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Trade group prez: Loot box regulation “challenges our freedom to innovate”
"Those that get it right will be rewarded. Those that don't won't."
Google zooms by Amazon in smart speaker shipments, report says
New Canalys report says Amazon's early grip on smart speaker market has slipped.
Court docs show Apple knew about the bendiness of the iPhone 6, 6 Plus
Engineering changes were eventually made to prevent "Touch Disease" screen problems.
What exactly are “preppers” prepping for?
Motivations include lots of government warnings and media coverage of disasters.
These clever students have turned the Camaro into a hybrid sports car
16 teams competed over four years to turn the Camaro into a high-performance hybrid.
Rocket report: China goes lunar, Antares flies, and a 140-ton Sea Serpent
Also, some scoop on Bezos maybe trying to outdo Musk.
HP Spectre 15 x360 2018 review: Made better by standard 4K, great battery life
It may not be the most portable machine, but it fixes many previous problems.
Apple has rejected iOS version of Steam Link app, Valve says
Denial cites "business conflicts" despite approval of other desktop sharing apps.
Gamers involved in December’s “swatting” death just got indicted
Gamers charged with obstruction for deleting possibly incriminating messages.
The DoJ is reportedly probing the murky world of bitcoin trading
Bitcoin and ether's rollercoaster rides will be investigated, Bloomberg reports.
Comcast may soon control what you pay to watch your favorite sports teams
Comcast and Fox could merge—their networks carry 59 NBA, MLB, and NHL teams in US.
Samsung might save Android smartwatches from irrelevance
Qualcomm is failing Wear OS, but Samsung could save it with Exynos SoCs.
Amazon confirms that Echo device secretly shared user’s private audio [Updated]
The call that started it all: "Unplug your Alexa devices right now."
White House policy seeks fewer lawyers, more engineers at space companies
"They're moving quickly to address the shortcomings."
America, your offshore wind is coming: 1.2GW in contracts awarded
An industry stalled is being revived again.
Researchers identify a protein that viruses use as gateway into cells
If we can block this interaction, we'd block virus infections.
Nintendo starts selling cheaper, dock-free Switch, but only in Japan
New package is marketed as a "second" console for multiplayer households.
Edge is still the most efficient Windows browser, but Chrome is getting close
Once Edge had a big advantage over competing browsers. It doesn't any more.
NTSB: Uber’s sensors worked; its software utterly failed in fatal crash
Driver says she was looking at an Uber touchscreen, not a smartphone, before crash.
YouTube Music will replace Google Play Music but won’t kill user uploads
New service will eventually support "all the key features" of Google Play Music.
Uber wants to test driverless cars in Pittsburgh again—the mayor is pissed
Mayor: "Uber did not tell me" about plans to test driverless cars in Pittsburgh.
Acer’s Chromebook Spin 13 tempts professionals to use Chrome OS at work
It's the most powerful Chromebook to join Acer's large family of Chrome OS devices.
Detroit: Become Human review: Robotic in all of the wrong ways
Poor scripting and world-building sink an ambitious dive into branching narrative.
Solo film review: Best when it embraces its favorite action-movie urges
Solo's fun, but this is not (yet) the Han you adore.
Apple, VW sign driverless car deal for Apple campus shuttles, NY Times sources say
Deal was apparently struck after BMW and Mercedes-Benz declined a partnership.
FBI seizes domain Russia allegedly used to infect 500,000 consumer routers
The sinkholing is a major coup but doesn't automatically kill VPNFilter infections.
Trump’s Twitter blocking violates First Amendment, court rules
The "interactive space" around Trump tweets is a public forum, judge rules.
Battlefield V looks amazing—and it won’t have paid season pass, map packs [Updated]
WWII game's only MTX will be cosmetic; no hints to a battle royale mode.
Sony: Next PlayStation is at least three years off
"We will use the next three years to prepare the next step."
Hackers infect 500,000 consumer routers all over the world with malware
VPNFilter can survive reboots and contains destructive "kill" function.
Newest NOAA weather satellite suffers critical malfunction
Cooling system isn’t cooling, knocking key sensors offline.
Arizona state education standards see evolution deleted
Never mention "change over time" by its name.
Matt Groening’s first fantasy-cartoon series finally has release date, screens
First 10 episodes of Netflix's Disenchantment will land in August of this year.
Comcast confirms plan to buy 21st Century Fox and control of Hulu
Comcast preparing to outbid Disney in attempt to expand media empire.
Stellarator’s plasma results show a triumph of engineering and modeling
A possible route to fusion makes a very impressive start.
This rugged electric off-roader from Nikola has specs to rival a Tesla
This go-anywhere vehicle goes on sale next year.
Internal Uber email announces shutdown of Arizona driverless car testing
"We intend to drive in a much more limited way," Uber executive writes.
You can add “harder to fix” to the list of OnePlus 6 downgrades
The glued-on glass back is harder to crack than last year's screwed-on metal back.
FBI exaggerated the number of phones it can’t unlock by up to 550 percent
FBI's case for weakening encryption suffers blow as agency admits math error.
US gov’t employee in China left with brain injury after strange sounds, pressure
The case draws eerie similarities to mysterious "health attacks" in Cuba.
In absence of fog, the images from a SpaceX launch Tuesday are stunning
Rarely do photographers get such viewing conditions at Vandenberg Air Force Base.
How you end up sleep-deprived matters
There's more than one type of sleep deprivation, and the impacts vary.
Dell XPS 15 2-in-1 review: Meet the child of Intel and AMD’s unholy union
A chipset that combines Intel's CPU with AMD's GPU makes the XPS 15 thinner.
Small, nimble, quick, and loud: The BMW X2 reviewed
We put the new-for-2018 BMW X2 subcompact crossover through its paces.
HTC’s new flagship smartphone has a translucent back, dual front cameras
Will fancy color options and some edge gestures get you to buy an HTC phone?
Police use of Amazon’s face-recognition service draws privacy warnings
Cloud-based service can index millions of faces and recognize 100 people in an image.
EPA boots reporters from meeting on chemicals called a PR disaster
The EPA was already under scrutiny about its actions regarding these contaminants.
Netflix and other online video are killing cable in customer satisfaction
Cable and broadband companies are still widely hated by US customers.
Navy’s F-35 doesn’t have range for real stealth strikes, House report says
Risks to carriers, absence of stealth tankers puts "necessary targets" out of reach.
“Like slavery”: Rehab patients forced into unpaid labor to cover “treatment”
Untrained rehab patients worked in adult care homes to pay for "treatment."
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