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Charter appeals court loss, still claims it can’t be punished for slow speeds
New York AG alleges that Charter promised speeds it knew it couldn't deliver.
Major nor’easter whacking East Coast for the second time in two months
"Pretty much everyone on the plane threw up."
New Lego pieces: Still hard on your feet, but easier on the planet
Standard bricks still made of oil-based plastic; company has 2030 goal for those.
How could Ice Age tundra feed a mammoth?
A simulation shows that large metabolisms were efficient enough for the tundra.
After Thursday’s launch, we can now eye storms in HD from New Zealand to Africa
The GOES-R series of satellites scan the planet five times faster than previous ones.
Ajit Pai won’t get his gun—FCC chair rejects NRA award after ethics review
NRA honored Pai for killing net neutrality, tried to give him handmade long gun.
Code reveals Instagram may be close to launching voice, video chat features
Piling on the features to keep users coming back for more.
Review: Buick aims high, falls short with $60,000 Enclave Avenir
And an actual teen tests GM's Teen Driver tech in Buick's latest crossover/SUV.
Twitter CEO wants to study platform’s “health,” but is he ignoring the cancer?
Anedcotal data makes us wonder when a terrifying Twitter botnet will take over.
Hackers exploiting rTorrent to install Unix coin miner have netted $4k so far
Ongoing attacks give complete control and require no user interaction.
Ex-Google recruiter: I was fired because I resisted “illegal” diversity efforts
Google vows to defend lawsuit, says it hires “candidates based on their merit.”
Dealmaster: Breaking down the Galaxy S9’s pre-order situation
We sort out the carrier-induced mess for the biggest phone so far in 2018.
Putin boasts new strategic weapons will make US missile defense “useless”
Nuke-powered cruise missile and torpedo, hypersonic missiles counter US ballistic missile defense.
Drunk man accidentally takes $1,600 Uber from West Virginia to New Jersey
Uber says it took the man to his requested destination.
Dealmaster: Get Amazon’s Fire TV Stick with Alexa for $30
Plus deals on budget gaming laptops, 4K TVs, wireless charging pads, and more.
AT&T has good and bad news for users of its limit-ridden unlimited plans
AT&T ends one speed limit but introduces a new one; some prices are going up.
13 million people tracked over 300 years to build massive human family tree
Geneticists built a family tree linking millions of people across 300 years.
Forget submarine steel: The 2019 GMC Sierra truck is made from carbon fiber
Even the truck’s tailgate has a Ph.D.
Gut bacteria key to the vampire bat’s ability to survive on blood
The vampire bat’s genome only explains part of its blood-eating capabilities.
Asking how your friends will vote could increase polling accuracy
Social circle questions came closer to 2016 election results than standard polls.
Trustico website goes dark after someone drops critical flaw on Twitter
Outage comes a day after CEO admitted emailing private keys for 23k HTTPS certs.
Intel’s latest set of Spectre microcode fixes is coming to a Windows update
Windows users will no longer be beholden to their motherboard makers.
Couple freaks after tabloids spread medical pics of their worm-infested bums
Despite no errors or liability, the journal kindly dumped the butt pics.
F1 champ Williams made a cool new carbon platform for electric cars
The FW-EVX platform could be used to build new midsize or large electric vehicles.
Judge bars student from violent games after alleged shooting threat
"You can play all the Mario Kart you want," judge says.
Video: Scott Kelly walks (floats?) us through the International Space Station
After a year in residence, the former astronaut is very familiar with the orbiting outpost.
This is the All Twinster, a new torque-vectoring hybrid system for SUVs
The system can vary torque to all four wheels via mechanical and electric drive.
Trump says violent games are OK for his young son, maybe not for yours
"I look at some of the things he's watching and I say, 'How is that possible?'"
In response to Trump budget, NASA ending separate technology plan
"We need Space Technology if we want NASA to have a bold future."
23,000 HTTPS certificates axed after CEO emails private keys
Flap that goes public renews troubling questions about issuance of certificates.
Female Google engineer says she faced “frequent sexual harassment”
Woman charges “Google was fully aware” of sexist behavior but didn’t stop it.
Man involved in shooting cop and found via stingray given 20 years
Purvis Ellis, of Oakland, tells judge: “I just hope not to be defined by this.”
Cellebrite can unlock any iPhone (for some values of “any”)
Forensics contractor’s “Advanced Unlocking Service” still has to brute-force passcodes.
Bill Gates says cryptocurrencies have “caused deaths in a fairly direct way”
Gates says cryptocurrencies’ main feature is anonymity.
Nintendo: letting our fans review video games might not be a good idea [Updated]
Change comes only five days after Nintendo caught up with rivals' review systems.
Instagram image of Lego assault rifle, threat lead to 14-year-old’s arrest
San Diego County teen wrote Tuesday evening: "Don’t come to school tomorrow."
Verizon and a company it bought just paid $614M in biggest FCC fine ever
Straight Path failed to use spectrum, resulting in $614M fine and sale to Verizon.
Teams, Microsoft’s Slack competitor, is about to become a whole lot more competitive
Two large feature deficits should be getting fixed.
Chinese ban on small coal-burning ovens took 15 years
Delay in enforcement cost 15 years and 2,000 cases of lung cancer.
James Webb Telescope sun shield snags, further launch delays likely
The telescope project now has just 1.5 months of schedule reserve.
Ruff replicas: Barbra Streisand cloned her dog—with mixed results
For ~$50K you can clone your beloved pet, too. But should you?
Simple telescope picks up hint of the Universe’s first stars, dark matter
The Universe cooled faster than we thought, possibly due to weird form of dark matter.
Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph 2 plans to “break the Internet” this Thanksgiving
2012’s CGI surprise poked fun at video games; now, Ralph will “wreck” the Internet.
House passes sex trafficking bill that could limit free speech online
A bipartisan bill would enable states to prosecute sites like Backpage.
Defying Pai’s FCC, Washington state passes law protecting net neutrality
Washington may be the first state to impose net neutrality rules on all ISPs.
New “Android Go” phones show how much you can get for $100
Android Go is stripped down for low-end devices, and here's our first look at them.
War Stories: Brad Wardell on how poor memory management crippled Elemental
Video: How Stardock's ambitious fantasy game ran aground on technical limitations.
Self-proclaimed Bitcoin creator accused of $5 billion crypto heist
Craig Wright accused of "perpetrating a scheme" to con Dave Kleiman and his estate.
Sega’s Yakuza 6 demo accidentally included the full game
Lucky downloaders got the entire game well ahead of April 17 release.
Why US “cyber-warriors” can’t do anything about Russian “cyber-meddling”
There’s not much USCYBERCOM, NSA can do without presidential order—maybe even with one.
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