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Verizon cuts 7 percent of staff in failing Yahoo/AOL division
Yahoo/AOL division struggles in ad market against Google and Facebook.
How a two-planet smashup left the Earth with its elements
Lab experiments point to the collision that formed the Moon.
DICE throws future of Battlefield custom rental servers into doubt
"We can't introduce a feature that ends up costing more... than it returns."
How compressed-air storage could give renewable energy a boost
Compressed-air energy storage isn't carbon neutral, but it's a lower-carbon option.
Russian space chief told to drop grandiose talk, get more done
"Stop talking about where our missions will land in 2030, get to work."
Forgotten man, forgotten disease—Aniru Conteh and the battle against Lassa fever
Surrounded by civil war and one of Africa's deadliest diseases, he stayed to save thousands.
Malvertisers target Mac users with steganographic code stashed in images
Clever HTML5 coding helps a blitz of malicious ads slip past scanners.
Apple cuts 200 people from its autonomous vehicle team
Thousands of people are involved in Apple's self-driving car project.
Oxford scientists successfully recreated a famous rogue wave in the lab
The so-called "Draupner wave" was recorded by an oil drilling platform in 1995.
Google’s lobbying spending set new records in 2018
Google, Amazon, and Facebook each spent millions in the face of growing criticism.
UK clothing company: Oops, our trademark doesn’t cover collusion.so
"We are taking the matter very seriously and are investigating how this happened."
Hulu will make its basic plan cheaper as Netflix gets pricier
The company is positioning itself for a year of fiercer competition.
Sorry, Ajit: Comcast lowered cable investment despite net neutrality repeal
Comcast cable network spending dropped 3 percent to $7.7 billion in 2018.
Emulator project aims to resurrect classic Mac apps and games without the OS
Emulator runs on Mac OS X, Android, and Raspberry Pi—no system files or ROM required.
Google planning changes to Chrome that could break ad blockers
The APIs that ad blockers depend on are also popular among malicious extensions.
If you installed PEAR PHP in the last 6 months, you may be infected
Pear.php.net shuts down after maintainers discover serious supply-chain attack.
Amazon begins testing deliveries with sidewalk drones
Robots are "the size of a small cooler and roll along at a walking pace."
Researchers get gene drive to push mice beyond Mendel
New technique can spread a single version of a gene throughout an entire population.
Terabyte-using cable customers double, increasing risk of data cap fees
4.1 percent of users now hit 1TB per month, but capped customers use less data.
Switch dominates a great year for game consoles in 2018
Red Dead Redemption II leads best-sellers, but Nintendo is top publisher.
US asks Canada to turn over Huawei’s CFO on alleged sanctions violations
Daughter of Huawei's founder was arrested while changing planes in Vancouver.
New Shepard makes 10th launch as Blue Origin aims to fly humans late in 2019
The company has yet to begin selling tickets for the six-person capsule.
Emergency declared near Portland for measles outbreak in anti-vaccine hotspot
The case count is rising rapidly in area with unvaccinated children.
15-inch, 4K OLED laptops are coming thanks to new displays from Samsung
Samsung could provide the new panel to OEMs for laptops launching this year.
An extreme sports game with a story? FutureGrind’s developers talk cyberpunk
FutureGrind is a challenging and fun sci-fi take on the Trials formula.
GoDaddy weakness let bomb threat scammers hijack thousands of big-name domains
Revealed: How domains owned by Expedia, Mozilla, and Yelp sent bomb hoaxes.
US appeals court says California can set its own Low Carbon Fuel Standard
State is "rightly concerned with the health and welfare" of Californians, panel writes.
The Great Google Hangouts Shutdown begins October 2019
GSuite customers will get the boot first—consumer shutdown comes later.
HBO mines Asian mythology for scary monsters in anthology series Folklore
New trailer showcases different directors, casts, and countries for each episode.
UK fashion label says it owns trademark on “collusion,” EFF says no way
Last year, a man bought Collusion.so, pointed it to Lawfare. ASOS didn't like that.
Microsoft unveils more cheap hardware, Teams features, and pens for education
The education sales pitch: Teams, Windows 10 in S Mode, and cheap hardware.
Dealmaster: Take $150 off a 10.5-inch Apple iPad Pro
Or an Amazon Fire HD 8 for $50. Plus deals on the Nvidia Shield TV and more.
Apple releases macOS 10.14.3, iOS 12.1.3, watchOS 5.1.3, and tvOS 12.1.2
The updates are mostly bug fixes and security improvements.
Pay for Trump’s border wall with $20 online porn fee, Ariz. lawmaker says
Arizona bill would make online porn viewers pay for border wall with Mexico.
Some of us may produce super-healing poop—and scientists are on it
There isn't one stool to rule them all, but some are clearly better than others.
Tesla gets green light to sell Model 3 in Europe
Model 3 shipments to Europe will start in the coming weeks.
Study: Keep craft beer cool and drink in three months for best flavor
Concentrations of a key aromatic compound fall dramatically over three months.
Resident Evil 2 remake review: Beautiful, terrifying, and annoying
Classic terror (and fetch quests), remade just enough for a new generation.
Researchers discover state actor’s mobile malware efforts because of YOLO OPSEC
Ran malware on own phones as test, uploading all their WhatsApp messages, other data.
VW’s insane I.D. R electric car is headed to the Nürburgring this summer
Porsche set a new record in 2018 with a hybrid; now VW is gunning for it with an EV.
Social media can predict what you’ll say, even if you don’t participate
On Twitter, your words are predictable using the words of your network.
Bird, Lime sued by disability rights activists who claim obstructed sidewalks
Lawsuit: Stray scooters "have… caused Plaintiffs to use the sidewalks less often."
“The Linux of social media”—How LiveJournal pioneered (then lost) blogging
George RR Martin's platform switch reminds us of an early blogging giant greatly changed.
Report: Toyota and Panasonic to create an electric car-battery spinoff company
New joint venture would produce much higher-capacity batteries, Nikkei says.
Elon Musk has been pitching cheap tunnels from The Boring Company to big names
The entrepreneur says he can tunnel Blue Mountains for $15 million per kilometer.
Russia tries to force Facebook and Twitter to relocate servers to Russia
Companies allegedly didn't follow law requiring user data to be stored in Russia.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, video games, and the new online town square
Weekend Donkey Kong 64 marathon serves as a gathering place for much more.
Google must pay €50 million for GDPR violations, France says
CNIL agrees with complaints brought by activists: user consent is insufficient.
Why Uber wants to build scooters and bikes that can drive themselves
Recharging is a significant cost for electric scooter and bike companies.
Dealmaster: A bunch of Sonos speakers are discounted for the Super Bowl
Including relatively rare deals on the Sonos Beam, Playbar, and Sub.
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