Natasha reunites with her "sister," and David Harbour shows off his "Dad bod."
Google workers fired amid organization efforts file retaliation complaint
The fired four are heading to the NLRB with complaints of illegal retaliation.
Riot Games offers female employees $10 million in settlement
Money to be split among roughly 1,000 female workers from 2014 on.
Video: How Oddworld solved its narrative problems with mind control
Lorne Lanning explains his odd saga's origins—and does some custom voicework for us.
A big salary, luxury cars, and a new dacha—Russia’s space leader lives large
"We have nothing against large salaries. But why is it so insanely large?"
New crypto-cracking record reached, with less help than usual from Moore’s Law
795-bit factoring and discrete logarithms achieved using more efficient algorithms.
Aerial radar turns up a Viking ship in a farmer’s field
The ship is one of only a handful of such graves ever found mostly intact in Norway.
Which of the cleaner states imports dirty electricity?
Some regions suffer from pollution as they send power elsewhere.
Developer faces prison time for giving blockchain talk in North Korea
Defenders say Virgil Griffith only presented public information.
Samsung starts Android 10 update at a record pace: Only three months late
International Exynos models get Android 10, but the US will have to wait.
Measles outbreak spurred by anti-vaxxers shuts down Samoan government
Of the 53 dead, 48 are children aged 4 and younger.
Vulnerability in fully patched Android phones under active attack by bank thieves
"StrandHogg" spoofing flaw exploited by 36 apps, including bank trojans.
Dealmaster: All the Cyber Monday 2019 tech deals that are still hot
We've sifted through the trash to find the tech deals that are worth your time.
Archaeologists found 143 more images among the Nazca Lines
The team used a machine-learning algorithm to search aerial photos for geoglyphs.
Librem 5 backers have begun receiving their Linux phones
The first Librem 5 backers have begun receiving mostly working prototype devices.
Dealmaster: The best Cyber Monday 2019 tech deals under $50
We highlight a few good deals on stocking stuffers this Cyber Monday.
After a slower launch year—by its standards—SpaceX plans a busy December
The launch activity will begin as early as Wednesday.
T-Mobile touts “nationwide 5G” that fails to cover 130 million Americans
T-Mobile's "nationwide 5G" isn't nationwide and is just barely faster than 4G.
You can migrate your photos from Facebook to Google next year
There has been a download option for years, but a straight migration is new.
Dealmaster: All of the laptops worth buying during Cyber Monday 2019
Now's the time to invest in a new laptop while you can get some great ones for less.
Super Mario Maker 2 becomes Super Zelda Maker with playable Link
New enemies, blocks, and Nintendo-made speedrun courses also coming in free update.
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