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Dealmaster: Get a 15-inch Dell laptop with a 512GB SSD for $580
Plus deals on Wi-Fi routers, 4K TVs, and more laptops.
ZTE launches crazy, foldable, dual-screened smartphone
Open it up, and you have two side-by-side, 5.2-inch 1080p displays.
The new Han Solo film is done filming, and it has a name
We are sorry to report there will be no porgs.
Six days later, FCC chair says Trump can’t order FCC to revoke TV licenses
Pai response is "better than nothing," but critics want stronger rebuke of Trump.
Google now offers special security program for high-risk users
The new opt-in program requires authentication with a physical security key.
Netflix, Amazon, movie studios sue over TickBox streaming device
TickBox TV says it's a "100% legal" directory of everything ever made.
Self-driving Chevy Bolts are coming to the streets of Manhattan in 2018
Its mean streets will be the self-driving car's toughest challenge.
Two months after Disney split, Netflix pledges $8B for original content
What's cooler than spending $6 billion (in 2017) on original content?
Volvo tears up the rules with a subscription-only 600-hp electric GT
Polestar's first car will be a powerful plug-in hybrid, with a carbon fiber body.
Why aren’t there more “Mature” games for Nintendo Switch?
Nintendo reportedly encouraging more adult fare but still won't create it.
Researchers craft an LED just two atoms thick
It can produce or sense photons for optical interconnects within chips.
FCC Republican says Trump is “rightfully venting” anger at the press
O'Rielly sympathizes with Trump but says "politics" shouldn't affect TV licenses.
Video: Scott Kelly stopped by and we got to ask him a few questions
A short video interview wherein we also ask about booze in space.
Air Force General: “We’d be dumb not to” fly on SpaceX’s reusable rockets
“What we have to do is make sure we do it smartly.”
Gun waiting periods prevent hundreds of homicides, according to 45-year study
If all states adopted wait periods, we’d save around 1,000 more lives each year.
Surprise! The Pixel 2 is hiding a custom Google SoC for image processing
Google’s 8-core Image Processing Unit will be enabled with Android 8.1.
Surface Book 2: More cores, more GPU, and more screen
Microsoft's super-flexible systems get potent upgrade. Alas, still no Thunderbolt 3.
Pixel 2 and 2 XL review—The best Android phone you can buy
Google brings the best software, an amazing camera, great performance, and fast updates.
Microsoft gets back in the premium mouse game with Surface Precision Mouse
The Surface Precision Mouse might finally be a replacement for the Intellimouse Explorer.
Garmin teamed up with Amazon to make a tiny Echo Dot for your car
How helpful will Alexa be behind the wheel?
Gran Turismo Sport is extremely limited in offline mode
If servers or Internet are down, you’re stuck in “Arcade” mode with no saves.
Full scale of Apple’s patent loss to VirnetX is now clear: $440 million
Judge: Apple’s decision to sell after losing a 2012 trial was “unreasonably risky.”
Judge throws out Allergan patent, slams company’s Native American deal
There are “serious concerns” about Allergan “renting” sovereign immunity.
Black members of Congress push for more diversity in Silicon Valley hires
Rep. Barbara Lee: “Coding jobs will become the blue collar jobs of the future.”
Federal watchdog tells Equifax—no $7.25 million IRS contract for you
Equifax-IRS ordeal exposes the strangeness of the government contracting system.
More than 4,000MW of coal power slated for retirement in Texas. But why?
In 2008, coal supplied 51% of US power. Today, it’s 31%, and that could fall.
FCC’s DDoS claims will be investigated by government
GAO will investigate after Democrats asked for evidence that attacks happened.
Fall Update for Xbox One aims to look better, be more customizable, and faster
The new system software also lets you prepare to upgrade to Xbox One X.
Desktop Outlook will get a redesign with the biggest changes happening on Macs
Microsoft will apply different design sensibilities for each desktop platform.
The search for painless Internet privacy gets another boost with InvizBox 2
Successor to Tor "travel router" focuses on protecting traffic from "harvesting" by ISPs.
The Evil Within 2 review: Open-ended fright
Survival horror sequel finds new life in its own nooks, crannies, and open areas.
First iPhone X batch reportedly only contains 46,500 units
Apple's TrueDepth camera may be holding things up.
London’s sky turns red Monday, but we can’t blame pollution
Ophelia's circulation is so large it's bringing dust from Africa into England.
How the KRACK attack destroys nearly all Wi-Fi security
Android 6.0 hit especially hard, but all devices are vulnerable.
Supreme Court refuses to hear case questioning Google’s trademark
Lawsuit claimed "google" had become synonymous with "search the Internet."
Super Nt is a $190 FPGA, HDMI SNES (and probably other acronyms)
High-end "clone" console could be hacked to support other classic systems.
Supreme Court to decide if US has right to data on world’s servers
Feds claim legal right to reach into the world's servers with a valid US warrant.
How to harden a country that sits on a fault line
Life in the crater of a volcano whose ash once covered the world.
New film explores the real-life romantic threesome behind Wonder Woman
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women will make you see Wonder Woman in a different light.
Neutron stars collide, solve major astronomical mysteries
Produces light and gravitational waves, confirms collisions produce fast gamma ray bursts, heavy elements.
Ophelia became a major hurricane where no storm had before
"I really can’t believe I’m seeing a major just south of the Azores."
Huawei’s Mate 10 blends AI into every part of the smartphone experience
New neural processing unit promises to make the Mate 10 your smartest smartphone.
South Park Fractured but Whole review: Emphasis on the “fractured”
It's still South Park, but it sure isn't 2014's amazing Stick of Truth.
Millions of high-security crypto keys crippled by newly discovered flaw
Factorization weakness lets attackers impersonate key holders and decrypt their data.
Severe flaw in WPA2 protocol leaves Wi-Fi traffic open to eavesdropping
KRACK attack allows other nasties, including connection hijacking and malicious injection.
Google Home Mini review—A gateway drug for the Google Assistant
A great starter kit for newbies, if you can stand the lack of good music playback.
New Blade Runner VR game foretells a Sega CD-styled story revolution
Technically impressive Oculus freebie has awful story, but it’s otherwise a must-play.
Studying human tumors in mice may end up being misleading
Tumors evolve to adapt to their new environment: a mouse.
Tesla fires hundreds of workers
Higher-performing workers were rewarded with raises, Tesla says.
Ten technologies that might change the world: A review of Soonish
New pop-sci book from Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal creators is occasionally hilarious.
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