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Intel’s Cascade-X HEDT squares off with AMD’s Threadripper
Cascade Lake-X is considerably faster than Skylake-X, at half the cost.
Hands-on with Microsoft’s barrage of new Surface devices
Microsoft spreads the Surface love to Qualcomm and AMD, also takes on AirPods.
Tesla produced a record-breaking 96,155 cars last quarter
Vehicle production has steadily improved over the course of 2019.
Facebook, Reddit, and others need a deepfakes plan now, senators say
Utterly fabricated video could become a whole new area of misinformation. Soon.
Study claimed a GMO trial went horrifically wrong. The study’s authors disagree
After scary news headlines, one study author said she didn't get to read the final text.
The Surface Phone is real! Microsoft surprises with a dual-screen Android phone
Microsoft is shipping Android and Google Play on this dual 5.6-inch-display device.
Why Ajit Pai’s “unhinged” net neutrality repeal was upheld by judges
Judges reluctantly accepted claim that broadband isn't "telecommunications."
AMD scores a big marketing win with Ryzen-powered Microsoft Surface
Beating Intel to the 1100 GFLOPS punch by 2 years got AMD a new Surface design.
Microsoft announces dual-screen Surface Neo PC, coming holiday 2020
A demo of Windows 10X shows how the OS will be optimized for dual-screen devices.
Italy signs an agreement to fly on VSS Unity for research missions
The first research flight could take place as early as next year.
Ancient sippy cup may hold clues about agriculture’s spread in Europe
Earlier weaning thanks to ruminant milk could have increased ancient birth rates.
Google adds password “checkup” into Web account password manager
Breached, reused, and weak passwords all flagged in Google account settings.
Tesla just bought an AI startup to improve Autopilot—here’s what it does
We talked to DeepScale CEO Forrest Iandola about his work last year.
The Internet’s horrifying new method for installing Google apps on Huawei phones
Just make a Chinese website your device's remote administrator. It'll be fine!
AMD Ryzen Pro 3000 series desktop CPUs will offer full RAM encryption
Ryzen Pro brings Epyc's Secure Memory Encryption to the desktop, more or less.
Portugal’s navy reveals “tech guerrilla” unit creating tech toys that kill
Unit uses "asymmetrical thinking" to turn off-the-shelf tech into instruments of mayhem.
Super Mario Maker 2 catches up with 1998, lets you play online with friends
Sweeping patch adds "play with friends" feature three months after launch.
Life after the Joker: Harley Quinn finds a new gang in Birds of Prey trailer
Subtitle: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn.
Former Yahoo engineer admits using his access to steal users’ sexual images
The 34-year-old man targeted accounts of younger women, including friends and colleagues.
After “last remnants” of non-contested launches, Air Force seeks competition
"I think competition is a huge part of affordability."
Facebook tried to fight $5B FTC fine, is ready to fight antitrust probes
An attempt to break up Facebook would "suck," Zuck says, but he's ready to fight.
Sony slashes PlayStation Now streaming prices ahead of Google Stadia launch
$60 now gets a year of streaming access to over 800 PlayStation titles on PS4, PC.
Ransomware forces 3 hospitals to turn away all but the most critical patients
"A criminal is limiting our ability to use our computer systems," hospital officials warn.
What problems can you solve on a quantum annealer?
Figuring out what algorithms could see D-Wave's annealer beat a regular computer.
Dealmaster: Save on Lenovo and Dell laptops, Bose and Garmin gadgets, and more
Plus deals on Samsung and TCL smart TVs, USB-C hubs, video games, and more.
Medieval skeleton puts a face on accounts of torture and violence
The remains are the first archaeological evidence of the so-called breaking wheel.
Ajit Pai wins (and loses) in court as net neutrality repeal is mostly upheld
Court upholds repeal of US rules but rejects FCC attempt to block state laws.
Men hack electronic billboard, play porn on it
Pornographic video could be seen along I-75 for 15 to 20 minutes, police say.
A gas giant planet that couldn’t have formed the way Jupiter did
At about half the size of Jupiter, GJ 3512 b challenges planet formation models.
Amid heavy competition, Relativity Space secures $140 million in funding
"Fundraising is always a process."
Garmin Vivoactive 4s review: So many fitness features, so little time
More fitness chops than you'd expect in a $349 device but largely the same smartwatch.
Most mobile browsers display the Web, that’s it—Vivaldi Mobile can change that
Vivaldi's power-user browser used to be desktop only. Not anymore.
Why big ISPs aren’t happy about Google’s plans for encrypted DNS
DNS over HTTPS will make it harder for ISPs to monitor or modify DNS queries.
Woman who sleeps in $500 EMF-blocking sack wants area-wide Wi-Fi limits
Seems like a good time to remember that EMF sensitivities are not real.
It’s official: We’re getting a 4th season of Stranger Things from Netflix
The Duffer Brothers also signed a multi-year development deal with streaming giant.
Webkit zero-day exploit besieges Mac and iOS users with malvertising redirects
Flaw rendered ad-sandboxing protections "entirely useless," researchers say.
HP’s Spectre X360 13” laptop offers Ice Lake, Project Athena, and more
HP's Spectre x360 13 features Ice Lake CPUs and promises great battery life.
Councilman “mind-boggled” by Baltimore City IT department ineptitude
City IT lost data for audit because it was all kept on staff workstations.
NCAA fights California over new law that helps athletes get paid
New state law says NCAA can't ban endorsement payments for student athletes.
BBC drops first trailer for new adaptation of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds
The three-part miniseries will be set in Edwardian England.
iOS 13.1.1 and iOS 13.1.2: Apple takes an aggressive update cadence to clean up iOS 13
A rocky iOS 13 launch has led to an unusually brisk pace of bug-fix updates.
NASA signals openness to change with new Solar System exploration hire
"Sometimes it takes somebody from the outside to bring organizations together."
Cinemood is the little projector that couldn’t quite
Cinemood's little 360P projector works, but you can do better for the money.
German police seize “bulletproof” hosting data center in former NATO bunker
Data center in former military complex hosted drug, child porn sites.
Video: Ubisoft’s Alex Karpazis rates your Rainbow Six: Siege loadouts
Style and strategy thoughts on the tacti-coolest tops and best breaching britches.
D-Wave announces the next generation of its quantum annealer
Lots more qubits, lower noise, and higher connectivity should boost performance.
As we age, we struggle to use landmark-based navigation
Deficits in how we process visual info cause a reliance on geometric features.
Possible cover-up of Ebola outbreak in Tanzania prompts travel warnings
Travelers should stay informed and avoid contact with sick people, CDC says.
Musk broke the law with anti-union tweet, judge rules
Judge orders Tesla to reinstate a fired union worker with back pay.
The new MS Flight Simulator taught me how to fly an actual plane
Ahead of closed alpha, Microsoft takes the wraps off its ambitious return to the skies.
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