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Microsoft Teams is now officially bigger than Slack
It's the first official milestone for Microsoft's group chat, and it's a big one.
Savage tick-clone armies are sucking cows to death; experts fear for humans
Spreading invasive tick spawns without mating and can transmit deadly disease.
Google workers listen to your “OK Google” queries—one of them leaked recordings
News service identified Google users by listening to 1,000 leaked recordings.
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Facebook AI Pluribus defeats top poker professionals in 6-player Texas Hold ’em
Pluribus beat five other human players with an unconventional bet-sizing strategy.
Eavesdropping flaw prompts Apple to suspend Walkie-Talkie app
Apple Watch app can let attackers listen to iPhone mic without permission.
DeepMind AI is secretly lurking on the public StarCraft II 1v1 ladder
European players who opt-in have a chance to match up against AlphaStar.
Boom-shaka-laka: Call of Duty’s new “Gunfight” mode is like NBA Jam with guns
We don't know full CoD: Modern Warfare multiplayer story yet, but this mode is fun.
Steam uses machine learning for its new game recommendation engine
Neural network analyzes billions of playtime hours to make game suggestions.
Facebook denies allegations that you make friends on Facebook
Facebook responds with blanket denials to DC's Cambridge Analytica suit.
US puts rush order on long-range air-to-air missile
Video: AIM-260 needed to counter Chinese, Russian missiles with ranges over 300km.
The helicopter team that films the Tour de France is one of a kind
When filming this race, 500 feet is considered high altitude.
Dragon Quest Builders 2 review: Building on success
It's a sequel about breaking and fixing that doesn't fix what wasn't broken.
Official Galaxy Note 10 images leak, show off the big, boxy body
It's big. It's rectangular. It probably doesn't have a headphone jack.
There’s a big problem with Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency
"I don't understand how this is possible," an expert said of Facebook's approach.
Silent Mac update nukes dangerous webserver installed by Zoom
Fix also requires users to confirm they want to join a Zoom conference.
Whitehats use DoS attack to score key victory against ransomware crooks
Victory is anything but decisive, as crooks live to fight another day.
AT&T’s robocall-blocking expansion won’t block spam calls unless you pay extra
With free version, you get "personal block list" instead of automatic blocking.
Mysterious illness that paralyzes healthy kids prompts plea from CDC
CDC wants more data and faster reporting before the next wave of cases hits.
Tiny robot leaps around carrying its own battery, electronics
Less than 100 millimeters across, a trefoil-shaped robot can walk, hop, or leap.
“This is crazy”: FCC kills part of San Francisco’s broadband-competition law
But it's not clear whether the FCC preemption will actually change anything.
Third parties confirm AMD’s outstanding Ryzen 3000 numbers
AMD has pulled ahead of Intel for the first time in 20 years.
Humans may have reached Europe by 210,000 years ago
By 40,000 years later, Neanderthals had taken over the site.
Android Q’s gesture navigation won’t support custom home apps at launch
There's a new Android Q beta, but it comes with bad news for custom launchers.
Prenda Law porn-troll saga ends with prison for founder
Disbarred former lawyer John Steele said he made "stupid decisions."
Nintendo confirms portable-only, $200 “Switch Lite” for September [Updated]
Smaller unit features non-removable controls, can't be docked to a TV.
Chinese air pollution dimmed sunlight enough to impact solar panels
Pollution from coal and biomass burning blocks 13% of solar electricity.
Official StarCraft mod makes the game look like a Saturday morning cartoon
Hands-on with $10 update for StarCraft Remastered: It's clean, cute, and hilarious.
Bloodhound LSR, the 1,000mph car, starts high-speed tests in October
The part jet, part rocket car will finally get to stretch its legs on a dry lake.
Zoom for Mac made it too easy for hackers to access webcams. Here’s what to do [Updated]
Read this before clicking on that Web link in your bathrobe.
Computer from NASA’s Apollo program reprogrammed to mine bitcoin
It takes the Apollo Guidance Computer 10 seconds to compute a single hash value.
Dropbox Transfer tests direct sharing of files up to 100GB
Send copies of files (even the big ones) with this new Dropbox feature.
AT&T takes some Time Warner shows off Netflix, makes them exclusive to HBO Max
HBO Max coming in spring 2020, combining HBO and other Time Warner content.
Apple updates entry-level MacBook Air and Pro, discontinues MacBook
The company also cut the costs of SSD upgrades across the Mac lineup.
“Close to 10%” of Autopilot software team reportedly departs after shakeup
In 2015, Musk declared self-driving "a much easier problem than people think."
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T-Mobile says it can’t be sued by users because of forced-arbitration clause
T-Mobile fights suit that says it broke law by selling users' phone-location data.
Report: Russian intel started the Seth Rich rumor to cover for DNC hack
Yahoo News' Michael Isikoff claims SVR was the source of story in "ConspiracyLand" podcast.
Trump’s Twitter blocks violate First Amendment rights, appeals court affirms
The best response to criticism is "more speech, not less," court rules.
Google speaks to fuzzy game-ownership question in new Stadia FAQ
Tucked into the fine print: A path to "Stadia Base" access before its formal launch.
Raspberry Pi admits to faulty USB-C design on the Pi 4
"I expect this will be fixed in a future board revision," says co-creator.
The electric Mini is going into production; deliveries start early 2020
The addition of batteries doesn't compromise space, but range will be limited.
Cuphead the game is becoming Cuphead the animated Netflix series
Netflix adds one more video game franchise to its bustling portfolio.
Elon Musk puts kibosh on hopes of refreshed Model S and X vehicles
Will this news halt the slump in sales for these two models, or accelerate it?
Buzz Aldrin is looking forward, not back—and he has a plan to bring NASA along
"There has to be a better way of doing things. And I think I’ve found it.”
Space-based gravitational-wave detector may detect strange exoplanets
Large objects orbiting white dwarf binaries would be picked up by the LISA project.
Microsoft releases Windows 1.11 throwback app as a Stranger Things tie-in
Mystery solved: Microsoft's classic software tease is all about the Netflix show.
Russian spy sub crew prevented nuclear accident at cost of their lives
Submarine was on "combat training mission" with civilian expert aboard for equipment test.
Antivaxxers turn to homeschooling to avoid protecting their kids’ health
One anti-vaccine parent planned to quit her part-time job to "become an educator."
Amazon plans nationwide broadband—with both home and mobile service
Amazon seeks FCC approval to launch 3,236 low-Earth broadband satellites.
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