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Natural gas is leaking from city pipes, but spotting leaks is getting easier.
Repairing the largest 20% of leaks could cut emissions in half.
Mysterious Microsoft patch killed 0days released by NSA-leaking Shadow Brokers
Microsoft fixed critical vulnerabilities in uncredited update released in March.
Want to make land use sustainable? It’s a wicked problem
Using Australia as a case study confirms that it’s hard to have it all.
Plague Inc.: Nurture your own pandemic for fun and victory points
Review: Think Pandemic—but you want the diseases to win.
Forgotten audio formats: The flexi disc
The cheap, lightweight "Soundsheet" once graced magazine covers in its millions.
Fate of the Furious is like a James Bond flick, only better
The Furious team has become a band of secret agents for the 21st century.
Microsoft officially ends support for a bunch of Windows phones
And Microsoft’s converged operating system has become a little less converged.
Why one Republican voted to kill privacy rules: “Nobody has to use the Internet”
Republicans encounter angry citizens after killing online privacy rules.
Alphabet’s Verily shows off health-focused smartwatch
The unobtrusive smartwatch will collect a bevy of data for Verily’s medical studies.
Is Apple self-driving car software coming? DMV permit suggests so
New permit drives speculation about company’s self-driving car aspirations.
Range Rover raids Manhattan with US debut of posh new Velar SUV
Slipping between the Evoque and the Range Rover Sport, its newest model hits NYC.
One broadband choice counts as “competition” in new FCC proposal
Price caps would be eliminated when there’s one more ISP within half a mile.
NSA-leaking Shadow Brokers just dumped its most damaging release yet
Windows zero-days, SWIFT bank hacks, slick exploit loader among the contents.
Tabs could be coming not only to Explorer, but everywhere
Many have called for Explorer to be tabbed; Microsoft may be going one better.
Latest version of Denuvo’s DRM cracked yet again
Revamped protection falls for 2Dark, reopening a closed DRM door.
Facebook highlights its fight against “Fake News” in print
The 10 tips are basic news literacy, but Facebook wants the world to know.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer is basically an explosion of awesome
Also, Luke delivers a major truth bomb.
Uber in hot seat with California regulators over drunk drivers
One-fourth—147,000 drivers—of Uber's US workforce operates in California.
The new MST3K isn’t the same show, but it’s same enough
There are some cobwebs to shake off, but MST3K's goofy spirit is fully intact.
Decrypted: The Expanse: Just get to the point
Palace intrigue, pathos, and a touch of Moby Dick this week.
Why Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the biggest system seller in history
The game is actually selling better than the system it runs on, somehow.
The Journey to Mars has a price tag, and it will give Congress sticker shock
At the lowest price, $450 billion, NASA would get only "austere" missions.
With FDA strong-arming, Hyland’s recalls homeopathic teething products
The company still says they’re completely safe, but you should toss them.
Underdog team wins millions in competition to make real-life tricorder
Family-based team’s design beat out tough competition for Star Trek-inspired win.
The best of the 2017 New York International Auto Show
Much to like, including Cadillac's semi-autonomous system and a Ford police hybrid.
Solar energy has plunged in price—where does it go from here?
A look forward to how we get to Terawatts of solar power capacity.
NASA confirms two moons in the Solar System are venting oceans into space
Ocean Worlds Exploration Program could find life on icy moons in the 2020s.
Tesla’s electric semi will be revealed in September, CEO says
Little else is known except that this vehicle is happening.
US lakes soaking up road salt, some heading toward toxic levels
Your local lake is not alone.
Strategy of “inconvenience” may be the best way to boost vaccination rates
It worked in Michigan.
T-Mobile dominates spectrum auction, will boost LTE network across US
Dish, Comcast, and US Cellular also bought plenty of 600MHz spectrum.
Nintendo hates money, discontinues the NES Classic
Ignoring continued demand, Nintendo will stop producing the system this month.
Legislation allowing warrantless student phone searches dies for now
Proponent: California law aimed to bolster student safety, help investigate cyberbullying.
Company sued EFF over “Stupid Patent of the Month;” EFF now flips the script
In June 2016, EFF dubbed GEMSA a patent troll. GEMSA didn't like that at all.
What the death of 32-bit iOS could mean for Apple’s hardware and software
Apple's control of hardware, software, and apps gives it unique advantages.
New processors are now blocked from receiving updates on old Windows
The promised update block is now in effect.
Low-end PCs get big performance boost from Windows 10 Game Mode
Creators Update addition can make games more playable on multitasking laptops.
Triclosan, banned from soaps but not toothpastes, may help superbugs in gut
Small study finds minor, but troubling, disturbance in the microbial force.
Ubuntu creator takes CEO role again after layoffs and death of Unity
Shuttleworth takes over as Canonical axes phone and seeks outside investors.
Uber engineer accused of data theft must tell judge why he’s pleading the Fifth
Waymo lawyer: Uber and its star engineer are continuing to delay discovery.
Fighting Falcon puts off retirement: F-16 to fly for USAF through 2048
Lockheed Martin gets order to upgrade F-16s for 12,000 flight-hour life.
Legendary flight director praises SpaceX for “taking risks”
"They're willing to risk their future in order to accomplish the objective ."
PSVR: Don’t worry, some good games are coming
Six months after launch, Sony PlayStation VR finally gets more games—good ones, too.
HP keeps new Pavilion laptop prices low while adding IR cameras, pen support
Elevating HP's affordable notebooks with useful hardware tools.
Fortitude is the almost scientifically sound TV show you should be watching
The fantastic British series boasts great actors and is coming to Amazon.
Google deprecates Octane JavaScript benchmark, because everyone is basically cheating
JavaScript engines have focused too much on the benchmark, to the detriment of the real world.
Burger King hijacks the Google Assistant, gets shut down by Google
Burger King's ad invokes the "OK Google" hotword to advertise fast food; gets blocked.
Microsoft Word 0-day was actively exploited by strange bedfellows
Same exploit used by malware crooks and nation-sponsored hackers targeting Russians.
Xbox One, Windows 10 become more Steam-like with “self-service refunds”
Refunds are already live for many users, come with 14-day window, Steam-like caveats.
In this ant species, 21% of the colony has major injuries from war
Findings help explain the evolutionary benefit of altruism toward disabled individuals.
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