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Review: Google’s Wear OS 2.0 can’t fix its obsolete smartwatch hardware
Wear OS gets better with version 2.0, but what are you supposed to run it on?
Amazing NCC-1701-D simulator issues final command: “all stop”
Stage 9 got a Priority One message from Starfleet Command (CBS): cease and desist.
California Apple Store robbery gang stole over $1M in goods, cops say
9 suspects at large, while 7 men now in custody in Alameda Co., another in Sonoma.
A decades-old pollutant is still threatening orca populations
Just because it was banned doesn't mean it's no longer a problem.
Rocket Report: SpaceX gets Moon launches, South Korean rocket, BE-4 wins
"If we had not reached orbit on that attempt, SpaceX would not exist."
What pushed 2017’s Atlantic hurricane season into overdrive?
Pattern of warm ocean temperatures played the biggest role.
Defcon Voting Village report: bug in one system could “flip Electoral College”
High-speed tabulator vulnerable to remote attacks, and that's only part of the problem.
Carmack compares Oculus Quest hardware power to last-gen game consoles
Oculus CTO sees portable headset competing with Nintendo Switch in the market.
Google backtracks—a bit—on controversial Chrome sign-in feature
Privacy-conscious users were unhappy at being signed in to browser without consent.
Last year’s flu was brutal—killing 80,000—but vaccine did better than expected
The estimates are the highest seen in more than a decade.
SEC lawsuit seeks to force Musk out as Tesla CEO and board member
Musk tweeted he had "funding secured" for a buyout. The SEC says that was false.
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos will now sell rocket engines, too
Tory Bruno, chief of United Launch Alliance, "a real visionary and risk taker."
Dept. of Justice cracks down on another multimillion dollar biofuel fraudster
"System only works if we can assure the integrity of the RIN marketplace," official says.
Dealmaster: Get an eight-core AMD Ryzen 7 2700 processor for $220
Plus a 15% off site-wide eBay sale, $10 off the Amazon Fire TV Stick, and more.
Robocaller spoofed real numbers to avoid angry call-backs to his own phone
Robocallers hit with $120M in FCC fines for hiding behind spoofed numbers.
Researchers find Apple MDM can be brute-forced to register rogue devices
Duo Security researchers spoofed serial numbers, exploited Apple's Device Enrollment Program API.
Fed up by crazy hospital bills, state makes passive-aggressive T-shirts
$30K for hip replacement, 11K for vaginal birth—and those are just the averages.
New imaging tech gives us the finger (of a mummy)
The method could provide an alternative to destructive issue sampling from mummies.
Hands-on: Oculus Quest is an intriguing new middle ground for VR
Full VR motion-tracking in a cheaper, portable form factor is instantly compelling.
Amazon’s newest brick-and-mortar store sells only top-rated products
Prime members pay the online price in-store, while everyone else pays more.
Vote results: Construction will continue on Vogtle nuclear power plant
No new cap on costs; Southern Company would have to cover additional cost overruns.
Gene drive used to turn all female mosquitos sterile
In the lab, mosquito populations don't evolve resistance to this approach.
Panasonic completing 3 new cell production lines at Tesla’s Gigafactory
More battery cells may not smooth out other bottlenecks in Model 3 production.
Ancient DNA reveals the secrets of a devastating European disease
Comparison with modern strains offers glimpses of the pathogen's evolutionary history.
A Japanese company has announced a long-term plan to develop the Moon
"Around 2030 we expect to begin developing propellant and sending it to spacecraft."
New Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes hit Netflix this Thanksgiving
Six new episodes will show up for streaming on Turkey Day.
Ex-Facebook moderator sues Facebook over exposure to disturbing images
Lawsuit highlights the downsides of online platforms outsourcing moderation.
After century of removing appendixes, docs find antibiotics can be enough
In a five-year follow-up, nearly two-thirds of patients never needed surgery.
Uber will pay $148M to US states to settle claims from 2016 breach
Uber must now also report any "data security incidents" every quarter for 2 years.
Ajit Pai slams cities and towns as FCC erases $2 billion in local fees
FCC orders cities and towns to slash permit fees for 5G equipment.
Oculus Quest, a fully wireless VR headset, shipping spring 2019 for $399
Oculus says it finally has the right headset to deliver powerful VR without wires or PC.
Researchers find Russian “VPNfilter” malware was a Swiss Army hacking knife
Router malware had nine different tools for exploiting networks.
Windows 10 passes 700 million devices, 1 billion still far off
200 million users have been added in about 16 months.
Vive’s wireless adapter gives the best VR experience lots of money can buy
For $300, HTC will cut that annoying tether tying you to your VR-ready PC.
Sony’s walled garden cracks open: Cross-console play comes to PS4
Fortnite today, Sony "now in the planning process... for other titles going forward."
What is atrial fibrillation, and why is your watch telling you about it?
We explain why Apple's decided to go after a condition you may never have heard of.
Apple Watch Series 4 review: A bigger, better watchOS experience
A $399 starting price is a lot to ask, but Apple added a lot to this Watch.
A good announcement and a bad announcement for two nuclear-energy startups
NuScale Power takes a step toward engineering; Transatomic power shuts down.
World War II bombings weakened upper atmosphere at edge of space
Each Allied raid released the energy of at least 300 lightning strikes, study finds.
Xbox One’s mouse-and-keyboard era will begin in “coming weeks,” Microsoft says
Developers will be able to choose whether to support KB+M controls in their games.
NSA employee who brought hacking tools home sentenced to 66 months in prison
Former TAO coder took home tools to study in hopes of a better performance review.
VMWare Fusion 11 adds support for Core i9 MacBook Pro and 18-core iMac Pro
VMWare now supports DirectX 10.1 via the Mac's Metal graphics API.
Nintendo Switch cloud saves disappear 6 months after subscription ends [Updated]
Downloadable NES games require online check-ins within last week to play offline.
Valve reveals just how many PC gamers plug in gamepads—and which kinds
The latest data comes straight from Steam's internal hardware surveys.
Why Mojave’s dark mode isn’t dark enough
Our creative director mocks up the way he wishes dark mode would look instead.
Uber wins key ruling in its fight against treating drivers as employees
Arbitration clause bars drivers from claiming class action status, court rules.
Apple stole Qualcomm chip secrets and gave them to Intel, Qualcomm claims
Lawsuit claims Apple misused trade secrets to help Intel make iPhone modems.
Dealmaster: Get Red Dead Redemption 2 bundled with a PS4 Pro at no extra cost
Plus $45 Switch games, an Amazon Fire TV Stick for $30, and more.
Telltale plans to finish The Walking Dead despite mass layoffs
At least one newly jobless Telltale staffer has filed proposed class-action suit.
After-market car tech firm sold 363,000 emissions-cheating devices, DOJ says [updated]
Derive Systems must bring its products into compliance and pay $300,000.
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