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Painting eyes on cow butts helps ward off predators

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Researchers propose a supernova triggered the Late Devonian mass extinction

Astrophysicist Brian Fields models the impact of distant supernova events. | Continue reading


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DiceKeys creates a master password for life with one roll

A new kit leaves your cryptographic destiny up to 25 cubes in a plastic box. | Continue reading


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Former Uber security chief faces criminal charges for hiding 2016 breach

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July was a hot one, but here’s what NOAA sees ahead for the US

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This Plane flies itself–we went for a ride

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Ancient lake sites suggest lots of precipitation on Mars

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College contact-tracing app readily leaked personal data, report finds

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Tesla announced a five-for-one stock split last week. | Continue reading


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Why the Facebookening of Oculus VR is bad for users, devs, competition

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US government built secret iPod with Apple’s help, former engineer says

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Swapping even 25 percent of vehicles saves hundreds of lives each year. | Continue reading


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Quantum reality is either weirdly different or it collapses

Either quantum state has to collapse at macroscopic level, or reality is unreal. | Continue reading


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Transmission risks to humans are unclear. | Continue reading


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Google Maps gets “more detailed, colorful map”

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Cops in Miami, NYC arrest protesters from facial recognition matches

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New P2P botnet infects SSH servers all over the world

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The golden age of computer user groups

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Plastic face shields do masks one better

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The Facebookening of Oculus VR becomes more pronounced starting in October

October change won't immediately apply to existing accounts. | Continue reading


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Surface Duo internals show Microsoft’s fanatical commitment to thinness

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Third-party Mac repair shops will gain access to Apple tools, parts

The new program is a compromise that represents a change in Apple's strategy. | Continue reading


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Facebook Messenger starts taking over Instagram Direct messages

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Oracle enters race to buy TikTok’s US operations

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Cities sue Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, claim they owe cable “franchise fees”

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Apple threatens to boot Epic–including Unreal Engine–off Mac and iOS

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9k-year-old skeleton is the oldest cremation in the Near East

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Planet X? Why not a tiny black hole instead?

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Fabulous fossil preserves eyes of 429M-year-old trilobite

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Alexa bug could have exposed voice history to hackers

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Hackers can eavesdrop on mobile calls with $7k worth of equipment

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Tesla research partnership progresses on new battery chemistry

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Charter can charge online video sites for network connections

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People slept on comfy grass beds 200k years ago

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Spooky action at a distance: The future magic of remote collaboration

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SpaceX Starlink speeds revealed as beta users get downloads of 11 to 60Mbps

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NSA and FBI warn that new Linux malware threatens national security

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Supercapacitors from Standard Bricks

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Mozilla lays off a quarter of the company

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Police use of facial recognition violates human rights, UK court rules

Use of the tech needs to be narrower to conform to human rights law, court held. | Continue reading


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Android is now the world’s largest earthquake detection network

Google leverages the massive scale of Android to do phone-based earthquake tracking. | Continue reading


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Always read the fine print? GM Super Cruise only free for three years

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EA shareholders say no to proposed raises for executives

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NJ Supreme Court: No 5th Amendment right not to unlock your phone

Courts are split on whether phone unlocking orders violate the Fifth Amendment. | Continue reading


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