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Apple Watch Series 3 teardown finds a bigger battery and few surprises
Latest iFixit teardown answers some questions, leaves others up in the air.
After 15 yrs in vegetative state, patient becomes minimally conscious
Jolts to vagus nerve show potential to help patients with brain injuries, researchers say.
macOS 10.13 High Sierra: The Ars Technica review
A focus on foundation makes for an important but nigh-invisible update.
Uber CEO apologizes for “mistakes” in London
Uber has vowed to appeal a decision banning the company from London.
Never mind the Elon—the forecast isn’t that spooky for AI in business
Don't fear the machines—AI tech isn't nearly ready to think for itself.
Ajit Pai should be fired, petition says before Senate re-confirmation vote
Senate Democrats plan "very loud" debate on vote to give Pai a new term.
Jared Kushner conducted White House business with personal e-mail
Kushner lawyer says it was "fewer than a hundred e-mails."
Intel Core i9-7960X review: It beats Threadripper, but for a price
80% more cash than a 1950X for less than 20% more performance? Tough sell.
Tesla Model 3 owners are sharing more info on model as deliveries increase
Early adoption means many features are still a work-in-progress.
Microsoft Ignite: Skype for Business merging into Teams
Microsoft continues its big push in cloud computing and machine learning.
Microsoft Ignite: SQL Server 2017 for Linux goes live; or Windows, if you want
The preview Docker image has already been fetched 2 million times.
Microsoft makes play for next wave of computing with quantum computing toolkit
Microsoft wants to be ready for a quantum computing world.
Intel Coffee Lake i7-8700K brings six cores to the mainstream on October 5
Plus, i3 gets a bump up to quad-core, but prices are up across the board.
Liveblog: Satya Nadella lays out Microsoft’s vision at Ignite this morning
At 9am ET on Monday, the Microsoft CEO will kick off the week-long Ignite conference.
Volkswagen’s emissions cheating scandal had a long, complicated history
Emissions are a favorite compromise when considering price, miles per gallon, performance.
Is the alt-right’s use of Pepe the Frog “fair use?”
Is Pepe like Luke Skywalker—or just a super-chill frog anyone can use?
In shift toward electric vehicles, Volkswagen looking for cobalt contracts
The mineral is an important component in many types of large lithium ion batteries.
Microscopic and in motion
A quick look at some of this year’s best videos made with a microscope.
Justice Department goes nuclear on Google in search warrant fight
Google’s conduct is a “willful and contemptuous disregard of various court orders.”
After debut, Star Trek: Discovery will only be available on CBS All Access
Michael Burnham: “We come from a tradition of tolerance, freedom, and justice.”
Spettacolo: Tension between tradition and the future take center stage in Italy
New work from Marwencol team will inspire as much reflection as that documentary classic.
Is beaming down in Star Trek a death sentence?
Ahead of Discovery, we look to Trek's past to suss out specifics of how transporters work.
Iceland authorities weighing options after neo-Nazi site registers there
The racist site has been at a .is domain for more than a week.
PUBG vs. Fortnite: A game-genre copycat face-off heats up
Industry precedents and a breakdown of how similar Fortnite's new mode is to PUBG.
Shareholders force Zuckerberg to give up plan for non-voting shares
The plan would have further cemented Zuck’s total control over Facebook.
In spectacular fail, Adobe security team posts private PGP key on blog
Since deleted, post gave public and private key for Adobe incident response team.
7Up gets a new ingredient in Mexico—meth
Seven people have been sickened so far, and one person died.
iFixit’s iPhone 8 teardown finds a smaller battery and lots of glue
Apple’s latest gets a 6 out of 10 repairability score from the teardown experts.
Possible good news about climate change leads to confused coverage
Did warming projections just get blown up? No. No they did not.
Solar panel maker wins trade commission finding, tariff decision to go to Trump
The Suniva case has created a rift in the solar industry.
Verizon backtracks—but only slightly—in plan to kick customers off network
Rural users with no other options can switch plans but can’t get unlimited data.
FTC serves health-app maker massive slice of humble pie—and $1.5M bill
The app was meant to motivate users to go to the gym, eat veggies. It went very wrong.
VW’s California XXL, an amazing camper van that needs to come to the US
It sleeps four, has a kitchen and bathroom, and even a massive panoramic roof.
Fitbit Ionic review: Meet the $300 fitness-focused smartwatch
Fitbit knows how to make an exercise device; what about a smartwatch?
Report: T-Mobile, Sprint finally figuring out this merger thing
T-Mobile owner would take majority stake; US would be left with 3 big carriers.
4K titles on iTunes can only be streamed, not downloaded
You also can't stream 4K videos from YouTube either.
London regulator announces Uber ban
Uber has 21 days to appeal the ruling, which could affect 40,000 drivers.
Machine-learning cloud platforms get to work
Analytic platforms as a service (PaaS) could shorten machine-learning learning curve.
Friend Request film review: Another Facebook horror film? Yes—and it’s solid
Tech commentary isn’t as good as 2015’s Unfriended, but it’s still solid horror.
Another court tells police: Want to use a stingray? Get a warrant
DC Court of Appeals: Even if you know the police can track you doesn’t mean they should.
Judge overturns local law that effectively banned drones over small town
Newton, Mass. wanted drone pilots to get permission to fly at or below 400 feet.
Verizon kicking people off network for using just a few gigabytes a month
Despite low use, Verizon blames roaming charges for termination of 8,500 customers.
Appeals court: East Texas can’t keep patent case because of one local salesman
It’s the first major application of the Supreme Court’s TC Heartland decision.
After murder conviction and suicide, Aaron Hernandez found to have severe CTE
Level of brain damage seen in players in their late 60s, researchers said.
Oil companies sued to pay for cost of rising sea levels, climate change
Big Oil spent decades trying to fool public about climate change, suits say.
CCleaner malware outbreak is much worse than it first appeared
Microsoft, Cisco, and VMWare among those infected with additional mystery payload.
SEC Chairman reveals financial reporting system was hacked
EDGAR system data may have been used for “illicit gain through trading.”
Facebook revamps political-ad rules after discovering Russian ad buys
Shadowy Russian group spent $100,000 on political ads during the 2016 election.
Project Cars 2 reviewed: It’s good, but don’t expect it to be easy
Great car and track selection, amazing VR experience, but a steep learning curve.
At 50 tons and 700 kilowatt-hours, this truck is the biggest EV in the world
Each round trip will generate 10kWh of spare electricity for the grid.
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