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First post: A history of online public messaging
From BBS to Facebook, here's how messaging platforms have changed over the years.
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Cats suffer H5N1 brain infections, blindness, death after drinking raw milk
Mammal-to-mammal transmission raises new concerns about the virus's ability to spread.
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Roku OS home screen is getting video ads for the first time
Meanwhile, Roku keeps making more money.
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Dead Boy Detectives turns Neil Gaiman’s ghostly duo into “Hardy Boys on acid”
Supernatural horror detective series has witches, demons, and a charming Cat King.
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Critics question tech-heavy lineup of new Homeland Security AI safety board
CEO-heavy board to tackle elusive AI safety concept and apply it to US infrastructure.
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Apple must open iPadOS to sideloading within 6 months, EU says
iPads must comply with the same DMA regulations as the iPhone.
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FCC fines big three carriers $196M for selling users’ real-time location data
FCC finalizes $196M penalties for location-data sales revealed in 2018.
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UK outlaws awful default passwords on connected devices
The law aims to prevent global-scale botnet attacks.
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Account compromise of “unprecedented scale” uses everyday home devices
Credential-stuffing attack uses proxies to hide bad behavior.
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Customers say Meta’s ad-buying AI blows through budgets in a matter of hours
Based on your point of view, the AI either doesn't work or works too well.
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Motherboard makers apparently to blame for high-end Intel Core i9 CPU failures
Motherboard makers "disable thermal and power delivery safeguards" by default.
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Elon Musk loses at Supreme Court in case over “funding secured” tweets
Musk can't kill SEC settlement that requires pre-approval of tweets about Tesla.
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Report suggests Switch 2 can play all original Switch games
New Joy-con buttons, 1080p screen also feature in MobaPad's "first-hand information."
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Ford BlueCruise driver assist under federal scrutiny following 2 deaths
NHTSA has opened an investigation after two separate fatal crashes at night.
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Meta to face EU probe for not doing enough to stop Russian disinformation
Insufficient moderation of political ads risk undermining electoral process.
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Swimming and spinning aquatic spiders use slick survival strategies
Some make nests inside seashells, others tote bubbles of air on their backs.
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Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal—and why it won’t go back
The past year has seen record renewable power production nationwide.
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There’s never been a better time to get into Fallout 76
Fallout 76 is good now. Actually, it’s always been good.
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NASA still doesn’t understand root cause of Orion heat shield issue
“When we stitch it all together, we’ll either have flight rationale or we won’t."
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Putting Microsoft’s cratering Xbox console sales in context
Why declining quarterly numbers might not be awful news for Microsoft's gaming business.
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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Court upholds New York law that says ISPs must offer $15 broadband
New York obtains significant win for states' ability to regulate broadband.
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Android TV has access to your entire account—but Google is changing that
Should sideloading Chrome on an old smart TV really compromise your entire account?
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Hackers try to exploit WordPress plugin vulnerability that’s as severe as it gets
WP Automatic plugin patched, but release notes don't mention the critical fix.
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US’s power grid continues to lower emissions—everything else, not so much
Excluding one pandemic year, emissions are lower than they've been since the 1980s.
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Message-scraping, user-tracking service Spy Pet shut down by Discord
Bot-driven service was also connected to targeted harassment site Kiwi Farms.
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TikTok owner has strong First Amendment case against US ban, professors say
Professor: US faces "uphill battle" justifying law against First Amendment suit.
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Microsoft open-sources infamously weird, RAM-hungry MS-DOS 4.00 release
DOS 4.00 was supposed to add multitasking to the OS, but it was not to be.
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Tesla’s 2 million car Autopilot recall is now under federal scrutiny
NHTSA has tested the updated system and still has questions.
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Switch 2 reportedly replaces slide-in Joy-Cons with magnetic attachment
Design choice may have implications for current Joy-Con compatibility.
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20% of grocery store milk has traces of bird flu, suggesting wider outbreak
The milk is still considered safe, but disease experts are alarmed by the prevalence.
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Lost opportunity: We could’ve started fighting climate change in 1971
President Nixon's science advisors recommended building global CO2 monitoring network.
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Rocket Report: SLS workforce cuts; New Glenn launch to launch in the early fall
"This is a vital component in our preparations for launch."
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Russia stands alone in vetoing UN resolution on nuclear weapons in space
"The United States assesses that Russia is developing a new satellite carrying a nuclear device."
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Tech brands are forcing AI into your gadgets—whether you asked for it or not
The "AI mouse" is just the start.
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Three women contract HIV from dirty “vampire facials” at unlicensed spa
Five patients with links to the spa had viral genetic sequences that closely matched.
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HMD’s first self-branded phones are all under $200
HMD will still make Nokia phones but is shipping self-branded phones, too.