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After NSA hacking exposé, CIA staffers asked where Equation Group went wrong
CIA hackers wasted no time analyzing the blunders made by their NSA counterparts.
Night in the Woods review: Life sucks, so solve a mystery
A slow start belies a hopeful, pragmatic adventure at capitalism’s bottom rung.
Trump renominates FCC Chair Ajit Pai for another five-year term
Cable lobby hails Pai for pushing "pro-consumer agenda" and "Internet freedom."
Industry, and Apple, opposing “right to repair” laws
Apple claimed jailbreaking would embolden hackers—says same about right to repair.
Photos of the 11ft-diameter Hyperloop test track under construction in Nevada
Hyperloop One released photos on Tuesday morning at a railway conference in Dubai.
Italian firm thinks Facebook’s “Nearby Places” is a copycat, gets feature shut down
Court ordered Facebook to suspend the feature or pay 5,000 euros per day.
Americans’ sex lives have gone limp—lovemaking fell ~15% since the ’90s
Decline linked to more singletons and less frisky married couples.
Don’t read too much into the Switch’s successful launch numbers
Strong opening weekend is necessary, but not sufficient, for long-term success.
Inside NASA’s daring $8 billion plan to finally find extraterrestrial life
A congressman, a billionaire movie director, and an unparalleled mission of discovery.
How YouTube TV stacks up against DirecTV Now, PlayStation Vue, and Sling TV
Google entered TV streaming with a feature-rich service at an aggressive price.
Did Alexa hear a murder? We may finally find out
However, novel and vexing legal questions about IoT data privacy won't be answered.
BBC screenshots child abuse images on Facebook—Facebook reports it to cops
"Probe shouldn't involve making more images," say CPS rules. Did BBC follow them?
Verizon FiOS offers prepaid plan, no contract or credit check needed
25Mbps up and 25Mbps down for $60 per month, including the router.
WikiLeaks publishes docs from what it says is trove of CIA hacking tools
Docs claim CIA can defeat WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram encryption, among other apps.
This could be why the Switch’s left Joy-Con has so many connection problems
Simply soldering on a piece of wire fixes the problem and increases range.
Nintendo says dead Switch pixels are “normal,” which isn’t wrong
Industry standards and LCD makers' warranties generally allow for some leeway.
20 years in the making, Visual Studio 2017 is faster, leaner, devops-ier
Visual Studio for Mac is also getting a new preview.
Switch ‘n swole: We take Nintendo’s new console to the gym (and love it)
A little sweat puts entirely new perspective on the overpriced Joy-Con controllers.
Blue Origin releases details of its monster orbital rocket
The privately developed rocket will also be capable of 100 reuses, Jeff Bezos says.
Loot Rascals turns space madness into a treasure-sorting romp
Review: It's mostly about loot, and it's very difficult, but I'm hooked.
Yooka-Laylee: “We’ve always tried to put style over technical brilliance”
As April 11 nears, we find out if the pressure of Kickstarter has gotten to Playtonic.
Oklahoma state bill would let property owners shoot down drones
Federal law says it's illegal to shoot at aircraft, including drones.
AMD Naples server processor: More cores, bandwidth, memory than Intel
Two-socket server chip coming in second quarter.
It’s finally over: Mastermind behind Prenda Law porn trolls pleads guilty
Disgraced lawyer made $6 million filing lawsuits over porn—some of which he filmed.
This hard drive will self destruct. Data-wiping malware targets Europe
Meaner strain of Shamoon makes comeback, joined by new, never-before disk wiper.
German institute successfully tests underwater energy storage sphere
The Fraunhofer Institute is working on a seabed-based pumped-storage structure.
DRM in HTML5 is a victory for the open Web, not a defeat
W3C's decision to publish a DRM framework will keep the Web relevant and useful.
US will suspend fast processing for H-1B visas
US Customs Service says time is needed to plow through backlog of old petitions.
Hacker George Hotz cancels Model S order after Tesla reminds him about IP theft
Was set to receive a car last week, then came a last-minute call from Tesla legal.
How does Nintendo Switch actually stack up at a party?
Plus, a review of 1-2 Switch—though Switch parties are more than just milking cows.
To your brain, spaceflight seems to be a lot like bed rest
The brain clearly retains its plasticity in space, learning and adapting.
Upon further review: The Nintendo Switch’s lackluster online features
From friend codes to missing functions, online update is big on annoyances.
The Amazon forest is the result of an 8,000-year experiment
Ancient peoples discovered agriculture by cultivating trees in the Amazon.
US wind capacity surpasses hydro, overall generation to follow
Nearly nine Gigawatts of new capacity in 2016 bring wind generation to new heights.
Report: Sprint “betting big on Trump,” could merge with T-Mobile or Comcast
Sprint owner weighs a few possible mergers, makes case to Trump administration.
Top Gear does Kazakhstan in half-million-mile cars
Some long-needed format tweaks and a slimmed-down cast for the latest season.
Subway releases data after scientists weigh in on 50% chicken test [Updated]
Scientists question test, CBC walks back a little, and chicken passes Subway’s tests.
Computer conquers poker using GTX 1080 video card
Unlike chess and go, poker players don't have full knowledge of the game state.
Fitbit proves heart rate monitors can be slim with new Alta HR
This might be the tracker you want to wear both day and night.
Sprint’s long VoIP patent war leads to $140M verdict against Time Warner Cable
Can Sprint's patent lawyers force competitors to pay up for VoIP?
To keep Tor hack source code secret, DOJ dismisses child porn case
DOJ: "Disclosure is not currently an option."
In the US, added wildfires due to carelessness, not just climate change
Humans start fire when lightning wouldn't, making for a much longer risk season.
I am robot, here’s your pizza
Autonomous delivery robots hit the streets while drones face regulatory hurdles.
Mio Slice review: Heart rate done right, but style is still a struggle
Mio tried to modernize, but it didn't go far enough.
In France, farmers could cut pesticides without cutting profits
Analysis shows some farms spray less, and others could probably follow suit.
Early study suggests new opioid is non-addictive, works only where it hurts
A pH-based chemical trick on fentanyl seemed to work in rats
Cottage Garden: Charming artwork, sleeping cats make a gentle game great
Did I mention it comes with a 3D cardboard wheelbarrow?
802.eleventy what? A deep dive into why Wi-Fi kind of sucks
The good news is that it doesn't have to suck, if you build it out properly.
Elite: Dangerous crowdfunding campaign reinstated after copyright flap [Updated]
Spidermind Games’ crowdfunding campaign back in business, closes Wednesday morning.
People have no idea which sciences are robust
People think forensics is very precise and evolution is imprecise.
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