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British Microsoft, Nintendo hacker given 18 month sentence
Released on bail for hacking Microsoft, Zammis Clark then hacked Nintendo.
Here’s how Columbus is getting more people to switch to electric cars
Ohio's state capital is in the throes of a Smart City transformation.
Brace yourselves: Exploit published for serious Magento bug allowing card skimming [Updated]
Magento admins: Beware of SQL flaw that requires no authentication.
Initial findings put Boeing’s software at center of Ethiopian 737 crash
Preliminary finding connects Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines crashes, software misfire.
The first space-worthy Vulcan rocket is taking shape
"The age of Vulcan has begun."
Boston Dynamics’ latest robot is a mechanical ostrich that loads pallets
The latest creation from Softbank's Boston Dynamics looks ready for actual work.
Rocket Report: Proton price cut, SpaceX HD launch video, SLS blowback
Also, Germany has a crazy plan to catch rockets and reuse them. It's named FALCon.
The US will need a lot more neodymium if it wants an offshore wind boom
Magnet reuse could help ease the burden, but processes for this must be established.
Terrifying trailer for Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark will give you mega-chills
Guillermo del Toro brings the terror in adaptation of spooky children's book series.
Former NSA contractor pleads guilty to stealing classified material
Plea leaves one of the biggest whodunnits in national security history unsolved.
Apple apologizes for failing MacBook keyboards yet again
The failures may be uncommon, but third time isn't the charm for this design.
FCC “fined” robocallers $208 million since 2015 but collected only $6,790
Both FCC and FTC fail to collect vast majority of robocall fines, WSJ reports.
Bogus medical exemptions sought by anti-vaxxers may get revoked in Calif.
Calif. bill would require state-level approval of every medical vaccine exemption.
Got Amazon Prime? You just got 12 months of Nintendo Switch Online for free
One-time offer runs out in September 2019, includes one hoop to jump through.
Borderlands 3 trailer shows some of its “over one billion guns”
Gearbox also announces 4K updates for older Borderlands games.
Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson eradicated from splash text
Both the Java and the console versions of the game have been updated.
Office Depot rigged PC malware scans to sell unneeded $300 tech support
Office Depot and its software supplier have to pay $35 million toward refunds.
UK cyber security officials report Huawei’s security practices are a mess
Huawei never delivered on changes promised years ago, National Cybersecurity Centre reports.
Dealmaster: Get an Anker wall charger with a 30W USB-C PD port for $20
Plus a $50 Amazon gift card with Office 365, lots of storage deals, and more.
Space Channel 5 VR hands-on: Ulala’s back, and I met her
Throw your hands up and dance away the alien invaders.
Today, WarCraft 1 & 2 get their first-ever digital launch—and it’s on GOG
Bundle arrives three weeks after Diablo 1's surprise GOG launch. We go hands-on.
Thousands of years ago, a warm Arctic made mid-latitudes drier
Paleoclimate records show precipitation trends that could be repeated.
In 1959, Volvo gave us the seat belt—here’s what its safety team is building now
Its goal is no deaths or serious injuries in a new Volvo by 2020.
House Democrats introduce bill to keep the US in the Paris Agreement
The bill would strip any federal funds for exiting the agreement.
An Alabama representative just let the cat out of the bag with the SLS rocket
Rep. Aderholt says these programs provide a lot of jobs.
A rogue’s gallery of bad actors is exploiting that critical WinRAR flaw
Code-execution vulnerability is being used to install password stealers and much more.
Kintetsu Railway in Japan installs 42 Tesla Powerpacks as backup electricity
The installation will be Tesla's fourth largest in the Asia-Pacific region.
Trump signs executive order to make America greater than EMPs
Order combines hardening against mythical high-altitude attack with space weather readiness.
Monsters from another dimension invade Earth in cosmic thriller Starfish
The film grew out of director A.T. White's own experiences with grief and loss.
Xiaomi’s “100W” quick charging goes from 0 to 100 in 17 minutes
18V/4.5A charging solution smokes the competition (hopefully not literally).
There’s this new 4K Falcon 9 video you probably want to watch
Like, don't even bother reading the article.
Facebook’s new rules come down against white nationalism, separatism
Acknowledges cat-and-mouse: "People [will] try to game our systems to spread hate."
Putting Sony’s 4.2 million PSVR sales in context
Headset's attach rate is somewhere in the Sega CD/32X range.
Microsoft exec bans company from pulling any dumb April Fools’ pranks
Internal memo says that pranks have little upside and can too often backfire.
FTC investigates whether ISPs sell your browsing history and location data
AT&T, Comcast, Verizon, T-Mobile, Google face probe into privacy and targeted ads.
Why debts associated with poverty can cause long-lasting problems
Keeping track of debt drains your mental resources.
New Tesla chair on Elon Musk: “I don’t think he poses any challenges”
"The company is running very well," Tesla's Robyn Denholm argues.
India shoots down a weather satellite, declares itself a “space power”
"It shows the remarkable dexterity of India’s outstanding scientists."
Hallucinating mice bring us one step closer to what’s going on in the brain
New study concludes the brain may just be over-interpreting a lack of information.
We put our hands all over the weirdest game controllers of the year
Plus, eat a puzzle game, feed book pages to a robot, and sit on a couch... from hell.
Senate vote puts Green New Deal resolution to bed
Protest votes from Democrats came after no hearings on the resolution were scheduled.
Lion Air 737 MAX crew had seconds to react, Boeing simulation finds
Boeing test pilots determine crash was unavoidable if MCAS wasn't shut down in 40 seconds.
Emergency declared in NY over measles, unvaccinated barred from public spaces
County official calls resistance to outbreak response "unacceptable and irresponsible."
New Huawei phone has a 5x optical zoom, thanks to a periscope lens
How do you cram a 5x zoom into the P30 Pro? Just turn the whole assembly sideways!
74% of US coal plants threatened by renewables, but emissions continue to rise
In the US, coal is challenged by newer technology, but it's not happening fast enough.
HTML email reborn, as Google brings AMP to your inbox
With AMP embeds, email can now contain rich interactivity, not just text and pictures.
Vice President directs NASA to return to the Moon by 2024
"If our current contractors can't meet this objective, then we'll find ones that will."
How Microsoft found a Huawei driver that opened systems to attack
Monitoring systems were looking for attacks using technique popularized by the NSA.
A superposition of possible facts causes quantum conflict
Measurement of a measurement result leads to a disagreeable answer.
Verizon refuses to admit that its “first to 5G” commercials are misleading
Ad industry self-regulator urges Verizon to pull 5G ads, but Verizon files appeal.
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