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AT&T CEO retiring as telco plans for three years of cost cuts and layoffs
AT&T executive John Stankey will take over from Randall Stephenson on July 1.
Android 11 Preview 3 hands-on—Strange changes to Recent Apps and notifications
Preview 3 has some unfinished UIs that raise interesting questions.
Fallout 76’s “Wastelanders” expansion makes West Virginia feel like home
With the addition of NPCs, Appalachia is a lot less lonely.
160,000 Nintendo accounts were compromised—including one of ours [Updated]
Let our staffer’s woes be a reminder: Change passwords, enable 2FA ASAP.
The pandemic is bringing us closer to our robot takeout future
“We saw that business double overnight,” startup says of UK grocery deliveries.
Rocket Report: A new Starship moves to the pad, Iran’s surprise launch
Falcon Heavy gets a payload for its next mission, and it’s... a CubeSat?
Breaking deaf stereotypes and normalizing sign language through gaming
The deaf experience is modeled in its own language for the first time in Deafverse.
We put the paper back into a ChromeOS paperless office
Brother’s MFC-L3770CDW and MFC-L3710CW devices offer great ChromeOS integration.
I probed my nasal cavity for the new coronavirus—here’s what I found
Quick turnaround, unclear instructions are worth exploring for tests going forward.
Many supposedly grassroots reopen sites are tied to one pro-gun lobbyist
Sites protesting the COVID-19 lockdown are an astroturf campaign, researchers say.
The Hubble Space Telescope launched 30 years ago—then the problems began
“What stands out most vividly in my mind is all the things that didn't go right.”
The train’s social order is threatened in latest Snowpiercer trailer
"There's an idea traveling up train. It wants to set the train ablaze."
First look at the outcomes of COVID-19 patients in NY hospitals
The data provide a snapshot of the early stages of the pandemic in the US's epicenter.
FCC moves cautiously in plan to prevent space debris and satellite collisions
FCC changed orbital-debris plan to avoid conflict with NASA recommendations.
The Polestar 2 will start at $59,900, deliveries start this summer
The 408hp four-door started production in March.
Report: Apple will begin selling Macs with its own processors in 2021
12-core chips for the Mac based on the 2020 iPhone's A14 are in the works.
Grab a pair of six-foot Anker USB-C to Lightning cables for $20
Dealmaster also has deals on PS4 controllers, microSD cards, and more.
The FCC ratified Wi-Fi 6E this morning
The 6GHz spectrum is officially open for unlicensed use in the USA.
Bing disables “trending” feature after wildly inappropriate results
“These search results were unacceptable,” Microsoft says.
Disney+ is giving us a peek behind the curtain of Mandalorian’s first season
Eight-episode documentary series includes roundtables and footage of "Baby Yoda."
One million people have tried Google Stadia, mobile app estimates suggest
But new mobile app downloads already down significantly from early April peak.
Ford builds a 1,400hp electric Mustang drag racer
Other Mustang drag racers have gone that fast, but none as quietly.
SpaceX to offer Starlink public beta in six months, Musk says
SpaceX asks FCC to approve lower orbits to boost coverage, minimize space debris.
Valve confirms code leak for two online games [Updated]
Quick response about CS:GO, but longer wait and tension for fans of Team Fortress 2.
Head of US’ pandemic vaccine group says he was demoted in retaliation
He claims political appointees bristled at his insistence on science.
There seems to be no pattern to where humans pick up new viruses
No groups of species appear to be especially likely to transfer viruses to humans.
The Falcon 9 just became America’s workhorse rocket
"While the other guys deliver press releases, we deliver astronauts."
Missouri sues China over coronavirus, claims nation “lied to the world”
Missouri is the first state to try it but will probably not be the last.
A critical iPhone and iPad bug that lurked for 8 years may be under active attack
Malicious emails require little or no interaction; exploits active since at least 2018.
Motorola launches the Edge+, a $1,000 flagship smartphone
It has a Snapdragon 865, 12GB of RAM, and mmWave 5G.
Fox News hosts have measurable effect on COVID cases, study finds
Comparison of Fox News hosts reveals effect of disinformation on COVID-19 deaths.
You can get Nvidia’s “RTX Voice” noise filtering without a pricey RTX card
Ars testing (and install hack) shows noise-cancellation functioning on GTX 1060.
The value of lives saved by social distancing outweighs the costs
Social distancing means a net benefit of $5.2 trillion, according to the analysis.
AT&T’s massive TV losses continue as another 900,000 customers flee
AT&T has lost millions of TV customers in past year, plans billions in cost cuts.
Milwaukee’s election fiasco infected seven with COVID-19, officials say
Worker shortages forced Milwaukee to reduce polling places from 180 to five.
Delivery robots move medical supplies to help with COVID-19 response
The road-legal robots will be limited to 5 miles per hour for safety reasons.
Nintendo isn’t saying, so here’s how to fend off the account hijacking spree
Changing account passwords is good, but 2FA is better. Also, unlink legacy NNIDs.
Leaked pics from Amazon Ring show potential new surveillance features
Amazon wouldn't be the first consumer company to do it, but it would be the biggest.
Americans have Texas-sized carbon footprints—here’s why
It's often shrugged off, but what explains the difference with Europe, exactly?
Almost 8,000 could be affected by federal emergency loan data breach
Pressing the back button could expose another applicant's private information.
New Jane Goodall documentary fills in some blanks left by an earlier biopic
We talk with Jane Goodall about a new documentary that tracks her present-day activities.
Seagate says Network Attached Storage and SMR don’t mix
Seagate's IronWolf and IronWolf Pro NAS drives are all certified SMR-free.
Google wins victory royale over Epic Games, snags Fortnite for Google Play
Epic decries "scary, repetitive security pop-ups" for sideloaded apps.
Here’s why “baking” damaged reel-to-reel tapes renders them playable again
Baking at 130°F is the sweet spot to reverse "sticky shed syndrome."
Fraggle Rock is back as Apple TV+ quarantine fodder—so here’s our fan-fiction
New 5-min videos produced in Muppeteers' homes inspired us to do something... weird.
Americans are poisoning themselves while trying to kill the coronavirus
As the pandemic picked up in the US, so did poison reports.
Charter has 230 infected employees after resisting work-at-home requests
NY attorney general opens inquiry into Charter labor practices during pandemic.
One of our favorite USB-C hubs for laptops is on sale for $30 today
Dealmaster also has deals on Celeste, AirPods Pro, Bose speakers, and more.
Samsung’s Galaxy Watch Active2 can monitor your blood pressure
But you’ll need to calibrate it with a blood pressure cuff every month.
FCC blasted for “shameful” ruling against cities and fire department
Amid pandemic, FCC won’t give cities more time to file comments on public safety.
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