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Self-driving car service open sources new tool for securing firmware
FwAnalyzer provides continuous automated analysis of firmware images.
MSDN Magazine will publish its last issue, ending a Microsoft developer era
The final issue of the print magazine will publish this November.
FCC finally gets around to denying net neutrality complaint against Verizon
Pai's FCC temporarily forgot about July 2016 complaint against Verizon.
Tiny tardigrades crash-landed on the Moon and probably survived
These microscopic creatures can survive for decades without water, then reanimate.
8chan resurfaces, along with The Daily Stormer and another Nazi site
Epik is still helping 8chan despite distancing itself due to "lawless content."
Google releases the 6th and final beta for Android Q
Next up: The final version of Android Q.
Skype, Slack, other Electron-based apps can be easily backdoored
Changes to configuration files don't change signature, can add malicious features.
FedEx leaves Amazon on the doorstep as the store becomes a competitor
Amazon's massive business doesn't just compete with other retailers anymore.
Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo team up to force loot box odds disclosures
Major publishers will also increase transparency in 2020 as FTC looks at loot boxes.
After Epic purchase, Psyonix removes random loot boxes from Rocket League
Move follows similar removal in Epic's Fortnite: Save the World.
People don’t want to see workers replaced by a robot—themselves excepted
When it's your own job, you'd rather not be replaced by another person.
What all the stuff in email headers means—and how to sniff out spoofing
Parsing email headers needs care and knowledge—but it requires no special tools.
I tried to pay with bitcoin at a Mexico City bar—it didn’t go well
After 10 years, Bitcoin is still searching for practical applications.
SpaceX launched an expendable mission Tuesday, but caught the fairing
There has been a pretty remarkable sea change in the attitudes toward rocket reuse.
Disney’s new streaming bundle priced to compete with “standard” Netflix plan
It's the same price as Netflix's 1080p streaming option, which went up in January.
iOS 13 privacy feature will force total overhaul for Facebook apps
Apple is set for another privacy showdown with Facebook and VoIP apps.
Silent Windows update patched side channel that leaked data from Intel CPUs
It took a year, but the patch fixes a new speculative-execution flaw found by Bitdefender.
The Ferrari Portofino—Maranello made this one handle like a Miata
Yes, a car this big and powerful can be fun on a narrow, twisty road.
Tensions rise between humans, mythical creatures in new Carnival Row trailer
"Think Game of Thrones but with better technology and set in Narnia."
AT&T workers took $1 million in bribes to unlock 2 million phones, DOJ says
Malware installed on AT&T systems helped conspirators unlock 2 million phones.
Police can get your Ring doorbell footage without a warrant, report says
Documents show Ring tells police how to get user engagement... and user footage.
Apple’s innovative virtual credit card is now available—but only to some people
The card will be available for everyone eligible by the end of the month.
Dealmaster: Grab another year of PlayStation Plus for $40
Plus $300 off the Google Pixel 3, big Lenovo ThinkPad discounts, and more.
Warring Maya kingdoms razed enemy cities to the ground
Researchers find reference to a burned city and match it to carbon deposits.
Board game blowout: Gen Con 2019 in pictures
America's biggest board game con has come and gone; we're back with pictures.
Fossilized teeth of Ice Age predators yield clues to why certain species survived
Coyotes adapted their diet and survived, while saber-toothed cats became extinct.
Biden says violent games are “not healthy” but not the cause of “carnage”
Other Democratic candidates also weigh in on political "distraction."
Metal Wolf Chaos XD: A weirdly timed return to 2004’s robo-blasting innocence
From Software's best "lost" game gets its first Western release 15 years later.
With Gerstenmaier gone, decision to fly NASA astronauts may be more contentious
"Somebody is going to be unhappy."
Elon Musk: “Anyone relying on lidar is doomed.” Experts: Maybe not
"They're all going to dump lidar," Musk said about self-driving rivals in April.
Apple isn’t the most cash-rich company in the world anymore, but it doesn’t matter
Alphabet has $117 billion in cash on hand.
Google publishes sustainability plan for hardware, but its impact is uncertain
The tech giant added new sustainability targets, but their value is hard to gauge.
Microsoft catches Russian state hackers using IoT devices to breach networks
Fancy Bear servers are communicating with compromised devices inside corporate networks.
8chan is all the way down—“It’s DNS. It’s always DNS.”
To find the what, why, and where of a dead site, you start with its DNS.
Google has a problem with pregnant workers, employee memo alleges
The employee said she encountered a pattern of hostility and retaliation.
SpaceX enters smallsat launch market with a very low price
"It does put pressure on an already crowded field."
Proposed bill would make monopolies pay “serious” fines
The senators want lawbreaking to come with "serious financial consequences."
Ransomware, “wiper” malware attacks have more than doubled, IBM team says
IBM X-Force incident responders see a rampage of ransomware and other destructive attacks.
Dumped by Cloudflare, 8chan gets back online—then gets kicked off again
8chan and Daily Stormer now both offline as a cloud provider cuts off access.
Did Stonehenge builders use pig grease to help slide megaliths into place?
Grease collected from ceremonial feasts may have aided the stones' transport.
Another mass shooting, another wave of politicians pointing at video games
House minority leader, Texas Lt. Gov. say violent games "dehumanize" players.
Review: iZombie sets up strong fifth season, then whiffs the series finale
The show's winning combination of horror, humor, and crime-solving deserved better.
Cloudflare has had enough, cutting off 8chan
Cloudflare CEO says site may return, but it'll be someone else's problem.
New poll finds the US generally trusts scientists, with some exceptions
General trust, but partisan skepticism, and worries about conflicts of interest.
Elon Musk will update the status of Starship development on August 24
"We should have Starship Mk1 with 3 Raptors almost ready to fly by then."
Barr says the US needs encryption backdoors to prevent “going dark.” Um, what?
"The FBI says they're 'going dark.' Well yeah, because they've been staring at the sun."
Whitney Cummings—and her sex robot—take on modern womanhood
Netflix has many stand-up specials, but only one kinda takes dead aim at, er, automation.
Another European heatwave, another link to climate change
Not to sound like a broken record, but Europe broke records again.
Roll over, Beethoven: Decoding the maestro’s musical style with statistics
What makes Beethoven sound like Beethoven? Swiss team used data science to find out.
Scientists name new fossil species after Millennium Falcon from Star Wars
But could the 500-million-year-old arthropod have made Kessel Run in under 12 parsecs?
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