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Boeing satellite has irreversible damage to batteries, creating explosion risk.

University of Bristol scientists offer first real evidence for a 100-year-old theory.

“It was just very normal rocket testing stuff."

NY ineligible for new money because FCC previously gave to a state fund.

Disney just released a new trailer for the animated series.

Apple's Intelligent Tracking Prevention can open users to a variety of attacks.

Brain tissue found in remains of the volcano's victims typically turned into soap.

No delays, Valve insists: "We let the Valve Time happen before we announced the game."

I certainly wish I'd had one of these when I was a shipfitter.

We don’t know enough to know whether this is useful yet.

Prototype shell includes standard ports and one mystery opening.

Monty Python's lone Welshman, purveyor of spam, succumbs to frontotemporal dementia.

And preorders start next week for the $1,500 Verizon exclusive.

“The most reproducible thing you can do is use less coffee.”

Cory Doctorow's book, Radicalized, is up for a CBC award. To celebrate, here's an excerpt.

The gigabytes-big data grab allegedly came over WhatsApp text from Mohammed bin Salman.

Boeing's previously best-selling aircraft won't fly until at least June.

Patient in Washington had traveled through area of China where disease originated.

Brazil's charges against Greenwald widely condemned as attack on journalism.

For a limited time. What better way to catch up before March's Half-Life: Alyx?

The Muhstik botnet has targeted other IoT devices. Now it's attacking Tomato routers.

Under Armour is making a pile of pricey devices into so many useless bricks.

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HMD's cheapest US phone gets an upgrade.

Controlled burns could help in many places, but progress has been slow.

Decision means Apple can still decrypt iPhone/iPad backups for law enforcement.

Astronaut minifigs, posable Canadarm2, and 850+ pieces in total—can we have it now, Lego?

Judge says 1999 patent idea was too “abstract” to be protected in the first place.

“Many of the elements of the propulsion system were overstressed.”

Simply placing kids in a cooperative environment boosts the ability to resist temptation.

The components were designed by XponentialWorks in just four weeks.

Sometimes, less is more.

Welcome to the world’s largest flea market, where you can’t actually buy anything.

Systems-level engineering of a living thing is remarkably complicated.

Tons of great stuff, although there's bad news if you rely on YouTube.

Planes still grounded as another software problem was disclosed Friday.

The WHO will hold an emergency meeting to assess the threat to public health.

Both sides now want the case dismissed but for vastly different reasons.

Hundreds of US government agencies have vulnerable VPNs, data shows.

"Getting past the orbit of Venus must have been challenging."

Frontier subscribers suffer from poor customer service and failing networks.

New technique could provide an effective bridge to standard exposure therapy.

If this is to work, it will require economies of scale—and some breakthroughs.

Replacing plastic looks hard, but alternatives to fossil fuel materials are on the rise.

Sometimes, this game understands Pokemon and love. Sometimes, it fails spectacularly.

The film faltered at the box office but amassed a huge cult following over the years.

The capsule successfully separated and splashed down gently into the Atlantic.

Apple's salvo launched months ahead of other upstarts. Why does it already seem behind?