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Suicide’s “contagiousness” is complicated—studies on 13 Reasons Why prove it
Researchers found a small increase in teen suicide before and after the show's release.
Ex-YouTube engineer reveals how video site worked to kill off Internet Explorer 6
Banner said that Internet Explorer 6 would soon be dropped.
Google unveils auto-delete for location, Web activity, and app usage data
New option coming soon auto-deletes usage data but doesn't cover all activity.
Pitchford promises no “free-to-play junk” for Borderlands 3
But there will be cosmetic microtransactions and special edition "boost mods."
Spot the not-Fed: A day at AvengerCon, the Army’s answer to hacker conferences
Army unit's effort brings hacker con culture to the home of military cyber.
With cash dwindling, Tesla seeks to raise $2 billion in debt and equity
For the last year, Elon Musk had said Tesla wouldn't need to raise more cash.
Dealmaster: Get Fitbit’s best smartwatch, the original Versa, for just $180
Plus an LG OLED TV for $1,070, a 9.7-inch iPad for $250, and much more.
Dragon was destroyed just before the firing of its SuperDraco thrusters
"There was an anomaly and the vehicle was destroyed."
LIGO may have spotted a black hole-neutron star merger
A few years of this and we'll understand the afterlife of dead stars.
The streaming service that wants to save the retro gaming biz from piracy
CEO talks business and tech challenges of emulating 2,000+ classic titles.
Video: Slay the Spire is a friendly game of death, but it was hard to get it right
War Stories takes a look at how community feedback shaped the game's final form.
Facing 2024 deadline, NASA issues a report defending the Lunar Gateway
"Gateway supports the acceleration of landing on the surface of the Moon in 2024."
Measles-stricken cruise ship quarantined, reportedly owned by Scientologists
Passengers are not allowed to disembark in St. Lucia, which eliminated measles in 2016.
Family of deceased Model X owner sues over 2018 crash
Lawsuit calls Walter Huang's Model X "unreasonably dangerous."
Ajit Pai says he’s fixed giant FCC error that exaggerated broadband growth
1.9M more people lack access, not a big enough error to change Pai's conclusion.
Human influence on drought started a century ago
Aerosol pollution from the '50s to the '70s may have complicated the picture.
Epic acquires Rocket League studio, bringing game to Epic’s store this year [Updated]
Steam sales will continue for now; Steam "support" will continue indefinitely.
First teaser for Veronica Mars revival is everything we loved about the series
Hulu brings back the cult favorite as an eight-episode miniseries.
Finally, a Denisovan specimen from somewhere beyond Denisova Cave
The 160,000-year-old jawbone is the first Denisovan fossil found outside Siberia.
AMD to launch new 7nm Navi GPU, Rome CPU in 3rd quarter
No mention yet of when the Zen 2 Ryzen 3000s will arrive.
Charter data use “rising rapidly” as cord cutters average 400GB a month
And median data usage exceeds 200GB for all residential customers.
Game with hidden Ruby interpreter pulled from Nintendo Switch eShop
Creator says he regrets overselling the secret, "sandboxed" coding environment.
Judge blasts Assange for jumping bail, sentences him to almost one year
The Wikileaks founder's legal troubles are far from over.
After a decade, NASA finally reveals root cause of two failed rocket launches
"It has been worth every minute, and I am extremely pleased with the entire team."
Scientists confirm that a space rock hit the Moon during the lunar eclipse
The meteoroid strike left a brief flash, lasting just 0.28 seconds.
Highly efficient thermoelectric generation, but only in the cold
In graphene, electrons can efficiently concentrate heat and generate electricity.
How to brew ancient Wari beer
High-tech spectrometry and traditional knowledge shed light on an ancient industry.
Apple sets sights on services as iPhone revenue continues to fall
The iPhone maker saw more of the same during the second quarter of 2019.
Zero-day attackers deliver a double dose of ransomware—no clicking required
High-severity hole in Oracle WebLogic under active exploit for 9 days. Patch now.
Ajit Pai-proposed upgrade to 25Mbps starts paying off for rural ISPs
Pai decision raises speeds, but it'll take a decade to reach all 106K locations.
Bloomberg alleges Huawei routers and network gear are backdoored
Details are scarce, but the "backdoor" appears to be benign.
Dealmaster: The latest 9.7-inch iPad is only $250 today
Plus Sekiro and DMC 5 for $45, Fitbit Versa and Roku TV discounts, and more.
Oculus Quest review: 2019’s best new gaming system is wireless, affordable VR
Wireless, powerful, simple, fun: This is the $400 all-in-one VR system to beat.
High cost, lack of support spell trouble for 2024 Moon landing plan
NASA may have a Puerto Rico problem.
Valve Index reveal: The best of VR’s first generation—but is it worth $999?
Great screen and a new "frunk," but with no new Valve games yet, will fans be satisfied?
Genes from an extinct “ghost ape” live on in modern bonobos
The fossil record for our closest relatives is poor, but genetic data could help.
Girl’s $143,000 bill for snakebite treatment reveals antivenin price gouging
The average list price for the antivenin is $3,198. The hospital charged $16,989.
Impact that formed the Moon might have splashed into Earth’s magma ocean
If the Earth's surface was molten rock, an impact could form the Earth-Moon system.
Report: Tesla to slash solar panel prices by 38% to stymie market share loss
Soft costs are a major part of solar installation, and Tesla hopes to cut them down.
A post-action analysis of GoT’s Battle of Winterfell—through a glass, darkly
How do you say "where's the air support" in Dothraki?
Google Pixel 3 is a sales disappointment, sells less than the Pixel 2
Can the Pixel 3a save Google's struggling smartphone program?
Garmin revamps entire Forerunner family, new smartwatches start at $199
New female health tracking is (finally) coming to Garmin Connect, too.
Bosch teams up with PowerCell to bring down the cost of fuel cells
The company is also working on solid oxide fuel cells for stationary applications.
Minecraft creator Notch unwelcome at 10th anniversary due to online conduct
Transphobia, homophobia, and racism aren't Microsoft's core values.
The leading “stablecoin” is no longer backed by $1 for every coin
Bitfinex says funds "are not lost but have been, in fact, seized and safeguarded."
Id Software’s open source shooters get ported to Apple’s iOS, tvOS
But getting them on your iDevice requires a bit of extra work.
SpaceX cuts broadband-satellite altitude in half to prevent space debris
Halving altitude to 550km will ensure rapid re-entry, latency as low as 15ms.
KSC apparently has told its workers they’ll be fired for taking rocket photos
"Photographing, or sharing images, from operations is grounds for termination."
Probable Russian Navy covert camera whale discovered by Norwegians
Russian scientist admits it probably escaped from Russian Navy research effort.
Firefly has successfully tested the upper stage of its Alpha rocket
Firefly has come roaring back into the small launch space race.
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