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DarkUniverse went undetected for at least 8 years. The NSA finally outed it.

On Tuesday, the company completed a static test firing of the Falcon 9.

Want to get beyond 60fps? Go ahead. Want to buy and load the game on Steam? Not yet.

Raleigh Island, off the northern Florida coast, was a center of shell bead making.

Plus deals on 512GB microSD cards, Nintendo Switch games, iPads, and more.

8chan was live again at 8kun.net, but not for long.

Khattri offers tearful apology, says he never cheated in "competitive scenario."

Google's first self-branded smartphone doesn't come with extended support.

Remember collaborative typing in BBSes? It's making a comeback in Office 365.

Each launch of the SLS rocket may cost on the order of $2 billion.

Fraudulent tech-support sites cause Firefox to freeze while displaying scary message.

Being the biggest player isn't illegal—but cheating to stay that way sure is.

We take a... Stark look at what to expect from another GoT book-to-TV adaptation.

Only 1,500 will ever be made, which is a crying shame because we love it.

Uber's rides made a profit if you ignore interest, depreciation, and other costs.

Five papers detail what the edge of interstellar space looks like.

Apparent BitPaymer variant strikes major IT consulting company, radio network.

California can't end its housing crisis without an overhaul of zoning rules.

Comcast gives partial credits for blackout, but DirecTV apparently hasn't done so.

Regulators are having a second look at ByteDance's acquisition of the company.

In two years, an F1 team will "only" cost $175 million—drivers not included.

Contradicts earlier study's claim that coiling gave rise to curved lines in his work.

MEMS mics respond to light as if it were sound. No one knows precisely why.

Blizzard boss shifts some blame for initial decisions to Chinese publishing partner.

Parachutes are an old technology, but they are very hard to get right.

Nest Wi-Fi's strength is doing many things well, not doing one thing the best.

ISPs lobby against DNS encryption, but Mozilla tells Congress not to trust them.

Adaptation of Brian Ralph's graphic novel is almost too smart for its own good. Almost.

Hands-on with top games at Essen 2019.

Ford follows lead of Tesla, Volvo, and Subaru with larger, vertically oriented screens.

One of these worlds is darker than coal, with an atmosphere as hot as lava.

Book review: Linguistics in the Internet age charts a path from BBSes to T9 and beyond.

But it might be time to finally terminate the franchise and let it go out on a high note.

A strike team of specially trained researchers drives into the literal line of fire.

Waymo has been touting fully driverless operation for almost two years.

Administration may be changing course, leaving its automaker allies hanging.

Brack accepts "accountability," promises to "do better" without offering details on how.

"Transparency for the taxpayer."

A small molecule sends the problem protein to a system that digests it.

No release date yet, but it's playable—and we have three classes, plus horses.

Many of the dumps have been pulled off public webpages, but at least one remains.

43% of buyers use the portable device as their second Switch system.

It was for a study on how enriched environments can affect stress response.

Google says the move will bolster Wear OS and bring Google-branded fitness trackers.

The study published earlier this week ignores most of the archaeological record.

We make a stab at assessing the main contenders for this prize.

"They're two years older than us, and they have yet to reach orbit."

Plume doesn't want to be a household name—it just wants to be in every house.

Review: For Hideo Kojima, freedom’s just another word for not having an editor.