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Why you shouldn’t freak out about CDC’s insect-spread disease counts tripling
Sixty percent of the rise is from Zika, which mainly affected US territories in one year.
Mobile gaming cements its dominance, takes majority of worldwide sales
Smartphones and tablets have moved from a gaming niche to the main market mover.
FCC Republican gets official warning after pushing for Trump’s re-election
O'Rielly broke government ethics law; could be punished if he does it again.
LG G7 hands-on—LG adds a notched display, better speaker to the G6 formula
LG's G7 sticks pretty close to last year's design, just with a few upgrades.
This is what a payload fairing looks like as it returns from space
Reusing fairings would allow SpaceX to focus more on its next-generation rocket.
New court ruling could force Uber, Lyft to convert drivers to employees
California Supreme Court: It'll be tougher for firms to not have bona fide employees.
Elon Musk says don’t worry about Tesla’s burn rate—he might be right
History suggests Tesla's cashflow situation is likely to improve this year.
LG’s 2018 C8 and E8 TVs are here to prove OLED is finally mainstream
The cheaper B8 and higher-end W8 are still coming.
California net neutrality bill that AT&T hates is coming to New York, too
Bill is moving through Calif. Senate and will be submitted in NY legislature.
Facebook building a “simple way to clear your cookies and history”
The British Parliament has also issued an ultimatum for CEO's testimony.
SpaceX and Boeing spacecraft may not become operational until 2020
"The contractors have had difficulty executing aggressive schedules."
Dealmaster: Get a Crucial MX500 500GB SSD for $115
Plus deals on gaming PCs, iPads, Bluetooth headphones, gaming mice, and more.
Random quantum circuit easiest way to beat classical computer
Researchers suggest modeling chaotic circuits to demonstrate quantum supremacy.
Amazon Prime members can get monthly box of kids’ books with new subscription
Charging $22.99 for boxes that include either two or four books.
Mark Zuckerberg announces Facebook Dating
"Totally opt-in" but apparently has rich ties to default profile data.
T-Mobile and Sprint don’t need to merge for 5G—they said so two months ago
AT&T made the same claims—about 4G—when it tried to buy T-Mobile in 2011.
Iran blocks Telegram, pushes replacement with “Death to America” emoji
Citing use by “pornographers and terrorists,” Iran makes block permanent.
Oculus Go review: The wireless-VR future begins today for only $199
Low-priced VR limits can't be ignored, but the great absolutely outweighs the bad.
Early Middle-Eastern culture had a thing for gazelle scapula
Rows of notches in gazelle bones may be the unique signature of a Paleolithic culture.
Firefox will show sponsored content that’s personalized but private
Sponsored content will use technology from Pocket, which Mozilla acquired last year.
Facebook begins asking if every post you see is hate speech
Odd behavior pops up hours before Facebook's annual developer-filled conference.
Samsung launches preorders for the Galaxy S9 in 128GB, 256GB storage varieties
Samsung is charging $50 to jump up a storage tier, shipments start May 18.
Autonomous cars won’t solve traffic, but the Eli Zero could
It won't work for everyone, but as a second car for city dwellers it looks great.
As Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze comes to Switch, it disappears from Wii U eShop
2014 release now only available as $20 disc ahead of $60 Switch launch.
Earth’s magnetic field may not be flipping
While the magnetic field is changing, geology suggests our poles won't trade places.
Fitbit wants to more easily give data to doctors with Google partnership
Medical records and fitness tracker data come together with a new Google API.
Phone maker settles charges it let partner collect customers’ text messages
BLU phones sent a massive amount of data to firmware and data-mining provider.
After data “clash” report, WhatsApp founder says he’s leaving Facebook
News marks the second WhatsApp co-founder departure in less than a year.
Boeing slams the Falcon Heavy rocket as “too small”
"SpaceX's rocket is a smaller type of rocket that can't meet NASA's deep-space needs."
TCL’s follow-up to last year’s popular Roku 4K TVs starts at $649, ships tomorrow
Last year's affordable 4K HDR TVs see slight improvements in the 6 series.
Russia’s floating nuclear power plant is not the first of its kind
A 10MW nuclear reactor floated in a Panamanian lake during the Vietnam War.
A first look at Ubuntu 18.04 LTS desktop
Ubuntu's long-term support desktop is a welcome refresh.
A look at what the Windows 10 April 2018 update brings
Timeline is a smart new feature, and Windows continues its modernization.
As AI advances rapidly, More Human Than Human says, “Stop, let’s think about this”
New AI-focused documentary has info that can even surprise a tech editor.
Invasive, toxic caterpillars that can kill are about to invade parts of London
At best, they cause a red, itchy rash. “At worst, you can die,” expert says.
Google I/O 2018 preview—What we’re expecting from Google’s big show
Android P Preview 2, an Android TV dongle, Android Things 1.0, and more!
Comcast won’t give new speed boost to Internet users who don’t buy TV service
Comcast keeps losing TV subscribers, but it has a new way to fight cord cutting.
A few Wi-Fi transmitters and your house becomes a coprocessor
Measuring and controlling reflections turns a room into programmable computer.
The Hyundai Kona: A well-equipped crossover starting at just $19,500
We eschewed the Hawaii press launch to test a pair of Konas at home.
Why this year’s insane graphics-card price surge might be over
You can finally buy a high-end graphics card at Best Buy again.
Russia launched a floating nuclear power plant this weekend
Two nuclear reactors will provide power to an oil town off Russia's eastern coast.
T-Mobile and Sprint agree to merge, create giant to rival AT&T and Verizon
T-Mobile and Sprint announce $26 billion deal, claim they need one another for 5G.
New Shepard flies again, bringing suborbital space tourism closer
Blue Origin has not released a price for the spaceflight experience.
Lost in Math: Beauty != truth
In requiring theories to be beautiful and natural, we may be pre-rejecting reality.
France seizes France.com from man who’s had it since ‘94, so he sues
Jean-Noël Frydman: "If it happened to me, it can happen to anyone."
Cops take dead man’s smartphone to his corpse in attempt to unlock it
Man's fiancée tells Tampa Bay Times that she felt "disrespected and violated."
There’s one setpiece-and-superhero packed flick to watch this week—Batman Ninja
Sometimes, you just want over-the-top superhero stories that don't strain for substance.
iPhone’s weirdest glitch yet: Ask Siri to define “mother” twice, learn a bad word
Hint: Four syllables, rhymes with "other shucker."
Clouds of atoms, vibrating mirrors show their quantum side
Where's the border with the quantum world? We're entangling thousands of atoms.
Life in (virtual) pit lane: The war stories of video game car design
Opting for DIY physics engines, begging for an exec's ride, and ample Internet snooping.
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