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What to expect from Apple’s WWDC 2017 keynote on Monday
We know many of the broad strokes, but the details will be a surprise.
Saturday’s SpaceX launch carried a surprise payload—a Chinese experiment
US company has ensured that Chinese experiment cannot transfer tech from station.
VPC’s MongoosT-50 joystick: A rare Russian-style controller for skies or space
Belarusian stick works with a Thrustmaster Warthog base and comes in a lefty variant.
Doctor Who: The Lie of the Land review
After so much spectacular promise in Extremis, the Monk trilogy fizzles out.
Dragon flies, Falcon lands—another good day for SpaceX
The Dragon spacecraft will now spend the better part of three days reaching station.
Forty years gone: I was 12 when a Led Zeppelin concert turned into a riot
Reliving my first rock concert four decades later.
Tekken 7 review: Stellar PC port for both 4K rigs and Intel HD Graphics
Feature-packed sequel is solid on console, gets PC performance cherry on top.
Crazy VR game lets you explore a world made from 4D mathematical models
4D Toys also works on iOS, Windows; was borne from upcoming puzzle game Miegakure.
Wonder Woman is awesome, but it’s got some major problems
The movie gets incoherent at the exact moments when it should be crystal clear.
Data mining astronomical records fails to falsify Einstein
Twenty years of orbiting around a black hole ends up in perfect agreement with relativity.
NY prosecutor says Exxon needs to hand over documents on climate change risk
Oil giant faces ongoing battle over whether it presented good information to investors.
ISPs denied entry into apartment buildings could get help from FCC
FCC looks at expanding competition rules, but it could preempt local regulations.
Google prepares publishers for the release of Chrome ad-blocking
The biggest online advertiser will now block ads; the Web won't look the same.
Trump administration rolls out social media vetting of visa applicants
The new travel screening is for those deemed a national security threat.
As hurricane season begins, NOAA told to slow its transition to better models
NOAA could become a second- or third-tier weather forecasting enterprise.
Want to get your game on Steam? $100 is all you need [Updated]
Recoupable fee to curb abuse without being "barrier to beginning game developers"
Microsoft rolls out not one but two bad builds to the Windows Insider program
Desktop systems get a private development branch; Mobile systems get stuck in a boot loop.
Rime allegedly runs faster with Denuvo DRM stripped out
Developer, DRM maker both deny accusations as protection gets removed.
Anti-vaccine groups step up work as Minnesota measles outbreak rages
Outbreak tally in the state now exceeds the total cases in the US last year.
YouTube clarifies “hate speech” definition and which videos won’t be monetized
More details for creators on what they can and cannot say if they want to make money.
Curiosity rover finds its crater was habitable for 700 million years
And there are indications that groundwater persisted for far longer.
Logitech MX Master 2S and MX Anywhere 2S: Multicomputer mousing made easy
The mice are lovely; the Logitech Flow KVM software is a nice added bonus.
The premature quest for AI-powered facial recognition to simplify screening
"This technology at the airport... is premature. It’s not the right way to go."
NES Classic will return (kind of) in updated Nintendo Switch online service
Full service delay to 2018, but $20/year charge will now include more classic games.
Right to speak freely about engineering is subject of 1st Amendment lawsuit
Engineer was fined $500 for discussing traffic-light engineering without a license.
Weather scrubs first SpaceX attempt to re-fly a Dragon [Updated]
Flying the vehicle again would represent a significant milestone for SpaceX.
Putin: “Patriotic” Russian hackers may have interfered in US election
Comparing hackers to artists, Putin says they may have been inspired by patriotism.
WikiLeaks says CIA’s “Pandemic” turns servers into infectious Patient Zero
Latest Vault 7 release exposes operation that infects PCs inside targeted networks.
Trump stands with climate change deniers, withdraws from Paris Agreement
The long-awaited decision is to join Nicaragua and Syria on the sidelines.
Dealmaster: Get a Lenovo IdeaCentre mini gaming PC with Core i7 CPU for just $699
Plus deals on laptops, smart home devices, TVs, and more.
Switch’s first “chat headset” is a mess, and that’s Nintendo’s fault
Third party swoops in, connects dots of Nintendo's strange smart device requirement.
A new contract highlights the difference between “new” and “old” space
United Launch Alliance gets $27.4 million to upgrade to common avionics.
To kill net neutrality rules, FCC says broadband isn’t “telecommunications”
Bad news for Title II: Courts have let FCC define broadband however it wishes.
Got a face-recognition algorithm? Uncle Sam wants to review it
"Face recognition is hard."
Quack trial to resurrect brain-dead folks revived with new location
After getting shut down in India last year, US-based company announces new plans.
Anti-missile test shows US can defend against N. Korean ICBMs, MDA chief says
System designed to strike missiles outside the Earth's atmosphere.
LIGO spots a third black hole merger, tightens mass limits on gravitons
The merger also hints about the history of the black holes.
Verizon reportedly tried to buy #2 cable company Charter, was rejected
Charter not ready to sell and $100B Verizon offer was too low, report says.
Samsung’s “Bixby” assistant still can’t grasp English, is delayed again
The Wall Street Journal reports Bixby is "weeks away" from learning English.
Skype goes all Snapchat with Highlights, its own riff on Stories
Microsoft’s messaging app follows in footsteps of Instagram and Facebook Messenger.
Uber lost another $708 million in the first three months of the year
Chief Financial Officer Gautam Gupta is also leaving the company.
This one weird antibody reduces belly fat (in post-menopausal women)
In mice, it induces fat cells to burn more energy instead of storing it.
The 2017 Jaguar F-Pace marries sport and utility
Fun to drive, carries plenty of cargo, but let down by a punishing low-speed ride.
Apple’s Siri-controlled smart speaker could be revealed at WWDC next week
But you'll probably have to wait until late 2017 to get your hands on it.
Got an antenna and a tuner? You can now stream live TV with Plex
Free broadcasts now live where you watch the rest of your streamed content.
OneLogin suffers breach—customer data said to be exposed, decrypted
Customer account-only support page warns of "ability to decrypt encrypted data."
Yes, that LEGO Saturn V set is everything you hope it’s going to be
The experience proved empowering for my inner geek.
Steve Ballmer: We should have turned Microsoft into a “world-class hardware company”
Microsoft changed how it did business to address the cloud; it didn’t for hardware.
Mylan shareholders revolt, say directors’ greed has gone too far
Meanwhile, a new report suggests Mylan overcharged taxpayers by $1.27 billion.
Appeals court upholds Ross Ulbricht’s life sentence for creating Silk Road
Ross Ulbricht, aka Dread Pirate Roberts, will serve life in prison.
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