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  1. Odysseus has less than a day left on the Moon before it freezes to death

    So what are we to make of this? Is Odysseus a success or a failure?

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  2. Why new fan blog “Final Fantasy VIII is the Best” is the best

    A love letter to a bygone era of personal blogs and fan sites.

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  3. Windows security updates could come with fewer reboots beginning later this year

    "Hotpatching" originated in Windows Server, cuts way down on update reboots.

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  1. The world’s largest battery in a smartphone—a 28,000 mAh, 27-mm-thick brick

    The only downside: It's the size of three iPhones stacked on top of each other.

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  2. Unsealed court doc shows why Apple rejected Microsoft’s offer to buy Bing

    Apple exec: Microsoft putting $100 billion into Bing was "not significant at all."

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  3. Ford’s wacky electric Supervan 4.2 sets a new lap record at Bathurst

    With Romain Dumas behind the wheel, it lapped Mt Panorama in under 2 minutes.

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  4. Final images of Ingenuity reveal an entire blade broke off the helicopter

    This new data should help us understand Ingenuity's final moments on Mars.

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  5. The Ford F-150 Lightning’s latest headache? A stop-ship order

    The quality problem does not appear to affect EVs already at dealerships.

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  6. Daily Telescope: Finally, we’ve found the core of a famous supernova

    In the astronomy community, SN 1987A has somewhat legendary status.

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  7. How your sensitive data can be sold after a data broker goes bankrupt

    Sensitive location data could be sold off to the highest bidder.

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  8. Yelp: It’s gotten worse since Google made changes to comply with EU rules

    Users are even more likely to stick with Google due to one change, says Yelp.

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  9. RTO doesn’t improve company value, but does make employees miserable: Study

    Data is consistent with bosses using RTO to reassert control and scapegoat workers.

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  1. Vending machine error reveals secret face image database of college students

    Facial-recognition data is typically used to prompt more vending machine sales.

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  2. Plucky crew of Star Trek: Discovery seeks a strange artifact in S5 trailer

    "It has been a hell of a journey. But everything ends someday."

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  3. Avast ordered to stop selling browsing data from its browsing privacy apps

    Identifiable data included job searches, map directions, "cosplay erotica."

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  1. A giant meteorite has been lost in the desert since 1916—here’s how we might find it

    A tale of "sand dunes, a guy named Gaston, secret aeromagnetic surveys, and camel drivers."

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  2. Here’s what we know after three days of Formula 1 preseason testing

    There's a lot of streaming content for fans ahead of next weekend's race.

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  3. India’s plan to let 1998 digital trade deal expire may worsen chip shortage

    Taxing exports of digital movies and games may not be worth sowing discord.

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  4. Can we drill for hydrogen? New find suggests additional geological source.

    Problems at a chromium mine in Albania traced to nearly pure hydrogen in a fault.

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  5. Reddit admits more moderator protests could hurt its business

    Losing third-party tools "could harm our moderators’ ability to review content..."

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  6. Reddit cashes in on AI gold rush with $203M in LLM training license fees

    Two- to three-year deals with Google, others, come amid legal uncertainty over "fair use."

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  1. Tyler Perry puts $800 million studio expansion on hold because of OpenAI’s Sora

    Perry: Mind-blowing AI video-generation tools "will touch every corner of our industry."

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  2. AT&T’s botched network update caused yesterday’s major wireless outage

    AT&T; blamed itself for "incorrect process used as we were expanding our network."

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  3. Windows-as-a-nuisance: How I clean up a “clean install” of Windows 11 and Edge

    Tips and tricks for making Microsoft leave you alone while you use your PC.

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  4. Rocket Report: Starliner launch preps; Indian rocket engine human-rated

    The Bahamian government and SpaceX signed an agreement for Falcon 9 booster landings.

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  5. A little US company makes history by landing on the Moon

    “We’re not dead yet."

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  6. Jeff Bezos’ New Glenn rocket finally makes an appearance on the launch pad

    Blue Origin plans a tanking test at Cape Canaveral, then a hot fire on the launch pad.

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  7. Ransomware associated with LockBit still spreading 2 days after server takedown

    LockBit's extensive reach is making complete erasure hard.

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