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Updated 2024-11-23 20:45
Just about every Windows and Linux device vulnerable to new LogoFAIL firmware attack
UEFIs booting Windows and Linux devices can be hacked by malicious logo images.
Apple wants iPhone 16 batteries to come from India, not China
Apple is looking to diversify its supply chains amid growing geopolitical tension.
Daily Telescope: A super-hot jet 1,000 light-years from Earth
Molecules in the outflows from the young stars are excited by the turbulent conditions.
The Morgan XP-1 is an extremely eccentric English electric vehicle
The three-wheel convertible EV weighs little, so should actually be quite efficient.
NASA says SpaceX’s next Starship flight could test refueling tech
SpaceX appears on track for at least a preliminary propellant transfer test next year.
Man dies on way home from Panera after having three “charged” lemonades
A large lemonade contains up to 390 mg of caffeine, nearly the FDA's daily safe limit.
The Fallout TV series trailer is here, and it’s loaded with homages to the games
The show looks faithful-maybe to a fault. Let's look at what the trailer reveals.
New report illuminates why OpenAI board said Altman “was not consistently candid”
Insider report details clash over one board member's criticism in an academic paper.
Due to AI, “We are about to enter the era of mass spying,” says Bruce Schneier
Schneier: AI will enable a shift from observing actions to interpreting intentions, en masse.
PlayStation is erasing 1,318 seasons of Discovery shows from customer libraries
The change comes as Warner Bros. tries to add subscribers to Max, Discovery+ apps.
The OnePlus 12 packs a 5400 mAh battery, up to 24GB of RAM
As usual, OnePlus is launching first in China, with a US launch happening in 2024.
Unproven AI face scans may estimate age for porn access in UK
UK expects to finalize its latest plan to age-gate the Internet in early 2025.
Want a small, cheap EV? The Fiat 500e is coming to the US in 2024
The diminutive Italian electric city car has an EPA range of 149 miles.
Unlocking the secrets of oobleck—strange stuff that’s both liquid and solid
Scientists tested hypothesis with dense suspensions of piezoelectric nanoparticles.
Tesla whistleblower calls cars with Autopilot “experiments in public roads”
Whistleblower speaks out after Tesla sued him over document leaks.
Windows 10 gets three more years of security updates, if you can afford them
Windows 10 gets a version of the program that extended updates for Windows 7.
IBM, Meta form “AI Alliance” with 50 organizations to promote open source AI
What's the opposite of OpenAI? IBM and Meta devise plan that includes 50 members.
YouTuber pilot regrets intentionally crashing plane, gets 6 months in prison
YouTuber took plea deal, dodged maximum sentence of 20 years.
When can we expect a PC version of Grand Theft Auto VI?
History suggests PC port could come months or years after planned 2025 console launch.
Green card applicants targeted by Section 702 foreign intelligence bill
Immigrants and visitors would get same levels of scrutiny as suspected terrorists, spies.
Beeper Mini for Android sends and receives iMessages, no Mac server required
Co-founder says it's a security improvement for everyone and should be legal.
India reveals that it has returned lunar spacecraft to Earth orbit
India now credibly has the third most advanced deep-space program in the world.
Electric vehicles are better than gas-powered cars in winter—here’s why
All cars lose range when the temperature drops below freezing, not just EVs.
Daily Telescope: An ancient galaxy behind a veil of dust
"This thing is a real monster."
Grand Theft Auto VI trailer arrives early with a crime-crazy Florida
First female protagonist and sun-soaked, satire-drenched tone on display.
Don’t count on NASA to return humans to the Moon in 2025 or 2026, GAO says
No surprise: SpaceX's lunar lander and Axiom's spacesuits pace the Artemis III schedule.
Texas sues Pfizer with COVID anti-vax argument that is pure stupid
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton struggles with relative vs. absolute risk.
Hackers stole ancestry data of 6.9 million users, 23andMe finally confirmed
Majority of impacted users are now being notified, 23andMe confirmed.
After a chaotic three years, GPU sales are starting to look normal-ish again
Supply and demand are syncing back up after years of GPU market turmoil.
Dragon Age: Dreadwolf teaser proves EA hasn’t forgotten about the game
A full trailer and release date announcement are being promised for next summer.
Judge: Amazon “cannot claim shock” that bathroom spycams were used as advertised
A West Virginia judge largely denied Amazon's motion to dismiss lawsuit.
Streaming apps are trying to bundle their way out of customer disenchantment
Reliably good prices, libraries, and features would impress customers more.
Gmail’s AI-powered spam detection is its biggest security upgrade in years
Gmail's spam filters can now understand "adversarial text manipulations."
Two Titans team up to defeat a new foe in Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire trailer
"This world has more secrets than we could possibly imagine."
What happens in Vega didn’t stay in Vega, as key rocket parts went missing
There's a valuable payload riding on the final Vega rocket launch.
The surprisingly robust careers of Star Trek stars who became video game voice actors
Yes, that really is Quark's voice you're hearing.
Tensions rise between Targaryens in first teaser for House of the Dragon S2
"There is no war so hateful to the gods as a war between kin."
No further investments in Virgin Galactic, says Richard Branson
Branson's business empire "no longer has the deepest pockets."
New algorithm finds lots of gene-editing enzymes in environmental DNA
Some are related to DNA-cutting enzymes. Others are a complete mystery.
Porsche summons old-school cool with the 2024 911 Sport Classic
The limited-production model focuses on driver involvement, not performance stats.
Roar of cicadas was so loud, it was picked up by fiber-optic cables
Brood X made itself known in a way that could change how we monitor insect populations.
Chrome’s next weapon in the War on Ad Blockers: Slower extension updates
When ad blocking is a cat-and-mouse game, make the mouse slower.
A bitter pill: Amazon calls on rival SpaceX to launch Internet satellites
Jeff Bezos' rivalry with Elon Musk takes a back seat to Amazon's launch dilemma.
Reminder: Donate to win swag in our annual Charity Drive sweepstakes
Add to a charity haul that's already raised over $8,500 in less than a week.
25M homes will lose broadband discounts if Congress keeps stalling, FCC warns
Funding calls get increasingly urgent as program would run out of money in April.
1960s chatbot ELIZA beat OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 in a recent Turing test study
AI chatbot deception paper suggests that some bots (and people) aren't very persuasive.
Broadcom cuts at least 2,800 VMware jobs following $69 billion acquisition
Broadcom hasn't said how many people will be affected, or much of anything else.
The Universe in a lab: Testing alternate cosmology using a cloud of atoms
We can't experiment with the Universe, but we can make something that works like it.
Neptune-sized exoplanet is too big for its host star
Stars this small shouldn't make planets this big.
What a lovely day: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga trailer is so shiny and chrome
Chris Hemsworth rocking his Aussie accent as a demented biker-gang warlord? Yes, please!
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