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Kazakhstan spies on citizens’ HTTPS traffic; browser-makers fight back
Kazakhstan gov required citizens to install self-signed root certificate.
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The 15 best films of a bizarre (and probably historic) year for film
Some good 2020 news: Most of our favorite films this year can now be enjoyed from home.
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Second COVID vaccine approved for use in the US
More vaccines will help ease shortages, work through priority list.
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Wildfire smoke is loaded with microbes. Is that dangerous?
Researchers want to study potential effects of microbe-filled haze on human health.
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A clever strategy to deliver COVID aid—with satellite data
Togo used image analysis algorithms to target economic support for most vulnerable.
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Miyamoto leads fans through Super Nintendo World—and it looks incredible
Nintendo, Universal Studios went all out to deliver a Nintendo-fan destination.
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Microsoft may be developing its own in-house ARM CPU designs
Bloomberg's unconfirmed report relies on confidential sources within Microsoft.
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Stanford hospital erupts in protest after vaccine plan leaves out residents [Updated]
Only 0.5% of the medical residents at Stanford are in on the first round of shots.
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Some Big Sur users are unable to update macOS due to an MDM bug
A bug in Mobile Device Management is causing major headaches for some users.
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US government bans tech exports to top drone maker DJI
Chinese smartphone firms Huawei and ZTE have been on the list for several years.
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Greenland is as much a love story as an epic spectacle of impending disaster
Director Ric Roman Waugh on bringing hope and humanity to a harrowing tale.
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Law banning “rental” fees for customer-owned routers takes effect Sunday
New law also targets hidden cable-TV fees and lets users cancel without penalty.
War Stories: How Nintendo sold the NES to a skeptical country
Convincing the public to love home video games again after Atari's dramatic fall.
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NOAA expects La Niña weather patterns through March
Here's last month's summary and the outlook for the next three.
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Biomarkers are how cancers give up their secrets
An animated look at the evolving science behind modern oncology.
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Finger-pointing abounds as states get fewer vaccines than planned
Pfizer: We have "millions more doses" with no shipping instructions from Feds.
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Back 4 Blood alpha test: Building decks, killing zombies, having co-op fun
Design director says he's learned from Evolve—and fun, familiar co-op combat checks out.
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Why racing drivers trust their lives to a fireproof fabric called Nomex
Today's gear is lighter, brighter, more comfortable to wear, and protects longer.
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Battery prices have fallen 88 percent over the last decade
Cheaper batteries are making it easier to fight climate change.
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Rocket Report: Angara finally flies again, Falcon 9 customers embrace reuse
"We've fallen below the number of staff we feel we require."
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Microsoft president calls SolarWinds hack an “act of recklessness”
Of 18,000 backdoored servers, hackers followed up on only a few dozen.
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Sony delists PlayStation version of Cyberpunk 2077, offers refunds to all owners [Updated]
Follows abysmal performance issues on base PS4; Xbox offers refunds, doesn't delist.
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Microsoft is reportedly added to the growing list of victims in SolarWinds hack
Other reported victims include the Energy Department nuke security administration.
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Moderna vaccine gets the thumbs-up for emergency use
A daylong meeting results in a decisive vote: 20 for, none against.
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Jeremy Bulloch, the original Boba Fett, has passed away
News confirmed by the actor who played childhood Boba in prequels.
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Google committed “antitrust evils,” colluded with Facebook, new lawsuit says
The AGs of 52 US states and territories are joining the feds to sue Google.
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Tesla Cybertruck Hot Wheels toy ships late—just like real Tesla cars
Elon Musk can't be blamed for this production delay.
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SolarWinds hack that breached gov networks poses a “grave risk” to the nation
Nuclear weapons agency among those breached by state-sponsored hackers.
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Twitter repeals retweet roadblocks, Facebook follows suit
Both Twitter and Facebook are winding down some temporary emergency measures.
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Google kills Android Things, its IoT OS, in January
Google promised three years of updates at launch but stopped updates after one year.
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Looking into the genetics of severe COVID-19
Genetics may underlie some of the variability in people's symptoms.
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“Simp,” “incel” part of newly banned insults on Twitch
New policies also tighten restrictions on sexual harassment, hateful content.
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MindGeek: The secretive owner of Pornhub and RedTube
Porn is everywhere, but the company that owns the most popular sites is out of sight.
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China collects Moon samples, may not share with NASA due to Wolf Amendment
The country returned about 2kg of rocks from the Moon's surface.
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Amazon’s answer to SpaceX Starlink delivers 400Mbps in prototype phase
Amazon offers peek into development of antenna for Project Kuiper user terminal.
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Don’t try this at home: George’s Marvelous Medicine is quite toxic
Roald Dahl's classic children's story proved "remarkably accurate" about toxic effects.
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“Evil mobile emulator farms” used to steal millions from US and EU banks
Scale of operation is unlike anything researchers had seen before.