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Hawaii Emergency Management Agency made changes, but a system redesign may be necessary.

Derivatives of heart-stopping poison may one day sink little swimmers.

This Autopilot-heavy roadtrip features great power, lingering concerns, and a steep price.

New Starz show Counterpart mashes genres in a more satisfying way than Netflix's Bright.

Rift went F2P in 2013. Rift Prime will undo that change—and on a separate server, to boot.

Bacteria that lack an essential gene replace it with a random string of amino acids.

It wasn't the most exciting North American International Auto Show on record.

Highly anticipated but sadly lacking.

Also raises official count of Russia-linked accounts, talks detection tools.

A malicious script injected into OnePlus' payment page went undiscovered for two months.

Two new studies offer tantalizing progress on an enduring problem.

The $99 fee for an annual Prime subscription remains unchanged, however.

Extensions remain the Achilles heel for an otherwise highly secure browser.

US and Europe still science superpowers, but China is rising fast.

Switch leads the way, but the entire console market is thriving.

App tests video speeds to help researchers gather data for throttling study.

"Taxpayers are tired of getting ripped off," a professional coalition builder wrote.

New generation would add to current capacity and could also replace some coal.

Office will share a codebase across all platforms for the first time in 20 years.

Epps would have been the first African-American crew member on board the ISS.

We examine limited footage to figure out the robot suit—and predict Labo's future.

Pai offers no data for claim that Title II repeal boosts broadband construction.

“This is a shot across the bow of the bad guys.”

“Cryptocurrency can’t crash soon enough,” one gamer fumes.

Plus deals on Lenovo and Dell laptops, Apple's iPad Pro, LG 4K TVs, and more.

Expect to see memory like this in upcoming graphics cards.

Researcher's iPhone app tests speeds of YouTube, Amazon, Netflix, and more.

Bills will cap out at $80, with throttling after 15GB of high-speed data.

Regardless of the dataset, just a touch cooler than last couple years.

Four of YouTube's most popular gamers will produce "exclusive" Twitch content.

Windows patches are fixed, but microcode updates are causing even more trouble.

Expansion candidates include most major East Coast cities, plus a few surprises.

Battery health will be much easier to understand in future iOS software updates.

We take a look at what Google's experimental, secret OS is up to in early 2018.

The RD-180 is 40 years old but remains one of the highest performing engines.

Current situation is “like running through the desert with an ice cream cone.”

Coming April 20, “crafted for kids and those who are kids at heart.”

The new feature is likely groundwork for the upcoming launch of HomePods.

Xiaomi is dragging its feet on the GPL again, this time with the Mi A1.

Republican tax bill will save Apple tens of billions in taxes on overseas cash.

Attacker has generated about $2,000 in digital coin so far in a scam that remains active.

Another way for users to access Fitbit’s paid workout content.

GM’s acquisition of Cruise seems to be paying big dividends.

A win for “Dragon Box” would be bad legal precedent for industry, lawyer says.

Very clever lights and driverless tech—but both subject to regulatory approval.

Only Caucasian conservatives feel uncomfortable in a state that welcomes immigrants.

"Both companies are making progress, but certainly not at the rate that was expected."

A relatively slow-moving rock flames out with a bang.

Robot Cache has some interesting ideas and some important hurdles.

A bug is causing Google devices to pound networks with 100,000 packets at once.