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Updated 2025-07-03 09:30
Massive Facebook document leak gives ammunition to investigators
7,000 pages of internal documents are great for investigators, bad for Facebook.
These electric hot rods point the way to future restomods
Mustang Lithium has 900hp, and the E-10 paves the way for electric crate motors.
Meet MLPerf, a benchmark for measuring machine-learning performance
MLPerf benches both training and inference workloads across a wide ML spectrum.
AT&T switches customers to more expensive plans without asking them first
AT&T adds 15GB "bonus" to older plans but raises price $10.
Dealmaster: Get 3 months of Audible for just $6.95 per month
New users can save on Audible, plus deals on smart TVs, wireless headphones, and more.
Pistol Whip review: The year’s freshest VR game—and oh-so close to greatness
This rhythm game is one patch away from becoming the ultimate VR John Wick simulator.
Penis-and-scrotum transplant patient reports near-normal erections, orgasms
The update is good news for others in need of sensitive transplants.
The Pixel 4’s latest battery compromise? Artificially capped display brightness
Hidden feature allows the Pixel 4 to approach semi-competitive display brightness.
Valve appears to be working on a “Steam Cloud Gaming” service
Sounds like a natural expansion of Valve's current "home PC" streaming offerings.
Uber still using Waymo-derived self-driving technology, expert says
Uber may be forced to redesign some parts of its autonomy stack.
Video: A chat with Mac Walters on the unsolved mysteries of the Mass Effect universe
We trek to the frozen north and pry into the true fate of Commander Shepard.
Microsoft’s Project Silica offers robust thousand-year storage
Project Silica extends storage reliability goals from "decades" to "centuries."
Land-speed car begins testing, beats 500mph with just one engine
It's a few years behind schedule, but the 1,000mph car is now testing in Africa.
Xbox Elite Series 2 Controller review: For $180, it better be this good
Everything cool about 2015's Elite returns, plus Bluetooth, built-in battery, more.
Former Twitter employees charged with spying on users for Saudis
Indictment accuses two of passing data about people critical of Saudi royals, government.
Recycling cars’ lithium batteries is more complicated than you might think
First step: find some other way to use the batteries before taking them apart.
How Arcade1Up found a sweet spot for scaled-down home game cabinets
CEO discusses challenges getting TMNT released, possibilities for the future.
Tech-support scammers used data stolen by Trend Micro employee
Support-scam callers used leaked data about Trend Micro customers handed over by insider.
How terrible software design decisions led to Uber’s deadly 2018 crash
NTSB says the system "did not include consideration for jaywalking pedestrians."
Cattle eyeball worms found in second human, raising worry of wriggly uprising
Cattle eyeball parasites, part deux: The wrath of flies that will drink your tears.
A young couple might regret their choice of nanny in creepy new Servant trailer
M. Night Shyamalan makes a rare foray into television with new Apple TV+ series.
A bipartisan group of Senators wants to extend the space station to 2030
"This legislation will help grow our already burgeoning space economy."
Scientists unlock the chemical secrets of a 19th-century photography technique
Mordançage, or "etch-bleaching," creates ethereal veiling effects in B&W photographs.
AT&T makes customers work to get refunds they should get automatically
AT&T gives refunds for blacked-out sports channel—but only if you complain.
Facebook Groups API flaw exposed data to 100 developers, company says
"Developers had access to data they shouldn't" is becoming a familiar refrain.
Xiaomi’s Apple Watch clone removes everything good about the Apple Watch
The Xiaomi Mi Watch combines Apple design with Wear OS and a CPU from 2011.
The White House puts a price on the SLS rocket—and it’s a lot
Again, Congress is urged to allow a commercial launch of the Europa Clipper.
Here’s how measles wipes out the immune system’s memory
The virus blanks out immune system’s memory cells and up to 73% of antibodies.
Breaking the law: How 8chan (or “8kun”) got (briefly) back online
Russian "bulletproof" host advertised stolen IP address to take site live.
Customers rave about Model 3 in new Bloomberg survey
More than 90% of customers say Autopilot makes them safer.
New bill would create Digital Privacy Agency to enforce privacy rights
The bill proposes sweeping reforms to privacy rights and enforcement.
AT&T users whose “unlimited data” was throttled get $60 million in refunds
AT&T dragged case out for 5 years before finally agreeing to refunds.
Tipped off by an NSA breach, researchers discover new APT hacking group
DarkUniverse went undetected for at least 8 years. The NSA finally outed it.
SpaceX goes for two big reuse milestones with next launch
On Tuesday, the company completed a static test firing of the Falcon 9.
Red Dead Redemption 2 on PC: More frames, more volumetric beauty, no Steam
Want to get beyond 60fps? Go ahead. Want to buy and load the game on Steam? Not yet.
A drone helped archaeologists discover a lost Florida island settlement
Raleigh Island, off the northern Florida coast, was a center of shell bead making.
Dealmaster: A bunch of Anker chargers and cables are on sale at Amazon today
Plus deals on 512GB microSD cards, Nintendo Switch games, iPads, and more.
8chan gets back online—and is promptly forced off again
8chan was live again at 8kun.net, but not for long.
Aimbot video leads to lifetime ban for popular Fortnite pro
Khattri offers tearful apology, says he never cheated in "competitive scenario."
RIP OG Pixel: Google ends support after just three years
Google's first self-branded smartphone doesn't come with extended support.
Strongly typed documents, move aside—Microsoft Fluid is coming
Remember collaborative typing in BBSes? It's making a comeback in Office 365.
NASA rejects Blue Origin’s offer of a cheaper upper stage for the SLS rocket
Each launch of the SLS rocket may cost on the order of $2 billion.
Actively exploited bug in fully updated Firefox is sending users into a tizzy
Fraudulent tech-support sites cause Firefox to freeze while displaying scary message.
Antitrust 101: Why everyone is probing Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google
Being the biggest player isn't illegal—but cheating to stay that way sure is.
How much Fire, how much Blood: Predictions for GoT prequel House of the Dragon
We take a... Stark look at what to expect from another GoT book-to-TV adaptation.
The Polestar 1 is a turbocharged, supercharged, plug-in hybrid enigma
Only 1,500 will ever be made, which is a crying shame because we love it.
Uber lost $1.1 billion last quarter, says rides are profitable (sort of)
Uber's rides made a profit if you ignore interest, depreciation, and other costs.
A bonanza of data from the second Voyager to reach the Solar System’s edge
Five papers detail what the edge of interstellar space looks like.
Spanish companies’ networks shut down as result of ransomware
Apparent BitPaymer variant strikes major IT consulting company, radio network.
Apple wants affordable housing in California—but laws stand in the way
California can't end its housing crisis without an overhaul of zoning rules.
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