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  1. Mathematicians finally solved Feynman’s “reverse sprinkler” problem

    We might not need to "unwater" our lawns, but results could help control fluid flows.

  2. Fans preserve and emulate Sega’s extremely rare ‘80s “AI computer”

    Prolog-based Japanese education hardware sported an early touch-panel, speech synthesizer.

  3. YouTube Premium announces 100 million subscribers

    Ad-free videos and YouTube Music access hits a major milestone.

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  1. Tesla’s week gets worse: Fines, safety investigation, and massive recall

    There have been 2,388 complaints about steering failure in the Model 3 and Model Y.

  2. Daily Telescope: A Wolf-Rayet star puts on a howling light show

    I'd like to see it go boom.

  3. Why interstellar objects like ‘Oumuamua and Borisov may hold clues to exoplanets

    Two celestial interlopers in Solar System have scientists eagerly anticipating more.

  4. Rocket Report: SpaceX at the service of a rival; Endeavour goes vertical

    The US military appears interested in owning and operating its own fleet of Starships.

  5. Convicted console hacker says he paid Nintendo $25 a month from prison

    As Gary Bowser rebuilds his life, fellow Team Xecuter indictees have yet to face trial.

  6. Agencies using vulnerable Ivanti products have until Saturday to disconnect them

    Things were already bad with two critical 0-days. Then Ivanti disclosed a new one.

  7. Cops arrest 17-year-old suspected of hundreds of swattings nationwide

    Police traced swatting calls to teen’s home IP addresses.

  8. FCC to declare AI-generated voices in robocalls illegal under existing law

    Robocalls with AI voices to be regulated under Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

  9. Google’s Pixel storage issue fix requires developer tools and a terminal

    Automatic updates broke your phone; the fix is a highly technical manual process.

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  1. Hulu, Disney+ password crackdown kills account sharing on March 14

    New subscribers are already banned from sharing logins outside their household.

  2. Starlab—with half the volume of the ISS—will fit inside Starship’s payload bay

    "Building and integrating in space is very expensive."

  3. Clownfish “count” white stripes to determine if an invader is friend or foe

    They attacked similar fish with three stripes more often than those with one or two stripes.

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  1. Palworld’s Pokémon pastiche is Xbox Game Pass’ biggest-ever 3rd-party game launch

    To compare, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet have sold over 23 million copies each.

  2. Elon Musk proposes Tesla move to Texas after Delaware judge voids $56 billion pay

    Musk is sick of Delaware judges, says shareholders will vote on move to Texas.

  3. eBay to pay $59M after DOJ ties pill press sales to fentanyl drug rings

    It's DOJ’s first e-commerce settlement under the Controlled Substances Act.

  4. For the first time NASA has asked industry about private missions to Mars

    "I'm curious to see if this request brings many new players to the table."

  5. The right bacteria turn farms into carbon sinks

    A company works with farmers to treat fields with bacteria that sequester carbon.

  6. Biogen dumps dubious Alzheimer’s drug after profit-killing FDA scandal

    The move ends a long saga that "ended up doing a lot of actual damage."

  1. Should you flush with toilet lid up or down? Study says it doesn’t matter

    Pardon us while we go stock up on toilet tank disinfectant dispensers.

  2. Chinese malware removed from SOHO routers after FBI issues covert commands

    Routers were being used to conceal attacks on critical infrastructure.

  3. Apple declares last MacBook Pro with an optical drive obsolete

    The laptop hadn't been for sale in more than seven years.

  4. ChatGPT’s new @-mentions bring multiple personalities into your AI convo

    Bring different AI roles into the same chatbot conversation history.

  5. Cops bogged down by flood of fake AI child sex images, report says

    Investigations tied to harmful AI sex images will grow "exponentially," experts say.

  6. Comcast reluctantly agrees to stop its misleading “10G Network” claims

    Comcast said it will drop "Xfinity 10G Network" brand name after losing appeal.

  7. Google earnings: 100 million Google One subscribers, Google Cloud profits

    We highlight the interesting numbers from Google's earnings call.