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Updated 2026-08-06 04:45
Co-founder of EFF, John Perry Barlow, dead at 70
“The Internet we all know and love today exists and thrives because of Barlow’s vision.”
SpaceX sent a nerdy Easter egg into space, but can anyone read it?
Disc etched with “femtosecond laser on quartz silica glass,” can hold 360TB.
Tesla loses another $675 million in Q4, its biggest quarterly loss yet
“If we can send a Roadster to the asteroid belt, we can probably solve Model 3 production.”
German Navy experiences “LCS syndrome” in spades as new frigate fails sea trials
With 90% new systems, this bigger, lighter-crewed monster frigate is not ready for duty.
Doctors floored by epidemic levels of black lung in Appalachian coal miners
The cases are more severe, and miners are dying younger.
Feds drop hammer on massive “carder” ring that caused $530 million in losses
Infraud is the biggest online fraud enterprise ever prosecuted by US prosecutors.
Debate heats up over whether 130,000-year-old bones were broken by humans
Archaeologists debate what these mastodon bones mean for human prehistory.
Star Trek Discovery: “I’ve made a lot of bad emotional choices”
In which we explore what happened to the narrative arc of this show.
Nest is done as a standalone Alphabet company, merges with Google
Google plans to “combine hardware, software, and services” between the two companies.
62 years later Jaguar is building the final 25, million-dollar D-Types
The D-Type is the latest hand-built "continuation" from its back catalog.
Americans staying home, streaming video, and using less energy because of it
Decouple economic growth from energy consumption: Tell your boss you want to work from home.
New Jessica Jones season two trailer asks big questions about her origins
"How many others are there like me?"
Uber’s ex-CEO: At first, Uber considered Google to be its “big brother”
Levandowski texted Kalanick the speech from Wall Street—which was then shown in court.
Report: Google considering a game streaming service, console hardware
According to The Information, Google has been working on this for the past two years.
There are Ajit Pai “Verizon puppet” jokes that the FCC doesn’t want you to read
FCC won't release emails about joke "collusion" video, says they would harm agency.
The Red Strings Club review: Cocktail revolution
This beautiful adventure game is more than a pretty face.
Naked mole rats have a complicated relationship with cancer
But we still don’t know how they live so long while mostly avoiding cancer.
HP embraces Thunderbolt 3 as it brings premium features to mainstream systems
HP refresh brings premium design to mainstream corporate laptops and mobile workstations.
This may be the moment SpaceX opened the cosmos to the masses
“It gives me confidence that BFR is really quite workable.”
If we gave everyone a decent standard of living, could we sustain it?
First-world quality of life for all is out of reach without an efficiency shake-up.
Uber: We had “no justification” for covering up data breach
Republican senator: data breach incident “raises red flags within this committee.”
Mutant crayfish got rid of males, and its clones are taking over the world
From a stream in Florida to a pet shop in Germany and on to Japan and Madagascar.
Tech-support scammers have a new trick to send Chrome users into a panic
Here’s what to do after landing on a page that freezes your browser.
Another Star Wars movie series is coming—from Game of Thrones‘ showrunners
Will exist outside all original and Rian Johnson trilogies.
Kalanick agrees: Google was and is “in the lead” in autonomous vehicles
According to a colleague's notes, Uber’s co-founder sought "pound of flesh."
The Equifax “Lock & Alert” app works, but what does it do?
Equifax’s new free phone app can “lock” your Equifax credit report. Just beware of typos.
SpaceX’s colossal Falcon Heavy has taken flight [Updated]
"I would really like to emphasize that the odds of success are not super high."
How will new iPhones manage power? Apple’s response to senator raises questions
Apple is also exploring options for those who paid full price for new batteries.
Amazon Prime Exclusive Android phones dump lock-screen ads [Update]
Google’s ban on lock-screen ads probably has something to do with it.
Dealmaster: Save $165 on a Dell desktop with a GTX 1080 and 512GB SSD
Plus deals on several Amazon devices, a Raspberry Pi 3 starter kit, and more.
The $26,000 hybrid that could do it all? The Kia Niro
This hybrid crossover can do 50mpg.
Instagram, Snapchat, and WhatsApp get better photos on the Pixel 2
Google's computational photography special sauce is open to any app on the Pixel 2.
Charter’s gigabit cable—starting at $105—is coming to over 40 million homes
Charter's "gigabit" is 940Mbps down, 35Mbps up, with prices of $105 to $125.
Planets of TRAPPIST-1: Complex atmospheres, probably lots of water
Two approaches set constraints on what these planets might look like.
Uber doesn’t want jury to see report, but judge says Uber is “stuck” with it
Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick may take the stand today.
China launches salvo against “network navy” of trolls who spread fake news
More than 200 arrests, thousands of accounts and websites seized for "illegal speculation."
Insane drug cocktails in India net drug makers millions and pose global threat
The drugs are made by international companies, but they’re not approved anywhere.
Two men charged in jackpotting scheme that drains ATMs in minutes
As much as $50,000 taken from infected machine in Connecticut, prosecutors say.
Charges filed, details emerge for arrest of Counter-Strike’s co-creator
Charged with commercial sexual abuse of a minor; allegedly began at SeekingArrangement.com.
Tesla and South Australia at it again, this time building a virtual power plant
Thousands of panels across South Australia will work together
Elon Musk says the Falcon Heavy has a 50-50 chance of success
“I feel super optimistic. But I feel as though that optimism has no basis in fact.”
ISPs must follow net neutrality in New Jersey, governor declares
ISPs can’t block or throttle traffic if they sell broadband to state agencies.
Here’s Ajit Pai’s “proof” that killing net neutrality created more broadband
Pai's FCC takes credit for broadband deployments that began under Obama.
Windows 10 S becoming a mode, not a version, as Microsoft shakes up its pricing
The Store-only version of Windows becomes an installation option instead.
Keeping the world below 2°C of warming needs tech we don’t have
European national science academies report warns tepid emission cuts not enough.
In just 24 hours, 5,000 Android devices are conscripted into mining botnet
Worm-like infection targets devices that have seldom-used port 5555 open.
Neanderthals used fire to make tools
Neanderthals in Tuscany charred wooden tools with fire in order to shape them.
Waymo presents damning internal messages from Uber, which responds in kind
See the dueling presentations each side gave on Day 1 in the Waymo v. Uber trial.
Hulu and Vue fumbled during the Super Bowl (but so did NBC)
Two of the big streaming TV services cut out at critical moments in the game.
Forget $9,000… Bitcoin falls below $7,500 $7,000 [Updated]
Selloff comes after another bank bans use of its credit cards for buying Bitcoin.
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