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EV sales jumped 50 percent in Q3—which brands are celebrating?
EV sales have grown as price cuts and production increases take effect.
Nikon Small World 2023 photo microscopy contest: Meet this year’s top 20 winners
Your annual reminder that science can be beautiful as well as informative.
Citing slow Starship reviews, SpaceX urges FAA to double licensing staff
Licensing at this point for Starship is a critical path item for the Artemis program."
“Netflix effect” is back as studios license old shows to competitors again
New audiences for Suits and Ballers, but licensing costs may squeeze profits.
Can selection tie evolution more closely to physics?
New papers claim to link evolution to other physics, but neither really succeeds.
What to expect amid the bevy of conflicting iPad rumors
Will we see an iPad Air refresh, a new Pencil, or nothing this fall?
Google, DOJ still blocking public access to monopoly trial docs, NYT says
NYT asked the court to intervene and unseal secretive testimony in its entirety.
AI helps decipher first text of “unreadable” ancient Herculaneum scroll
Computer science student Luke Farritor won $40,000 from the Vesuvius Challenge.
After ChatGPT disruption, Stack Overflow lays off 28 percent of staff
The popular developer forum is still hunting for a "path to profitability."
Canada’s 84-year radio time check has stopped because of accuracy concerns
A sound so iconic, it was embedded into The Empire Strikes Back.
Elon Musk’s X fined $380K over “serious” child safety concerns, watchdog says
Google got a warning, but X could face millions in fines for compliance failure.
Comcast resists call to stop its misleading “10G Network” claims
Comcast renamed its whole network "Xfinity 10G" despite cable's slower speeds.
A cheaper EV? The Nissan Leaf is now eligible for a $3,750 tax credit
Nissan has been able to satisfy the IRS's domestic battery component requirement.
Analogue’s next project is an accurate, hardware-emulated Nintendo 64 replica
New console will be FPGA-based but won't support other openFPGA cores.
Dealmaster: Save on laptops, Lego, CPUs, GPUs, and more
Gear up for gift-giving season with these early holiday tech deals.
After six decades, ‘Gagarin’s Start’ will meet its end as a launch pad
Agreement for funding from UAE fell through after Russia invaded Ukraine.
Scientists combine evolution, physics, and robotics to decode insect flight
Some insects' wings flap without brain input. Robots help us understand how.
10 examples of technology going from the racetrack to the road
From the 550 Spyder to the Le Mans-winning 919 Hybrid and beyond.
Air purifiers aren’t enough to clean your home from wildfire smoke
There are ways to clean it up, however.
Plant-based cheese may be getting more appetizing
Can we skip the dairy and still get a cheese that doesn't taste like plants?
This exoplanet might literally be the most metal planet out there
It's likely that something stripped the outer layers off a once-rocky exoplanet.
CEO Bobby Kotick will leave Activision Blizzard on January 1, 2024
Schreier: Kotick will depart after 33 years, employees are "very excited."
Hydro dams are struggling to handle the world’s intensifying weather
Climate change is robbing some hydro dams of water while oversupplying others.
Raw milk outbreak sickens 14 in Utah—a state with loose laws, bad track record
The people sickened range in age from 2 to 73.
Acer’s 27-inch monitor has headphones-free 3D audio, glasses-free 3D screen
Packed with sensors, it's a 4K VA panel that can make 2D look like 3D.
Bankman-Fried didn’t believe in rules like “don’t steal,” star witness says
Highlights from Caroline Ellison testimony in Sam Bankman-Fried's criminal trial.
Google will shield AI users from copyright challenges, within limits
New policy covers training data and AI output-but no mention of Bard.
NASA should consider commercial alternatives to SLS, inspector general says
"NASA's aspirational goal to achieve a cost savings of 50 percent is highly unrealistic."
TSMC, Samsung seeking permanent US licenses to operate China chip plants
Report: US weighing new export controls to block China's access to AI chips.
Meta Quest 3 hands-on review: VR rejoins the real world
A nice VR upgrade also offers a glimpse of a mixed-reality future.
NASA just launched the Psyche mission—no one knows what it will find
Psyche is going to a metal world with plasma engines and lasers. It's not sci-fi.
Google.com tests a news-filled homepage, just like Bing and Yahoo
The mobile app has a "Google Discover" newsfeed, so the homepage should, too?
Maryland’s first local malaria case in 40 years initially duped doctors
The misdiagnosis is a global problem that could worsen as malaria territory expands.
Even with no brains, jellyfish can learn from their mistakes
In a changed environment, jellyfish change their response to potential collisions.
Dealmaster: Amazon Prime Day is over but these tech deals are still active
These leftovers are still worth checking out.
Microsoft completes $69B Activision Blizzard deal, its biggest merger ever
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick can now look forward to his next $375M chapter.
Netflix is opening physical stores in 2025 as marketing ploy
"Netflix and chill" may take on new meaning.
Review: The Fall of the House of Usher is a gloriously Gothic horror delight
Mike Flanagan knocks it out of the park with his last limited series for Netflix.
Biggest DDoSes of all time generated by protocol 0-day in HTTP/2
More than 8 years after the adoption of HTTP/2, DDoSers devise rapid reset attack.
Rocket Report: European rockets finally fly; Artemis II core stage issues
This week, Intelsat signaled confidence in Relativity Space's Terran R rocket.
Ubuntu 23.10 is a Minotaur that moves faster and takes up less space
Interim release points the way toward minimal installers and better security.
Apple AirTags stalking led to ruin and murders, lawsuit says
Dozens join lawsuit alleging Apple AirTags are stalkers' weapon of choice."
Microsoft disputes $29B tax bill after “one of the largest” audits in IRS history
IRS ends epic 16-year tax probe and sends Microsoft the bill, but Redmond disagrees.
SpaceX details Starlink-for-phones plan, launching in 2024
Cell phone towers in space could soon be connecting to your normal smartphone.
T-Mobile switches users to pricier plans and tells them it’s not a price hike
T-Mobile: "We are not raising the price... we are moving you to a newer plan."
What would signal life on another planet?
The James Webb Space Telescope may help us find the answer.
Oops—It looks like the Ariane 6 rocket may not offer Europe any launch savings
Europe is subsidizing the launch of Internet satellites for Jeff Bezos.
Kia EV5 revealed, but US future is uncertain for this electric crossover
The new compact electric SUV will go on sale in China and South Korea first.
Kia EV3, EV4 concepts look like the future, will soon be a reality
This small SUV and sedan-hatch-thing will be crucial to Kia's future global EV sales.
The data and puzzling history behind California’s new red food dye ban
The risk of red dye No. 3 is considered low, but its regulation is a head-scratcher.
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