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A vulnerability in Tesla's NFC cards allows cloning the key to the car, and a separate bug in Pin2Drive allows bypassing multi factor authentication.
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Amateur codebreakers have deciphered some tortuously idiosyncratic shorthand written by Charles Dickens in 1859.
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Adaptive headlights that don’t blind other drivers will finally be legalized in the US.
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The fight over the right to repair cars turns ugly in Massachusetts as automobile makers disable remote start and maintenance alerts. (Via @wired)
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The Environmental Protection Agency is on the verge of restoring California’s ability to set strict tailpipe emissions limits, reversing a decision made by the Trump admin.
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The randomness of fertilization is a pillar of genetic science. But recent findings suggest that the egg is not just a docile trophy for the fastest sperm but rather the judge that chooses which sperm can fuse. (From 2017) quantamagazine.org/choosy-eggs

Mirroring legislation in the United Kingdom, California lawmakers plan to introduce a bill aimed at protecting children's data online.
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Musk's vision of settling Mars once seemed like pure science fiction. Now, as he said last Thursday, SpaceX is starting to peel away some of the "fiction."
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