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Crewless electric cargo ships may be on the horizon in Norway
Companies team up to build autonomous, zero-emission container "feeder ship."
NZ judge: Our spies surveilled Kim Dotcom for 2 months longer than admitted
"The US extradition case is dying. And someone is going to pay for this mess."
Break up the cable monopolies? Democrats propose new competition laws
Democrats' plan would "break up big companies if they’re hurting consumers."
Blizzard shuts down “legacy” WoW fan server hours after it goes up
Felmyst was a four-year labor of love, squashed in less than a day.
Controversial new CDC director may reconsider Big Soda’s health funding
As Georgia’s health commissioner, she took $1M from Coca-Cola for exercise campaign.
Samsung Foundries plans to triple market share in the next five years
With a new foundry business unit, Samsung wants to be a "no. 2" in chip manufacturing.
Concerned about connected car privacy? Bluetooth sensors used to track traffic
Bluetooth signals from cars provide an accurate record of real-time traffic patterns.
Elon Musk’s Mars rocket may be about to lose half of its engines
Downscaling the Mars booster suggests that Musk may be bending toward reality.
Hour of Devastation review: The evil elder dragon god-pharaoh has arrived. RIP.
Plus, a look at the major changes coming to future Magic: the Gathering sets.
Season 2 of Stranger Things looks even creepier and more intense
The Upside Down is back, and it looks like it's about to eat the world.
First glimpse of Steven Spielberg’s new movie, Ready Player One
This trailer introduces us to a VR dystopia, and has the greatest soundtrack ever.
New book explores how protesters—and governments—use Internet tactics
The protest frontiers are changing. An entrenched researcher explains why they work.
Maybe The Americans is quietly a technophile love letter to the 1980s
Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg talk handheld football, spy tech, mail robot, and more.
Dockless bike sharing lands in Seattle—and leads us down unsavory alleyways
Now in Seattle: two services, 1,000 bikes, and a shoulder shrug at helmet laws.
Level up: How video games evolved to solve significant scientific problems
Science, your chance to use all that time spent gaming for the greater good.
We’ve screwed up the coasts so badly that an invasive species is a plus
When native species are gone, an invasive one can provide ecosystem services.
German energy company wants to build flow batteries in old natural gas caverns
Research for a massive redox flow battery is underway.
Why are so many pre-existing IPs turning to TV? It’s complicated
At ATX Television Fest, execs discuss why familiar franchises keep hitting small screens.
You still cannot vape on US inbound, outbound flights
Statute barring smoking "covers these devices," divided federal appeals court says.
Teleportation is murder: Old trope gets new twist in The Punch Escrow
Already optioned for film, this smart, hard sci-fi thriller checks off a lot of boxes.
Human liver cells seeded in mouse expands 50-fold to functional organoid
Scientists work out the cellular assembly for seeding a whole new organ.
Family of dead AlphaBay suspect says he was a “good boy”
Alexandre Cazes, 26, also apparently spent a lot of time in a "pickup artist" forum.
Senator blasts FCC for refusing to provide DDoS analysis
FCC is either too secretive or is unprepared for future attacks, senator says.
Microsoft’s secret weapon in ongoing struggle against Fancy Bear? Trademark law
"Redirecting…Strontium domains will directly disrupt current Strontium infrastructure."
Verizon accused of throttling Netflix and YouTube, admits to “video optimization”
Verizon claims mobile video experience not affected; some customers disagree.
Google denies claims of a desktop Google.com revamp
Report says the famously plain Google homepage is changing. Google says it's not.
Paying people to preserve forests really seems to work
It's a cost-effective option for carbon management.
Mario Kart director philosophical about need for the blue shell
"You know, sometimes life isn't fair."
Yes, ancient civilizations on Mars sounds crazy. And yet…
If such civilizations really existed in the past, could we find them today?
Amazon will pay full price to US retailers to boost its inventory [Update]
Faster shipping and delivery means happier customers, even if Amazon takes a loss.
FDA not amused by coffee laced with Viagra-like drugs, issues recall
Chuckles aside, it could cause serious health problems in some.
Surface Laptop is just a laptop, making it Microsoft’s most baffling release yet
Review: The Surface Laptop is far and away Microsoft's least ambitious hardware.
Spectacular visuals, cheerfully silly tone rescue Valerian film
Bad ending, bad acting, but Besson nails that Fifth Element feeling, anyway.
Electronic music superhero Aphex Twin unearths massive, free music vault
Includes hours of never-before-released beats over past 20-plus years.
Microsoft 4Q17: Office 365 revenue surpasses traditional licenses
Cloud remains strong, and Windows was surprisingly up, too.
Augmented reality wins big in 1st Amendment legal flap
Pokemon Go craze prompted a Wisconsin county to regulate AR game play.
Google drops the boom on WoSign, StartCom certs for good
Citing “certificate misissuance,” Google to expire all certs from offenders by September.
Trump wants a talk-radio host to be the USDA’s chief scientist
The Dept. of Agriculture’s science will be run by someone with no science experience.
Meet your new fungible, phallic robot friend
Awe-inspiring demo videos reveal its simple, elegant pneumatic control system.
A future for light-powered wireless connectivity, thanks to graphene
Plasmons, propagating on graphene, slow and speed up on demand.
Senator challenges Ajit Pai over evidence for net neutrality repeal
ISPs’ statements to investors prove that rules haven’t hurt, Markey says.
Judge: Glassdoor reviews aren’t “political,” so feds can grab user identities
9th Circuit won’t hear from amici concerned with users’ First Amendment rights.
Sony’s legal quest to remove its leaked developer’s kit from the Web
Effort appears to be squashing leak discussion and homebrew SDKs as well.
NY-DC Hyperloop tunnel? Musk tweets about vague “verbal govt approval” [Update]
The Boring Company is looking for a project, so take Musk’s tweets with a grain of salt.
Man ridicules Olive Garden’s demand letter over trademark dispute
“If you are asking me to simply add TradeMark® Symbols™ I must also decline.”
Tillerson cuts high-profile cyberdiplomacy office in State Dept. reorg
Move demotes US cyber diplomats as part of department overhaul.
Jeff Bezos dons sunglasses, says look at my big rocket factory
Clearly, the Amazon founder is enjoying this whole rocket thing.
Clover Trail systems won’t get Windows 10 Creators Update—ever
GPU issues block new Windows versions, but security updates will be provided.
Frosted glass obscures quantum information
Quantum information storage/retrieval secured by using random light patterns.
FCC has no documentation of DDoS attack that hit net neutrality comments
Records request denied because FCC made no "written documentation" of attack.
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