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NASA’s bold bet on Starship for the Moon may change spaceflight forever
"It is transformational to degrees no one today can understand."
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Mini-PC review: The Ryzen 5 Pro 2500U-powered Minisforum UM250
Ryzen 5, 16GiB RAM, 256GB SSD, dual Ethernet, Wi-Fi 6, and more for under $500.
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Children of Chernobyl cleanup crew don’t have excess mutations
A deep look into the genetic damage left by the disaster.
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Why lawmakers are so interested in Apple’s and Google’s “rents”
You can’t understand the app store debate without some grasp of antitrust jargon.
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Apple’s AirDrop leaks users’ PII, and there’s not much they can do about it
Apple has known of the flaw since 2019 but has yet to acknowledge or fix it.
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Republicans and Democrats increasingly agree: Big Tech is too powerful
Biden chose a Big Tech critic for the FTC—GOP senators seem happy about it.
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Conservative versus liberal: A knock-down, drag-out climate policy fight
Experts weigh in on Canada's Conservative party's proposed carbon levy.
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Apple’s ransomware mess is the future of online extortion
Hackers want $50 million to not release schematics they stole from Apple supplier.
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CDC, FDA lift pause of J&J vaccine after advisors vote in support of use [Updated]
CDC advisors voted 10 to 4 to lift J&J; pause, with new warning about clots
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Backdoored password manager stole data from as many as 29K enterprises
Compromised update mechanism for Passwordstate pushes malware that steals data.
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New 12.9-inch iPad Pro doesn’t support the previous Magic Keyboard
The new Apple TV 4K remote won't work for some Apple TV games, either.
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AirTags orders began today, but supplies are already dwindling
The iPhone is in stock, but AirTags are backed up to June in some cases.
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Today, watch us play the opening of Sony’s promising PS5 exclusive Returnal
Update: Twitch video of Housemarque's ambitious roguelike shooter is now up as VOD.
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COVID emergency shuts Japan’s Super Nintendo World one month after opening
Construction continues on US versions of Nintendo-themed park.
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Supreme Court kills FTC’s “strongest tool” for getting refunds to scam victims
Unanimous ruling limits FTC power to obtain refunds; it's up to Congress to fix it.
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4chan founder Chris Poole leaves Google
Poole was a controversial hire for Google+, and he's out after five years.
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Minnesotans furious that they have to pay for Texas’ deep-freeze problems
Natural gas prices surged across the country during Texas’ February freeze.
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Apple sued for terminating account with $25,000 worth of apps and videos
Lawsuits claim people don’t truly own content they purchase on digital platforms.
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Today’s best tech deals: M1 MacBook Air, PS5 controllers, and more
Dealmaster also has noise-canceling headphones, webcams, and USB-C chargers.
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NASA gets what it wanted: Independent, reliable access to space
"There doesn’t seem to be any obvious limits to the reusability of the vehicle."
Touch of gray: The Air Force can’t retire the Boeing 707
In this installment of SitRep, we look at the 707's longevity as a military workhorse.
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A Clubhouse bug let people lurk in rooms invisibly
Moderators would be unable to mute “ghosts” hiding in and disrupting rooms.
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Rocket Report: Amazon bypasses New Glenn, SLS ready for Florida shipment
"It’s extremely exciting to join with our partners to deploy new capabilities."
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Graphical Linux apps are coming to Windows Subsystem for Linux
You'll need to be on the Dev channel of an Insider build to see the new feature.
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Astronauts safely launch into orbit on a used rocket [Updated]
For a few days, 2 Crew Dragons will be docked to the space station.
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COVID-19 vaccinations declining even though all US adults are eligible
With 50% of adults vaccinated, health officials begin tackling vaccine skeptics.
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Mortal Kombat film review: Why you should watch on HBO Max, not in theaters
Brutally brilliant battles, buried by banal banter.
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This miniature version of Starry Night was made with a “laser paintbrush”
New tool creates color on metal surfaces that can be changed, erased, rewritten.
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Comcast offers tantalizing hint of a future with upload speeds above 35Mbps
Lab test produces 4Gbps upload speeds but actual uploads are still 3 to 35Mbps.
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Cyberpunk 2077 refunds barely dented CD Projekt Red’s bottom line [Updated]
$51.3 million in projected refund costs vs. 13.7 million Cyberpunk copies sold in 2020.
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An API that can tell your EV when it’s the optimal time to charge
Energy management systems should mean cheaper EV charging for end users.
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YouTube is now building its own video-transcoding chips
Google throws custom silicon at YouTube's massive video-transcoding workload.
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iOS and iPadOS 15 will feature major changes to notifications, home screen
Plus, Apple plans to make iMessage "more of a social network."
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Consumer Reports shows Tesla Autopilot works with no one in the driver’s seat
Consumer Reports argues Tesla needs a better driver-monitoring system.
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John Legere got $137 million severance for completing T-Mobile/Sprint merger
Legere's 2020 compensation was $137.2M—he worked three months, then left in April.
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Secrets of the Whales explores language, social structure of giants of the deep
James Cameron produced, Sigourney Weaver narrates new documentary series.
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Meet Thistle, the startup that wants to secure billions of IoT devices
Startup gets $2.5 million funding to jump-start security for connected devices.
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Analyst: Nintendo says Microsoft’s xCloud streaming isn’t coming to Switch
"Nintendo [told] me directly they would not put other streaming services on Switch."