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  1. NYC ePrix: It’s time for Formula E’s annual visit to America

    We check in with one of our favorite series ahead of this weekend's races.

  2. The FBI’s honeypot Pixel 4a gets detailed in new report

    FBI honeypot phones are now public—and showing up on the secondary market.

  3. How to watch Branson’s flight, which Jeff Bezos is still hopping mad about

    "New Shepard was designed to fly above the Kármán line."

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  1. World record for most expensive video game auction is now $870,000

    Leapfrogs past April 2021's previous world-record auction for boxed SMB1 by 24 percent.

  2. With little remaining of Champlain Towers, how will we find answers?

    Researchers discuss the methods NIST can use to find the cause of a tragedy.

  3. Biden urges FCC to undo Pai’s legacy—but it can’t until he picks a third Democrat

    Biden wants FCC to lower prices and protect consumers, but he must break 2-2 deadlock.

  4. Amid criticism, FDA narrows use of $56K Alzheimer’s drug, calls for probe [Updated]

    FDA now says drug should only go to those with mild disease—the only patients tested.

  5. “Bad mergers” and noncompete clauses targeted in Biden executive order

    Sweeping order tries to counter rising corporate consolidation.

  6. Rocket Report: SLS not available for science, OneWeb reaches milestone

    "There is great concern about this engine development."

  7. Black Widow review: Johansson’s sendoff is MCU’s best standalone film yet

    Florence Pugh's scene-stealing turn caps a tremendous MCU mix of action, acting.

  8. Morgan Stanley discloses data breach that resulted from Accellion FTA hacks

    Financial services firm says data was stolen by exploiting flaws discovered in December.

  9. All fans banned from Tokyo Olympics as COVID cases rise, delta spreads

    The prime minister also asked bars and restaurants not to serve alcohol.

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  1. It’s a mad, mad multiverse as Marvel drops first trailer for What If…?

    "Every universe is different. Each one unique."

  2. GOP’s Big Tech plan ignores consumers, targets “censorship” of Republicans instead

    Republican antitrust plan is all about supposed bias, never mentions competition.

  3. New fabric passively cools whatever it’s covering—including you

    Structured fabric reflects most light, still radiates in the IR.

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  1. What fractals, Fibonacci, and the golden ratio have to do with cauliflower

    Self-selected mutations during domestication drastically changed shape over time

  2. New Google Pay debit card lets you actually spend the money people send you

    A virtual debit card lets you skip transferring money to a bank account.

  3. Google “bought off Samsung” to limit app store competition, 36 states allege

    "Google has taken steps to close the ecosystem from competition."

  4. Four new electric platforms, five gigafactories: Stellantis’ EV plan

    The world's fourth-largest OEM just laid out its electrification strategy.

  5. Reconstructing Roman industrial engineering

    How a special design increased the efficiency of an ancient watermill.

  6. mRNA vaccine technology moves to flu: Moderna says trial has begun

    Moderna aims for one seasonal shot for flu, COVID-19, respiratory viruses RSV and HMPV.

  1. OnePlus admits to throttling 300 popular apps with recent update

    Chrome performance tanks 85-75 percent in some tests.

  2. Microsoft’s emergency patch fails to fix critical “PrintNightmare” vulnerability

    Game-over code-execution attacks are still possible even after fix is installed.

  3. Pacific Northwest heatwave “virtually impossible” without climate change

    Rapid analysis shows it would be hard to do this in a cooler world.

  4. Netflix gives us our first look at Zack Snyder’s heist film Army of Thieves

    It's a prequel to Snyder's Army of the Dead, so yes, there will also be zombies.

  5. Trump sues Twitter and Facebook for banning him, claims “trillions” in damages

    Trump's "free speech" case is likely doomed by First Amendment and Section 230.

  6. Dozens of Chinese phone games now require facial scans to play at night

    After a 2018 test, "Midnight Patrol" system officially rolls out to 60 Tencent games.

  7. The Chime banking app has been closing accounts, not returning money

    Chime isn't actually a bank—it's a "neobank" with less federal regulation.

  8. Why the password isn’t dead quite yet

    Everyone hates the old ways of authentication. But change comes with its own drawbacks.