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ESA workers face a maze of non-compete clauses and service contracts
Contracts limit mobility and career advancement, and ESA policy limits local laws.
HowStuffWorks founder Marshall Brain sent final email before sudden death
Popular tech educator died in his office within hours of claiming retaliation for filing NCSU ethics reports.
Russian court sentences kingpin of Hydra drug marketplace to life in prison
The underground marketplace distributed more than a metric ton of narcotics.
Splash pads really are fountains of fecal material; CDC reports 10K illnesses
A big problem is leaky swim diapers and kids sucking up recirculated water.
“Nightmare” Zipcar outage is a warning against complete app dependency
Zipcar blames "increased site traffic," but total app reliance is also at fault.
Intel’s second-generation Arc B580 GPU beats Nvidia’s RTX 4060 for $249
Intel's dedicated GPUs are back for another round, and they're aiming for 1440p.
Four desk-organizing gifts you don’t technically need but might very much want
Save space, organize, and automate your desk space with these four doodads.
A peek inside the restoration of the iconic Notre Dame cathedral
Tomas van Houtyryve's striking photographs for National Geographic capture the restoration process.
The Raspberry Pi 5 now works as a smaller, faster kind of Steam Link
Stream games at up to 4K at 60 fps from your gaming PC to your big TV.
US plan to protect consumers from data brokers faces dim future under Trump
Wyden: "Unfortunately, it will be up to Trump's CFPB to finalize this proposed rule."
China hits US with ban on critical minerals used in tech manufacturing
China bans US exports of gallium, germanium, antimony, and superhard materials.
Cheerios effect inspires novel robot design
A popular science classroom demonstration could one day lead to applications in powering tiny robots.
New website shows you how much Google AI can learn from your photos
Upload your photo and get a thorough, three-paragraph description of it.
Two decades after Enron’s bankruptcy, the company is back as a crypto firm?
Enron was bigger than the Theranos scandal, before Theranos existed.
Raw milk producer optimistic after being shut down for bird flu detection
A second lot of milk was recalled after testing of retail products came back positive.
Can desalination quench agriculture’s thirst?
Some say it's a costly pipe dream; others say it's part of the future.
Elon Musk loses bid to reinstate massive Tesla pay plan, now worth $101B
June 2024 shareholder vote doesn't fix problems in 2018 stock award, judge says.
Cyber Monday cybers into view, and we’ve got all the cyber deals
The day's half-over, but we keep adding stuff-come see if anything speaks to you!
Certain names make ChatGPT grind to a halt, and we know why
Filter resulting from subject of settled defamation lawsuit could cause trouble down the road.
Researchers finally identify the ocean’s “mystery mollusk”
It's a nudibranch, but so distantly related that it gets its own phylogenetic family.
People will share misinformation that sparks “moral outrage”
People can tell it's not true, but if they're outraged by it, they'll share anyway.
Elon Musk asks court to block OpenAI conversion from nonprofit to for-profit
Musk says for-profit OpenAI harms public interest-and his own company, xAI.
US blocks China from foreign exports with even a single US-made chip
New China export curbs could hurt US chipmakers, allies more than Huawei.
Over the weekend, China debuted a new rocket on the nation’s path to the Moon
Depending on how you count them, China now has roughly 18 types of active space launchers.
Company claims 1,000 percent price hike drove it from VMware to open source rival
Cloud provider moved most of its 20,000 VMs off VMware.
Blizzard’s pulling of Warcraft I & II tests GOG’s new Preservation Program
Blizzard's push of remasters has GOG committing to its DRM-free offerings.
Workers strike as Volkswagen plans to close German factories
VW wants to close three plants in Germany, causing the largest walkout since 2018.
Sony just released the first 8 minutes of Kraven the Hunter
The studio hopes to bolster its Spider-Man Universe with much-delayed film starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson.
Falcon 9 reaches a flight rate 30 times higher than shuttle at 1/100th the cost
The Falcon 9 rocket is truly delivering on the promise of rapid, reusable launch.
Intel’s CEO hasn’t turned the company around, and now he’s no longer CEO
Gelsinger rejoined Intel as CEO in early 2021 after a previous 30-year stint.
Supermassive black hole binary emits unexpected flares
Their orbit periodically takes them through a cloud of gas, triggering flares.
How should we treat beings that might be sentient?
A book argues that we've not thought enough about things that might think.
Code found online exploits LogoFAIL to install Bootkitty Linux backdoor
Unearthed sample likely works against Linux devices from Acer, HP, Fujitsu, and Lenovo.
It’s (still) Black Friday, and here are the best shopping deals we could find
Beat the crowds with our list of cool stuff to buy-updated throughout the weekend.
Vintage digicams aren’t just a fad. They’re an artistic statement.
In the age of AI images, some photographers are embracing the quirky flaws of vintage digital cameras.
The upside-down capacitor in mid-‘90s Macs, proven and documented by hobbyists
A "copy/paste error" on a Mac logic board has led to some restoration problems.
Flour, water, salt, GitHub: The Bread Code is a sourdough baking framework
My year of baking lessons, guided by a full-stack engineer who teaches patience.
Rocket Report: A good week for Blue Origin; Italy wants its own launch capability
Blue Origin is getting ready to test-fire its first fully integrated New Glenn rocket in Florida.
Man suffers chemical burn that lasted months after squeezing limes
The toxin is in more foods than you might think, including carrots, parsley, limes, and lemons.
What fossilized dino feces can tell us about their rise to dominance
Scientists studied trace fossils called bromalites to reconstruct critical food webs in late Triassic, early Jurassic.
Found on VirusTotal: The world’s first UEFI bootkit for Linux
"Bootkitty" is likely a proof-of-concept, but may portend working UEFI malware for Linux.
Teaching a drone to fly without a vertical rudder
We can get a drone to fly like a pigeon, but we needed to use feathers to do it.
FCC approves Starlink plan for cellular phone service, with some limits
Starlink can provide cell service but FCC defers action on waiver of power limits.
Smart gadgets’ failure to commit to software support could be illegal, FTC warns
"When we don't own what we buy, everything becomes disposable..."
OpenAI is at war with its own Sora video testers following brief public leak
Group behind stunt says they're being used for "unpaid R&D" and "art washing."
Google’s plan to keep AI out of search trial remedies isn’t going very well
Judge: AI will likely play larger role" in Google search remedies as market shifts.
Biased AI in health care faces crackdown in sweeping Biden admin proposals
The future of the proposals is uncertain as Trump admin comes to office.
After telling Cadillac to pound sand, F1 does 180, grants entry for 2026
Is an AI startup partially responsible for the change of mind? It might be.
Player 456 is back for revenge in Squid Game S2 trailer
"You still do not see, do you? The game will not end unless the world changes."
ISPs say their “excellent customer service” is why users don’t switch providers
ISPs tell FCC that mistreated users would switch to one of their many other options.
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