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Genesis unveils its take on the big luxury EV—the Neolun Concept
Korea's luxury automaker brings five surprises to the New York International Auto Show.
Daily Telescope: A protostar with a stunning protoplanetary disc
Dust and stars, stars and dust.
Super Mario Maker’s “final boss” was a fraud all along
"Team 0%" declares a bittersweet victory as Trimming the Herbs' creator comes clean.
Starliner’s first commander: Don’t expect perfection on crew test flight
Dave Calhoun, who has led Boeing since 2020, will step down as CEO at the end of the year.
Workers with job flexibility and security have better mental health
Job flexibility and security were linked to significantly less psychological distress and anxiety.
Flying coach? At least you’ll be able to watch movies on an in-seat OLED TV soon
Who needs legroom when you have 8.3 million individually emissive pixels?
Justice Department indicts 7 accused in 14-year hack campaign by Chinese gov
Hacks allegedly targeted US officials and politicians, their spouses and dozens of companies.
Mozilla’s privacy service drops a provider with ties to people-search sites
Owner of Onerep removal service launched "dozens of people-search services."
macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 released to fix the stuff that the 14.4 update broke
The 14.4 release introduced a number of problems the new update claims to fix.
Where’d my results go? Google Search’s chatbot is no longer opt-in
The search chatbot used to be opt-in, but now Google will try it on normal users.
Lawsuit from Elon Musk’s X against anti-hate speech group dismissed by US judge
Ruling says case appeared to be directed at "punishing" speech from nonprofit.
“Temporary” disk formatting UI from 1994 still lives on in Windows 11
"It wasn't elegant, but it would do until the elegant UI arrived." It never did.
Apple, Google, and Meta are failing DMA compliance, EU suspects
Tech giants must defend against EU's "concrete evidence" of non-compliance.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and the philosophy of self, identity, and memory
The critically acclaimed film remains deeply relevant as it marks its 20th anniversary.
Seeing this eclipse is probably the highest-reward, lowest-effort thing one can do in life
Don't not see it.
Elon Musk’s improbable path to making X an “everything app”
X must do more than tack on new features if it wants WeChat's success.
Testing the 2024 BMW M2—maybe the last M car with a manual transmission
We've tested the three-pedal, stickshift BMW M2 on the road and on track.
Reddit faces new reality after cashing in on its IPO
Reddit must now answer to its shareholders as well as its vocal users.
Dragon’s Dogma 2 is gritty, janky, goofy, tough, and lots of fun
This epic RPG reminds us of Skyrim's ambitious jank, but with way better combat.
It’s a few years late, but a prototype supersonic airplane has taken flight
"This milestone will be invaluable to Boom's revival of supersonic travel."
GM stops sharing driver data with brokers amid backlash
Customers, wittingly or not, had their driving data shared with insurers.
Take a trip through gaming history with this charming GDC display
Come for the retro Will Wright photo, stay for the game with a pack-in harmonica.
Cable ISP fined $10,000 for lying to FCC about where it offers broadband
Small ISP admitted lying to FCC about size of network to block funding to rivals.
Samsung users ask, “Why does the S-Pen smell so bad?“
Apparently the "Ultra" phone's S-Pen often smells like burning plastic.
Users shocked to find Instagram limits political content by default
Instagram never directly told users it was limiting political content by default.
“We’ve done our job”: Baldur’s Gate 3 devs call off DLC and step away from D&D
Larian boss says BG3 is "a story with a beginning, a middle, and an end."
The restored Star Trek Enterprise-D bridge goes on display in May
The bridge is going on display at Sci-Fi World Musem in Santa Monica, California.
Switch emulator Suyu hit by GitLab DMCA, project lives on through self-hosting
Developer says there's "no way to confirm" if Nintendo was involved in takedown.
Windows Notepad’s midlife renaissance continues with spellcheck and autocorrect
Now Windows' only built-in text editor, there's more room for Notepad to grow.
Dogs’ brain activity shows they recognize the names of objects
Their reaction to the person naming an object might have masked signs of recognition.
Hackers can unlock over 3 million hotel doors in seconds
Saflok has a fix for the vulnerability, but patching may take a long time.
Rocket Report: Starship could fly again in May; Ariane 6 coming together
"I think we're really going to focus on getting reentry right."
Never-before-seen data wiper may have been used by Russia against Ukraine
AcidRain, discovered in 2022, is tied to AcidPour. Both are attributed to Russia.
More than half of chickenpox diagnoses are wrong, study finds
Vaccination has dramatically reduced cases, making clinical diagnoses tricky.
SpaceX’s workhorse launch pad now has the accoutrements for astronauts
"This system will help us scale to bigger towers and spaceships."
World’s first global AI resolution unanimously adopted by United Nations
Nonbinding agreement seeks to protect personal data and safeguard human rights.
Apple’s green message bubbles draw wrath of US attorney general
RCS and green bubbles in iPhone-to-Android texts play role in Apple/DOJ battle.
Lincoln Corsair PHEV review: A luxury car shouldn’t squeak this much
It has an attractive cabin and decent fuel economy, but build quality needs work.
Report: Superconductivity researcher found to have committed misconduct
Details of what the University of Rochester investigation found are not available.
Android 15 gets satellite messaging, starts foldable cover app support
Google still isn't letting Play Store apps use RCS, though.
SBF repeatedly lied to get out of “supervillain” prison term, FTX CEO alleges
FTX CEO: "The harm was vast. The remorse is nonexistent."
Choose your side in a civil war with House of the Dragon’s dueling S2 trailers
Is it a war for the good of the realm, or the "satisfaction of vengeance"?
AMD promises big upscaling improvements and a future-proof API in FSR 3.1
API should help more games get future FSR improvements without a game update.
This stretchy electronic material hardens upon impact just like “oobleck”
Researchers likened material's structure to a big bowl of spaghetti and meatballs.
After appeal to Musk, X suspends accounts that outed neo-Nazi cartoonist
Researchers, journalists are blocked from sharing the alleged identity of Stonetoss.
US sues Apple, alleging it illegally monopolized the smartphone market
Justice Department files major antitrust lawsuit against iPhone maker.
Unpatchable vulnerability in Apple chip leaks secret encryption keys
Fixing newly discovered side channel will likely take a major toll on performance.
A Soyuz crew launch suffers a rare abort seconds before liftoff
The Soyuz booster and its launch systems are typically robust.
Here’s BMW’s electric replacement for the X3—production starts in 2025
BMW has developed an all-new EV platform with better efficiency and more tech.
Antibodies against anything? AI tool adapted to make them
Right now, making antibodies means immunizing animals. But that may change.
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