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Five cool features and one weird thing you’ll find in macOS 14 Sonoma
Forget the headliners; let's talk about some less obvious stuff.
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Musk rushes out new Twitter logo—it’s just an X that someone tweeted at him
X logo looks like a Unicode symbol and the lower-case x from a Monotype font.
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Fed’s deadline comes and goes without Tesla’s reply to Autopilot questions
NHTSA wants Tesla to provide info on software and hardware for all US-made cars.
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Watch out Porsche, Polestar is working on a proper Taycan rival
It's a powerful electric four-door GT on an all-new bonded aluminum platform.
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Ready for your eye scan? Worldcoin launches—but not quite worldwide
"The US does not make or break a project like this," says OpenAI chief.
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The IBM mainframe: How it runs and why it survives
In this deep-dive explainer, we look at a big-business mainstay.
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Understanding the octopus and its relationships with humans
A new book tracks the human fascination with octopuses across centuries.
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Two great Star Trek shows revive the lost art of the gimmicky crossover episode
Lower Decks and Strange New Worlds have a lot of fun blending their styles.
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Here’s the trailer for the live-action One Piece we’ve been waiting for
Netflix has a mixed track record when it comes to adapting beloved Japanese anime.
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Long-forgotten frozen soil sample offers a warning for the future
Ancient soil was buried under a mile of ice until excavated during the Cold War.
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Amazon is getting ready to launch a lot of broadband satellites
Amazon unveils satellite facility in Florida, may switch prototype launch to Atlas V.
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A promising Internet satellite is rendered useless by power supply issues
"The mission of providing Internet connectivity in Alaska will be delayed."
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Zyxel users still getting hacked by DDoS botnet emerge as public nuisance No. 1
12 weeks after critical vulnerability was patched, devices are still being wrangled.
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This LiDAR-equipped 30-pound robot dog can be yours for $1,600
It's not quite as good as a Boston Dynamics bot, but it is a lot cheaper.
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IMAX emulates PalmPilot software to power Oppenheimer’s 70 mm release
IMAX TikTok shows an emulated Palm PDA controlling Oppenheimer's 600-lb reel.
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New legged robots designed to explore planets as a team
Even if one robot fails, the rest of the team can offset its loss.
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Meet the MCU’s new Kree villain, Dar-Benn, in trailer for The Marvels
"You are not the only thing standing between this and the universe."
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OpenAI, Google will watermark AI-generated content to hinder deepfakes, misinfo
Seven companies promised Biden they would take concrete steps to enhance AI safety.
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Redditors prank AI-powered news mill with “Glorbo” in World of Warcraft
"Glorbo" isn't real, but a news-writing AI model didn't know it—and then it wrote about itself.
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69% of Russian gamers are pirating after Ukraine invasion pushback
Russian game development jobs also dry up after Russia's actions.
Paul Sutter walks us through the future of climate change—and things aren’t great
This episode of Edge of Knowledge focuses on our rapidly transforming world.
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The next Mazda MX-5 Miata might be an electric vehicle
The next MX-5 is a couple of years away and will have some kind of e-motor.
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Infant deaths surge in Texas after abortion ban
The increase in deaths reverses a nearly 10-year decline.
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Fed’s new instant payment system could be trouble for PayPal, Venmo
The Fed's goal is to connect 9,000 financial institutions nationwide.
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Dolphin emulator abandons Steam release plans after Nintendo legal threat
But dev team says including Wii decryption key doesn't put it in "any legal danger."
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The ‘90s Internet: When 20 hours online triggered an email from my ISP’s president
1998 plea for restraint reveals a lost world where the 'Net was an opt-in experience.
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Rocket Report: Space Force to pick three; Pythom strikes back
"With this mission we’ve made big strides toward reusability."
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Could there be upsides to being a psychopath?
It may be that all of us have a little psychopathology inside—with some positives.
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No apologies as Reddit halfheartedly tries to repair ties with moderators
Disenchanted mods Ars spoke with want change, not more communication.
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“Church of Bleach” family guilty on all counts, plans to appeal
The family, who represented themselves, did not speak during the trial.
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DART asteroid impact created a 10,000-kilometer debris field of boulders
The asteroid-smashing planetary defense mission knocked some large rocks free.
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Musk subpoenas Elizabeth Warren days after she called for Tesla investigation
Warren urged SEC to examine Musk's actions while running Twitter and Tesla.
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Report: Apple has already built its own ChatGPT-like chatbot
The tool is being used internally by employees—with some major restrictions.
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Firmware vulnerabilities in millions of computers could give hackers superuser status
BMCs give near-total control over entire fleets of servers. What happens when they're hacked?
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Dealmaster: Apple gear, Lenovo laptops, and more
We found discounts on laptops, board games, and back-to-school equipment.
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This white dwarf star has two “faces”
One side is all helium, and the other side is all hydrogen, baffling astronomers.
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Microsoft to stop locking vital security logs behind $57-per-user monthly plan
US agency urged Microsoft to expand access to logs that can identify cyberattacks.