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Wind with batteries? Build it quickly and it could cost $21/MWh in Colorado
New generation would add to current capacity and could also replace some coal.
Office for Mac now shares a codebase with Windows, gets real-time collaboration
Office will share a codebase across all platforms for the first time in 20 years.
NASA has pulled Jeanette Epps just months before her first flight
Epps would have been the first African-American crew member on board the ISS.
Crazy kaiju-robot antics only hint at Nintendo Labo’s true potential
We examine limited footage to figure out the robot suit—and predict Labo's future.
FCC admits mobile can’t replace home Internet, won’t lower speed standard
Pai offers no data for claim that Title II repeal boosts broadband construction.
Peeved by price gouging and shortages, hospitals will now make their own drugs
“This is a shot across the bow of the bad guys.”
Here’s why you can’t buy a high-end graphics card at Best Buy
“Cryptocurrency can’t crash soon enough,” one gamer fumes.
Dealmaster: Get a (refurbished) Amazon Fire TV Stick with Alexa for $30
Plus deals on Lenovo and Dell laptops, Apple's iPad Pro, LG 4K TVs, and more.
Samsung is now mass-manufacturing GDDR6 memory for your next GPU
Expect to see memory like this in upcoming graphics cards.
Apple rejects net neutrality testing app, says it offers “no benefits to users”
Researcher's iPhone app tests speeds of YouTube, Amazon, Netflix, and more.
Project Fi’s “Bill Protection” works out to an $80 “unlimited” plan
Bills will cap out at $80, with throttling after 15GB of high-speed data.
Planet finally stops setting warmest year records; 2017 merely finishes Top 3
Regardless of the dataset, just a touch cooler than last couple years.
Twitch challenges YouTube with new video producer tools, Disney partnership
Four of YouTube's most popular gamers will produce "exclusive" Twitch content.
Meltdown and Spectre: Good news for AMD users, (more) bad news for Intel
Windows patches are fixed, but microcode updates are causing even more trouble.
Amazon names 20 “finalist” cities in its new headquarters beauty pageant
Expansion candidates include most major East Coast cities, plus a few surprises.
Apple will give users the option to control their own battery’s destiny
Battery health will be much easier to understand in future iOS software updates.
Google’s Fuchsia OS on the Pixelbook: It works! It actually works!
We take a look at what Google's experimental, secret OS is up to in early 2018.
Russia now looking to sell its prized rocket engines to China
The RD-180 is 40 years old but remains one of the highest performing engines.
Scientists racing to save vital medical isotopes imperiled by shabby reactors
Current situation is “like running through the desert with an ice cream cone.”
Nintendo’s Labo playset slaps the Switch into build-your-own cardboard toys
Coming April 20, “crafted for kids and those who are kids at heart.”
With HomePod around the corner, Siri’s “give me the news” feature exits beta
The new feature is likely groundwork for the upcoming launch of HomePods.
Hackers can’t dig into latest Xiaomi phone due to GPL violations
Xiaomi is dragging its feet on the GPL again, this time with the Mi A1.
Apple to pay $38 billion in US taxes on overseas cash
Republican tax bill will save Apple tens of billions in taxes on overseas cash.
New botnet infects cryptocurrency mining computers, replaces wallet address
Attacker has generated about $2,000 in digital coin so far in a scam that remains active.
Fitbit Coach arrives on your TV with new Windows 10 and Xbox One apps
Another way for users to access Fitbit’s paid workout content.
Report: GM and Waymo lead driverless car race; Tesla lags far behind
GM’s acquisition of Cruise seems to be paying big dividends.
“Free TV” box lawyer says video industry is “digging its own grave”
A win for “Dragon Box” would be bad legal precedent for industry, lawyer says.
The 2019 Audi A7 is a sleek-looking fastback with some pretty cool tech
Very clever lights and driverless tech—but both subject to regulatory approval.
Immigrant-friendly policies make most whites feel welcomed, too
Only Caucasian conservatives feel uncomfortable in a state that welcomes immigrants.
NASA’s internal schedule for the commercial crew program is pretty grim
"Both companies are making progress, but certainly not at the rate that was expected."
Meteor lights up southern Michigan
A relatively slow-moving rock flames out with a bang.
Selling used PC games through the blockchain? We’re not buying it
Robot Cache has some interesting ideas and some important hurdles.
Chromecast and Google Homes reportedly overloading home Wi-Fi [Updated]
A bug is causing Google devices to pound networks with 100,000 packets at once.
How gold nanoparticles may make killing tumors easier
Gold nanorods do it all: Imaging, treatment, and monitoring of tumor-killing.
If you can’t beat them… Lamborghini joins the SUV set
Able to gobble up roads, trails, and dunes… as well as your nest egg.
Cryptocurrency bloodbath continues as bitcoin falls below $10,000
For second day in a row every major cryptocurrency suffers double-digit losses.
YouTube raises subscriber, view threshold for Partner Program monetization
Making it harder for new channels to make money off of ads placed by YPP.
The impromptu Slack war room where ‘Net companies unite to fight Spectre-Meltdown
When major security vulns go live without warning, competitors suddenly band together.
The interface to send out a missile alert in Hawaii is slightly less bad [Updated]
The employee responsible for the alert has been temporarily reassigned.
Google Chrome extensions with 500,000 downloads found to be malicious
Google removes four extensions that used infected computers in click fraud scheme.
The Windows 10 control panel modernization continues: Fonts get some love
A few more decades-old bits of Windows are getting removed.
Epic admits that Fortnite’s success may seal another F2P game’s fate
Major updates to the “action MOBA” Paragon may never come thanks to Fortnite.
DNA from an escaped slave who ended up in Iceland ID’d in his descendants
The genetic jigsaw puzzle of an ex-slave in Iceland.
Bitcoin plunges—now down 47 percent from December peak [Updated]
Every major cryptocurrency has seen double-digit losses in the last 24 hours.
21 states sue FCC to restore net neutrality rules
A long legal process starts now.
A little more power and a lot more battery for the BMW i8’s mid-life refresh
Battery capacity is now up to 11.2kWh, and the electric motor makes an extra 12hp.
Hackers seem close to publicly unlocking the Nintendo Switch
Coders are rapidly finding exploits to open up Nintendo’s new console.
Dealmaster: Get a new 15-inch Dell laptop with a Core i7 for $580
Plus deals on Apple's iPad Pro, Amazon's Echo Show, LG OLED TVs, and more.
Found: New Android malware with never-before-seen spying capabilities
Skygofree is among the most powerful spy platforms ever created for Android.
“Rocket” Madsen formally charged with murder of Kim Wall aboard sub
Prosecutor claims Wall's death was premeditated, involved "dangerous" sexual acts.
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